THE BC. LUMBER WORKER

March 25, 1946

Cranbrook Conciliation Completed, Award Soon

CRANBROOK, March 9, 1946—The final sessions of the Con- ciliation Board established in dispute between International Wood- workers of America, Local 1-405, and the Cranbrook Cartage and ‘Transfer Company Ltd. of Cranbrook, B.C., were held in the court- house here on March 9. The board was established in December, 1945, but was unable to complete its work due to postponements because of direct negotiations between the IWA and the Interior

Lumber Manufacturer's Association.

‘The final session concludes long drawn out proceedings be- tween the Local Union and the above Company for a contract covering hours of work, wages, ete,

The original dispute arose in the early part of 1945, when the Company refused to agree to the inclusion of the 8hour day in the contract as requested by the Union, (Government regulations at this time permitted a 9-hour day in the woodworking industry in that section of the province

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Conciliation proceedings were not completed due to the fact that the Board of Industrial Re- lations was at that time consid- ering changing certain regu- lations in the Minimum Wage Act, as regarded the hours of work, and in view of this fact the “Minister of Labor requested the Union to withhold conciliation proceedings until such time as the Board of Industrial Relations was able to bring down its decision.

Following the decision by the Board in favor of the hour day the Company still refused to sign an agreement and conciliation pro- ceedings which had been broken cff earlier at the Minister's re- quest were, resumed.

‘The main point of difference on which the Board was asked to make an award was the question of termination date of the agree- ment, The Company signified its willingness to sign the agree- ment for one year while the Union maintained that the op: erative date of the agreement should be made retroactive to April 1, 1945, with provisions for opening the agreement on 60 days’ noticé any time after April 1, 1946,

The award of the Board is ex- pected to be made public in the very near future, and the Union has expressed confidence that an acceptable award will be forth- coming,

Members of the Board were: Mr. C. J. Little, Cranbrook, chair- man; Mr. Harvey Murphy, Inter- national Representative, TUMM- SW, representing the Union; and Mr, J. Falkins, Cranbrook in- surance agent, representing the Company,

The case for the Company was presented by Mr. Walter Owens, Vancouver barrister, and Mr. J. H, Ruddock, Labor Relations Of- ficer of the Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association.

Interior Activities

FROM CRANBROOK, NELSON, PRINCETON, KELOWNA, KAMLOOPS AND PRINCE GEORGE

Bergren Visits Prince George

Following the Kamloops Con- ference and the submission of the Interior recommendations to the membership, the sentiment and feeling of the woodworkers in the Prince George area has improved appreciably according to a report sent in last week by District Representative Mike Freylinger.

A special membership meeting called March 17 endorsed the ex- ecutive recommendations and

took steps to bring this local in!

line with the 1946 program of the union. Much discussion took place and issues were clarified by District Vice-President Bergren.

Two meetings, one at Sinclair Mills and the other at Giscome were attended by Brother Berg- ren. Both sub-locals endorsed the 1946 demands that the Union is making.

On the question of publicity, the program has been submitted to the local business men and trades people. Radio time has been pur- chased and broadcasts are to be made weekly on Thursday at 7:30 P.m., the first of which has al- ready been given.

Enderby Sub Local Expecting Spring Rush To the Editor:

We're getting ready| for the spring rush up here now. The roads are drying up pretty fair. Armstrong Sawmills (Enderby Branch) are making preparations for their log drive, which will start when the water rises, They have had to dam off a side chan- nel in order ot get better clear- ance and a better channel for the logs.

There is another stationary mill started up six miles from town, with a cutting capacity of around 12 to 15 thousuand a day. It is owned by T. Malpass. The logs will be trucked in as it is not situation on the river. The small tie mill has moved and is cutting in Deep Creek now. It is operated by our local secre- tary, E. Tipton. :

We have a small mill operating here that is anti-union. It is only a small operation but it is a thorn in the side of the local IWA.

J. DUGDALE, Press Agent, Enderby Sub-Local 1-423.

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Interior Locals Give "46 Demands To Bosses

Following a conference of representatives of all interfor locals held in the Masonic Hall in Kamloops on Tuesday, March 12, interior locals of the International Woodworkers of America situated in Cranbrook, Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna, Princeton, and Nelson have now officially presented, to all employers in the in- terior part of the Province, in which the union is certified as the bargaining agent, the 1946 demands of the IWA.

At the same time all locals of the IWA in the interior have notified the operators and the Provincial Department of Labor ithat all future negotiations for these locals will be carried out through the medium of the Dis- trict Negotiating Committee which is now in session with the Stuart Research Agencies, nego- tiating the 1946 contract for the majority of coast operations. The interior operators have’ been re- quested to set an immediate date for a meting with the Negotia-

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tiations for both the Coast and interior will coincide as closely as possible.

Considerable wage differentials exist at the present time between the Coast operations and “those in the interior. The Union is requesting for the interior the same demands as the Coast, nam- ely, 25¢ per hour increase in wages across the board, the inst- itution of the 40-hour week, with time and one half for all over- time, and union security and check-off.

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