THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue

February, 1964 5

In Mexico

ORKERS SHARE PROFITS

The government of Mexico is in process of issuing regu-
lations which will make it compulsory for companies operat-
ing in this country to share profits with their workers.

First payments will have
to be made early in 1964 on
the basis of 1963 profit re-
sults.

The government looks upon
this latest move as another
step, as officials have been
quoted, in “revolutionary ele-
ment of progress that should
launch Mexico into a rapid
and growing economic devel-
opment.”

Few people outside Latin
America realize that Mexico
is one of the leading countries
among the developing na-
tions, and the foremost among
Latin American countries. It
has had, since 1938, one of
the fastest growth rates in the

world, matched and in part
stymied by one of the highest
birth rates.

Some businessmen are fear-
ful of the effect of the new
profit-sharing plan, but safe-

in its application are
likely to avoid any seriously
adverse results. The plan is
expected to average around
two weeks’ pay per employee.

Since wages are low and
prices relatively high in this
country, this wage increment
is bound to have a beneficial
effect on the average work-
er’s standard of living. While
the per capita income is just
over $300 a year, or about

CAMP DIRECTORY

UNION AND NON-UNION CAMPS
ISSUED BY

PORT ALBERNI LOCAL 1-85

The following list contains the names of all camps,
sawmills and Plywood operations where members receive
full Union Coverage both as to wages and Health and

Welfare Protection.
Before hiring

out to West Coast Vancouver

Island

Camps, loggers should make certain that a Union contract

is in effect.

UNION CAMPS:

All MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Operations.

All Tahsis Company Operations.

E. J. Eason Trucking, R. B. McLean Lumber Company,
Milligan Brothers, M & M Pole, Taylor Way Logging, Craig
& Bond Logging, Stoltz Logging, Green Logging, Mars
Contracting, Coulson-Prescott Logging, Rayner & Bracht Ltd.,
J. W. Arden, A. N. Mangles, Grosskleg and Trueman, Braith-
waite & Son, Northern Hemlock Logging, O. & W. Contractors
(Fedge), Northwest Cedar, Millstream Timber, Kyuquot Log,
A. F. Barker, Brentwood Logging Ltd.

NON-UNION CAMPS:

Freill Lake Logging, Andrew Logging, Frank Singh Log-
ging, Inlet Contractors Ltd., Amai Inlet (Jorgenson Bros. ).

Non-Union Camps cannot participate in the Industry-
wide Health and Welfare Plan.

IWA LOCAL 1-367, HANEY
UNION CAMPS AND MILLS

B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Hammond Sawmill Division; B.C.
Forest Products Ltd., Pitt Lake Logging Division; Border Lum-
ber Co. Ltd., Ruskin; Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Harrison
Mills Legging Division; Davidson Shingle Co. Ltd., Mission;
Eddy Match Co. Ltd., Mission; Fleetwood Logging Co. Ltd.,
Camp “B,” Harrison Lake; Fleetwood Logging Co. Ltd., Camp

“Y," Yale; G. & F. Logg

ing Co. Ltd., Box 99, Hope; Hammer

Sawmills Ltd., Stave Falls; Hammer Logging Ltd., Stave Lake;
H. & F. Contracting Co. Ltd., Harrison Mills; Huston & Mc-
Bride Shingle Ltd., Ruskin; Katz Timber Ltd., Hope; Lakeberg
Logging Ltd., Harrison Lake; Lakewood Lumber Co. Ltd., East
of Fort Langley; H. A. Larson Logging Co. Ltd., Harrison Lake;
G. W. Lobb Shingle Mill Ltd., Stave Falls; McLenaine & Smith
Logging Co. Lid., Pitt Lake; McMahon Lumber Co. Ltd., Mis-
sion; Northwest Forest Products Ltd., Mission; Princeton Trail

Timber Ltd., H

ope; Rafuse Timber & Logging Co. Ltd., Hope;

Spring Creek Logging Co. Lid., Harrison Lake; Stave Lake
Cedar Ltd., Dewdney; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd. (Sawmill),

Whonnock; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd. (Logg

ing), Stave

Lake; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd. (Shake Mill}, Stave Lake;
Foucher Logging Co. Ltd., Hope; Orion Bowman & Sons

(Sawmill), Chilliwack.

NON-UNION CAMPS AND MILLS

Watkins

Logging, Harrison Lake; Cattermole Logging, any-

where east of Pitt River; Trethewey Logging, Harrison Lake;
, Bear Creek, Harrison Lake and 20 Mile, Har-

Sawmill, Boston Bar; Pretty Logging, Hope; R.
and bucking contractor, Hatzic; Steelhead
ntracting for Whonnock Logging on Stave

bucking contractor) working out of Power

one-sixth of the Canadian
average, the peso (worth 8
cents) goes as far as the Can-
adian two-bit piece.

However, not all business
enterprises make enough
money to have profits to
share so that the National
Commission for the Distribu-
tion of Profits expects that
barely half the concerns will
be subject to profit distribu-
tion.

The Commission is headed
by Hugo Margain, under-
secretary of the Ministry of
Industry and Commerce, who
has been working with busi-
ness and labor representa-
tives in establishing the pro-
fit-sharing formula.

While the federal elections
are due in 1964, the profit-
sharing plan is not looked
upon as a vote-getting elec-
tion gimmick. The dominant
party in Mexico is the PRI

P.L.LB. MEETING at Duncan office of Local 1-80, IWA.-
Local 1-80 picture.

(Party of Institutions of the
Revolution) whose candidate
is virtually assured of 85%
of the votes. Its candidate,
former cabinet minister Diaz
Ordaz, has been endorsed by
both business and labor or-
ganizations, and he will be
spending the next seven
months campaigning through-
out the 29 states and two
territories which comprise

Mexico. The election is sched-
uled for July 1964.

No Gentleman

The man was angry. The
show had been disappointing
and he was out of sorts. Stop-
ping an usher, he demanded
harshly: “Where in blazes is
the men’s smoking room?”

She replied sweetly, “Go
right down this hall and turn
right. You will see a sign that
says ‘Gentlemen.’ Pay no at-
tention to that. Go right in.”

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