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ay Camp, The Pas, Manitoba

of Local 1-324 IWA employed by the

approximately twelve miles out of the town
two sawmills and a planer mill. The large
area of 11.5 acres and will be one of the most

340,000 cords of wood annually. To
aside, The timber harvested Is mainly spruce
ve fi in the near future.

‘oll ad the complex will total $10 million. This will
r raifl, $1.8 million in the lumber division and $4.2

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is} operations are mainly French Canadians well-
utters, They work in two-man crews on a piece rate

tathe negotiating ability of Regfonal officers Jack

j agreement with the Company which sub-
ond f
are | filty to seventy miles north of The Pas

en arg employed in the cookhouses and meals are

the yees from the company's Half-way Camp.
ide names of others have been omitted to

' Skidder pulls turn of logs info landing. In this type of logging each two-man crew first fells sufficient timber to keep one man occupied
iy. bucking and limbing the trees at the landing. The other member brings the trees out by skidder. Each crew has its own landing area,
j : a skidder and two power saws. The logs are scaled at the end of the day and the earnings are based on the cord measurement.

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Front end inal of the highly eS skidder. The operators move these machines
with great rapidity over uneven ferrain when bringing the logs into the landings.

age: Enjoying their time off before starting preparations for the eve I
Doug Sleeman at the controls of the new Japanese Komatso D85A left, Irene Fenner, cookee; Kathleen Ropatl cede Judy Ball, leans Tales

_ bulldozer. The machine which was quite a few thousand dollars cheaper in price than Freeze, cookee. Under the terms of the new contract negotiated by the Regi
 eeSaeueaaa is, according to Doug, a good performer and easy to handle. earnings for cooks and cookees were increased by $7. 7110 $9.90 otha final fae 4

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