THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER AUTHORIZED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, OTTAWA, AND FOR PAYMENT OF POSTAGE IN CASH. Vol. XXXVI, No. 20 VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY BROADWAY cf&=53> PRINTERS LTO. WORKER 2nd Issue October, 1968 it lage on “ ——a REGIONAL TABULATING COMMITTEE members Ross Inglis, Local 1-424; Max Salter, i ie _ = Local -1-363; and Chairman Cy Godfrey, Local 1-367; are shown checking the Local Union certification sheets prior to submitting their report of the Regional election to the next Regional Executive Board. . ALL POSTS CONTESTED IN LOCAL 1-80 ELECTIONS All positions are being con- tested in the election for new officers of Local 1-80 IWA, Duncan. Nominated for office at the Local’s Annual Meeting Octo- ber 26, were for President, Weldon Jubenville, Humph- rey Butler; First Vice-Presi- dent, Fernie Viala, Lorne Hull; Second Vice-President, Bill Hanna, Victor Wied; Third Vice-President, Hugh Robinson, Ernie Newbold; Financial Secretary, Ed. Lin- mE HEADS UP LOCAL 1-405 der, George Jenkins; Record- ing Secretary, Carl Stevens, Edmund Jones; Conductor, William Komo, Andy Lin- gren; Warden, Jack Mumm, Howard Delmage; Six Year Trustee, Bill Milburn, James Thomas. The meeting attended by over: three hundred members also elected delegates to Re- gional Conferences, Regional Safety Conferences and the Nanaimo, Duncan, and Dis- trict Labour Council. OFFICERS’ REPORT Other business of the meet- ing included dealing with a well documented Officers’ Re- port. This noted that the mem- bership had increased over 1967 by nearly two hundred members. The Report stated in deal- ing with organization, “We believe that our Local Union is today more completely or- ganized than it has been at any time since we were form- ed in 1937. It is the policy of your Local officers to organ- ize every operation, large or small, and to apply for certi- fication for each company to the end that a contract can be signed with each one, estab- lishing satisfactory wages and working conditions for each employee.” SAFETY REPORT Safety was extensively cov- ered in the Report and praise was given to Local Safety Di- rector Jack Mumm for his un- tiring fight to keep the Local Union accident-free. The Re- See “LOCAL 1-80”—Page 3 MEMBERS WIN STRIKE The seven-week-old strike by members of Local 1-184 employed at MacMillan Bloe- del’s Aspenite Division and the Simpson Timber Com- pany, Hudson Bay, Saskatch- ewan, has ended following the signing of a new agree- ment giving the employees wage increases of 73 cents an hour over three years. The new contract, negotiat- ed by Regional President Jack Moore, Regional First Vice- President Jack MacKenzie, and Local 1-184 President Alex Smith, provides for the increase to be paid in three stages. The first increase of 35 cents is retroactive to Sep- tember 1st, 1968, the second increase of 15 cents Septem- ber ist, 1969, and the final in- crease of 23 cents September 1st, 1970. Fringe benefits won in- clude: four weeks vacation after 15 years; a ten cents an hour shift differential for both the afternoon and night shifts; an increase in the Health and Welfare coverage from $3,000 to $5,000; sickness and acci- dent coverage of $50 a week for 26 weeks; reduction in the work week from 42 hours to 40 hours; plus category ad- justments for all journeymen holding certificates. WITH ENTIRE SLATE REPORT CONFIRMS MOORE'S RE-ELECTION The Regional Tabulating Committee’s Report on the results of the Regional referendum election of officers shows that Regional President Jack Moore defeated Local 1-217 President Syd Thompson for the office of president by a vote of 15,928 to 9,044. The report, which was finalized October 29, and submitted to the Local Unions, also confirmed the elec- tion of the entire administration slate. Under the Union’s constitu- tion, the new officers cannot be installed in office until a period of twenty waiting days after the official tabulation to allow possible challenges over the voting results. ' The Report must also be ratified by the Regional Exec- utive Board. The three-man Tabulating Committee comprised of Chairman Cy Godfrey, Presi- dent of Local 1-367; Ross In- gles, President of Local 1-424; and Max Salter, President of Local 1-363, has recommend- ed in its Report a new system of recording results of Re- gional and Local ballots. (1). It recommends that cer- tification sheets for recording results of Regional and Local ballots should contain a space to record “No-Vote” pertain- ing to individual positions contested on the ballot. (2) Summary sheets should be provided, to require the recording of the following in- formation to be returned to- gether with the Official Cer- tification Sheet: (a) Number of signed ballots stubs. (b) Number of ballots cast. AWARD CRITICIZED Local 1-417 President Bob Schlosser has criticized an ar- bitration board award recent- ly made in Kamloops for the Board’s failure to give reasons for its decision. The arbitration board ruled in favor of the B.C. Interior Sawmills Ltd. which had been taken to arbitration by Local 1-417 for violating the collec- tive agreement. Schlosser, in criticizing the award stated: “The procedure of arbitra- tion to settle disputes in the labour-management field must have the full support and con- fidence of both parties or there will be a break-down in this method of settling dis- putes in the future. When an arbitration board hands down See “AWARD”—Page 7 (c) Number of ballots miss- ing. (d) Number of unused bal- lots and stubs returned. (3). All balloting material returned to the Regional Tab- ulating Committee should be returned in a sealed container. The following are the com- plete returns of the vote: President: Jack Moore, 15,- 928; Syd Thompson, 9,044; Spoiled, 451.” First Vice-President: Jack MacKenzie, 14,603; Ernie Freer, 9,904; Spoiled, 461. Second Vice-President: Del Pratt, 11,453; Wyman Trineer, 12,456; Spoiled, 550. Third Vice-President: Wel- don Jubenville, 9,260; Jack Munro, 14,935; Spoiled, 471. International Executive Board Members: S. A. (Bill) Muir, 12,639; Walter Allen, 12,151; Rod Beaton, 9,417; Bill Wilson, 10,371; Spoiled, 600. Alternate International Ex- ecutive Board Member: Mor- ris Nordblad, 12,078; Frank Simpson, 11,259; Spoiled, 783. For Local Vote See Page 5 CLAY WALLS HOSPITALIZED INTERNATIONAL Assistant Di- rector of Organization J. Clayton Walls is seriously il! in St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Clay was taken ill in Kelowna and after being hospitalized there for a few days was flown to Vancouver where he was operated on. His condition at press time is unchanged.