NOVEMBER—DECEMBER, 1973

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

A general wage increase of
$1.11 per hour plus a number of
fringe benefits has been
negotiated by Local 1-206 IWA
in a new two-year agreement
for the 93 members employed
at the Sungold Manufacturing
Company in Calgary, Alberta.

The wage increase will be
paid as follows: 61 cents per
hour effective January 1, 1974;
a further 25 cents an hour
January 1, 1975; and a final 25
cents July 1, 1975.

Fringe benefits include:

e Designating the work
week on a Monday to Friday
basis.

e Rest days stipulated as
Saturday and Sunday.

© Double time for work per-
formed on rest days.

© First two hours overtime
in 8 hours paid at time and one
half and double time over that.

A letter of understanding on
overtime was also negotiated
setting out the procedure and
conditions under which over-
time may be worked.

Wage revisions were also
won for the vast majority of
categories ranging from 2
cents to 43 cents per hour.

The vacation clause was
amended to provide employees
with 1 to 4 years service two
weeks vacation at 4% percent;

4 to 8 years service three weeks
at 644 percent; and 8 years and
over 4 weeks at 8% percent.

The call time provisions
provided that:

e An employee reporting
for work and finding no work
available shall be paid four
hours at the employee’s
regular job rate.

e In the event the employee
commences work and the
operation closes prior to
completion of four hours work,
the employee shall receive four
hours pay at his regular rate.

The Health & Welfare clause
was amended to provide that
the Company will now pay 75
percent of the premiums in-
cluding dental care. Previous
contributions were on a 50-50
basis. .

Other benefits included a
Seniority Clause and Job
Posting, an increase in
Bereavement Leave from two
to three days, and Seniority
Lists to be provided to the
Local Union quarterly.

Negotiating for the Union
were regional ist Vice-
President Wyman Trineer,
Local President Brian Hamil-
ton, Local Financial Secretary
Larry Featherstone, and Shop
Committee Members Marie
Hamilton and Norman An-
drews.

XMAS APPEAL
FOR 1-217 STRIKERS

Local 1-217 IWA, Vancouver,
is again making an appeal for
financial assistance for the
members on strike at Red
Band Shingle and the Huntting-
Merritt Shingle Mill.

These shingle workers have
been on strike since the sum-
mer of 1972 fighting to win a

reduction in the hours of work

and the elimination of the piece.

work system.

The financial appeal is being ~

made at this time in the hope

that labour organizations will”

contribute enough money to
give the strikers and their
families a very Merry Christ-
mas.

President Jack Munro at the Local Union’s Shop Steward’s Banquet and dance October 20,
in Abbotsford. Group left, back row; Goldie Makamie; Erik Wood, Local Financial
Secretary; Nick Zubyk; Joe Fowler, Local 1st Vice-president; Harry Hansen; J.H. Kor-
stead; Jack Munro. Front row, left, Ed Sigouvin; Phil Powell,’ Nick Pazzarena; Albert
Daredichs; J. Snickers; Mike Chequis.

LABOR BACKED BY
COMMITTEE REPORT

The nine-member Unem-
ployment Insurance Advisory
Committee, in a report tabled
in the Commons, upheld:
labour’s charges that UIC clai-
mants were being abused by
UIC interviewers.

The Committee suggested
that overzealous. UIC officers
were misusing — intentionally
or unintentionally — the bene-
fit control system imple-
mented to weed out the frauds.

The report noted that the
officials deliberately misled
the claimants to disqualify
them from benefits.

The report said that it was
significant that many of the
disqualified claimants were

reinstated after a review of

their cases by other UIC offi-
cers or by a board of referees.
Labour generally scored the
benefit control system charg-
ing that the government was
going out of its way to defend
itself-at the expense of those
unable to defend themselves.

The NDP termed the report a -

bloody indictment of the bene-
fit control system and called
for a comprehensive review of
disentitlements this year plus a
complete overhaul of benefit
controls, and the weeding out
of control officers many of
whom, it charged, went out
seeking evidence for convic-
tion.

Local 1-367 IWA, Haney,
conducted a very successful
Shop Stewards Seminar for the
logging camps October 19-20,
in the Foresters’ Hall in Sardis.

A fairly good turnout of
logging camp committees
attended and the course was
well received.

The Local Union paid the
wages and expenses of those
attending for the Friday and
the committee members
donated their time on the
Saturday.

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