FROM PAGE 7

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

“LOCAL 1-405 ANNUAL MEETING”

two days, when he refused to
go under the Mill to clean up
while a junior man was placed
on his job.

“This Arbitration Case was
‘held in Cranbrook on Friday,
June 30th, however we have
not, as yet, received the
Board’s decision. Prior to
the hearing, the Union learn-
ed that Mr. McKenna, Plant
Superintendent, had instruct-
ed his Foreman to “ride hell
out of Bill Meyers and Pete
Shular,” two of the most
active Union men in the mill.
The Foreman refused to ac-
commodate the ‘Superinten-
dent with his vicious abuse
of Management’s authority.

“It now appears that Mr.
Gondek, General Manager,
has found a Superintendent
who is prepared to go him
one better in his dirty anti-
Union campaign and deliber-
ate abuse of Canadian work-
ers. Dirk vanderMeer, the
Foreman in question, gave
evidence under oath that Mr.
McKenna had instructed him
to make it as miserable as
possible for Bro. Meyers,
which contradicted the
Superintendent’s statements
to the Board.

“On Monday, July 3rd the
Superintendent advised the
Foreman that he was being
removed from the position of
Foreman and reduced to an
Oiler in the Mill. Conse-
quently Mr. vanderMeer was
forced to leave the employ-
ment of Selkirk Spruce and
has now obtained a job as
Millwright Superintendent in
the Northern Interior. Mr.
McKenna’s son has been pro-

moted to the position of Mill- -

wright Foreman in place of
Mr. vanderMeer.

“The Officers would like to
take this opoprtunity to give
all possible credit to Dirk
vanderMeer who had nothing
to gain and everything to
lose, by being human and
honest in his relationship with
employees and his evidence
before the Board. We are
confident that Mr. McKenna
will in due time receive a
fitting reward for his part in
the whole rotten scheme. The
crew is in the process of cir-
culating a petition to have
him removed as Superinten-
dent in the Mill, however it
is doubtful Mr. Gondek
would give up such a valu-
able disciple especially when
he calls the shots.

“Selkirk Spruce is not the
only company which has
caused the Local Union con-
siderable problems in the last
year.

“Charges are still pending
with regard to the Union’s
claim of an illegal lockout,
which occurred in the Lamb
Creek area of the Crestbrook
Logging Division. This case
was originally scheduled to
be heard in Cranbrook on
June 30th but had to be post-
poned due to the Arbitration
Case of Bro. Meyers. There
has been no new date set for
the hearing.

“A very serious problem
developed at Celgar with re-
gard to Millwrights who had
successfully completed the
Millwrights Training Pro-
gramme and were entitled to
an additional 21 cents per
hour. At one meeting with
Management, all tradesmen
of the Celgar Mill, filed in to
the Company Office in pro-
test over the Company’s deci-
sion, including those who
were employed on their regu-
lar shifts, in an effort to re-
solve the problem. The com-
pany had been attemovting to
undermine established rates
by incorporating the 21 cents
into what they considered to
be overscale. The question
was finally resolved at a
meeting in Vancouver to the
satisfaction of the Union and
the employees involved.

“There has also been a
number of serious grievances
at the plywood and sawmill
divisions of Kicking Horse
Forest Products Ltd. Bro.
Lawrence Josephson was dis-
missed early this spring be-
cause he submitted a bid on
job posting for another em-
ployee. The company, know-
ing full well that the employ-
ee had not-submitted the bid,
and admitting in grievance
procedure that he would not
have got the job regardless of
who filled out the bid, pro-
ceeded to post notice on the
bulletin board that he was
the successful bidder.

“Bro. Josephson was dis-
missed, despite the fact that
the job posting clause and
the collective agreement pro-
vides the employer with the
right to make the decision
subject to seniority, compet-
ency considered, and the right
of the Union to process a
grievance, if the company
fails to choose the senior em-
ployee. Lawrence was very
active in Union activities and

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UP

Figures released by the Do-
minion Bureau of Statistics
showed that the consumer
price index went up by
7/10ths of a point to 148.8 in
June. The index is based on
1949 as 100.

After holding fast for a few
months, the food index rose
to 144.8 from 143.7 due to in-
creases in the prices of milk,
bread, pork, sugar and po-
tatoes.

However, prices of other
foods, ice cream, cake mixes,
jam, butter, eggs, frozen
orange juice and fish, went
down somewhat.

The housing index went up
again, from 150.5 to 151.2.
This is the most important
component in the total index,

Clothing also went up in
price to 132.5 from 131.9,
while the transportation index
rose from 157.2 to 158.2.

this was only an excuse to
remove him from the plant.

“Bro. Mike Begic, Plant
Chairman, was dismissed
from the sawmill over two
months ago because he and
six other employees stayed
home, after being sent home
early for lunch break. On
several occasions Kicking
Horse has varied the lunch
hour whenever there was a
breakdown in the mill and
sent the men home. This has
caused considerable inconven-
ience to workers and their
families. Mike’s case will be
heard in Golden July 12th and
13th, and we are not in a posi-
tion to divulge evidence in
this Report, except to say that
Mike was singled out for dis-
missal while six fellow em-
ployees only received sus-
pensions.”

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