2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ‘

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“CONTRACTING OUT CLAUSE"

the Select Standing Commit-
tee on Forestry, which usual-
_ly checks out the annual re-
port of the functioning and
application of the contractors
clause, found such little in-
\terest and no complaints on
the matter that the report was
not requested for 1968.

Squire then asked Williston
if the “escape provisions” of
Section 26 could relieve the
TEL holder of the contracting
out responsibility.

Section 26 states:

“Tn the process of harvest-
ing a crop from the licensed
area the Licensee shall pro-
vide the opportunity for con-
tractors other than the Li-
. censee’s own employees or
shareholders who own more
than one per cent interest to
harvest a minimum of thirty

per cent of the allowable cut
from Crown lands not held
under other tenure as set
forth in each succeeding Man-
agement Working Plan, and
where the Minister is satisfied
that such contract operation is
not feasible either by reason
of lack of operators or for
other good and sufficient rea-
sons the Minister may relieve
a Licensee in whole or in part.

Williston, in reply to
Squire’s question, stated, if
cause could be shown by
either Union or Management
or preferably both, that the
application of the clause was
harmful to the work force or
the community, then there
could be no justifiable reason
for the enforcement of the
provisions of Section 26.

Squire then informed the
minister that the Union was
quite prepared to prove the
clause was having a detri-
mental effect on the present
Union work force and estab-
lished contractors.

He pointed out that the
companies were using the
clause to break down Union

‘conditions in the operations.

The companies, he stated,
were jumping at the chance
to lay off their own employees
wherever it was possible to
have the work done by the
lower paid employees of the
contractors and sub-contrac-
tors.

His arguments convinced
Williston of the need for fur-
ther discussions on the sub-
ject with the Regional officers.

IT JUST TAKES ONE GUY LIKE YOU TO GET IN TH’
WAY OF A PERFECT SAFETY RECORD!

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