VOL. XL, No. 5 PREMIER DAVE BARRETT is shown chatting with IWA officers following his address to the Regional Convention. Group left, Keith Johnson, International Ist Vice-President; Barrett; Jack Moore, Regional President; Ron Roley, International President. FROM CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS 1-71 WINS ‘UNDERSTANDING’ ON COST OF SAFETY ARTICLES The officers of Local 1-71 IWA (Loggers’ Local) have held a series of meetings with a number of forest companies in an attempt to stabilize the prices of safety articles these firms are to provide at cost, under the terms of the Coast Master Agreement. Because the cost of these items vary from operation to operation, and due to the diffi- culty of obtaining wholesale price lists, the officers were forced to make an exhaustive investigation before having sufficient evidence to make their case. Local President Ernie Freer and the Englewood Central Committee in a meeting with 2075 Poetes Canada oy cee Ennombre classe VANCOUVER, B.C PERMIT No LUMBER WORKER RETURN REQUESTED sou Gammoretal Dr., Vancouver, B.C. Canadian Forest Products September 9, were successful in negotiating a Letter of Un- derstanding with the Company spelling out how these items would be supplied at-the Com- pany’s Englewood Logging Di- vision. The following is the Letter of Understanding in part: The parties to this letter agree that in the application of the provisions of Article XXIII, Section (B), Coast Master Agreement 1972-1973, the following procedures shall apply — 1. The cost of caulk boots, safety shoes, rain gear, gloves and coveralls made available to employees who require them shall be uni- form throughout the Engle- wood Logging Division. 2. The price charged em- ployees for articles listed in (1) above shall be the lowest possible wholesale price which can be obtained by the Company (plus freight or mailing costs only). 3. The Company agrees to post in each camp of the Englewood Logging Division, a current price list of all articles listed in (1) above and to amend such lists as prices change. The posted lists will include the individual prices of the most popular brands an- d, or types of the articles referred to. 4. The personal preferences of employees for particular types or makes of caulk boots, safety shoes, rain gear, gloves and coveralls will be given consideration. Procedures for the Com- pany making these articles available, without the See “LOCAL 1-71" Page 2 CARIBOO AGREEMENT: Local 1-424 IWA members employed in _ operations covered by the Cariboo Lumbermen’s Association, have won a new 23-month agreement providing for coast wage parity during the life of the contract. The Agreement became ef- fective October 1, and covers four mills in the Williams Lake area. Regional Vice-President Jack Munro headed up the negotiations for the Union. AT CONVENTION OCTOBER, 1972 DELEGATES BACK PER CAPITA TAX: INCREASE FOR REGION In a surprising display of unanimity, the 170 delegates attending the 35th Annual Regional Conven- tion in Vancouver, October 2-6, showed far more in- terest in attending to the problems of the organization, than in attacking one another. - This was reflected throughout the week-long Convention, especially when major policy matters were being discussed. For the first time in years the delegates gave unanimous approval to increase the per capita tax to the Regional Council. While this proposal must be submitted to a refer- endum ballot of the member- ship, its acceptance will not re- quire any further dues _in- crease from the members. The convention also ap- proved resolutions to increase Strike Relief payments and to conduct a referendum ballot to raise the present one dollar per month paid by the members into the Strike Fund to five dollars per member per month. The Strike Relief payments will be increased to $50 per week for married members, $35 per week for single members, and $5 per week for each dependent. The Conven- tion also voted to reduce the present waiting period from four weeks to two weeks and eliminate the means test. Nominated for the various Regional offices were: — President: Jack Moore (in- cumbent), Don Porier; Ist Vice-President; Jack Munro, Joe Fowler; 2nd _ Vice- President: Wyman Trineer, Cy Godfrey; 3rd Vice-President: Stan Parker (incumbent), Ben Thompson; Secretary- Treasurer: Fred Fieber (in- cumbent), Weldon Jubenville; International Board Member (2): Bill Schumaker (in- cumbent), Doug Evans (in- cumbent), Earl Foxcroft, Murray Drew; Alternate Board Member: Max Salter (in- cumbent), Marge Storm; Trustee: Ed Haw (incumbent), Erik Wood. For biographies and pictures of candidates see pages 8 - 9. In between dealing with the vast number of important resolutions, the delegates heard from various speakers including Premier Dave Barrett, Labour Minister Bill King, and Attorney-General Alex MacDonald. Bob Schlosser, Assistant Director of Organization, was highly commended by the Organization Committee on his written report to the Con- vention and the job his depart- ment was doing while so short- handed. On the strength of his report, the Committee gained Con- vention approval to increase the organization staff in the field to six and to allocate thirty cents of the Regional per capita tax for organizing purposes. One of the hottest issues to hit the floor was the resolution to increase the officers’ salaries. The increase was recommended by a three-man committee instructed by the 1971 Convention to investigate the salary structure of com- parable organizations and make a report with recom- mendations to the 1972 Con- vention. In presenting the report, the Committee pointed out that in relation to the International officers and other Regions (with the exception of Region V,) Regional.1 officers were the lowest paid while looking after the largest number of members. However, the majority of the delegates strongly indicated their views that the officers of Region 1 should only get the industry increases. The Convention delegates showed their concern over Region 1 having three separate Wages & Contract Conferences . See "CONVENTION" Page 3 PREFERENCE HIRING NOTICE It has come to the attention of the Union that some companies in the forest industry are ignoring the Hiring Preference Clause — Section 7, in the Coast Master Agreement. This Section was written into the Agreement to protect the former seniority of members laid off the job and who have applications for work on file with the same com- pany. To prevent these companies ignoring the applications, the Union recommends when applying for preferential hiring, that members immediately notify their Local Union by letter of their application and also send a copy of the letter to the company.