A ae 2 Sota 5 iy sit - eat Pi d. My The Company will pay the gram. The coverage will be for a MAY-JUNE, 1972 — A new agreement providing for $1.75 an hour over three years plus a number of highly important fringe benefits, has been negotiated by Local 1-184 IWA with the Meadow Lake Sawmill Company, Saskat- chewan. The 75 employees received an immediate increase of 95 cents an hour. They will receive a further 30 cents an THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 40 cents.an hour May 1, 1974; and a final 10 cents an hour during the last six months of the contract. The base rate prior to the agreement was $2.25. Negotiating for the Union were Regional 3rd Vice-Presi- dent Stan Parker, Local 1-184 President Alex Smith, and Plant Committee Members Ross Fallis and Marvin Ar- nold. hour May 1, 1973; an additional 1 ey eee gee a ae reer q Ny Crean ee weet TI * Fringe benefits won included ten statutory holidays, time and one half for overtime, pro- vision for hot meals plus the coverage for group life insur- ance, weekly indemnity, medicare tax, hospitalization and pension plan: a rae = aX i =] | | Sa es } The Company will provide at no cost to the employee the following weekly indemnity program: (a) Disability Period — The plan will provide for a 52-week period of disability with bene- fits to commence the first day of a non-compensable accident and on the 7th day of sickness. (b) Coverage — The plan will provide for benefits of 70 per- - cent of normal weekly ear- nings, reduced to 65 percent at the end of 6 months and 60 per- cent at the end of 9 months. Normal Weekly Earnings is defined as an employee’s straight time hourly rate x 40 hours. Sa “ i as a The Company will contribute to all employee’s Saskat- chewan Medicare Tax to a maximum of $72.00 per year ae — EY for each married employee and $36.00 per year for each single employee. 3 anaes ‘ BS | } The Company will pay the full cost of the following cover- age with no deductible limita- tions: (a) Full cost of semi-private accomodation in an accredited hospital. (b) Up to $5.00 per day to a maximum of 180 days while confined in a registered nurs- ing home or accredited con- valescent hospifal in any one year. (c) Hospitalization outside Canada including semi-private accomodation and _ other hospital expenses. There is no daily maximum and the plan pays for 90 percent of these incurred expenses. NOTE: There is a $15.00 deductible per year per em- oyee. The maximum payable the insurance carrier under this section is $15,000 per employee in any 3-year period. A. 100 PERCENT COVERAGE (1) Prescription drugs. (2) Professional ambulance service. (3) Diagnostic services not covered under Saskatchewan Medicare. (4) Medical appliances such as artificial limbs, wheel- chairs, ete. B 80 PERCENT COVER- . ) Services of a registered | (2) Dental repair as a result of accident. (3) Hearing aids to a maximum of $300.00 per family per year. (4) Private room up to $10.00 per day additional, if recommended by a licensed physician or surgeon. : (5) Extra billings of a licensed ‘physician or surgeon outside Saskatchewan with no maximum limitations. (7) If in any of the above sections in this SCHEDULE, legislation is passed prevent- ing insurance carriers from underwriting the coverage, then the Company will not be responsible for providing em- ployees with this coverage. | as a FOR $1.16 AN HOUR ALBERTA REVELSTOKE CREW SIGNS NEW 2-YEAR AGREEMENT Local 1-207 reports the sign- ing of a first Agreement with Revelstoke Building Materials Limited for this Company’s Camp No. 1 at Whitecourt, Alberta. The new Agreement is the result of an organizing drive conducted by Frank Stich, Region No. 1 Organizer, who had signed 25 of a possible 26 employees into the IWA. Bargaining right was granted to the Local Union on February 17, 1972, and negotia- tions commenced shortly thereafter. - = ae Pay a The Agreement is for a 2- year period, April 1, 1972, to March 31, 1974, with wage in- creases totalling $1.16 during the term of the Agreement. The first increase of 40c per hour is retroactive to March 1, 1972, with further increases of 30c per hour October 1, 1972, and April 1, 1973, and an in- crease of 16c per hour on Oc- tober 1, 1973, bringing the Labour Rate to $3.56 per hour. The Agreement also includes other benefits such as two weeks vacation with pay after Bt MEMBERS OF LOCAL 1-207 IWA Alberta, employed at Revelstoke Camp No. 1. one year of service and three weeks after five years payable -at 6% percent of total earn- ings; Nine paid Statutory Holidays; 10c per hour shift premium for night shift; rate and one-half to be paid for Saturday and Sunday work regardless of hours worked during the week; and an Insur- ance Plan providing Life, Sick- ness, and Medical Coverage. The negotiations were conducted by Arne Christensen, President, and R. W. Stenvall, Financial Sec- retary, of Local 1-207. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia was the topic of a meeting called by the [WA International Union on May 1. This was one in a series of such sessions attended by negotiating committee mem- bers from Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1 and Western States Regional Council No. 3. Contracts covering more than 70,000 members of the WA in the two regions will expire in June. Se ae PENSION PLAN 4 | i , Vesting Percent 5 years 50 6 years 60 7 years 70 8 years 80 9 years 90 10 years 100 Eligibility 1 year’s service Formula Rate/ Hour $3.50 or less $3.51-$4.00 $4.01 or more Benefit $4.00/ month / year of service $5.00/ month/ year of service $6.00/ month/year of service Retirement Normal — 65 Early — 60 (Actuarial reduc- tion %4 percent for each month between actual and normal retirement.) * Telephone: 684-3931 DUMARESQ LOGGERS’ AGENCY 328 Carrall Street, Vancouver 3, B.C. “‘The Loggers’ Favourite Job Centre” NICK BRONTE ct arene Ne NR er een a i 0 re ge ee COORDINATION OF INDUSTRY-WIDE NEGOTIATIONS in the BROADWAY PRINTERS LIMITED printers and lithographers since 1911 E> 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 :