HONORABLE MENTION this month goes to Bro. Tara Singh, Local 1-85, Port Al- berni, who journeyed by de- vious routes to Lac La Hache that he might persuade his East Indian brothers to sup- port the IWA in its struggle for a decent contract. He per- suaded them and was largely instrumental in building the solidarity that won the half- day strike and defeated a dan- gerous form of racial discrim- ination. * * * BIGGER THREAT THAN H-BOMB to industrial society is automation, says a Victoria clergyman. Too, too many will be unable to earn a liv- ing in the good old-fashioned way, he says. Thousands of jobless lumber workers, whose jobs have been blown up under them, will agree. Now, LABOUR MINISTER MacEACHEN says that re- search into the problem may commence. Let them first re- search the minds of employ- ers who insist that there is no problem and that matters will automatically right them- ‘selves. Too many workers, soon to be unemployed, have believed this malarkey. * Ki ek LOOKS LIKE organized labour in the States is show- ing interest in political action this year. Senator Goldwater as President of the United States is their disturbing nightmare. Three dyed-in-the- wool Republicans on the Ex- ecutive Council of the AFL- CIO joined in the unanimous decision that Goldwater is an enemy of labour. They’re backing President Johnson to win but are worried about the headway made by the Goldwater campaign. Reik - HIGH-PRICED LEGAL BEAGLES supplied to scabs by a big-hearted employer have turned the Grande Prai- rie IWA strike into a court- room nightmare. A new Can- adien record has been a for 1 entanglements and pre- og Loopholes in Alberta labour laws enable lawyers unions. aE agi" Esk Ee PEke EER: E LOGGERS’ PROTEST — PAGE 2 i WMA THE WESTERN CANADIAN Dn) UM IS WW) ll Al a Hi we ( l INS ie i Incorporating Zhe B.C. Lumbermerkes Official Publication of the Jateraatlonal Woodworkers of rPecextea Regional Council No. 1 Authorized as Second Class Mail, 'Post Office Dept., Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash. Vol. XXX, No. 15 VANCOUVER, B.C. dc PER COPY 1st Issue Aug. 1964 ETTLEMENT ACCEPTED Southern Interior |!WA members vote to approve Raguin formula OLD PROVERB: “TROUBLES NEVER COME SINGLY.” Court lifts strike order The injunction secured by the scab organization in North Canadian Forest Industries Ltd. to prevent any settle- ment on behalf of IWA strik- ers has expired and will not be renewed. This assurance was given counsel for the IWA by Mr. Justice Manning of the Alberta Supreme Court when application was made for continuance. Three other steps have been taken to surround the strik- ers with legal entanglements. An application by way of writ of certiorari is now before Mr. Justice Manning asking that the denial of certification to the scabs by the Board of no further action was alleged. Industrial Relations be set aside. Judgment has been re- served. The employees’ association has made application to the Board of Industrial Relations for revocation of the IWA certification. The prospect of a libel -suit for remarks made on a radio program still hangs over the head of Financial Secretary Keith Johnson, Local 1-207. It is now apparent that the full weight of the company’s resources will be used through the courts to smash IWA strike organization in Grande Prairie. WU dddbdialaliddddddddddddddddlldillldddldddlllddddidiiddididdddédadddddddddddaaaaaaaaddadaddaddiiééda’ “No violation"says Hartung IWA International President A. F. Hartung has ad- vised Regional President Jack Moore that there has been no violation of the Regional Constitution in respect of the Union's strike fund as charged by Local 1-217, Vancouver. The International President intimated that required from him in the matter as no disbursements had been made from the fund as President Jack Moore stated that the evidence com- Settlement proposed by Conciliation Officer R. S. Raguin and recommended by the IWA Regional Policy Committee has been accepted by Southern -Interior IWA members in a referendum ballot conducted by Locals 1-405, 1-417 and 1-423. The tabulation of voting results was completed August 25. A general wage increase of thirty-seven cents an hour over a three-year term is proposed. An additional wage increase of twenty cents an hour is offered tradesmen in twenty-one categories by September 1, 1965, making a total increase of fifty-seven cents an hour. Although the settlement closely parallels the Northern Interior settlement, two additional provisions are included in the Southern Interior proposals, i.e., job evaluation in the- plywood plants with accelerated curve and a training program. __A disappointing feature was the perpetuation of the wage differential for women and boys in the box veneer factories. These workers were offered a wage increase of thirty- three cents an hour over a three year term. The general wage increase will be made effective upon expiration of the present contract, August 31, 1964, in the following stages: September 1, 1964 10 cents an hour June 7d, 1960.30 eee 9 cents an hour March 1, 1966 _. 9 cents an hour December 1, 1966 __...... 9 cents an hour The wage increase for women and boys in the box factories will apply as follows: September 1, 1964... June 1, 1965 March 1, 1966 _ 8 cents an hour December 1, 1966 8 cents an hour Other contract improvements proposed by Mr. Raguin, include: © Provision for the swinging of the first and second shifts. © Pay days every second week. © Overtime rates for Sunday work with the exception of certain listed categories. © Elimination of unnecessary delay in transporting loggers from marshalling points to places of work. © Provision for improvement of seniority and job-posting rules: 9 cents an hour 8 cents an hour See “SETTLEMENT” — page 3 4-hour strike ends dispute A strike which lasted only one half day brought manage- ment at Northern Studs Ltd., Lac La Hache, back to the bargaining table and an agreement which gives the forty- eight employees the same wage increases and contract condi- tions as established in the Williams Lake aréa. The settlement negotiated by IWA Regional 2nd Vice- President Jack Holst and President Ross Inglis, Local 1-424, ended a bitter dispute which began when the Local Union first applied for certification in April. It became necessary for the Local Union to lay charges before the Board of Industrial Relations whereupon an order See “DISPUTE”—Page 2 pletely disproves charges made, irresponsibly and malici- ously, against the Regional Executive Board. “I am insisting upon a full disclosure of all the facts for the information of the Union’s membership in Region 1. The fund belongs only to the Western Canadian mem- bership whose decisions will determine the fund’s admin- istration. A full report, accompanied by a detailed audit prepared by chartered accountants, will be placed before the September Regional Convention,” Moore said. VILL VILIVILILSSS SSS STS Sd SILLA SG 7 KL dd Mddididtldddddddsdl Wit Mdidb ddd dddldsisddldsididdd ds