ae THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 7 “INTERIOR periods for all sections of the ustry. 11. The deletion of Article man be paragraph of Section 3 of Article VII 12. Increased vacations with pay: (a) 0-1 year at 74%, (b) 1-4 years, 3 weeks at 7'2%, (c) 4-10 years, 4 weeks at 10‘¢, (d) from 10 years up, an additional week’s vacation for every additional 5 years’ employment, with pay based on 2%2% per week. In a tion to this all employees by receive their regular rate of pay for all time spent on holi- days. And finally, all earned vacations must be taken. 13. An additional Statutory Holiday, to make a total of ten 14. A provision to provide that in the event a statutory holiday falls on Saturday, the following Friday or Monday to be observed as the holiday. 15. All reference in Supple- ment No. 6 (Sawmill Evalua- tion), Section 12 (d) (red circle forced bidding) be de- leted from the Agreement. 16. The same procedure as (15 above) to apply to Sup- plement No. 7 Plywood Evalu- ation. - 17. A better plywood job evaluation wage curve to properly reflect production — in the plywood in- ustr 18. “The Sawmill Evaluation | increments be increased to 3%, and also changes to the Wage groups. 19. The present Health and Welfare provisions to be amended to provide (a) Group Life Insurance of $10,- 000; (b) Weekly Indemnity oer. to $100.00 per week; (c) A.D.& D. be increased to $10,000. ‘Sections 4 to 6 to be amended to provide that H&W coverage plus medical e employers; Indemnity to commence after the 3rd day of illness. . E.H.B. coverage com- mencing the first month of employment. 21. Comprehensive dental coverage fully paid for by the employers. 22, Negotiation of a new section in the Agreement pro- viding for one day sick leave per month without loss of pay and accumulative from year to year up to a period of 60 actual working days. 23. A comprehensive con- * tractors and sub-contractors clause to protect all rights of the Union members. ance and the academic world. He de was formerly minister of te responsible for the fed- } perernanins's public re- ons arm, Information Can- He represents Scarborough a metropolitan Toronto- “in 1968 and DEMANDS” 24. Paid bereavement leave to cover the employee’s im- mediate family who are defin- ed as employee’s spouse, moth- er, father, mother-in-law, fath- er-in-law, son, daughter, bro- ther, sister, or spouses of the employee’s immediate family. 25. The company to reim- burse employee for any pay lost while serving on jury duty, coroner’s duties and in- quests. 26. A comprehensive re- vision of the Job Security and Technological Change clause in the Collective Agreement. 27. An industry-wide pen- sion plan fully paid for by the employers and controlled by the Union. Contributions to be based on an hourly contri- bution of 15 cents per hour for all employees for all hours worked. 28. The right to honour all picket lines, without disciplin- ary action by the company. 29. The Agreement to be amended to prohibit foremen working on jobs covered by the Agreement. 30. The present thirty-day probationary period be re- duced to five days and the ref- erence to firefighting in the Agreement be deleted. 31. All grievance meetings to be held during working hours with no loss of pay. 32. The oe, ee supply all: safety equipm: 33. The call oe i be in- creased from the present two hours to four hours pay at the employee’s regular rate. 34. The deletion of all ref- erence in the Master Agree- ment to 1956 employees. 35. Point 4 of the Supple- ment No. 3 (seniority) be de- aan from the Master Agree- men: 36, The setting up of joint pollution control committees in the camps and mills. 37. The negotiation of a safety programme for employ- ees of contractors and sub- contractors. 38. The pbleGon of all ref- erence to the number of em- ployees applying for leave of absence in Article XI, Section 3 (b). | 39. Leave of absence to be granted for employees nomin- ated and campaigning for elec- tive public office up to four weeks and up to six years for employees elected to public office. 40. A one year Agreement. 41, Article X, Section 1, Seniority, be amended by de- leting the words “competency considered.” E NEW LABOUR MINISTER lost a bid for Parliament three years earlier to Andrew Brew- in of the New Democratic Party in the Greenwood con- stituency. O'Connell transferred to the labour portfolio — and Bryce Mackasey was shifted to manpower and immigration — in the February cabinet shuffle, seen as a pre-election shakeup to give the govern- ment a new look, TOTAL INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT IN MAN HOURS 187 2 i. Jee Ree een eeas| e+ 164 IRREVERSIBLE PHYSICAL TRENDS : ye SHAPE AMERICA'S DESTINY ‘ Se 5 10 47 644 z 5 137 B13 —— re Giz Pea 8 z = ety Ou. ie hd — y, = | MAN HOURS PER UNIT PRODUCTION - P| 7 Zloy H1.0 S Zool 35 of e Jel Es Arey | y ¥4S7 5 Blaos o| > : is Z _[INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL MAN HOURS MS |Z Nps 4+ 4 g Y, cn Se, 3 all 3 G y, %% P a ; alla 4A. Se < Pe Ie a — | leet PHYSICAL PRODUCTION 1 Orso) 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 i890 1900 (1910 1920 1940 §=1950 1930 This chart shows the greatest revolution of all time: The replacement of human work by technology, permitting production to rise while man-hours of employment decreased. These are the factors which are determining North America’s history: they are creating North America’s destiny. A graph of the U.S. total of energy produced from mineral fuel and water power would show a line almost identical with the ‘Pysical Production’ line in the above chart. 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