INDUSTRY.
POINTERS |

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

© The volume of merchantible trees 10-inches and
‘ over in diameter in the province of British Co-
‘ lumbia is 1,838.4 billion board feet.
7 © The coastal forests contain 29.2% or 536.8 bil-
% lion board feet of merchantible trees 10-inches
* and over in diameter.
J © The Interior forests contain 70.8% or 1,301.6 bil-
f lion board feet of merchantible trees 10-inches
: and over in diameter.
~ © The main species of the coastal volume are: Hem-
i“ lock (37.9%), Red Cedar (22.4%), Balsam (15.1%)
. and Douglas Fir (12.4%).
7 © The main species of the Interior volume are: .
4 Spruce (39.9%), Pine (20.4%), Hemlock (10.1%, eo oe Cea
a Balsam (10%), Douglas Fir (9%) and Red Cedar
j (3.6%). | THESE SKILLED MEN ARE PENALIZED UPWARDS OF $1,040
; © The total timbercut for the province of British PER YEAR BECAUSE THEY LIVE AND WORK IN THE INTERIOR!
} Columbia in 1966 climbed to an all-time high
b of 9.6 billion board feet.
< © The harvest from the coastal forests in 1966 was
- 5.45 billion board feet. Al in |
M © The harvest from the Interior forests in 1966 was O
\ 4.15 billion board feet.
} © The timbercut for the coastal forests increased
fo) ° °
_* by 63.7% from 1952 up to and including 1966. They’re typical of the over 8,000 IWA members in the
"i © The timbercut for the Interior forests increased Interior who earn at least 50 cents an hour LESS than
. by 137.7% from 1952 up to and including 1966. their counterparts .at the Coast. And this in’ an: area
‘ ®@ While 66% of the total provincial timbercut came with living costs. 10% higher than the Coast!: -:
from the coastal forests in 1952, it has decreased They have the same jobs, the same skills . . . and the
Y to 57% in 1966 due to the expansion and auto- same needs. In 1951 they had parity with Coast
._* mation of the Interior forest industry. workers. Since then, they've been denied the reason-
3 Besad\ant8iC; Government (Naws; June 1867. able increase in income granted oo in many cases by
; the same companies . . . to their fellow woodworkers
" MAJOR FOREST PRODUCTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1952 TO 1966 at the Coast. This, despite an amazing increase in pro-
i Bape | pmb, | Purest | pu | meses ductivity by Interior lumber workers of over 50% in
(Millions | (Millions | (Mhilions Sq..| (GooTons) | (000 Toss) this period.
P In asking for parity with the Coast, the IWA asks only
hy ae 4,938.0 | 3,696.6 491 915 540 Sia, : : :
re 1958 5201.6 |. . 4,045.7 661 1,071 633 that an injustice be recognized . . . and remedied. The
{054 | SOFA | 4,378.7 760 1,277 683 2 ae ‘ aes
. SSS ets ies co 6,109.2 | 4,914.3 1,006 1,364 725 companies can clearly afford it, increasing productivity
- net 6618 tains 11080 1376 os will continue to protect their markets, and the Interior
‘ ee al es 1 ein ors online as a whole will benefit from well over $8 million in
* | gaat per ans “Pe Se iaae additional wages being pumped into its economy by
| Pk Meas es 2) 7.0177 6,003.9 1,723 2,411 1,201 IWA members.
: (eer 96753" | 6,734. 1,793 2,501 | 1,240
* 1964. | 8,916.0 | 7,095.3 2,021 2,827 | 1,352
a 19652} 9,030.0 | 7,409.0 2,153 3,248 | 1,532
: sesh) MALS | 744K | 2,237 3,645 | 1,662
1 Conversion factor: Coast—6 board-feet=1 cubic foot; Interior—5.75 board-feet=1 cubic foot. ;
: Pein SUPPORT YOUR IWA FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS & CUSTOMERS IN
THEIR FIGHT FOR A FAIR DEAL — PARITY WITH THE COAST!

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PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN

The advertisement reproduced above appears this week in the daily and weekly
newspapers throughout the Northern and Southern Interior. As instructed by the
Interior Wages and Contract Conference, the Negotiating Committees have mounted
a@n intensive public relations campaign to explain the reasons for the Union’s parity
demands to the membership and the public. This has become necessary due to

widespread propaganda misrepresenting the IWA demands as unreasonable and
damaging to the public interest.