THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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1-71 VICTORY

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_ COMPANY UNION —

__ B.C. Labour Relations
Board has refused to certify

the Terrace & District
Forestry Employees Union at
a Terrace based pole plant and
mill owned by Little, Haugland
& Kerr Limited.

The Board rejected the
application following an all day
hearing on August 14th at
which the I.W.A., the Terrace
& District Forestry Employees
Union and the Company were
represented by counsel.

The reasons for the rejection
were ‘“‘because the Board
determined, pursuant to
Section 12 (8) of the Labour
Relations Act, the formation,
administration, management
or policy of the organization or
association of employees is, in
the opinion of the Board,
. dominated or influenced by the

employer’’.

The Terrace & District
Forestry Employees Union is
affiliated to the C.C.U.
(Confederation of Canadian
Unions) which the I.W.A. has

‘renamed the Council of

Company Unions.

The primary benefit of
membership in the Terrace &
District Forestry Employees

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Union is that dues paying
members receive a turkey at
Christmas time. I.W.A. Of-
ficials stated that the expenses
of this latest hearing might
result in no turkeys for the
Company union members this
year.

Local 1-71, I.W.A., has
proven to the Labour Relations
Board on 2 previous occasions
this year that the Terrace &
District Forestry Employees
Union is a Company union. The
Board earlier refused to certify
the Terrace & District
Forestry Employees Union at
Cedar River Timber and Lean-
To-Creek Logging when
collusion with the employers
was proven.

At Little, Haugland & Kerr,

the I.W.A. was attempting to
negotiate an Agreement and

the son of the Company’s
Manager and Vice-President
was the main spokesman in
disrupting the I.W.A. efforts
and inviting the Company
union in.

The Company union was
represented at the hearing by
Lawyer Bruce McColl, who

also represents various F.I.R.
Companies.

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TRUSTEES’ RE

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TO CONVENTION

We have made quarterly
examinations of the books,
records and vouchers of the
Regional Council up to June 20,
1973, and find them to be in
good order. All expenditures
have been made in accordance
with established Regional
Policy and/or authorized by
the Regional Executive Board.
We have had the full co-opera-
tion from the office personnel
in carrying out our duties as
Trustees.

GENERAL FUND

The average membership in
the Region has risen from
43,672 to 46,169 which has resul-
ted in a fairly substantial in-
crease in revenue over the
previous year. Your Trustees
are pleased to report that the
General Fund has increased
from $5341.00 a year ago to
$99,405.00 as of the end of June,
1973. However, we must point
out to the Convention delegates
that the additional staff and
services required to maintain
and carry out the policy and
programs of the Region will
add substantially to expendi-
tures in the coming year.

STRIKE FUND :
We have during this past
year examined the Strike Fund

vouchers and expenditures
submitted by the various Local
Unions and find them in order

and in line with Regional Strike

policy.

The balance in the Strike
Fund as of June 30, 1972 was
$2,464,243, compared with
$2,494,624 as of June 30th, 1973,
an increase of $30,381 during
this period.

The heavy expenditures
incurred from the Strike Fund
during the past year is due
mainly to the lengthy dispute
with Huntting-Merritt, Red
Band and Domtar and the
improved benefits in strike
assistance authorized by the
last Regional Convention. We
again take note that Strike
Fund investments are earning
a satisfactory return and in the
main will mature and be avail-
able to the Region during the
1974 Contract year.

In conclusion we wish to
acknowledge the courteous
assistance and co-operation
extended to us by the Officers
and office personnel during the
course of our inspections over
the past year.

Respectfully submitted,

A. Damstrom

T. Mogensen

E. Wood

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“FORMULA”

organizations seeking to raid
the Union’s jurisdiction. The
Pulp and Paper Workers of
Canada raids were a costly
example and must not be
allowed to occur again.

The IWA takes pride in
having the finest safety pro-
gramme in North America
under the direction of a full-
time safety director. This is a
costly service which the
Region believes is well worth
the money, and should be ex-
panded.

To protect the membership’s
interests in the IWA-Forest
Industry Pension Plan the
Region hired its own pension
advisor. His advice has been
invaluable both to the Regional
Council and the membership.
However, this again has been
costly to the Region to set up
the proper facilities and office
for the advisor.

Convention delegates believe
that an organization the size of
Region 1 should have better
methods of communicating
with its members. The
Regional Convention proposed
that the Regional Council
during negotiations use TV,
radio and the newspapers, to
keep the members better in-
formed. This also is a highly
costly programme well beyond
the present financial means of
the Region.

The Region badly needs the
services of both a research and
an education director. The
research director to provide
the essential data and statis-
tics during negotiations and an
education director to provide
information and instruct of-
ficers, business agents and
shop stewards, on vital trade
union matters.

All the Regional and Local
Union officers recognize the
gravity of the Regional
Council’s financial position and
are appealing to the members
USES? in’ the
referendum ballot.

Your “YES” vote will not
increase your dues and by

voting ‘““YES” you will help to
build your Union.

BOOKLET FOR NEW MEMBERS]

To give new members a better understanding of what the
IWA is all about, the Regional Council will prepare a

booklet generalizing on the aims, objectives and ac-
complishments of the Union.

The booklet will be prepared in consultation with the
Local Unions.

Its contents will also be published in the Western
Canadian Lumber Worker. ©

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