LUMBER PRODUCTION 15964 TO 1968 B.C. FOREST PRODUCTS HAS RECORD YEAR The 1968 Annual Report of the British Columbia Forest Products Limited shows net sales of $118.7 million setting a new record for the Comp- any and surpassing the prev- ious year’s sales by 11 per- cent. : Commenting on the results in their report to sharehold- ers, Mr. T. N. Beaupre, Chair- man and Mr. Ian A. Barclay, President and Chief Execu- tive Officer, state: “This per- formance taken by itself can be considered an excellent one but the forest industry, depending as much as it does on the export markets with strong international competi- tion, is still struggling with the cost-price squeeze. De- spite the increase in profits during the year of 37% the Company only obtained a-re- turn on total capital employed of slightly less than 5%.” =~ Sales of lumber and news- print were up over 1967 but pulp and plywood sales were lower. The increased news- print sales reflect the first full year’s operation of the second newsprint machine. The strong demand and higher sales price for lumber were the major factors in the improved performance in 1968. The Company produced a record 505 million board feet and remained Canada’s second largest producer of SALES BY PRODUCTS 1959-1968 @ Lumber an greece ? softwood Jumber. The Report states, “Although wood costs are not the most important factor in the rising cost of building construction, the in- dustry must be concerned with this problem and encour- age more efficient methods in the use of wood products or substitute materials will make larger inroads.” Newsprint sales were seri- ously affected by the slow- down in demand in the Unit- ed States and particularly in California where there were several extended newspaper strikes. However, by year-end demand: had improved and a significantly higher operating rate is expected. A price in- crease of $5 per ton became effective at the beginning of 1969 in most markets. British Columbia Forest Products Limited is one of Canada’s largest fully inte- grated: forest products com- panies. In 1968-it employed some 4,000 people, paid $33.8 million in salaries, wages and benefits and utilized over $40,000 worth of assets per employee. In February of this year Noranda Mines Limited and The Mead Corporation pur- chased sufficient common shares from existing share- holders to give them control of the Company. i Shinci Plywood and Veneer @ Ott a THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER | IWA delegates to the 10th Constitutional Convention of Regional Council No. 3, Port- land, Oregon, have hammered out a 13-point bargaining pro- gramme to present to employ- ers when contract talks open June 1. Members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union are also expected to adopt a similar negotiating programme for presentation at the same time. The IWA and LSW have been working to this end since 1963 to present a united front’ at the bargaining table. Main contract demands in- clude: NO. 1—_CONTRACT TERMS Three years. NO. 2—WAGES A. June 1, 1969: A general wage increase of 50 cents per hour. (1) Additional wage in- creases be negotiated for skill- ed classifications. The classi- fications be determined by the parties during negotiations. B. June 1, 1970: A general wage increase of 8 per cent. C. June 1, 1971: A general wage increase of 8 per cent. NO. 3—HEALTH AND WELFARE A. Increase Employer con- tributions an additional 15 cents per compensable hour. B. Any Employer who is not a participant in one of the health and welfare trusts established with the I.W.A. shall become a_ participant effective June 1, 1969. NO. 4—VACATIONS A. Standardize the qualifi- cations. B. Increase the vacation period to include a fourth week of vacation. C. Lower the number of years of service presently re- quired to qualify for the third week of vacation. D. Increase the amount of vacation pay commencing with the fifth year of service. NO. 5—PENSIONS A. All contracts be opened | GLOVE PROBLEMS? SOLVE THEM WITH THESE WATSON GLOVES AND MITTS “MILL-RITE’ ‘GREEN CHAIN’ “LUMBER LOADER’ ATSON LOVES Oia ee Ra Bas Veer ae for pensions which do not now provide for a negotiated pen- sion plan. B. All contracts be opened which now provide for a pen- sion plan and which have not been revised to provide for a FUTURE benefit factor in an amount not less than $4 per month times years of service and/or do not provide for re- ciprocity with other similarly situated pension plans. President of Regional Council No. 3, IWA, Harvey R. Nelson, was re-elected by acclamation after announcing his retirement some time in the fall upon completion of the Region’s negotiations. NO. 6—HOLIDAYS A. One additional day be added as a paid holiday, the additional day be the day be- fore Christmas or such other day as may be agreed to dur- ing negotiations. B. Eliminate all of the pro- visions in the present holiday articles which would require any employee who is other- wise qualified for holiday pay be required to work his last scheduled workday before the holiday and/or his first regu- larly scheduled workday after the holiday. NO. 7—TRAVEL TIME DIFFERENTIAL FOR LOGGERS Increase travel time differ- ential to 50 cents per hour. NO. 8—SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL Increase shift differential pay to provide for 12 cents per hour to all employees working a second shift and 18 cents per hour for all employ- ees working a third shift, NO. 9—JURY DUTY PAY Employees required to re- port for jury duty shall re- ceive their regular rate of pay less the amount of pay receiv- ed for jury duty. Hours paid for jury duty will be counted as hours worked for all pur- _ poses set forth in the labor contract. ‘NO. 10—SEVERANCE PAY All employees who are sev- ered from employment from an Employer through no fault of their own shall receive severance pay in accordance with a formula arrived at dur- ing 1969 negotiations. NO. 11—CLASSIFICATION ADJUSTMENTS All contracts to provide classification adjustments shall be a matter of negotiations at any time during the life of the contract upon either party serving 30-day written notice on the other party. NO. 12—CALL TIME Eliminate all wording which in any way restricts an em- ployee’s right to receive call time pay whenever he has reported for work without having been previously noti- fied by his Employer that no work was available. NO. 13—SUPPLEMENTAL INDUSTRIAL COMPENSATION Any employee off work as a result of an industrial acci- dent or occupational illness and who does not receive com- pensation equal to 80 per cent of his regular earnings shall be paid the difference by his Employer at his regular rate of pay limited to 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. All hours lost and for which compensation is received shall be counted as time worked for all other purposes covered by this contract. DAVE BODDY'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (1962) Ltd. Are now located 3 at 335 West Broadway (1 Block East of Cambie St.) TELEPHONE: 879-5626 |