ea Fe ee Be: Pe = + ; 2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER AUGUST, 1973 The IWA Coast Negotiating Committee following continuous meetings with Forest Industrial Relations has been successful in winning upward rate revisions for a number of categories in the coast logging section of the industry and for the forestry crews. Special credit should be given to the IWA Sub-Com- mittee comprised of Local 1-71 President Ben Thomps- on, Local 1-80 First Vice-President Hugh Robinson and Local 1-85 First Vice-President Lynn Larsen, who negotiated with the industry sub-committee on the order of categories and groupings. ; The new increases are retroactive for the days worked between March 1, 1973, to June 12, 1973. The Committee is now meeting with FIR on revisions for the tradesmen and the plywood workers. Following are the new revisions: GRADE CONSTRUCTION REVISIONS Rock Driller Tractor, Blade & Ticket $5.75 per hour Tank Mounted Drill Operator — with ticket 5.75 per hour Air Track Drill Operator — with ticket 5.55 per hour Small, Mobile Drill Operator — with Ticket5.35 per hour Where the above categories do not have a Blaster’s Ticket, the rate will be reduced by 19% cents per hour. OTHER REVISIONS Tension Skidder Hook and Rig — Radio Whistle $6.65 per hour Mobile Grapple Yarder Operator 6.50 per hour Steel Spar Hook & Rig (Conventional or Grapple Yarding) — Radio Whistle 6.50 per hour Grapple Operator — Setting Access & Widening Right of Way 6.50 per hour Mobile Grapple Yarder Hooker / Mobile Backspar Tender — Radio Whistle 6.25 per hour Grapple Operator (Loading) 6.00 per hour Bull Dozer Operator D-9 6.00 per hour Grade Shovel Operator 6.00 per hour Steel Spar Slack Line Operator - 6.00 per hour Steel Spar Operator (Grapple Yarding) 6.00 per hour Tension Skidder Hooker — Radio Whistle 6.00 per hour Tension Skidder Operator 6.00 per hour Slack Line Second Rigger 5.75 per hour Bulldozer Operator D-8 5.75 per hour Licensed Scaler Boom 5.75 per hour Slackline Rigging Slinger — Radio Whistle 5.75 per hour Head Boomman, Log Grader 5.75 per hour Log Stacker, Front End Log Loader & Unloader 5.75 per hour Rock Driller Tractor Blade & Ticket 5.75 per hour Steel Spar Operator 5.75 per hour Rigging Slinger — Radio Whistle 5.55 per hour Cat Arch Operator 5.35 per hour Cat Hooker 5.35 per hour Head Cook (medium & large crews) 5.35 per hour Rubber Tired Skidder Operator 5.35 per hour Log Dump — Lift & Lower 5.35 per hour Landingman 5.35 per hour 2nd Loader, Setting Acess and Widening Right of Way 5.35 per hour Shovel Operator Ballast 5.35 per hour Gravel Truck Operator —8yds.&over 5.35 per hour Rubber Tired Skidder Hooker 5.35 per hour Second Boomman 5.35 per hour Feeder Boat Operator 5.35 per hour Front End Loader — 2 yds. or over 5.35 per hour Gradall Operator 5.35 per hour Operator 5.35 per hour Operator 5.35 per hour Rig Up Operator _ 5.35 per hour Amex Truck Driver 5.35 per hour Boom Boat Operator 5.25 per hour 5.10 per hour Second Loader 5.00 per hour Chaser 5.00 per hour Baker 5.00 per hour 2nd Cook 5.00 per hour Cat or Tank Mounted Drill Assistant 4.90 per hour Chokerman 4.90 per hour FORESTRY CREWS 1. THAT the following categories will receive the rates set out below: Tree Planter $4.80 per hour Forestry Crewman 4.90 per hour Forestry Crewman | 5.00 per hour Forestry Crewman Il 5.10 per hour Forestry Crewman Ill 5.25 per hour Forestry Crewman IV 5.55 per hour Instrument Man 5.35 per hour Topographer 5.25 per hour Compassman 5.10 per hour Chain Man 4.90 per hour Axeman-Picketman 4.80 per hour 2. THAT the following definitions will apply to Forestry and Survey Crews: TREE PLANTER Under direct supervision, plants seedlings of various species for the purpose of reforestation. FORESTRY CREWMAN Under direct supervision, performs reforestation duties such as seedling planting, juvenile spacing, weed species control, slash burning and fire fighting. FORESTRY CREWMAN | “Duties, same as above, must have been a Forestry Crewman for six months. FORESTRY CREWMAN II Duties, same as above, must have been da Forestry Crewman | for six months. FORESTRY CREWMAN III Leader of a small group of workers engaged in planting, seeding, pruning, or fire squad leader. He should be capable of compiling regeneration survey sheets and mapping results. FORESTRY CREWMAN IV This man should be an experienced forestry worker or cruiser with a minimum of four years’ experience. He should be capable of taking charge of a variety of forestry and cruising projects, and compiling and mapping the results. COMPASSMAN Under the supervision of the engineering department, uses a compass, abney level and survey chain for the purposes of laying out traverses, road locations and setting boundaries. Occasionally plots traverses and road locations on office maps, may make up profiles of road locations. CHAIN MAN Under direct supervision, assists compassman to lay out traverses, road locations and setting boundaries. too specialized for those who do not maintain a continuing interest in the subject. The Workmen’s Compensa- tion Board of British Columbia has decided to publish a selec- tion of its decisions on claims appeals to the Commissioners, as well as selected decisions on other matters. The names of claimants will be omitted. These decisions and reasons are not expected to be of in- terest to the general reader because the problems are often The Board hopes, however, that the publication of these decisions and reasons will be helpful to those engaged in advising claimants and their employers, and for others with a Special interest in workmen’s compensation. FROM PAGE ONE ‘HARTUNG’ War Production Board. He returned to his CIO post in 1943. Soon after, Al was named a CIO representative to the West Coast Lumber Commission, set up to establish government wage standards in the lumber industry. In 1947, he was elected Inter- national 1st Vice-President of the IWA. He served in this post for four years until his election as International President. Al served in the top post for 15 years until his retirement from office in 1967. During these years he fought as hard for his Canadian members as he did for the American members. He personally lobbied in Washing- ton against a proposed lumber embargo on Canada and was successful in having the bill defeated. Al was liked and respected by all those who knew him and he will be sadly missed. RAIL UNIONS GIVE POLICY STATEMENT The B.C. Federation of | Labour and non-operating railway unions issued the following policy statement ° after a meeting of the railway unions, Federation Officers and other Federation affili- ates: “The B.C. Labour movement is fully in support of the efforts of railway unions to win a decent settlement. This is particularly essential because of the indisputable fact that railway workers have fallen seriously behind other orga- nized workers. “The railway unions, in their program of rotating strikes, are determined to close down railway operations and to ensure that the work normally done by railway union mem- bers is not taken over by any- one else. - This necessitates widespread picketing. It should be clearly understood, however, that these picket lines are directed only at rail- way operations and are not intended to affect any indus- trial operations not related to the railway. “In addition, because «the railway unions recognize the importance of grain ship- ments, they have adopted a national policy with which the Federation is in complete agreement of making an eX ception from the general clo sure and moving grain ship: ments. Accordingly, it shoul be clearly understood that any interference with grain ship- ments will be the sole responsi bility of the railway com panies. — “This policy has the full support of all Federation affili- ates in making sure that ot railway workers can © nad tively carry out their progt to win a just settlement. ph _, ©