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NOVEMBER—DECEM

STUDENTS ADDRESSED
BY PRESIDENT MUNRO

Students at Simon Fraser
heard IWA
Regional President Jack
Munro give his views on B.C.’s
new labour legislation. ~ ~

In a thirty minute address
November 1, Munro told the
students that he had reserva-
tions on some sections of the
Bill but believed these were
well outweighed by the good
points.

He also stated that the IWA

was not in conflict with the -

B.C, Federation of Labour over
its interpretation of the Bill.
The only point at issue, he
stated, was that the IWA pre-
ferred to wait and see how the
Code worked rather than at-
tack the government at this
stage.

Following his talk he was
questioned at length by the stu-
dents who appeared keenly
interested in the entire discus-
sion.

LOCAL 1-184 MEMBERS
WIN 90 CENT INCREASE

Members of Local 1-184,
IWA, Saskatchewan, employed
at the Northern Wood Pre-
servers Ltd., have ratified a
new two-year agreement giv-
ing them a 90-cent hourly wage
increase plus a number of
substantial fringe benefits.

The increase is to be paid as

follows: 45 cents an hour retro-

active to last September 1, 15
cents an hour March 1, 1974,
and 30 cents an hour Septem-
ber 1, 1974.

On top of this a number of
categories were given a 15 cent
an hour upward adjustment.

Other benefits won include:

® Complete Company paid

coverage in the IWA Pension
Plan.

®@ Hospitalization bills fully
paid by the company.

-@® The company making up
the difference between normal
earnings and compensation for
employees injured on the job.

® Free protective clothing
and safety equipment.

Union negotiators were
Local President Neil Menard
and Financial Secretary Ted
Becker who were assisted by
Plant Committee members
Jack Bueckert, Doug Morash,
Ernie Atchison, Paul Huska,
John Bodnarchuk, Harry Doig.

B.C. NATURAL GAS
IN GOOD SUPPLY

The shortage of natural gas
predicted for this winter will
not affect British Columbia
domestic and industrial custo-
mers, Attorney-General Alex

- MacDonald told the Legis-

lature.

He said he had received

McKNIGHT
TOPS POLL

Local 1-85 IWA member
George McKnight, has again
topped the poll for Alderman in
the Port Alberni municipal
elections.

Another labour man, Walter
Behn, President of the Alberni
and District Labour Council
was also successful in winning
an aldermanic post. :

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correspondence from West-
coast Transmission Co. Ltd.,
the only transporter of natural
gas in the province, indicating
that the company had been
able to acquire enough new
supplies of the gas to meet B.C.
requirements, though it will be
unable to satisfy all of its
commitments in the United
States.

“This is a vindication of the
position of the Province of Bri-
said Mac-
donald, in reference to the
government’s attempts to have
the National Energy Board
require Westcoast Trans-
mission to supply all of B.C.’s
needs rather than spread the
shortage equally between B.C.
and U.S. customers.

“We have always considered
that the matter of export of
materials from Canada should
be only those that are surplus
to our needs,”’ said Macdonald.

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ON THE CUFF

NEW WESTMINSTER — The
court -clerk’s office here re-
ceived a cheque to pay a park-
ing fine Thursday written ona
shirt sleeve and promptly sent
it back. ;

The office explained the
substance on which the $5
cheque was written was legal
— but the sender omitted the
branch of the bank where his

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instructors at Local 1-217’s Seminar and are shown discussing the new provincial labour

code Bill 11.

COMMITTEE CONFIRMS VOTE

The Regional Tabulating Committee has confirmed that the Regional per capita tax _
formula has been approved by a vote of 14,444 to 4,902.
The new formula will provide automatic increases to the Regional Council as
members’ wages are raised through negotiations.
The formula becomes effective January 1, 1974, and will increase monthly payments
to the Regional Council from the present $1.25 to $1.33.

IWA GIVES SUPPORT
TO FARM WORKERS

At the recent IWA International Convention in Vancouver,

’ delegates by unanimous decision voted full support for the United

Farm Workers boycott of California grapes. :

‘The resolutions pointed out that the United Farm Workers is
the valid collective bargaining agency for the California and
Arizona farm workers and badly needed help from organized
labour to beat off the combined attacks of the grower-employers

and the Teamsters Union.

The resolution urged all trade unionists to boycott grapes and
lettuce shipped in from California and Arizona.

CANADIAN MINING FIRMS
INVEST MORE IN CANADA

A study of five unidentified
mining firms of varying size
concludes that Canadian-
owned mining companies are
more likely to set up plants in
Canada than are foreign-
owned companies.

The study, by the Toronto
consulting firm of Kates, Peat,
Marwick and Co., was carried
out under the auspices of the

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Attorney-General Alex
Macdonald has announced that
cabinet Orders-in-Council will
provide increased pay for
people serving on coroner’s
juries and appearing as wit-

nesses in inquiries and
inquests.
Effective immediately,

persons serving on juries will
receive $10 per day plus out-of-
pocket expenses. They
previously served without pay.
Inquest witnesses will be
paid $6 per day and
professional witnesses such as
doctors will receive $7.

Ontario legislature’s select
committee on economic and
cultural nationalism.

Two of the firms were Cana-
dian-owned and controlled, one
was foreign-controlled, while
the remaining two were in a
“grey area’’ for both owner-
ship and control. The report
was not, nor did it claim to be,
a comprehensive survey of the
industry, according to Russell
Rowe (PC, Northumberland)
who is chairman of the select
committee.

The Canadian - owned firms
smelted and refined all of their
output in Canada, while the
foreign-owned firm refined
more than half of its output in
Canada. One of the firms in the
“grey area’”’ refined more than
half its output in Canada, while
the other ‘‘international” firms
refined none of its output in
Canada.

All five firms wanted the
freedom to hire the best em-
ployees possible and did not
have a definite “hire Cana-
dian” policy.

In the view of the consul-
tants; it was possible to control
the firms by legislation or
“moral suasion’’ and they
rejected the idea of nationaliz-
ing foreign firms.

initiated.

ULC.
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OLD GAM

The Unemployment
ance Commission has onc
again resorted to the use 0
garnishees to collect
ployment insurance ov
payments.

The practice of garnisheeing
workers’ wages was dis-
continued in July of this year
following objections from
members of parliament. In
Some cases the UIC did not
inform persons owing money
that their wages would be
garnisheed. :

Now individuals will be
warned by letter. :

Earlier this year Manpower
Minister Robert Andras said
the practice was legal but
would be stopped until abus:
had been investigated. :

A spokesman for the depart-
ment said the use of garnishees
was approved by Mr. Andras"
last month but that “‘very, very
few” had been started.

In the first six months of
1973, 8,000 actions were

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LOCAL 1-367
STRIKE :
SETTLED

Local 1-367 IWA, Haney,
reports that the three w
Strike at Lakewood Lum
has been settled to the
satisfaction.

The strike at the S &
Shingle Mill is still inp
Local officers state that
dispute was caused by the
foreman contin
employees without ca