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VOL. XLI No. 9 VANCOUVER, B.C.

OCTOBER, 1973

WON'T NEGOTIATE

tive Agreement for revision.

Local President Don refusing to give the workers
Muirhead stated that the Union revision badly needed to offset
flatly rejects these excuses for inflation. :

CANADIAN ELECTED
-IWA INT. PRESIDENT

Keith W. Johnson, a former During his years in Local 1-
president and business agent of 207, Johnson held the positions
Local 1-207 IWA, Alberta, was of 2nd Vice-President, Ist Vice-
elected International Presi- President, Financial Secre-
dent of the IWA by acclama- tary, and President. He was
tion at the Union’s 28th Consti- also elected to a number of
tutional Convention September posts by the Alberta Federa-
24-28, in Vancouver. tion of Labour.

Another Canadian, H. In 1967, he was elected Inter-
Landon Ladd, was elected by national 2nd Vice-President of
acclamation to the post of the IWA and the Union’s Ist
International 1st Vice- Vice-President in 1969.
President. As ist Vice-President,

Johnson succeeds Ron Johnson headed up the
Roley, president of the Union Organization Department,
for the past six years, who among other things, and was

KEITH JOHNSON ... new IWA International President.

declined nomination. responsible for the organizing
Others elected by ac- campaigns of the Union.
clamation were Secretary- H. Landon Ladd also has a

Treasurer Bill Botkin of Port- wide union background. He
land, Oregon, and Leonard won the admiration of the
Palmer, the former president Canadian and American
of Region 3in Oregon, who was labour movement for his
elected International 2nd Vice- gallant defence of the New-
President. foundland loggers in 1959 when
Both Johnson and Ladd, as they were denied union
former members of Regional recognition by Premier Joey
Council No. 1, are well known Smallwood.
and respected by IWA mem- __ The battle was a bloody one
bers in Western Canada. and ended only after the
Johnson, a Royal Canadian government outlawed the IWA
Navy veteran of the Korean in the province. However,
War, joined the IWA in 1956 before the legislation had been
following his successful efforts enacted Ladd had organized
to have the plant he was the loggers into a militant
working in (Weldwood of force and very nearly suc-

H. LANDON LADD ... new IWA ‘International Ist Vice- Canada in Edmonton) certified ceeded in winning social
Seems to the Union. justice for them.

1-424 PREPARES TO BATTLE
EMPLOYERS ON RATE REVISIONS

Officers of Local 1-424 IWA, Prince George, are preparing to take the northern forest
companies on over their refusal to negotiate upward wage revisions for their employees.

The companies have notified the Local that because of unsettled market conditions, a
rail car shortage, and higher stumpage rates, they are not willing to open up the Collec-

He pointed out that IWA
members on the coast were
granted upward wage ad-
justments in nearly every
section of the industry and
there was no justification for
the northern companies not to
follow suit.

He added that Weldwood of
Canada — which operates in
the same area — paid its
employees in Quesnel and 100-
Mile House — the coast wage
revisions without pleading
poverty.

Unless the.employers are
prepared to meet the Union’s
demands, Muirhead said, the
IWA will spare no effort to
bring the matter to a
satisfactory conclusion for the
members.

INTERIOR

LOGGING

REVISIONS -

Hourly wage increases
ranging from 8 cents to 60 cents
per hour, have been won by the
Southern Interior Negotiating
Committee in revisions for the-
logging section of the industry.

The Committee reports that
negotiating the revisions was
difficult due to the variation of
rates from operation to
operation.

However, the Committee
now feels that the problems
experienced paved the way to
establishing a uniform rate
structure for logging in the
Southern Interior.

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this view to him and are op- man board, that it was highly Minister King, “will empha-
posed to attacking the Bill unlikely that a government size preventive rather than
without giving it a fair trial. that had given the province the punitive action.”

Munro said that he was plea- most enlightened social legis- | A synopsis of the Bill pre-
sed with their sense of res- lation in Canada, would allow pared by King’s department

ponsibility on the issue and was__ these powers to be abused. says the Code Hote to solu-
certain that it was the best Munro also said that the IWA fone rather than sanctions. It
course of action to follow. was delighted with former has expanded collective rights

He went on to say that the Regional President Jack but protected individual rights.
IWA had reservations about Moore’s appointment to the It endorses free collective bar-
certain sections of the Code Labour Relations Board. The gaining but legislates in the

and had made the government Union believed it was a good public interest.”
aware of this. choice and Moore would do a__—iIn essence, the Code in-

Munro added that on the fine job. creases the size of the Labour

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; = ez af The IWA favours taking a whole, the Bill looked like a © The new labour code, known Relations Board to ten mem-
5Oo. $ ~2|) ‘wait and see”’ attitude on the refreshing attempt by the NDP as Bill 11, will repeal the Trade bers, from eight previously,
WS government’s new Labour to replace the old labour legis- Union Act, the Labour and gives it expanded powers
® Code of British Columbia. ies with bold, new ideas in Relations Act, and the Media- to deal with problems such as
$° Regional president Jack the industrial relations field. tion Services Act, and replace the law of strikes and picket-
«s Munro stated that the majority He suggested, in discussing them with a new code whose ing. It removes the jurisdiction

ws of the Local Unions indicated the broad powers of the ten- philosophy, states Labour of Courts to give injunctions.

“The Labour Code strikes a
balance between the economic
powers of labour and manage-
ment by restricting the right to
picket but expanding the right
to communicate information
by other means,” the synopsis
said.

The persons appointed so far
to the new Board include:
Chairman Paul C. Weiler, a 34
year-old law professor from
Toronto with experience in 200

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