ARTICLE XIV — FARE ALLOWANCE Section 1: On Lay-off . If an employee upon entering the employment of a Company, or returning to work after a shutdown, or after a period of leave of absence due to injury or illness, is laid off through no fault of his own by reason of no work being available, the Company shall provide him with fare allowance upon the following conditions: (a) If laid off before working for forty (40) days, he shall receive the cost of his round trip transportation back to the point of hiring. It is agreed that the nine cents (9c) per hour Queen Charlotte Islands differential be eliminated subject to red circle protection to employees now in receipt of the said dif- ferential. (c) An employee with five (5) months’ seniority shall receive the cost of his round trip tran- sportation when returning to camp from the point of hiring following a period of lay-off and from the point of hospitalization or con- valescence following a period of absence by reason of accident or illness. Section 2: After Fifty (50) Days An employee, on entering the employment of the Company, and after having completed fifty (50) days of .work shall be reimbursed the cost of one-way transportation from point of hiring. Section 3: Limitation These provisions of this Article shall apply only to logging camps, including those in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and in addition, to the sawmills at Tahsis. (b) ARTICLE XV — TRAVEL TIME (c) The provisions of this Article apply to any water travel involved between the mar- shalling point and the work site. Present clauses (c) becomes (d). All other clauses remain the same. SUPPLEMENT NO. 6 FARE ALLOWANCE Paragraph 1 remains the same. 2. Employees with five (5) months’ seniority, or more, who are absent due to injury or illness, shall receive round trip fare upon returning to camp on one of the following bases: : : (a) From the point of final hospitalization if more than one point of hospitalization is involved. (b) From the point of hiring if the final point of ’ hospitalization is outside the Province of Bri- tish Columbia. (c) From the point of final convalescence if more than one point of convalescence is involved. (d) From the point of hiring if the final point of convalescence is outside the Province of Bri- tish Columbia. To obtain fare for convalescence or hospitalization a medical certificate >is required if requested by the employer. The term ‘“‘convalescence’”’ shall include treatment by a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, physiotherapist, eye specialist, dentist, etc., even though no hospitalization is required. For optical or dental work a medical certificate is required stating that emergency treatment _ was necessary. (f) There shall be no restrictions on fare en- titlement except as outlined in (e) above. (e) RE: CONTRACTING 1. This Letter of Intent shall signify the desire of both parties to develop an equitable basis of utilizing the services of contractors and sub- contractors and to discuss problems that may arise therefrom. 2. The parties agree to establish a continuing committee to study problems resulting from contracting and sub-contracting area by area and to recommend solutions to those probléms. 3. The Committee will be comprised of three (3) members appointed by Regional Council I of the I.W.A. and three (3) members appointed by Forest Industrial Relations Limited. The parties further agree that the guidelines to be followed by the committee on this matter shall include: (1) Independent Operators are recognized as those contractors who operate on a ‘‘stump to dump” basis. (2) Dependent Operators shall include Phase Contractors, be they Owner Operators or other- wise. (3) The basic principles of Seniority (Article XVIII) shall be followed and worked out between the Local Union and those parties involved. (4) The intent shall be to ensure that all parties involved work within the principle of the Coast Master Agreement. The committee on an on-going basis will also deal with specific problems referred to it by individual Local Unions, Companies, or contractors and sub- contractors. hay EFFECTIVE June 15, 1974 Signed on behalf of Regional Council No. 1 Coast Negotiating Committee, International Woodworkers of America s/ J. J. Munro s/ R. F. Blanchard Signed on behalf of Forest Industrial Relations Limited _ S/ D. Lanskail s/K. J. Bennett Section 2: Falling and Bucking (a) The daily rate for fallers and buckers will be $93.45 per day for the regular hours of work. (b) The hourly rate for fallers and buckers will be $11.68 per hour for all hourly compensation provisions. The general wage increase for all employees effective June 15, 1974 (Article IX, Section 1 (a) has been incorporated into the rates de- scribed in (a) and (b) above. The following formula shall apply exclusively to employees who are fallers on June 15, 1972. When a faller ceases to be employed in the operation in which he was employed on June 15, 1972 the following formula shall no longer be applicable to him. Where a faller’s average day rate during the contract year June 15, 1971 to June 14, 1972 exceeds the negotiated day rate, the following principle will apply: In each succeeding contract year a faller shall receive a day rate equal to 90 percent of his average day rate in the preceding contract year. The principle of this formula will con- tinue in effect until the faller’s day rate be- comes equivalent to the established Industry day rate. _ (e) The Company will arrange for the supply and maintenance of all necessary tools for Falling and Bucking. It is agreed that fallers and buckers will be expected to fall and buck timber for 612 hours each regular working day. Member companies of Forest Industrial Rela- tions Limited agree that they will not issue or continue any falling and bucking contracts after June 15, 1972 where the falling and bucking contractor employs a piecework falling and bucking system. It is agreed that in any reduction in woods sealers that results from this Agreement, the following principles shall apply: (a) Woods scalers who are displaced as a result of this Agreement shall be re-employed in the operation without suffering a wage reduction. (b) Management shall employ displaced woods scalers in alternative jobs, taking into consideration seniority and _ physical capabilities. Placement of people with physical handicaps will be discussed at a Local-operational level. (c) Where there is no suitable employment for a particular woods scaler, the woods scaler shall be granted severance pay at the rate of one week’s pay for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 weeks’ pay. To be entitled to (c) (d ~ (f) (g) (h) severance pay under this provision the woods scaler must apply for it within 60 cal Pm of being displaced from his woods scaler job. TRADESMEN ARTICLE IX — WAGES (8) Certified Tradesmen shall be grouped a follows: (i) Logging Tradesmen Effective Group I June 15, 1974 Heavy Duty Mechanic $ 7.56 Group Il Machinist $ 7.4512 Blacksmith 7.45% Welder D.P.W. No. 1,2 &3 7.45% Pipefitter / Steamfitter 7.45% Construction Millwright / Carpenter 7.4542 Auto Mechanic 7.4514 Electrician 7.45 Body Shop Repairman 7.4514 Car Repair Journeyman 7.4512 Group Ill Bridgeman $ 7.35 Painter 7.35 Power Saw Mechanic 7.35 Tire Vulcanizer : ‘ 7.35 (ii) Manufacturing Tradesmen Effective Group I June 15, 1974 Benchman $ 7.50% Electrician 7.5042 Heavy Duty Mechanic 7.5042 Instrument Mechanic 7.5012 Machinist 7.50% Millwright 7.501 Pipefitter / Steamfitter 7.5042 Construction Millwright / Carpenter 7.501% Group II Auto Mechanic $ 7.40 Planer Mechanic 7.40 Circular Saw Filer 7.40 Blacksmith 7.40 Boiler Maker 7.40 Shipwright 7.40 - Welder D.P.W. No. 1 or No. 2 7.40 Maintenance Mechanic 7.40 Group III . Painter : $ 7.29% Benchman ‘‘A”’ Millwork 7.291 Saw Fitter 7.29 Head Filer — Grinderman 7.29% (f) The. category Uncertified Planer Mechanic shall be $7.19 per hour. A Planer Mechanic with a Millwright Tradesman’s Qualification Certificate shall be paid at the rate of $7.40 per hour. The general wage increase for all em- ployees provided for in Sec. 1 (a) of this Article has been incorporated into these rates. . The Parties agree to discuss and develop a Section 6: Engineers and Firemen (a) Engineers and firemen actually working in a job requiring the ticket herein specified, shall be paid in accordance with the following rates: Effective June 15, 1974 Per Hour 2nd Class Engineer $ 7.85 3rd Class Engineer 7.39 4th Class Engineer 6.67144 Fireman (4th Class Ticket) 6.25 Fireman 5.63 The general wage increase for all employees provided in Sec. 1 (a) of this Article has been in- corporated in the rates provided above. POWERHOUSE REVIEW The parties agree that a joint sub-committee will meet with a member of the staff of the Minister of Labour to review the rates for power house personnel in relation to other tradesmen’s rates. Any rate adjustment stemming from this review will be effective June 15, 1974.