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Elimination of the “red circle”
principle for jobs in plywood plants.

Requirement that loggers remain
in camp during temporary shut-
downs for at least five days before
qualifying for fare allowance.

Suspension of the seniority pro-
visions for two working days in the
event of lay-off or recall.

Suspension of job posting in
vacancies caused by employees on
vacation for more than two weeks.

Return of full seniority rights to
all employees temporarily trans-
ferred from the bargaining unit to
other Company positions and trans-
ferred back.

Straight time rate for employees
attending safety committee meetings
outside of working hours up to two
hours.

Basis of Dispute

All of the employers’ proposals
are contentious and are being ques-
tioned by the Negotiating Com-
mittee.

The proposed increase in board
and lodging rates represents a drastic
cut in take-home pay for the loggers
which has in past years been con-
sistently opposed by the Union. The
basis of this objection is that pro-
vision for board and lodging should
be regarded as a normal cost of
operations situated at points re-
moved from norma! community liv-
ing. Loggers should not be penalized,
it is claimed, for conditions of em-
ployment which require them to
maintain themselves away from
homes which they must also main-
tain.

The proposed cut in earnings for
fallers and buckers asks that they
forfeit one day’s pay in five. This
proposal fails to take into considera-
tion the fact that the increased pro-
duction now gained by fallers and
buckers has reduced the costs of
their production in relation to total
logging costs. Fewer men in this
category are harvesting more timber
thus affecting savings for the opera-
tors in such items as Unemployment
Insurance and other social benefits.

Considerable alarm has been ex-
pressed with regard to the proposal
to classify a number of regular em-
ployees as casual employees. All the
proposals in this connection, when
linked together, would deprive these
employees of existing rights for sen-
iority retention earned through such

Operators Seek Cuts”

employment, present rights to qual-
ify for paid statutory holidays and
maintenance of lay-off coverace in
respect of health and welfare. These
several proposals appear to be a de-
vice to deprive a large number of
regular employees of the contract's
protection as the employers have
control of the hours and days
worked.

The same principle applies with
reference to the proposal to deprive
employees on short night shifts of
the established differential and rest
periods.

Plywood Cuts Asked

The proposed elimination of the
“red circle” principle in plywood
plant job evaluation is regarded as
a serious breach of faith and an
attack on the established wage struc-

vision,

Likewise all other proposals ad-
vanced by the employers tend to
weaken existing contract provisions,

especially those relating to senior —

ity, job posting and transfer in and
out of the bargaining unit,

The proposals, in toto, are said
to indicate the usual attitude of the
employers upon entering negotia-
tions. They have caused the Union's
negotiators to place greater insis-
tence upon acceptance of the Union's
demands. They have widened the
gap between the Union's position
and that of the employers and in-
tensified the possibilities of “tough”
negotiations,

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Labour”

“If this is so, it is hardly a plaus-
ible reason. The Congress has no
apology to make for its actions
which followed convention decis-
ions. To make the record clear, the
brief added:—“The Congress is not,
nor does it intend to become, an
affiliate of any political party.”

The Economic Situation

The 12,000-word brief spelled out
the views of organized Jabour on a
wide range of topics, including the
economic situation, social security,
labour legislation, broadcasting,
immigration, taxation, housing as
well as international issues.

On the economic situation it said
unemployment remains a heavy and
needless burden on the workers and
the economy. “Even with the return
in production, it remains true that
our economy is just not growing fast
enough to provide jobs for all the
people that are looking for them.”

The Congress renewed its pro-
posals for a major expansion in
social spending by the Government,

for a full employment act, greater
economic planning, freer trade and
rationalization of small secondary
industries into efficient and competi-
tive units.

On social security, it sought pen-
sion payments tied to the need for
improvement in general living stan-
dards.

“There has been a lack of system-
atic planning and conscious design
in the development of social secur-
ity in Canada. The history of social
security has been one of patchwork,

reluctantly undertaken
effectively done.”

The Congress also said that it will
not oppose the Government’s
planned legislation requiring unions
and corporations to file details of
their finances and organization with
the Government.

“We are prepared to live with it
because we have nothing to hide,”
said President Jodoin, urging that
the operations of corporations be
put under the same blaze of public
scrutiny.

and in-

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Party

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The late Lionel Cook, the 82-year-
old son of a Yorkshire merchant also
left $140,000 to the Fabian society.

His executor, Lewis Cohen, chair-
man of the Alliance Building society,
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The party is now in shape to begin
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“My car was stolen yesterday.”

“Did you get a look at the guy
who stole it?”

“No, but I got his license num-
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New parent (anxiously): “It is a
him or a her?”

Nurse: “It’s a them.”

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