<0 onal i) ~~ THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER _ @ LETTERS The following two letters were written by the employees of the Flavelle Cedar Company, Port Moody, to President Wy- man Trineer of Local 1-357 IWA, New Westminster, to express their appreciation to Trineer and the 1964-65 IWA Negotiating Committee for gaining in the IWA Coast contract the clause which states, “There shall be minimum guaranteed earnings averaged out over a pay period based on hours actually worked, for Shingle Sawyers and Shingle Packers.” Brother President: Here at Flavelle Cedar in good old Port Moody, B.C., the Shingle Sawyers and Packers are very pleased to show you and the negotiating committee of the 1964-65 con- tract, a bit of appreciation for providing the clause of a guaranteed wage. Our shingle mill has been operating as steady, if not one of the steadiest on the coast for as far as we can remem- ber. One of our sawyers has almost forty years of service and others thirty years. We have worked for Thurs- ton & Flavelle, Flavelle Ce- dar, Canadian Collieries, and now our new bosses are Weldwood of Canada. Our complete operation in- cludes a large sawmill, plan- er, then the shingle mill re- ceives the logs unfit for lum- ber. Until June 15th, 1964, due to poor logs our wages for many years were lower than most shingle mills, but now with this guaranteed wage we are happier since we receive a better remuner- ation for our efforts, and who * knows, should we get better logs, production would go up. Our firm, sawyers and pack- ers would all benefit. We have in the past and now en- joyed a very good relation- ship with the supervisor of our Department. Once again a sincere thank you. GEORGE AUDET, Sawyers & Packers, Flavelle Cedar, Port Moody, B.C. Brother President: An interim report on the guaranteed wage for sawyers and packers from Flavelle Cedar Mill at Port Moody. This plant is a combination mill and prior to the 1964-65 contract was strictly a salvage operation. Timber was poor and there was considerable loss of time; wages were from 16-22 dol- lars per day, some packers making less than the mini- mum rate. Under the new contract we now have better timber and less lost time. Second and most important part is a sawyer and packer get $24.88 and $20.66 per day regardless of machine he works on. This is in keeping with union policy of a standard wage for comparable work throughout the industry. A vote of thanks to the Regional Negotiating Com- mittee 1964-65 for recognizing a deplorable condition in the shingle mills and taking the necessary steps to correct it. L. LAXTON, Job Steward, Flavelle Cedar, Port Moody, Div. Canadian Coll. THANKS Mr. J. Clayton Walls, Ste. 9 — 1638 Pandosy St., Kelowna, B.C. Dear Sir & Brother: On behalf of our member- ship, we want to take this op- portunity to thank you for the assistance given to us on the recent strike in Kelowna, also for the use of your Of- fice and equipment. Thanking you again, I re- main, ED. O. CARLSON, Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Workers, Local 835. 11 WELL... FER ONE THING...WHEN YA HAD TA PACK ALL THIS PLYWOOD AROUND BY HAND IT DIDN’T COST YA A FORTUNE IN A HEALTH CENTRE TRYIN’ TA KEEP IN SHAPE! "TIGHT SHIP" FALMOUTH, England—A message from his union was waiting for Robert Manry, copy reader for the Cleve- land, O., Plain Dealer, when he docked here after a 3,200- mile solo voyage. across the Atlantic in a 13.5-foot sloop named Tinkerbelle. “Six hundred_ cynical Cleveland Guildsmen con-. gratulate you on your maiden voyage,” the tongue-in-cheek message from Newspaper Guild Local 1 said. “We never thought you’d make it.” When Manry returns, the local wants to-talk to him about back dues for 78 days — the length of his voyage. “We run a tight ship too,” Pres. John D. Fairfield wrote. QUOTE Things of beauty often shake up men who view them minus make-up. Store your valuables in a... This way you know where your important papers are. Why not call in and arrange for one . . . now! CANADIAN at IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE MORE THAN 1260 BRANCHES TO SERVE YOU Why the Thunderbird ? Through legend born before the day the white man was known in North America, the Thunderbird has survived the ages as a symbol of good among the native inhabitants of the British Columbia coast. A descendant of the lightning and thunder for which it was named, this mighty creature was believed to be a messenger of the Great Spirit, representing Prosperity, acting as a powerful force of good against evils that threatened the peoples of this primitive world. It is because of the high regard in which the Thunderbird is held, that it has been chosen to symbolize the service offered by B.C. Air Lines to British Columbia coastal residents. bcaBar B.C. AIR LINES LIMITED Son