THE IWA 1962 CONTRACT DEMANDS | .

1. Twenty-five cents an hour wage increase across the board.

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2. Three weeks additional paid vacations for all, to increase employment.

3. Double rate for all overtime; no compulsory overtime; correction of abuses in hiring and

shift arrangements. :
Seniority on basis of length of service and ability to do the work required, with necessary ~
safeguards.

5. Written-in contract provisions for medical coverage similar to the Health and Welfare
Plans with 50-50 payment of premiums.

6. All contracting and sub-contracting to maintain the wages and conditions of the master
agreement.
7. Joint Union-Management survey of a pension plan basis.

8. Paydays every second Friday.
Joint Union-Management conferences to develop means of settlement for job grievances

prior to broad. negotiations.

BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE

THE EMPLOYERS’ PROPOSED REVISIONS |

Twenty Per Cent Cut-Back In Fallers’ Basic Rates.

$1.25 a day factease in board and lodging rates.

Wage cut for “red circle” plywood workers.

Saturday wage cut for production workers.

Less protection for regular employees to be re-classified as casual workers.
Weaker seniority provisions.

Less job-posting.

No shift differential nor rest periods for short night shifts.

Loggers must wait in camp five days to qualify for fare allowance. . ,

10. Less pay for Safety Committee members meeting outside working hours. a

NO BENEFITS PROPOSED — CUT-BACKS RIGHT DOWN THE LINE

THE UNION FIGHTS FOR THESE DEMANDS... -
BECAUSE the 25c. an hour wage increase will

live. Living costs are rising, and the demands of modern -

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— enable every worker in the industry to get the

better living now made possible from the wealth pro-
duced by the industry, with a fair share of the profits
he helps to produce. re

— return to every worker a larger share of his in-
creased productivity. Increased productivity is proven
when the total increased production is divided among
the present number in the working force.

— allow skilled workers of the industry to live at
acceptable standards in the communities where they

living are greater for the families, as for example
health care, cultural activities, recreation, education
a participation in community affairs — all now neces-
sities.

— bring wages in Canada closer to parity with the
wages now paid in the “fir belt” immediately south
of the boundary in the United States. best

— bring wages closer to parity with the wages paid
in other industries, for comparable skilled work.

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