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January, 1964
ist issue

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

EDN ERE! OR A EY OT

Golden Anniversary

LONG-TIME MEMBER of Local 1-80, Peter Conti is seen
here with his wife celebrating their golden wedding annivers-
ary at their home in Ladysmith. Mr. Conti was born in Well-
ington in 1892. He first started out working in the coal mines
and later went to work at the Chemainus Sawmill where he
remained for twenty-seven years. Now retired, he spends his
time with his beloved accordion and lovely flower garden.
The Regional Officers along with the Officers of Local 1-80
extend their best wishes to Peter and Mrs. Conti.

IN SALMON ARM —

Board Orders Company

The Columbia Auto Cus-
toms Ltd. of Salmon Arm has
been ordered by the Labour
Relations Board to reinstate a
discharged employee with all
back wages following a com-
plaint lodged against them by
Local 1-417,

The Local Union charged
that the employee, James
Wlasitz was fired by the
Company for union activity.
The Union further charged
that Company officials ad-
vised certain employees that
ways would be found to dis-
credit the Union members so
as to establish an excuse for
dismissing them.

The Union requested the

Reinstate Worker

Board to issue a case and
desist order to the Company
and to instruct it to reinstate
the employee with all wages
owing.

Cliff Michael, the Local’s
Financial Secretary stated
this is the third time in two
months that the Company has
appeared before the Board to
answer charges laid by Local
1-417. At the last hearing,
the Board ordered the Firm
to reinstate two other em-
ployees also fired for union
activity.

Michael reports that all
three men are now back at
work.

Forest Product Facts

In order to ensure that mem-
bers of the Union are kept in-
formed on the economic state of
the lumber industry, it is the in-
tention of the Research & Educa-
tion Department to run a series of
articles, with graphs, during the
coming months.

1963, when the fiscal year-end
statistics are returned, will be re-
corded as the year with the high-
est level of lumber production in
British Columbia’s history.

1963’s Coast lumber production
of 3,324 million board feet (esti-
mated is up 7.5% over 1962).

The ten months actual produc-
tion as reported by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics is 2,769 mil-
lion board feet. The total for this
ten month period is higher than
for the entire period before 1960.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“Program >

It has also been established
that Millwrights who do not
wish to become certified can
receive a permit which en-
ables them to continue work-
ing as a Millwright for their
present employer. They will
have the full protection of the
Coast Master Agreement.

Any Millwright who fails
to pass a test will, according
to the Deputy Minister, be is-
sued a permit.

It is clear under the new
law that while the Training
Program does not make par-
ticipation by the present Mill-
wrights compulsory, the law
does, unless the Minister
grants an exemption by writ-
ten permit.

Study material as provided
for under Appendix “B” for
present Millwrights will be
compiled in the very near
future.

A proper form to register
present Millwrights will be
drafted in accordance with

Point 1, Appendix “B”, of the
Plan.

B.C. Coast Lumber Production

3,324 (EST)

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1961

1962

Interior Locals Seek
Millwrights’ Program

Negotiations have been in
progress between the North-
ern Interior Lumbermen’s
Association and Local 1-424
for a Millwrights’ Training
Program along the same lines
as signed with the Coast em-
ployers through Forest In-
dustrial Relations.

A very contentious issue in
these negotiations is the pay-
ment of wages by the em-
ployers to millwrights, im-
provers or helpers who attend
vocational school to become
certified in accordance with
the recent law which requires
tradesmen to hold certificates
of proficiency.

Helpers, improvers and mill-
wrights under the coast agree-

1-423.

ment will receive full pay
while attending school. North-
ern Interior Lumber operators
are at present adamant in that
they do not intend to pay for
upgrading of Tradesmen.

A committee of five has also
been established to negotiate

‘with the Southern Interior

employers to establish agree-
ment on training for present
millwrights, helpers and im-
provers.

The committee is composed
of J. MacKenzie, Ist Vice
Fresident; J. Holst, 2nd Vice
President; J. Munro, Business
Agent Local 1-405; J. Kelly,
President, Local 1-417; W.
Schumaker, President, Local

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