2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER OCTOBER, 1971 a eas GAG SHOT OF BEARDED DELEGATES attending IWA International Convention. Region 1 members standing left are Local 1-423 President Bill Schumaker; Local 1-80 Ist Vice- President Fernie Viala; and third from right Lorenz Fietz, Recording Secretary of Local 1- 405. In front row are well-known Local 1-217 members Garth Brown and George Drescher. z ae any — - CG : ple TR eae at —E ON QUEBEC CRISIS | _ CROSS-CANADA FACT-FINDING TOUR | Si ak Ee oe ee a eed OW ASS a a Bana a8 | The Citizens’ Commission of Inquiry into the War Measures Act have announced that two days of hearings on last year’s October crisis will be held November 26-27, in Vancouver. The Vancouver hearings will be part of a cross-Canada fact- finding tour conducted by: the Toronto-based Commission which will take it to Canadian centres in a three-month period. The Commission was founded last winter when it became apparent to its organizers that the govern- ment had no intention of in- vestigating last October’s events in Quebec. It is comprised of five ‘ English and five French * 3 speaking Commissioners. AT EAGLE LAKE SAWMIL JOB ACTION WINS IMPROVED CONDITIONS United job action by members of Local 1-424 IWA employed at the Northwood Mills’ Eagle Lake Sawmill, was successful in forcing the Company to sign a Letter of Understanding to prevent foremen doing production work in the operation. The 240-man crew stopped work September 22 in protest at the conduct of a yard foreman found operating a machine normally run by a member of the bargaining unit. When told by the Shop Steward to get off the machine, the foreman replied, ‘‘I’ll run this operation my way and no Union will tell me different.” The plant remained down until the next day when Local 1-424 1st Vice-President Ralph Bouvette, in company with the -Union Plant Committee, were able to hammer out with the Company terms of settlement acceptable to the crew. These included the Letter of Understanding that foremen and those above the rank: of foremen would not perform work normally done by the bargaining unit, except in true emergency conditions. Agreement that job postings and trainee postings would be posted as quickly as possible and that senior applicants on trainee postings will, in the company of the job steward, receive an explanation from their immediate supervisor if their bid is not accepted. If the applicant is not satisfied he may then invoke his rights under article XIII, grievance procedure. Three points on _ safe operating conditions in the plant were also agreed to. These were: 1—To control the trim ends causing hazardous conditions at the trimmer outfeed. 2—Take the Company’s dump truck out of service until it is put in safe working con- dition. 3—Make provision to allow safety committee members to attend meetings and in- spections. The Company also agreed to: post the name of the first aid attendant on shift in the smoke rooms and on the notice board and to set up a posting for a spare grader so that an extra grader may be available at times when the work load at the planer is excessive. A.B. DICK STRIKERS STILL HOLDING OUT Reporting to the meeting of the Vancouver Labor Council, a representative of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union,said that the strike at the A. B. Dick Co., which started last October is still in effect. This strike is over a first attempted agreement and this international company still flatly refuses to enter into any negotiations, and continues to use strikebreakers. The strike-breaking Yes, Virginia... THERE IS AN ANSWER TO HIGH-COST STORE and it’s at salesmen have started a concerted drive to convince the Boards of Education to pur- chase A. B. Dick materials and equipment. A delegate from CUPE Local 389 asked if there was any specific information on schools purchasing A. B. Dick mater- ials or equipment because the policy of the CUPE is not to handle any products declared “hot” or emanating from be- hind picket lines. FOUR-YEAR OFFICE TERM APPROVED The term of office for IWA International officers was increased from two years to four .years, by a narrow vote at the International Convention in Kansas City. The Constitutional change was unanimously opposed by Region 1 delegates, who argued that the Union’s present democracy could be eroded by four-year elections. MEAT B.C. 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