A novel experiment reported

by the city of Edmonton’s
training and development
director, indicates a three-day
work week increases
productivity and improves the
health of employees.

The report was prepared by
D. W. Hiron following a 17-
week experiment with a six-
day service week in which em-
ployees of the training and
testing branch of the city
personnel department worked
three 12%4-hour shifts.

Hiron said that during the
experiment, which will be con-
tinued until mid-January,
absenteeism was zero and
workers took less time off for
medical and dental appoint-
ments because they had more
away-from-the-office hours.

“For the first time in the
existence of the training
branch the staff literally ran
out of work,” he said.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

“For dhe first | time eau
all, if not all, communications
were completed on the day
they were initiated.”

There are 10 workers in the
branch and half of them
worked Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, the other half
on Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. Hiron worked
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays to cover both shifts.

All complaints about the
experiment were recorded.
From now to January working
conditions will be adjusted to
try to eliminate the com-
plaints.

A majority of the employees -

agreed that productivity was
increased and that they en-
joyed the prolonged periods at
home.

Both shifts worked from 8:30
a.m. to 9 p.m. and were given
14% hours for meals and coffee

CLC PENSION PLAN
AIDING SMALL PLANTS

The Canadian Labor
Congress has launched a non-
contributory pension plan for
workers in small industries
and offices. Called Canada-
Wide Industrial Pension Plan,
it will supplement the personal
and family security of workers
in small and medium-size
plants, shops and offices who
normally can’t get private
pension benefits from their
employers.

But through the new plan,
drafted by pension experts
from unions, management and
trust company,the pension
funds of many small
operations can be pooled. The
plan can make investment
earnings normally available to
big organizations.

CLC _Secretary-Treasurer
William Dodge, who an-

nounced the plan said it also
guarantees certain minimum
pension benefits if the em-

ployer closes down shop after a
worker has participated for
three or more years. Workers
also get coverage during layoff
sickness or other absence,
after three years in the plan.
And after 10 years workers
have a vested right ina pension
payable monthly when they
retire. The plan also includes
portability from one group
within the plan to another.
First group to participate is
an employer-employee group
representing Namasco
Limited and Local 195 of the
United Auto Workers at
Windsor, Ont. The plan is
administered by Quebec Trust

Company of Montreal.
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STILL LOVE

Sawmill Sue admits that she
is only a moonshiner’s
daughter — but her boy friend
loves her still.

anenke ane te could fake
when and how they pleased.

Hiron said the system ex-
tended the use of facilities
without additional costs, in-
creased service without over-
time and increased family
contact and family recreation.

Applying four days off to
large groups would ease traffic
congestion, spread recreation-
use loads, lessen loads on

transit and power utilities,
lower employee sickness

claims and make higher
education easier to obtain in
spare time, he said.

At the same time, extended
shifts allow offices to be used
for double duty, cut the need
for floor space in half, allow
machinery to be used at double
capacity and allow better
individual achievement.

Hiron said he found he was
able to attend meetings
without worrying about undone
desk work or crisis situations.

Another report on the ex-
periment will be made in
January.

DRIVE
AGAINST
P.P.W.C.

Authorization was given by
the IWA International Conven-
tion for Region 1 to embark on
an organizational programme
to bring all operations certified
to the Pulp and Paper Workers
of Canada, under IWA
jurisdiction.

The Convention also ordered
the International officers to
provide any help Region 1
required to ensure the success
of the campaign.

The move is in retaliation for
the PPWC’s unwarranted
raiding of IWA operations
during the past two years.

Targets in the IWA attack
will include all the PPWC’s
pulp mill certifications in
British Columbia.

ithe federal government had agreed to publish the document, but the Provincial
cabrio “no.” Howard, who represents the B.C. riding of Skeena, said it is ex-
portant to Indians in the province that the report be made public.

REVIEW
OF ERRANT

MEMBERS

International Convention
delegates approved a
resolution calling for possible
reinstatement of former IWA
members barred from _ the
Union following the October
Revolution.

The International, in
cooperation with Regional
Council No. 1, will review the
list of errant members still
employed in the industry and
forward a report to the In-
ternational Executive Board
for study.

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OCTOBER, 1971

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WINNERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS awarded annually by
Local 1-367 IWA were Robert Schultz of Maple Ridge, left,
who won the $200.00 Academic Scholarship and Allan Sch-
midt of Mission, who won the Vocational Scholarship. The
awards were made by Local President Art Stark at the
Local’s Annual Meeting October 2. Any son or daughter or
close relative of members of Local 1-367 graduating from
High School and intending to further their education may

“apply for the Scholarships.

| PREFER HYDRO

“B.C. NEW DEMOCRATS _
_ CONDEMN SOCREDS'
_ GAS PIPE LINE AWARD |

he bs wees

The B.C. New Democratic
Party has condemned the B.C.
Government’s awarding of the
natural gas pipe line franchise
to a group of promoters.

The NDP’s provincial
council meeting October 3,
called on the government to
cancel the award and award
the construction and pipe line
rights to the B.C. Hydro.

The Council said: Once again
a group of promoters, closely
associated with West Coast
Transmission Co. and the
Social Credit party, will reap
profits and stock option priv-
ileges which will have to be
paid for by the people and
industry of the province
through excessice prices for
natural gas; prices which in
the past have been higher than
the selling price of our own
natural gas to industries and
consumers south of the border.

The council considers that
the northern line to Vancouver

BROADBENT
ATTACKS
J. J. GREENE

One of the most popular non-
fiction best-sellers at the
moment is a book called “‘The
Greening of America’’. It
describes how urbanization
and industrialization are
ruining the American ecology
and alienating the people.

The NDP Member of
Parliament for Oshawa-
Whitby, Ed Broadbent, has
coined a phrase to describe the
complete takeover of Canadian
industry of foreigners with the
help of Energy Minister J. J.
Greene — ‘‘The Greene-ing of
Canada”’.

Broadbent used the phrase in
debate on a bill to allow Mic
Mac Oils 1936 Ltd. to take on a
federal charter which would
permit it to merge with a
foreign owned parent com-
pany.

The bill has passed the
senate. -

Island through Powell River
makes sense, in spite of higher
initial costs, by opening up
employment opportunities and
energy supplies in more
remote areas of the: province.
But it is obvious that West
Coast Transmission, con-
trolling the supply of natural
gas at Williams Lake, and
acting through Mr. Dan Eck-
man, its pipe line into the
Premier’s office, was able to
dictate the award of this con-
tract to its friendly promoters
in the Malaspina group.

Further, an award to the
Malaspina group means the
export of jobs from the
province, especially in man-
agement, planning and
engineering, since Malaspina
without personnel of its own
will be employing the San
Francisco personnel of the
Bechtel Corporation.

The NDP further said that
West Coast Transmission
should be forced to give B.C.
Hydro bulk gas purchasing
rights at Williams Lake, as it
has done for the Malaspina
group, B.C. Hydro should be
authorized to proceed forth-
with to construct the pipe line
by the Powell River route.

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