ist Issue November, 1968 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER FARE ALLOWANCE AGREEMENT The following is a copy of Supplement No. 6, Memoran- dum of Agreement on Fare Al- lowance, signed between the IWA Coast Negotiating Com- mittee and Forest Industrial Relations Ltd., which will be incorporated into the Coast Master Agreement. 1. (a) Those employees who were in receipt of the Queen Charlotte Island’s nine-cent (9c) per hour differential on June 15, 1968, shall include all employees otherwise en- titled to the differential but who were/are on authorized Leave-of-Absence before or after that date. (b) Employees receiving red circle protection on the nine-cent (9c) differential shall also be entitled to fare allowance on the same basis as if they were not in receipt of the differential, subject to the conditions set out below. 2. Employees with six (6) months seniority, or more, who are absent due to injury or illness, shall receive one- way fare upon returning to camp on one of the following basis: (a) From the point of final hospitalization if more than one point of hospitalization is involved. (b) From the point of hir- ing if the final point of hos- pitalization is outside the Province of British Columbia. (c) From the point of final convalescence if more than one point of convalescence is involved. (d) From the point of hir- ing if the final point of con- valescence is outside the Prov- ince of British Columbia. (e) To abtain fare for con- valescence or hospitalization a medical certificate is requir- ed if requested by the em- ployer. The term “convales- cence” shall include treatment by a physician, surgeon, chiro- practor, physiotherapist, eye specialist, dentist, etc., even though no hospitalization is required. For optical or dental work a medical certificate is required stating that emer- gency treatment was neces- sary. (f) There shall be no re- strictions on fare entitlement ~ except as outlined in (e) above. 3. There shall be no dupli- cation of fares paid for any one trip where an employee qualifies under Sections (a), (b) and (d) of Article XIV of the Coast Master Agreement. LOCAL 1-118 IWA VICTORIA AND LOCAL 1-288 IWA DELEGATES LOCAL Lane IWA SALMON ARM DELEGATES | NEW U.A.W. FORMULA PAYS OFF About 710,000 auto workers received an 8c-an-hour cost- of-living pay increase under the new formula agreed to a year ago by the Big Three auto makers and the United Auto Workers. For the first time, the increase will be paid quarterly and in a lump sum. The first payment, in late De- cember, will be $22.40 for a partial quarter. Full quarter payments thereafter will be $41.60 until next fall, when another adjustment will be made. The auto industry had three key objectives in insisting on the new formula, after failing in similar efforts in bargaining in 1961 and 1964. It wanted a limit on the amount by which payments could rise in a year, to permit better planning. It sought annual rather than quarterly review of the Labor Dept’s Consumer Price Index to avoid unusual economic events that push the index up. And it wanted lump sum pay- ments rather than added pen- nies an hour in weekly pay checks. — in the hope that workers would recognize and give the employer credit for c-of-1 payments. A “float” of 5c-an-hour for c-of-l, carried over from the previous con- tract, is still paid in weekly cheques. Workers will also receive a regular 3% wage increase, ranging from 9c to 18e an hour, on Nov. 25. This is the annual improvement factor. Workers will receive a similar increase Nov. 24, 1969. —Business Week November 2, 1968 WRONG END Naval officer shouting into speaking tube to engine room: ‘Ys there a blundering idot at the end of this tube?” “Not at this end, sir,” came _ the reply. MORRIS NORDBLAD ELECTED PRESIDENT Former Financial Secretary Morris Nordblad of Local 1-367 IWA Haney, has been elected Local President in‘the recent referendum vote for new officers. Past President Cy Godfrey declined to seek © re-election for this post. Others elected on the ballot for a two-year term were: Ralph Funk, 1st Vice-Presi- dent; Cy Godfrey, 2nd Vice- President; Eric Wood, Finan- cial Secretary; Bill Hayes, Re- cording Secretary; Larry Crouch, Conductor; Jack Hag- gerty, Warden and Safety Di- rector; Jim Laslo, Trustee. The new officers will be sworn in by Regional Ist Vice- President Jack MacKenzie at the Local’s monthly meeting to be held November 30, in Mission. RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT Max Salter, President of Local 1-363 IWA Courtenay, has been re-elected for an- other two-year term of office in the referendum vote just completed in the Local Union. Other officers elected were: Wilf Armstrong, 1st Vice- President; Ed Thompson, 2nd Vice-President; Bud Berken- stock, 3rd Vice-President; Karl Lidberg, Financial Sec- retary; Roy Williams, Conduc- tor; Russ Williams, Warden; Art Wesner, Recording Sec- retary; Bill Nairn, Trustee. Max Salter was also re- elected the Local’s Regional Executive Board Member. The new officers were in- stalled in office by Maurice Corbeil, Financial Secretary of Local 1-85. CLC STAFF SEMINAR The Annual Staff Seminar sponsored by the Canadian Labour Congress will be held in the Island Hall Hotel, February 3 - 7, 1969. Ray Haynes, B.C. Federation of Labour Secretary, will be the Seminar Chairman and instructors and speak- ers will be Andy Andras, Director, Legislative Depart- ment of the CLC; John Fryer, Director, Research Depart- ment of the CLC; and Professor Martin, Principal, Labour College of Canada. School Directors are Ron Tweedie, Regional CLC Director of Education and Tom Gooderham, Regional CLC Director of Organization. BROADWAY PRINTERS LIMITED printers and lithographers since 1911 SS 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 Vancouver Bound? BLACKSTONE MOTOR HOTEL —132 Rooms completely modernized —New dining lounge facilities —Free Parking —Low rates: Single without bath ______. $4.00 With bath or shower, TV — $5.50 to $7.50 Write or phone for weekly or monthly rates. 1170 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER 2, B.C. Telephone: 681-7541 — Member CAA-AAA —— iL fl 4 Ki s T oO N E