10 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER June-July, 1973 HANDBOOK worKmens ComPensaTiON BOAR OF BRITISH coLumMBIa NEONEX EMPLOYEES WIN JOB RE-INSTATEMENT The Alberta Board of Indus- trial Relations has ordered Neonex Leisure Products to re- instate 15 members of IWA Local 1-207, with back pay for their illegal discharge during an organizational campaign. Local President Arne Chris- tensen reported that back pay was ordered from March 10, two days before the IWA was certified as bargaining agent for the Neonex Leisure Pro- ducts crew. The discharged workers are employed by the company’s Travelaire trailer manu- facturing division. In January, Local 1-207 applied for certification at the nt, and the application was turned down by the Board. ers of the IWA later were elected to office in the incumbent Travelaire Em- ployees Association and the membership voted February 15 to merge with the IWA. Certification was transferred to Local 1-207 on March 12, 1973. Christensen said the May 18 finding by the Board was the second time the Company was found to be in violation of the unfair labour practices section of the Alberta Labour Act. Workers covered by the May 18 order are Brian Aanmoen, Pat Maschke, Josephine Gaertsma, Janice Louise Calliou, Susan McTighe, Bar- bara Anne MclIvor, Beverley Quartly, Lorraine Hughes, Rudolf Gierke and Lena Gierke. The IWA is cooperating with the Workmen’s Compensation Board in promoting a new safety handbook just produced by the WCB on falling and bucking. i The pocket size, 124-page Fallers’ and Buckers’ Hand- book is filled with detailed dia- grams and descriptions of safe methods of falling and bucking timber in B.C.’s rugged forest areas. It is printed on a special waterproof paper so that it can be carried by the faller or buc- ker and consulted whenever necessary. The booklet is being distri- buted free of charge to all fallers and buckers through their companies and local unions. g Purpose of the booklet is an attempt to reduce the high toll of fallers and buckers killed annually in the forest industry. The WCB in producing the booklet is not ordering fallers and buckers to follow the work methods described. The sole idea is to show the methods proven the safest over the years for that section of the industry. The booklet is well worth reading for all fallers and buckers, regardless of experi- ence, and who know it might save your life to take an hour out to read it. ie saa 4 Most of the top officers of Local 1-417 Kamloops were re- elected in the recent referen- dum ballot conducted for new officers. Following are those elected: Sonny Alexandre, President; Bill Hobbs, 1st Vice-President; Jack Kerssens, 2nd Vice-Presi- dent; Ted~MacDonald, 3rd Vice-President; Kevin Kelly, Financial Secretary; Larry Jensen, Recording Secretary; Vic Fast, Warden; Edwin Collins, Conductor; Ed Robinson, Six-Year Trustee. FALLERS WORKING TOO CLOSE oN eee ie HOMEBUYERS BILKED ON LAWYER CHARGES Lawyers are taking too big a slice of the homebuyer’s dollar, according to federal minister of urban affairs Ron Basford. The housing minister speaks with some authority as he is a lawyer himself — from Van- couver. Mr. Basford was comment- ing on charges by Calgary mayor Rod Sykes that lawyers’ real estate charges are exorbi- tant. Mr. Sykes also charged that the federal housing agency, Central Mortgage and Hous- ing, hires Liberal lawyers as a “patronage pay-off.’’ He said that a person buying a house in the $20,000 range has to pay $300 to $500 in legal fees. High legal fees on real estate transactions are prevalent in Ontario and may be so across Canada. In the Metro Toronto area, the normal legal fee in the purchase of a $39,000 home, an average selling price in this area, is about $1,200. Mr. Basford said that law-. yers themselves don’t always. do the work. The legal work is done by a ‘‘very competent legal secretary’’ who sets up the whole deal. Actually, three lawyers can be involved in a real estate transaction: one representing the buyer, one representing the seller, and a third representing the mortgage company. Nothing was done about a housing task force recom- mendation made a few years ago that legal charges be reduced. —— LIGHTER SIDE A flirt, according to Kam- loops Katie, is a gal who be- lieves in every man for her-/ self! —" Pioneer makes things easier for the professional with the Super 3270 15% more power to weight than the first 3270. 50% quieter, too. Western Pioneer Chain Saw Sales _ 328 Carrall St., Vancouver — 684-1822 BROADWAY PRINTERS LIMITED printers and lithographers since 1911 LS 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10. B.C Telephone 876-210! —