~~ THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER TRAINING IWA The IWA Regional Nego- tiating Committee and Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. have signed an agreement which recommends to employers and Local Unions, guide lines for an industry-wide on-the- job training program in the coastal forest products indus- try. The agreement was de- scribed by IWA Regional President, Jack Moore, as an urgently-required adjustment to technological change in the lumber industry that will minimize needless displace- ment of experienced workers. “Obviously, the first place to begin the training and re- cruiting of the skilled work- ers, now in demand, is in the present work force,” he said. The agreement which ad- heres to the seniority pro- visions of the IWA Coast Master Agreement, provides: (a) Posting of training op- portunities, (b) Selection of trainees on the basis of seniority, (c) Continuation of the trainee’s regular rate of pay during the training period. Upon due notice from either party, the job training program may be revised by mutual agreement. The terms of this agree- ment are as follows: Guide Lines A. APPLICATION 1. The following principles are intended as a guide and basis for negotiation of train- ing programs at the opera- tional level between com- panies and Local Unions, and will be recommended thereto by Forest Industrial Relations Limited and Regional Coun- cil No. 1, WA. B. POSTING 2. Training positions to be posted for a minimum period of two consecutive working days. 3. Employees absent from the operation to have the OF THE SIX RE-ELECTED officers of the Haynes, 2nd Vice-President. AGREEMENT right to bid on training posi- tions provided they advise the company on an appropriate form of their desire to do so. C. SELECTION AND TRAINING 4. Selection of trainees to be on the basis of seniority, as provided for in Article XVI, Section 1 of the Master Agreement. 5. The company should se- lect a qualified person to pro- vide the training with due re- gard to ability to communi- cate effectively. 6. The company to notify the Plant Committee in writ- ing when a trainee is judged to be qualified, or if he is re- moved from the training pro- gram because of incom- petence. D. RATES OF PAY 7. Rates of pay to apply to trainees during the training period to be their regular job rates, except that they shall not receive more than the established rate for the job for which they are being trained, and subject to appro- priate exceptions for piece work employees. E. SENIORITY 8. Seniority to follow the general principles of Article XVI of the Master Agree- ment, with special provisions where necessary to deal with _ special problems of the opera- tion. 9. If, during the training period, the trainee wishes to discontinue training, or fails to qualify, he should return to the job previously held by F. REVISION AND TERMINATION 10. Nothing in this agree- ment is intended to vary, can- cel, or otherwise affect exist- ing training agreements. 11. Provision may be made for termination or revision upon written notice after ex- piration of a reasonable peri- od to be specified. B.C, George Johnston, 4th Vice- ; Lloyd Wisheart, 3rd Vice- Vice-President; Pat O'Neal, mo r eA Steg, TH DUITE SF ee ee caer 10TH ANNUAL CONVENTION of th in the Bayshore Inn, Vancouver. NEL I T .C. FEDERATION OF ALL-OUT WAR War has been declared by the B.C. Federation of La- bour on ex parte injunctions used by employers to destroy labour’s basic right to picket during industrial disputes. Delegates attending the 10th Annual Convention of the Federation November 1-5, at the Bayshore Inn, Vancou- ver, unanimously approved a resolution calling for the Fed- eration to fight ex parte in- junctions and to adopt this campaign ‘as its major pro- ject for the coming year.” The delegates also approved a proposal to raise a defence fund for the campaign of $10,000 of which $1,500 was immediately raised through donations made by the Build- ing Trades Council and the Painters Union. Other organ- izations indicated they were also prepared to contribute generously to the fund. ACTION During the week-long con- vention, the 450 delegates dealt with 131 resolutions, heard from a number of guest sveakers, took time out to demonstrate their suvport of the Oil Workers striking the B.A. Oil Company by picket- ing B.A.’s head office, and re- elected all the Federation’s top officers on the closing day. Officers returned by accla- mation were: E. T. Staley, Carpenters, president; Jack Moore, IWA, 1st Vice-Presi- dent; Ray Haynes, Retail, Wholesale, 2nd Vice-Presi- dent; George Johnston, Meat Cutters, 4th Vice-President; Pat O’Neal, Pylp Sulphite, Secretary. CONTEST In the only contest, incum- bent Lloyd Wisheart, Fire- fighters, defeated Les Mc- Donald, Electrical Workers, for 3rd Vice-President. Executive Council mem- bers elected were: M. Alton, WSWA; W. Apps, CBRT; A. H. Barker, Longshoremen; D. Crabbe, CUPE; L. Guy, ITU; R. Schlosser, IWA Local 1- 417; R. R. Smeal, CALFAS; W. Symington, UPWA; W. Trineer, IWA Local 1-357; G. Wickham, Pulp Sulphite. AUTOMATION Among the more important resolutions approved by the convention was one calling for a general conference on automation. Purpose of the conference would be to form- ulate new union policies to meet technological changes in industry. Invitations will be extended by the Federation to outside organizations and labour de- partments of the federal and provincial governments to submit briefs to the confer- ence. DELEGATION The IWA, which had the largest delegation at the con- vention, submitted a number of approved resolutions de- manding that: © The provincial govern- ment sponsor a govern- ment automobile insurance plan satisfactory to the peo- ple of British Columbia. © The federal government take the necessary measures to implement the recommen- dations of the Hall Report on a medicare plan for Can- ada, © The provincial govern- ment enact legislation to pro- tect certification and agree- ments that are in effect when a business or operation or part thereof is sold, leased or transferred. e B.C. Federation of Labour held November 1-5, © The provincial govern- ment and Legislative Assem- bly put ‘teeth’ in the Labour Relations Act to protect un- ions and employees from em- ployer’s interference and in- timidation when a charge of unfair labour practice has been filed with the Board. Two resolutions on strike- breakers were also dealt with by the delegates. The first re- quested the provincial gov- ernment to enact legislation prohibiting the hiring of strikebreakers during a legal strike. The second instructed the Federation to seek a con- stitutional change in the CLC constitution to allow the sus- pension and/or expulsion of any union which takes part in strikebreaking activities. REPORTS Nine extensive and well documented reports were submitted by the Federation’s committees for consideration by the convention. IWA members on these committees were Regional President Jack Moore, who headed up the Public Rela- tions and Education Commit- tee and served on the Natural Resources Committee; Rae Eddie, Local 1-357, who chaired the Legislative Com- mittee; Wyman Trineer, President Local 1-357, who served on the Municipal Af- fairs Committee; and Bob Clair, Local 1-217, who served on both the Manpower and Public Relations and Educa- tion Committees. ES IWA