THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

wa) ALBERTA CONTRACTS

Local 1-207 IWA, Edmon-
ton, has negotiated two-year
agreements with the Swanson
Lumber Company at Chis-
holm and Sweetgrass Land-
ing, and with the Building
Products of Canada at Waba-
mum.

Local president Keith John-
son headed up both sets of
negotiations which won sig-
nificant wage increases and
fringe benefits for the approx-
imately 135 employees in the
three operations.

SWANSON AGREEMENT

The Union was successful
in gaining a Union Shop
clause for the 20 employees
at the Chisholm planer mill
and the Rand Formula for
the 65 employees at Sweet-
grass Landing. Other contract
improvements in the Swanson
Company settlement include:

A general wage increase of
15 cents per hour, effective
September 1, 1966, and a fur-
ther increase of 15 cents per
hour effective September 1,
1967, setting a Base Rate of
$1.85 at Sweetgrass Landing
and of $1.88 at Chisholm on
September 1, 1967.

These increases will estab-
lish the highest wages in the
Sawmill and Planermill sec-
tions of the industry in Al-

berta.
UPWARD CATEGORY
REVISIONS — CHISHOLM

per
Classification hour
Breakdown Man __.... 4c
Trimmerman—with grad- -
ing certificate —....... 10c

Forklift & Carrier

Driver—experienced .. 10c
Checker Tc
Grader — with certificate 17c

UPWARD CATEGORY

REVISIONS —

SWEELTGRASS LANDING
Breakdown Man .._....... Ac
Trimmerman
Trimmerman with

grading certificate —...
Planer Feeder
Grader—with permit ___. 5c
Grader — with certificate 30c
Forklift Driver

—experienced __....... 10c
Sorter Feeder 5e
Gang Sawyer _...- 20c
Automatic Headrig

Sawyer =.= eee 30c
Truck Driver—

experienced ......_.. 10
Cat Operator—

experienced -. _ 10c
Cat Operator—

Road Work .....------—---- 10c
Serviceman —----—--------—--- 5e
Mechanic I _----------—-----—- 30c
Mechanic — licensed -... 55c
Electrician -—------------~------—-- 30c
Welder == 33c
Welder — licensed -.------ 68c
Bull Cook —---.------—---—--- 25c
Gook 2. 7-13c

The present shift differen-
tial shall be increased by 2c

per hour during the six win-
ter months.

VACATIONS WITH PAY

Employees with seven or
more years’ service shall re-
ceive three weeks’ vacation
with pay at 6% of total earn-
ings . . . again, this is the
best in the industry in Al-
berta.

STATUTORY HOLIDAYS

Two additional paid Statu-
tory Holidays—one in the
first year and one in the sec-
ond contract year, for a total
of nine Paid Statutory Holi-
days.

HEALTH AND WELFARE
The following clause to be
written into the Agreements:
“The Company agrees to
make available Group M.S.I.
on a fifty-fifty contributory
basis for all employees cov-
ered by this Agreement, ex-
cluding those covered by
Northern Health Service.

IN THE FAR NORTH

An interesting note is that
the Camp located at Sweet-
grass Landing, Alberta, is the
most northerly operation the
IWA has under contract in
Canada, being only 60 miles
south of Fort Smith in the
Northwest Territories.

BUILDING PRODUCTS
AGREEMENT

The Local’s negotiating
committee was able to gain
improvements to the Rand
Formula on Union Security
for the 50 members employed
by the Company, which is a
subsidiary of the Imperial Oil
Company.

The committee negotiated
a general wage increase of
812% September 1, 1966, and
a further increase of 844%
September 1, 1967, which will
provide a base rate of $2.10
per hour on September 1,
1967.

This settlement will estab-
lish the highest base rate of
any IWA agreement in AIl-
berta.

Other contract improve-.

ments include:

UPWARD CATEGORY
REVISIONS —
per

Classification hour
Senior Warehouseman _.. 26c

Tradesman I __. 10c
Tradesman II 17c
Engineer in Charge _... 5c

SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL

An increase of 2c per hour
for the Afternoon Shift, and
4c per hour for the Graveyard
Shift, for a total Shift Differ-
ential of 8c per hour for
Afternoon Shift and 16c per
hour for the Graveyard Shift.

HOURS OF WORK
A provision that the present
Shift Schedule can only be

changed by mutual agree-
ment.

ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR

(Graham Mowatt)

Complete Stock of Wor

k and Dress Clothing

“THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS”

HANEY

BRITISH COLUMBIA

OVERTIME RATES

All employees will receive
double rate of pay for all
work in excess of 12 hours in
any one day; Double rate of
pay if they work on their
second day of rest; and
Double rate of pay if they
work in excess of 8 hours on
a Statutory Holiday.

VACATIONS WITH PAY

Three weeks vacation at
6% of total earnings after 10
years, and Four Weeks at
8% after 20 years service.

SENIORITY
& JOB POSTING

Improvement to the Senior-
ity retention clause. A com-
plete Seniority List to be sup-
plied to the Union every six
months.

Improvement to the Job
Posting Procedure and Auto-
matic Progression.
COMPASSIONATE LEAVE

Up to 3 days leave with pay
in the event of death in the
immediate family.

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IN
MEMORIAM

Albert Rose, a long-time
member and former officer of
Local 1-357 IWA, passed away
suddenly December 6, in New
Westminster.

Albert retired as business
agent of the Local Union
April 30, 1965, after 22 years
in the union. He was the first
official in the Regional Coun-
cil to be entitled to the IWA
pension on retirement.

He was for a number of
years an active worker for
the old IWW _ (Industrial
Workers of the World) until
blacklisted by the emvloyers.

He joined the IWA while
working at the Alaska Pine

_ Company in 1943 and was

active as a shop steward, plant
secretary and plant chair-
man.

During the years from 1947
to 1963, he was elected at
various times to the positions
of 3rd vice-president, 2nd
vice-president and Ist vice-
president of the Local. He
also served as acting presi-
dent for one year.

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From 1943 to 1946, prior to * _
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Albert is survived by his* —
wife Elizabeth, to whom the *. —
officers of Local 1-357 and the ,
Regional Council extend their
deepest sympathies,

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