THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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graded, stamped and strapped
into bundles. Shipments are
made by truck and railroad.

Providing raw material for
‘the stud mill is a big job and
differs greatly from West
Coast logging.

The fine quality timber is
small in diameter, the land is
flat and the best time for log-
ging is during the- extreme
cold of the winter months,

“NEW MILL”

are frozen solid. Most of the
forest area is boggy and never
dries out during the summer,
During the spring thaw the

. transportation of logs is stop-

ped completely for several
weeks in order to protect the
roads. For.decades logging in
the area has been done only
in the winter. People farmed
during the short summer
months and then worked as

The 80 to 100-man crew in
the stud mill is represented
by Local 1-184 of the LW.A.
after the successful organiza-
tional campaign headed by R.
Larson, who was assisted by
F. Stich. (Both are on the
Organization Staff of Region-
al Council No. 1, IW.A.)
Upon certification, the nego-
tiating committee consisting
of Local President Glen

when the soggy forest lands loggers during the winter. Thompson, Plant Chairman
Bill Russell, Don Parkman
and Joe Lasko started bar-
gaining sessions: with the
Company. This committee —
headed by Regional Second
Vice President Del Pratt —
raised the basic wage rate
from $1.60 to $1.80 per hour
retroactive from March 1,
1966. The contract provides

itional 5c per hour

gor ae eee a Fi. 1966 PLANT CHAIRMAN Bill Russell (left). and Committee

increase on /1ug ’ ? Member Don Parkman aided Regional 2nd Vice-President a

with a further increase of 3c Del Pratt and Local President Glen Thompson in the Y

per hour on March 1, 1967. negotiations with the Company.

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