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Section 1:

(a) The regular hours of work in all the Forest Products operations shall be eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week with rate and one-half for any

per day and forty (40) hours per

week. Production employees shall

be paid rate and one-half for Sat-

lay and/or Sunday regardless

f the number of hours worked during the week.

(b) Any Employee who is now a member in good standing, or who becomes or is re-instated as a member of the Union shall as a condition of continued employment maintain such membership in good standing throughout the term of this Agreement, subject to stich procedure as may be mutually sat- isfactory to the Union and the Company.

The Company recognizes the prin- ciple of seniority, competency con- sidered. In the application of seni- ority, it shall be determined first by department second by plant seniority. Promotions shall be en- tirely a matter for the Company’s decision; likewise selection of su- pervisory officials; but in making the selections, other things being equal, length of continuous service shall be given due consideration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agree- ment, it shall be mutually agreed that all Employees are hired on probation, the probationary period to continue for thirty (30) days, during which time they are to be considered temporary workers only; and during this same period no seniority rights shall be recog- nized.

- hours worked over eight (8) hours”

Hours of Work

Section 7: New Section as follows: “No employee covered by this Agreement shall be subject to any penalties who refuses to work overtime, whether the refusal be singular or in concert.”

(3) That the HOURS OF WORK clause in the Contract be amended to permit Employ- ees, at the Company’s option and where Employees agree, to work up to six days a week or extra time per day on a five-day week at time and a half for all time worked over eight hours a day and forty hours a week.

Union Security

(b) The Company agrees that all employees now employed shall within seven (7) days of signing of this Agreement, become mem- bers of the Union and remain members for the duration of this Agreement as a condition of em- ployment.

(c) All new employees shall, as a condition of employment, join the Union and remain in good standing for the duration of this Agree- ment.

Rejected by the employers without. any counter - pro- Bosal.

Seniority

In the appli- cation of Seniority it shall be de- termined firstly by departments; secondly by plant.

“After ‘an employee has completed a thirty (30) day probationary period, he shall be to all intent and purposes deemed competent. “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agree- ment it shall be mutually agreed that all employees are hired on probation, the probationary period to continue for thirty (30) days during which time they are to be considered temporary workers only. Upon completion of thirty (30) days they shall be regarded as regular employees and shall then be entitled to seniority, dat- ing from the day on which they entered the Company employ. Dur- ing the new employee’s probation- ary period he shall be entitled to all rights of Collective Bargaining under the Agreement.”

Section 5:

The words “thirty (30)” have been deleted wherever the same occur, and the words “sixty (60)” have been substituted therefor.

Section 8:

A new section has been added as follows:

“(a) The Company is not obliged to consider seniority in the case of any temporary trans- fers, promotions or demo- tions.”

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article, an Employee occupying a job on a temporary basis shall, when his occupancy of the temporary job ends, be given the job and the seniority he would have held had he not been temporarily promoted.”

“(b)

(In Part)

The employers’ demand for continued overtime work consid- ered in the light of the experi- ence of recent months, when overtime was urged as a vital necessity for production require- ments, was considered by the Negotiating Committee as being entirely inconsistent with the claim of the employers that mar- ket conditions have worsened.

.The employers indicated little interest in the matter of Union Security which might lead to more harmonious labor-management re- lations. The general-attitude was that the existing provisions for maintenance of membership were inserted in the contract only be- cause pressure was exercised in 1950.

(in Part)

The IWA Negotiating Com- mittee rejected the employers’ proposals regarding seniority because, if accepted, they would destroy established rules of seniority and provide loop- holes for the employer to wipe out any seniority standing earn- ed by an employee of long- standing service if he so desired.

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