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the Regional Negotiating
Committee and F.LR.

(Under the general agree-
ment, details were to be
worked out at the Local Un-
ion level and the only stipu-
lation limiting extra remun-
eration, was that trainees
were not to receive more
than their normal: daily rate
while undergoing training.)

LETTER

The following in part is
Freer’s letter to the Com-

pany:

“This will also inform you
that we cannot agree that
either Party to such a formal
written understanding has the
unilateral right of cancella-
tion of a signed agreement
and that we, therefore, have
no alternative other than to
challenge this arbitrary ac-
tion, - ’

“We are deeply concerned
that this procedure on the
part of Crown Zellerbach, if
allowed to stand, will invite
similar action on the part of
either Party to collective
agreements whenever the
Parties encounter - problems
with particular provisions of
such agreements, or wherever
pressure groups within the
industry or Union are able
to dictate such a course of
action.

“Such a collapse of contrac-
tural relations would, in our
opinion, be both illegal and
disastrous and could result in
complete economic chaos. For
instance, what would the
Company’s position be if we
were to inform you by letter
that our Local Union was can-
celling the provisions of Ar-
ticle XXIII (Strikes and
Lockouts) ?

"C.Z. RENEGES"

“Supplement No. 2 to the
Coast Master Agreement was
negotiated in good faith and
signed between the Company
and the Union on December
20, 1965. The portion of this
Agreement which you now
find objectionable was
brought to your attention by
the Union during the above-
mentioned negotiations and
was discussed and agreed to
at that time.

“I cannot concur in your
present position that agree-
ment was reached on this
point to solve a specific local
problem and that the applica-
tion of the principle of pay-
ing’a modest remuneration to
instructors of trainees is con-
fined to your Company opera-
tions or to the Logging Sec-
tion of the Industry.

“The position that the addi-
tional pay for operators, while
they were engaged in the ad-
ditional duties of instructors,
was a specific local problem
or one which was confined to
logging only was never taken
by you or any other Com-
pany Official when Supple-
ment No. 2 was being nego-
tiated, and obviously is now
only used as a flimsy excuse
for the cancellation of a por-
tion of the collective agree-
ment.

EFFECT

“The. detrimental effect that
this unprecedented action on
the part of Crown Zellerbach
may have on Industry Job
Training is also of grave con-
cern to us, To take the action
you did at a time when both
Union and responsible Man-
agement are trying to devise
ways and means of solving
some of the problems posed
by automation and techno-
logical change is in our opin-
ion totally irresponsible and
unjustified.”

PLYWOOD MEET

In line with the decision of
the Regional Executive Board
a Conference will be held on
February 11 and 12, 1966 at
Woodworkers’ House, 2859
Commercial Drive, Vancou-

ver.

Representatives of all Lo-
eal Unions involved and Un-
ion members of Plant Re-
view Committees for all
operations under Plywood Job
Evaluation are expected to
take part in the discussion,
which will centre around:

(a) statistics

(b) substitute resolution
R-18

(c) plywood job evaluation
manual

(d) coast master agreement.

The meeting will convene at
10 a.m.

=e ee

Junior was invited to sup-
per at Billy’s house but re-
fused. When Mom asked why,
Junior sneered:

“He just wants me to help
him eat up his cereal so he
can have the box tops.”

_ THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

It ain’t th’ saw I’m worrying about . . . I also left our lunch...

JUSTICE TYSOE BACKS LABOUR

Labour’s charge that the
present system used by the
Workmen’s Compensation
Board to review claims of
injured workers denied com-
pensation is unjust, has been
backed by Mr. Justice Tysoe

in his report of the Royal’

Commission on Workmen’s
Compensation.

He recommended in his re-
port, tabled in the Legisla-
ture January 27, that the
Workmen’s Board of Review
should be reconstructed to
ensure greater impartiality in
dealing with compensation
appeals.

Under the present setup,
the Review Board comprises
the W.C.B.’s chief claims of-
ficer, the chief medical officer
and the chief solicitor. Un-
der Mr. Justice Tysoe’s pro-
posal, the Review Board
would comprise not less than
three members. He stipulated
one should be a well-quali-
fied lawyer and another a
well - qualified doctor. He
made no comment on who
should comprise the rest of

the board.

In making his recommend-
ation Mr. Justice Tysoe stat-
ed: “It is my opinion that
whatever seeming difficulties
may appear in the way the
Board ought to make the nec-
essary changes in its proced-
ures and practices to ensure
that the tribunal charged
with the duty of passing in
review or on appeal upon de-
cisions relating to claims by
workmen or their dependents
is as completely independent
and impartial as the circum-
stances will allow.”

The Board would devote its
whole time to the business of

' the Review Board and would

never be available for consul-
tation by any members of the
WCB staff about a pending
claim.

The Review Board would

Ms

have the “fullest power of in-
vestigation to get the truth,
the whole truth and nothing
but the truth” of a case be-
fore it.

Mr. Justice Tysoe also
recommended _ establishment
of an office of compensation
consultant, independent of
both industry and the Board
but responsible to and paid

by the government. His job.

would be to advise the pres-
ent compensation counsellor
and to represent workmen in
some of the most contentious
cases going before the Review
Board.

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In his report, Mr. Justice
Tysoe said the review by three
persons within the WCB ad-
ministration is in essence a
reconsideration of a claim and
doesn’t purport to be a hear-
ing in any commonly accepted

- Sense.

Said the judge: “Those who
comprise the reviewing body
are employees of the WC8,
hired and subject to dis-
charge by the commissioners.
They are part of the whole -
general operation, the pattern
for which is set by the atti-
tudes of the commissioner.”

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