Around The LOCALS Strike At Topley Local 1-424 IWA Prince George President, Jack Holst has announced that the strike at the Quality Spruce Mills, Topley, has been settled and a memoran- dum of agreement has _ been signed by the Local Union and the Company. The terms of the agreement will provide the employees with the same wages and working con- ditions established by the Local Union in the Prince George area. The successful conclusion of the strike which commenced last Fort St. John Crew Rejects Proposal IWA members of Local f-424, IWA, employed in the Fort St. John Lumber Company Limited, Chet- wynd, B.C. unanimously rejected in a secret ballot, an agreement proposed by the Company April 29. The agreement was proposed as a basis of settlement during negotia- tions, reports Local Union Presi- dent, Jack Holst and one reason the employees rejected the agreement was that the base rate offered was 17 cents below the base rate paid under the Northern Interior Lumbermen’s Association agreement. The number of paid statutory holi- days and other proposed terms offer- ed were inadequate too, stated Presi- dent Holst. The Company is a member of the N.I.L.A. but bargains independently. President Holst stated that further negotiations will be conducted if the Company is agreeable. If they are not, an application will be made for the services of a conciliation officer. More Holidays For 1-252 Business Agent Vic Forster of Local 1-252, IWA, reports that the Local has completed negotiations with the Vancouver Casket Company and Enterprise Manufacturing Com- pany. In both instances the Local was able to win for the employees a three week vacation with pay clause. Loggers’ Sports Attract 1-118 At the last Local Meeting of Local 1-118, IWA, Victoria, it was decided by the delegates to participate in the loggers’ sports to be held under the auspices of the Centennial Celebra- tions Committee. These sports will take place on September 14-15. A committee was appointed to look into the matter of the Local Union putting up trophies for one or two of the events. Sure Cure For Weight There are more than a million overweight women in the U.S. That’s because too few use that potent miracle drug, sulfa-denial., —Wichita Eagle LOOK FOR THIS NAME THERE It is your Guarantee that you can’t buy a better Glove ANYWHERE Union Made by JOHN WATSON LTD. 127 - 2nd Ave., E. Vancouver B.C, 1-424 Members Win February 6, was aided, reports the Local Union by the solidar- ity of the forty employees who must be commended for the cour- age they displayed in the face of a very difficult situation. The action of the IWA mem- bership at Topley plus an applica- tion for certification of Northern Interior Forest Products Limited at Smithers has prompted the employers at Telkwa, Smithers, Houston, and other points in the area fo raise wages as much as twenty cents per hour. Some em- ployees in the area were receiv- ing as low as $1.40 per hour. When Local 1-424 IWA com- menced activities at Topley and extended these activities to Smithers, the companies, within three days, raised wages and sug-. gested to their employees not to join the union because they were going to improve their wages and conditions. IWA members at Topley can take the lion’s share of the credit for these wage hikes. During the early stages of the strike rumours were rife in the area that the strike would be lost and the employees concerned would have to move to other parts of the province. However the strikers proved their point, that, through solidarity, they had a strong weapon which aided the lumber workers in the surround- ing district. Y he W: H- (Bill) Chance Officers of Local 1-424, IWA, Prince George, announce with deep regret that their former president, popular W. H. (Bill) Chance, was accidentally killed April 30, while working for the Sinclair Mills Company, Prince George. The accident occurred while Bill, who was a heavy duty diesel mechanic by trade, was working under a bulldozer cutting bolts from the stump pan. It is pre- sumed that the pan broke loose before Bill expected it to and he was trapped and killed instantly by the heavy weight. Bill was President of Local 1-424 from 1956 to 1957. From 1957 to 1960 he was elected the Local’s Ist Vice-President and Business Agent. In 1960 he de- cided to return to his job in in- dustry in which he remained until his tragic death. He is survived by his wife Saimi and three children to whom the officers and staff of the Re- gional Council join with the offi- cers of Local 1-424 in extending their deepest sympathy. eile, Se CENTRAL STRIKE COMMITTEE of the IWA at the Western Plywood Plant are left W. Herron, Roger Dei, B. Ouellette, Art Westman, Heidi Glasel, Jules Stals, Vicky Urbanski, Chuck Flater, Clarence Young, Charles Fleck. “The Truth Will Out’ After looking in his pay envelope, a Chinese cook in a logging camp sought out the boss and told him he had received too much money. The boss explained, “I gave you a raise because you've been such a good cook for so many years.” The cook turned his head, thought for a while, and replied, “You cheat me for a long time, huh?” for those who want an indissoluble union... t there is no closer bond than an experienced logger and a pair of Paris time-tested NOW MADE WITH “IRONHIDE” LEATHER IN THE DISTINCTIVE NEW COLOUR OF “BUNYAN BROWN” — WATCH FOR IT! 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