: THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER =

IN PARLIAMENT

_ March 16, 1964—Labour Condi-
tions—Grande Prairie, Alta—
Provision of strikebreakers ‘by
Employment Office.

On the orders of the day: Page
953.

Mr. T. C. Douglas: Mr, Speaker,
may I direct a question to.the
Minister of Labour which I di-
rected to him on Friday last, and
ask him whether he has yet re-
ceived a telegram complaining
that the national employment of-
fice at Grand Prairie, Alberta,
is supplying strikebreakers to an
IWA strike bound plant owned by
Canadian Forest Industries Lim-
ited. If he has received this com-
plaint, then I ask him whether the
information is accurate, and what
action is being taken.

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Hon. A. J. MacEachen: Mr.
Speaker, I have received that tele-
gram, and I wish to inform my
hon. friend that the national em-
ployment service is referring
workers to this plant but is ex-
plaining to them the labour situ-
ation that prevails there. I am in-
formed by the commission that
this is the practice that has been
followed by it since its inception;
that in the case of a strike-bound
plant the national employment
service will tell workers of the
labour situation that exists there,
and if they so wish they are en-
titled to receive employment, as
the employer is entitled to re-

‘ ceive the service of the national

employment service in cases of
‘this kind.

Mr. Douglas: As a supplement-
ary question, did I understand the
minister to say on Friday that the
contents of the wire were, in his
opinion, highly inaccurate; and
may I ask him why there has
been a change in his attitude
when he says now that this is
standard policy?

Mr. MacEachen: Because I at-
tach, as my hon. friend does, a
special meaning to the term
“strike breakers,” and in no case

-is the national employment serv-

ice recommending professional
strikebreakers for this plant. It is
recommending workers for em-

ployment.
March 17, 1964—Unemploy-
ment Insurance—Payments' to

persons refusing employment in
strikebound plant.
On the orders of the day:—

Page 1156.
Mr. T. C. Douglas: I wonder if

the Minister of Labour is in a
position to answer the question
put to him yesterday with refer-
ence to the .strikebound plant
owned by Canadian Forest Indust-
ries Limited, and the complaint
that persons refusing to take em-
ployment in this plant might for-
feit their unemployment insur-
ance benefits. Is that in the fact
the situation?

Mr. Gerald A. Regan: As a sup-
plementary question, would the
Minister of Labour assure the
house that if a worker declines
to take employment in a strike
bound plant his unemployment
benefits will not be suspended?

Hon. A. J. MacEachen: The
answer, Mr. Speaker, is no. Sec-
tion 59(2) (a) of the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act provides that
employment arising in conse-
quence of a stoppage of work at-
tributable to a labour dispute is
not suitable employment. A claim-
ant may therefore refuse such
employment without loss of bene-

fit.
—OQuoted from Hansard

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New provisions explained

The Trustees of Forest Industry Health
and Welfare Plan have had a number of meet-
ings to deal with recent changes to benefits

payable under the Plan.

The following points have been agreed

upon:

(1) On and after June 15,
anyone becoming elig-
ible for weekly indem-
nity benefits will receive
$50.00 per week, with
entitlement increased
from 26 weeks to 39

weeks.

Anyone on weekly in-
demnity prior to June

(2)

15, 1964 and still receiving benefits on
that date, would receive the increased
weekly indemnity benefits and entitle-

ment, effective June 15°

Reasons for Increase

The Regional Executive Board on July 21,
1964, approved the increase in premiums
necessary for Forest Industry
Welfare Plan 1 from $4.90 per month to $6.90
per month, which will result in each partici-
pating employee being required to pay $3.45

per month.

The increase in premium is due to the fol-

lowing reasons:

(a) Increased Weekly Indemnity benefits.
(b) The Plan must absorb the cost of in-
creasing benefits to those persons on

By FRED FIEBER
Regional Secretary-Treasurer

Weekly Indemnity benefits prior to June
15, and still on benefits on June 15.

(c) The new premiums are to become effec-

tive August 1, 1964, instead of the normal

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effective date of the revised agreement.

(d) The Group Life experience in the Plan
has been affected by the average age of
employees in the industry, with fewer
people employed in the operations there
is a natural result of the average age ris-
ing, which affects the premium payable
to any insurance company for Group
Life insurance.

Plan 2 Reviewed

Forest Industry Health and Welfare Plan
2, which covers employees of small independ-
ent companies, has had a better experience in
paying Group Life, A.D. & D., and Weekly

Indemnity claims.

Health and

The financial position of this Plan will be
reviewed at the end of the current contract
with the carrier. In the meantime there will
be an adjustment in premiums effective Aug-
ust 1, 1964, from $5.40 to $6.14 per month, re-
sulting in the employee contribution being

$3.07 per month.

Entitlement to health and welfare benefits

are identical to those provisions worked out
for Plan 1. Eligibility, portability and layoff
coverage being identical within the two plans,
makes it essential that benefits likewise re-

main identical.

CLC spearheads drive
for national housing

OTTAWA (CPA)—A new

committee has been set up by

the Canadian Labor Congress
to spearhead labor’s efforts in
two major fields of activity—
labor -management relations
and economic planning.

The committee was esta-
blished by the CLC executive
council as organized labor
moved to develop greater co-
operation with management
and to fulfill its key advisory
role in economic planning.

At the same time, the CLC
set up a new permanent sec-
retariat of union experts to
assist union delegates on var-
ious economic advisory bodies

including the Economie Coun-
cil of Canada.

IMMEDIATE STEPS

On the economic front, the
CLC executive council, meet-
ing in Ottawa, proposed: .

1. Establishment of a De-
velopment Bank of Canada
to mobilize savings now un-
der the control of insurance
companies, investment houses
and other financial institu-
tions. The bank would direct
these funds into developing
the economy, co - operating
with provincial agencies.
Market shares would also be
issued, available to individ-
uals with small amounts to

invest.

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2. Revision of a personal
income tax schedule to make
it more progressive and to re-
duce the tax burden on lower
income groups. Such action
would release a surge of con-
sumer demand and so contri-

bute to employment.

3. Public ownership and
control of major national util-
ities, including hydro, gas re-
sources, railways, telegraph
and telephone. Trans-Canada
Pipe Lines Limited was

singled out as a proper cor-
poration for nationalization.

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Capitalist?
“My political opponents {
call me a capitalist just be- |
cause | happen to own a j{
few thousand acres of Brit- j
ish Columbia. 1
“Ym a Socialist. | look i
upon myself only as a trus- |
tee pending the revolution.” 1
—H. W. Herridge, New 1
Democratic MP for
Kootenay West; in I
Windsor, Ont., speaking !

at a protest meeting on !
the Columbia River 1
Power Project. !

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Traveller permits issued to
foreign (U.S.) car drivers in
October totalled 72,510 or 16.1
per cent higher than the same
month of 1962.

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