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SELKIRK SPRUCE employees cook their meals on stoves
like this.

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THEY WASH their dishes in troughs in the washroom.

THE MEN sleep in dirty, crowded, bunkhouse rooms. Note
no table or chairs are provided.

RETURN—

TO THE DARK AGES

Editor's Note: The pictures of the filthy, over-crowded bunkhouses on these p
are, fortunately, the exception in the forest industry rather than the rule. The '
today by the more enlightened companies in British Columbia is to construct the
medern bunkhouse accommodations possible for their employees.

LOCAL 1-71...

Local 1-71 officers charge
that the Canadian Forest Pro-
ducts Limited — whose exec-
utives have offices in the
ultra-modern Bentall Centre
— house their loggers in one
of the most primitive camps
in British Columbia.

The Local’s 2nd vice-presi-
dent Walter Kozij reports
that the crew at the Vernon
Camp in the Company’s En-
glewood Division, refused to
go to work last March 17 be-
cause there was no heat in

the bunkhouses and no way
to dry wet work clothing.
He stated that this multi-
million dollar company has
allowed the Vernon Camp to
deteriorate into a shacktown
where the loggers are forced
to live in dingy, smelly bunk-
houses, such as have not been
seen in the industry for years.
Kozij said that to date, the
Company has ignored all re-
quests to improve the camp
living conditions and the Lo-
cal Union is now forced to

conclude that the manage
ment of Canadian Forest Pré
ducts is not interested in ¢ af
welfare of the employees. ©

pany’s more enlightened coms
petitors in the industry are :
taking pride in the modern
bunkhouses they are
structing for their employe
and it is now about time

CFP management came oti
of the “dark ages” and spef at
some of its profits in bett
bunkhouses for its employees.)

LOCAL 1-405...

By ELMER ATWOOD
1-405 Financial Secretary
For several years Local
1-405 IWA officers have been
attempting without success
to convince the management
of Selkirk Spruce Mills Ltd.,
Donald, to improve its cook-
house, bunkhouse and _ toilet
facilities for the crew.

These facilities in the camp
are so disgraceful that the
Local Union requested action
be taken by the East Koote-
nay Health Inspector to cor-
rect the situation. Unfortun-
ately, the Local Union’s com-
plaint was ignored by the
Health Department and the

nion is of the opinion that

SHOWER ROOM. Note junk lying on floor in left of
picture. Dark stain on floor is water unable to escape down

plugged drains.

this government agency
not properly carrying out
duties. #4
In letters to the Company |
and the Health Department) |
the Local lodged a list of com=
plaints regarding the sanitary
conditions which drew tk
following reply from the Com
pany’s general manager: _

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and the water pun