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“Ruling

overtime. The amended regu-

lations now enable employers -
to disregard references made

in the Act to custom, arrange-

ment or agreement with the

employees in respect of hours

to be worked in excess of eight

in the day or forty-four in

the week.

AGREEMENT NULLIFIED

The amended regulations
nullify the long-estabished re-
quirement for an emergency
permit secured after agree-
ment with the employees in
many important .phases of
logging operations. They are
thus open to flagrant abuse.
It is further submitted that
the regulations legalize viola-
tions of a negotiated agree-
ment which provides for a
standard forty-hour week. In

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consequence, the individual
worker is deprived of the
right to exercise any option,
if bis personal circumstances
make such overtime inad-
visable.

The IWA submits that the
Hours of Work Act should
now be so amended as to pro-
hibit permanent exceptions
for any group of workers,
Safeguards should be estab-
lished for exceptions only as
emergency conditions arise
where overtime is demonstrat-
ably necessary.

TOO SWEEPING

An examination of the
regulations will indicate to
you their sweeping nature.
The exceptions permitted have
been broadened for loggers as
follows:

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3, Persons employed in:

(1) The logging industry in
maintenance and prepa-
tory work which is nec-
essary to prevent inter-
ruption of normal
production schedules
including, but without
limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the follow-
ing: :

a) Log dumping and
booming operations;
b) Transportation of

workmen and supplies;

c) Transportation of logs;

d) Occupation of boat-
man;

e) Fire watching, control
and suppression;

f) Barge loading;

g) Road construction;

h) Moving and rigging,

where necessary to
prevent interruption
of normal production
schedules;

i) Maintenance.”

COMPULSION NOW

The use of words “‘mainten-
ance and preparatory work”
is meaningless as such distinc-
tions cannot readily be made
in a logging operation. The
regulations clearly permit ex-
ceptions in all important
phases of logging operations
from the stump to the mill.

In the opinion of the Union,
it is not in the public interest
to encourage excessive over-
time in view of increasing un-
employment and the accel-
erated rate of displacement
caused by the introduction of
mechanized equipment. It is

further disadvantage 0g

gers in view of proposed
amendments to the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act.

the principle o.
angie ey eid B wsggsovd
by the employers under

tection of the amended regula-
tion is contrary to the inten-

tion of the Legislature in the
enactment of this Statute.

I hope that the IWA will
have your support in the re-
quest for anappropriate
amendment.

Respectfully yours,

J. A. MOORE,
President.

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Agreement has been reached by Local 1-357 IWA, New
Westminster, with City Building Supplies Ltd. after pro-
longed negotiations. Organization of the employees by the
Locai Union led to’a dispute regarding the terms of the con-
tract which at one stage called for the services of a Concilia-

tion Officer.

The aims of the efficient
IWA shop stewards’ organiza-
tion found in New Westmin-
ster plants, acclaimed at a
recent social gathering of
stewards, wives and friends,
will now be further strength-
ened. Plans have been laid for
regular shop stewards’ courses
en problems involved in the
policing ‘of the contract.

An innovation in these
courses will be the study af
the IWA Constitution de-
signed to make Local Union
members familiar with the
constitutional principles on
which IWA administration is
based. The classes will be so
arranged as to provide the
maximum opportunity for

members interested in this.

phase of trade union activity.

LADIES’ AUXILIARY

Members of the Local Un-
ion have had occasion to ex-
press appreciation for the
activities of the Ladies’ Aux-
iliary recently. President Joe
Madden acknowledged with
gratitude a donation from
the Auxiliary of $500 on be-
half of Local 1-357 IWA Soc-
iety. This Society, which is
the holding society for the
IWA building, is also author-
ized to promote educational

and recreational activities on
behalf of the membership.

President Madden praised

Conferences with the management has now
resulted in a signed contract.

the generosity shown by the
Auxiliary in its aid for the
Local Union's program.

VACATION PAY

Further meetings with
management at Fraser Mills
are expected to remedy the
general dissatisfaction over
staggered vacation periods. A
questionnaire answered by
members of the Union in the
plant disclosed that many
employees had been obliged
to take their vacations at
times in the year which pro-
hibited family participation
or enjoyment of suitable
weather conditions. It is ex-
pected that the scheduled con-
ferences will bring more sat-
isfactory arrangements for
vacation periods.

SENIORITY PROBLEMS

Seniority problems affect-
ing both female and male
workers in the plywood plants
has been given close attention
in recent weeks. A formula is
now under consideration
which is regarded as mutually
advantageous. Discussions are
pointing the way to agree-
ment on the application of
seniority rules which will
largely eliminate conflict of
interest between the groups
of workers affected.

Tradesmen’s requirements
were well aired at a recent

| City Local Union
es Varied Problems

meeting held under the aus-
pices of the Local Union. The
conference laid the basis for
recommendations regarding
rate revision. Problems con-
fronting tradesmen which are
now receiving full attention
are those arising from the in-
troduction of automatic pro-
cesses. Apprenticeship train-
ing and re-training for var-
ious classifications have been
given close study by the Local
Union officers.

FLAVELLE CEDAR

The Local Union officers
have undertaken to secure
necessary adjustments in va-
cation pay for those with five
years service or more at the
Flavelle Cedar plant. Em-
ployees in this category were
found to have sustained
losses by reason of the system
of records regarding the an-
niversary date and cut-off
date for the purpose of cal-
culating vacation credits. A
number of employees have
now secured the required ad-
justment of pay.

DEFENCE FUND
DONATION

A systematic method of
contributions toward a fund
through which aid may be ex-
tended to other unions on
strike situations has enabled
the Local Union to make sub-
stantial monthly donations to
the strike defence fund of the

of Labour.

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sued by the F for
support of striking unions, ~

donations