THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 1st Issue July, 1966 FROM PAGE 1 "QUESNEL" 5. Contractors and Sub- Contractors To negotiate a new Article to provide that where a por- tion of an operation covered by the agreement is con- tracted or sub-contracted the Company will ensure that all contractors, sub ~ contractors, or owner-operators will be bound by all the provisions of the Agreement. 6. Double Rate for Overtime To provide for double rate of pay for all overtime worked, Satutday to be con- sidered an overtime day. 7. Paid Statutory Holidays One (1) additional statu- tory holiday, Easter Monday, to be written into the agree- ment. 8. Sick Leave Negotiate a section to pro- vide that all employees suf- fering injury or illness shall receive accumulative sick leave on the basis of one (1) day per month, to a maximum of twelve (12) days in one year, such sick leave to be accumulated from year to year up to a maximum of thirty (30) actual working days. 9. Pay Days ° Amend Article XVII to provide for pay days every second Friday, with a state- ment of earnings and deduc- tions to be provided. 10. Medical Coverage Amend Article XVIII, Sec- tion 6, by deleting the present (b) and inserting ‘Premium cost to be borne equally by employer and employee.” 11. Seniority Amend Article VIII, Sec- tion 1, by deleting the word “competency”. Delete Article VIII, Section 5(b). 12. Amend Article XVIII to provide for posting of all jobs. ’ 13. Elimination of all depart- ments and divisions. 14. Union Security Amend Article IV, Section 4, to read: “Any employee who fails to maintain his membership in the union as prescribed herein by reason of refusal to pay dues and as- sessments, shall be discharged forthwith after seven (7) days’ written notice to the company of the said Employ- ee’s refusal to maintain his membership.” 15. Technological Change Amend Article III, Section 1, by deleting the word “ex- clusively”, and add to Article III a new Section to provide for adjustments to techno- logical change and employees’ work load, 16. Grievance Procedure Amend Article XIV, Sec- tion (a) to read: “The individ- ual Employee and the Job Steward shall first take up the matter with the foreman in charge of the work within fifteen (15) days from the oc- eurrence of the event or 17. Arbitration Amend Article XVI, Sec- tion 2, to provide for a one- man Arbitrator. 18. Pension Plan _ The Union wants assurance that the present pension plan will be continued and that employees be provided with a fimancial statement of the plan once each year. 19. Working Foremen To negotiate into the agree- ment a provision that super- visory personnel will not do work normally done by em- ployees in the bargaining unit. 20. Elimination of combina- tion jobs. 21. Duration of Agreement Termination date of agree- ment to be the same as Coast Master Agreement. THE COMPANY Weldwood of Canada opera- tions in the Quesnel area con- sist of a plywood-sheathing plant (400) employees, a saw-" mill (30) employees) and a planermill (30 employees) to- gether with a related logging division (30 employees). This Company is a subsidi- ary of the giant United States Plywood Corporation, which corporation presently owns: (a) 24 plywood plants in both the United States and Canada. (b) 24 sawmills in both the United States and Canada. (c) 27 related plants (ven- eer, particle board, hard- board, doors, etc., in both the United States and Canada. (d) 16 billion board feet of timber in both the United States and Canada. This Corporation’s net worth in the amounted to $168,000,000.00 and employed 13,771 produc- tion employees in 1964. A comparison of the Corpo- ration’s profits before taxes between 1963 ($19,700,000) and 1965 ($29,200,000) shows an increase of 48.3% while a comparison of the Corpora- tion’s profits after taxes be- tween 1963 ($13,000,000) and 1965 ($18,800,000) shows an increase of 44.6%. THE PRESENT CONTRACT The existing contract was signed in September 1963 on a base rate of $1.97 per hour with an increase of 8c per hour effective September 1, 1964 and a further increase of 7c per hour effective Septem- ber 1, 1965 bringing the pres- ent base rate to $2.12 per hour with a shift differential of 6c per hour. (The base rate on the Coast is presently $2.56 per hour with a shift differential of 10c per hour and a greatly im- proved job evaluation plan in- cluding an accelerated wage curve). The Holiday of your life may be right on your doorstep .. + FAMILY CAMPING BY THE SEA on 92 parklike acres by a safe, sandy beach, with all the facilities you could possibly wish for. TENT or TRAILER LOW RATES HIAWATHA CAMPSITE (BEA & EV, DICK) 15090 Beach View Avenue White Rock, B.C, Ph. 536-6184 year 1965 - —PHOTO B.C. GOVERNMENT THE TOWN OF QUESNEL is located at the junction of the Fraser and Quesnel rivers, in the heart of the Cariboo country, 403 miles north of Vancouver and 75 miles south of Prince George. With a population of over 6,000, Quesnel is the commercial centre of an extensive, fast growing area of lumbering, mining and agriculture. The largest industrial enterprise is the recently expanded plywood plant (unsanded sheathing) owned by a subsidiary of the United States Plywood Corporation — Weldwood of Canada — which provides direct employment to approximately 400 workers. More than 150 sawmills operate in the Quesnel district. Coupled with the increasing development of mining and agriculture, and the building of a 60 million dollar pulp mill in the area, the future of Quesnel looks bright indeed. CONTENTS 12 FL. 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