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Incorporating Vhe 2.2. Lumberwuorhker Official Publication of the Juternattonal Woodworkers of sbmertea Regional Council No. 1

VOL. XXVII, No. 5 T=

VANCOUVER, B.C.

PER COPY

<Sep 1st Issue
March, 1960

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PICTORIAL PROGRESS REPORT on the new joint headquarters of IWA Regional Council! No. 1 and Local
1-217. Once each month the Western Canadian Lumber Worker shows for the interest of the membership, the
progress of the new building presently under construction at 13th Ave. and Commercic! Drive in Vancouver.
This photo was taken February 17. Work on the exterior of the building is nearly compieted and the work-

men are now engaged in the final finishing inside.

Pipe Crew
Win New

Contract

Settlement of the wage dis-
pute between Local 1-252,
IWA, and the Pacific Coast
Pipe Company Limited, has
been announced by the Local’s
Financial Secretary, Vic
Forster.

The settlement contract reach-
ed is for one year and gives the
members an across the board
increase of 8%. This amounts to
17c per hour increases to two
classifications, 16c per hour to
seven classifications, 15c per
hour to twelve dlassifications,
14c per hour to five classifica-
tions and 13c per hour to two
classifications,

An amendment to the annual
vacation clause provides that
those entitled to three weeks
vacation after five years service
shall receive the third week not
later than March 31st, immedi-
ately following the applicable

B.CLW. Name Change

To conform with the new jurisdiction of Regional Council |
No. 1, !WA, which now includes the four Western provinces, a
decision has been made by the Regional Executive Board to change
the name of the Region’s official organ, “The B.C. Lumber Worker”
to ‘The Western Canadian Lumber Worker.”

qualifying year.

The members of the Negoti-
ating Committee were John
Clancy, Al Anderson and Vic
Forster,

WHAT'S
INSIDE

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Local 1-71 .. 3
Editorial 4

Plans Readied For
Largest CLC Meet

By JOHN BREWIN

At the Canadian Labour Congress building on Argyle
Avenue, Ottawa, they're beginning to work themselves into
the bienniel lather known as “preparing for the Convention.”

works months in advance.
vention calls and credentials

See “CLC MEET” Page 2

The convention in question is

the third in the short history of

the CLC. The first, the CCL-

TLC merger convention, was

held in Toronto in 1956. The

second took place in Winnipeg

in 1958.
Montreal Site

This year the site is Montreal.
During the week of April 25, at
Jeast 2,000 delegates are expect-
ed to descend on the high-living
metropolis of French-Canada.

“Tt will certainly be the largest
labour convention in Canadian
history,” says CLC secretary-
treasurer Donald MacDonald,
and, if his plans materialize, it
should be one of the best.

Mr. MacDonald, the man who
guards the CLC purse, is also
the key man in the pre-conven-
tion preparations.

Under his guidance, a CLC
staff representative, Len
Schroeder, spends three months
prior to the convention in
Montreal. Mr. Schroeder ar-
ranges accommodation, fights
with hotel] managers and settles
hundreds of detailed requests.

Convention Calls

In Ottawa, the CLC staff’ accident-free year.

LISTEN TO

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Gargrave Scores
Social Credit's
Labour Policy

By OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

VICTORIA —IWA member of the Legislature, Tony
Gargrave (Local 1-217, IWA), bluntly told Labour Minister
Wicks, when he followed him in the Budget debate, that the
Minister's sermonizing about industrial relations in the
lumber industry was in poor taste because of the poor
example set by the Government as an employer. ~

The Minister, reporting for
the Labour Department, recom-
mended that labour and manage-
ment in the lumber industry
should begin a series of con-
ferences immediately — long
before negotiations — in order
to reach an understanding that
would ensure industrial peace in
the future.

Gargrave’s comment made
reference to the policy an-
nounced earlier in the week by
Provincial Secretary Black un-
der which government emplov-
ees were again denied full col-
lective bargaining rights.

Minister Resentful

The Minister’s remarks _be-
trayed considerable resentment
over the suggestion that the
IWA 1959 strike disclosed a
breakdown in the Department’s
conciliation services. He gave
the House all the statistics re-
lating to the strike in order to
show its impact on the economy.

Conferences Urged

He then said in part: “I urge
both labour and management in
the lumber industry to begin a
series of conferences now to
ensure industrial peace in the
future. If it is true that the
economy is tied to industry,
and it is true, then both labour
and management owe it to

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Thursday

ourselves if only because of
selfish ends to direct immediate
and full attention te the recur-
ring blight on our economy.

‘Ts it not possible that there
are problems separate and dis-
tinct to this industry? Is it not
possible that there are problems
within the industry and of
serious consequence or import
to either side, that the other
party is not aware of? Is it not
possible that there are problems
within the industry that are
glaringly improper but defy
solution, simply because no one
has given the time and thought
or has the intestinal fortitude to
attempt to work out solutions?”

Bill 43 Defended
Labour Minister Wicks made
See ““GARGRAVE” Page 2

Convention

For 1-417

Second Annual Convention
of Local 1-417, IWA, Salmon
Arm, will be held April 9,
in Salmon Arm. It is anti-
cipated that the !WA Reg-
ional Officers will be in at-
tendance.

CREW OF THE CULVERT PLANT of the Canada Creosote Company, New Westminster, which is in their third

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