PLIB men

face issue

_Threatening aspects of the
dispute between Local 1-288,
and the Pacific Lumber In-
spection Bureau have been

alleviated by action of the Re-
gional Officers.

The Regional Council was
represented by them at re-
cent discussions between the
Bureau’s Directors and the
Local Union’s negotiators.

An extension of time has
been arranged during which
further discussions will now

be held with Conciliation Of-
ficer Fisher.

The resolution adopted at
the recent meeting of the Re-
gional Executive Board up-
held the recommendations of
the officers in the following
terms:

1. That this Board expresses
agreement in principle with
the demand made by Lo-
eal 1-288, IWA for lumber
grading and tallying by in-
dependent and qualified
personnel.

2. That a communication be
addressed to the officials
of the leading lumber com-

panies requesting that they
re-examine the position of
the Pacific Lumber Inspec-
tion Bureau in this respect
with the object of prevent-
ing any open dispute on
the question.

3. That a recommendation be
made to the Conciliation
Officer, E. P. Fisher, and
both parties, proposing an
extension of time for the
first stage of conciliation
enabling a conference di-
rectly between the Direct-
ors of the Bureau and the
Negotiating Committee of
Local 1-288.

4, That the Regional Officers
confer with the Negotiating
Committee of Local 1-288
to discuss ways and means
to gain a mutually satis-
factory settlement of this
point in the dispute.

Kee tk

Exports of wheat and flour
for the first eight months of
the crop year begun Aug. 1
were 348,000,000 bushels com-
pared with last year’s com-
parable total of 211,900,000
bushels.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

Prince George area is photographed at the Interior
Spruce Company’s operation. This Company 1s one
of the few now working due to the unseasonably

wet spring.

Factory shipments by man-
ufacturers in September were
valued at about $2,309,300,-
000 or 6.7 per cent higher

than August and 6.6 per cent
higher than a year earlier.

"Try what you will,
There's nothing like Leather! |—

and Dayton's use only the Best — selected hides oil-tanned by time-

honoured process. That's why . . .

YOU CAN BE SURE OF DAYTON’'S F

DAYTON Shoe Mfg. Co. (B.C.) Lid.

2248-50 East Hastings St.

A budgetary deficit of
$128,600,000 for the first
eight months of the fiscal
year begun April 1 has been
reported, comparing with the
$96,400,000 recorded just one
year earlier.

The report of the commit-
tee and the recommendations
of the Regional Executive
Board will then be placed be-
fore the membership for a
final decision on acceptance
or rejection. oe
The resolution on the sub- _
ject, introduced by the Re- —
gional Officers, stressed the
vital need for the immediate
introduction of training pro-
grams in the industry to en-
able workers to acquire or
improve skills required in
new mechanized methods of
production.

Exports up

Exports in 1963 rose for the
ninth straight year to a record
$6,798,500,000 worth or 10
per cent higher than in 1962.
Gains were made in all main
export markets and in a ¢
variety of items although
chiefly wheat, iron ore, lum-
ber, wood pulp, haying and
harvesting equipment and
some navigational and elec-
tronic machinery.

Kee

Poultry meat production in
1963 was 603,981,000 pounds
or 6.7 per cent more than in
1962.

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Vancouver, B.C.