THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 3 TAHSIS FOREST COUNCIL AGREEMENT 1. The parties to this agreement shall maintain a Council to be known as the Tahsis Forest Council. This Council shall consist of twelve (12) members and shall be designated on an equal basis by International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, Gold River Local 476, and by International Woodworkers of America, Local 1-85. 2. The purpose of the Tahsis Forest Council shall be to act as the joint collective bargaining agent of the parties to this agreement in respect to all requirements of the Labour Relations Act and such other matters as may be agreed to from time to time. The Tahsis Forest Council shall designate from its members a bargaining commit- tee equally representative of the two parties. The Tahsis Forest Council shall be authorized to use the facilities of either or both International Union offices. The Tahsis Forest Council shall not be responsible for the day to day problems of the various divisions of the Tahsis Company; but shall be kept informed of any and all matters which may be of concern to either party of this agreement. . The Officers of the Tahsis Forest Council shall be a Chairman and Secretary ; elected annually from the membership of the Council as stated in Section 1, 5 above, with each organization, parties to said Council holding one of the two respective official positions. All notices required by the Labour Relations Act and the collective labour agree- a. ment shall be given by the Officers of the Tahsis Forest Council upon resolution a endorsed ny the said Council, or by such other person or persons as may e designated by resolution. FROM PAGE 1 All votes required by the Labour Relations Act for ratification of any collective agreement up to and including a strike vote as specified in Section 50 of the said Act, shall be by a referendum vote of all employees within the bargaining unit. 4 It is agreed that the first collective agreement to be negotiated at the Gold River Pulp Division of the Tahsis Company Ltd. shall be ratified by the employees of £& .. 3. < disproving accusations that he failed to carry out direc- tives of the Regional executive board. Other Regional 4. Fi: officers, left, 3rd vice-president Maurice Corbeil, 2nd vice- president Del Pratt, Ist vice-president Jack MacKenzie, ‘. secretary-treasurer Fred Fieber. is "GOLD the two organizations would set up a Tahsis Forest Coun- cil under one _ bargaining authority. Local 1-85 president Walter Allen reminded the confer- ence that the 1963 blanket certification at Tahsis was ap- plied for by the Local as a result of a decision by the Regional Council that IWA Local Unions should, wher- ever possible, cover all em- ployees of a specific company regardless of the ‘operations involved in the certification. He also reminded the dele- gates of the Regional Coun- cil’s declared intentions to lay RIVER" He charged that the Labour Relations Board rejected the joint bid because of pressure from the employers who feared the consequences of integrated bargaining. “The Tahsis Forest Coun- cil agreement proposed,” he said, “that a bargaining com- mittee would be set up which would ensure one set of nego- tiations to cover all employ- ees of the Tahsis Company whether engaged in logging, .or in. pulp; with one. accept- ance or rejection vote; one strike vote and one authority to strike covering all em- ployees. “We contend that under that division up to but not including a strike vote. Should a strike vote be neces- sary, then Section 50 of the Labour Relations Act shall apply. All collective agreements, upon ratification by the membership, shall be signed by the bargaining committee of the Council, plus one Officer of the Unions, parties to the Tahsis Forest Council agreement. W. F. ALLEN, J. POPE, President, Local 1-85, International Woodworkers of America. S. J. SQUIRE, Recording Secretary, Local 1-85, International Woodworkers of America. Dated: May 2nd, 1967. as convinced as ever that our position was correct and that the employees of the Tahsis Ist Vice-President, Gold River Local 476, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. S. G. GREEN, 6th Vice-President, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. lay the foundations for one democratic International Un- ion in the forest products in- consider support for Local Unions seeking certification in new unorganized pulp a ~ the foundation for one demo- : : Company would have bene- dustry. mills. ~ cratic International Union in eee ecent aap fited under such an arrange- Steps to accomplish this Discussions with both the , the forest industry. He stated fiteoewould be able to meat.” purpose were adopted in prin- International and Canadian that Local 1-85 by making a improve on both the Coast He went on to say that he ciple and will be finalized at pulp unions will be advocated ~ joint application with the In- Master Agreement and the regretted the decision of the the Regional Convention in in order to achieve the de- + ternational Pulp Union had Giandard Labour Contract, Pulp employees to join the September based upon a re- sired unity of action and the not deviated one iota from yi, opinion is also shared by Canadian Pulp Union. “Ulti- port to be prepared by the creation of one union in wood. ~ this principle. F F mately,” he suggested, “they Regional executive board. Upon adoption in principle this p P the International Pulp Union. : a ; h oF & “Had the application bid Sie decision of te Dabour “Owld reeret their decision The delegates stressed the of the aims of the Co: erence hee ee 'et Relations Board and the sub- °° and return to the ranks necessity of close cooperation the Regional executive board or as ed the way fe cenuent result of the certif.. ©! Organized labour to aid in with all’other unions holding was instructed to incorporate f would ee oe nr Bhan ae eee thdaiirevented developing one collective bar- certifications in the forest in- the views of the conference the ultima . a eA : Se Pe the atecalooment i Paoeaae seen tot that would serve dustry during periods of ne- in a detailed report for sub- < Union: 3 sth Suiched rete lective Roane unit for the the needs of all the Tahsis gotiation. The Regional Con- mission to the Regional Con- stump sO cate P PeheeeGhminany but we ave employees.” vention will also be asked to vention. = uct. ciesia’ He added that this was the LOCAL 1-80 President Weldon Jubenville opposed the joint certification only way this could be ac- complished because, “we have no desire to work out such an arrangement with splinter groups such as the Canadian Pulp Workers who have nothing to offer the workers in the Pulp Industry.” The second charge which questioned the Local’s consti- tutional right to sign an agreement with the Interna- tional Pulp Union was re- futed by Allen when he pointed out that Internation- al president Hartung had ruled that Local Unions had complete autonomy in this re- spect. A motion was then pro- posed by president Ross Inglis of Local 1-424 “That this dele- gated conference support the right of the membership of Local 1-85 in their attempt to work out a working relation- ship with the International Pulp Union.” A vote was taken in which the majority of the delegates endorsed the proposal. The conference wound up by declaring its intention to LOCAL 1-357 President Wyman Trineer endorsed Local 1-85’s action at Gold River. ;