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Vol. XXIV, No, 13 <@@BB** Ist ISSUE, JULY 1957 - VANCOUVER, B.C. <> 5c PER COPY

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‘ Membe at IWA m ing 4 regarding the proposed terms of settlement in n the dispute Premier’s Intervention erms ec u re with the Coast lumber operators is now generally accepted § A as indicating t i as give y C. Ben- e@ - | substantial endorsement of the recommendations made metewhadGremilted anihemres y egotia ors by ‘the District Policy Committee as an outcome of the| sumption of negotiations with

last-minute parley:with the Premier and the operators on| the operators’ representatives. ul; ate

Terms of settlement as agreed upon for submission aie Pres ent eee ae ale ee ‘ete to the members of the IWA in the Coast area on July | nq sales of the District Pol- | plans for strike action at 10 a.m., aes offer tendered ise the em- 5th, immediately prior to the strike deadline, were as icy Committee were on hand at|July 5, when the settlement was| ployers was consider: follows: all allies | Ha Elan the terms of subm: mitt thed.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT the proposed settlement and ans- the strike", Wsten, hese cna ce Forest Industrial Relations Limited agrees to rec- | wer questions oe the member- | de aati which hai ae been an- Bees Pe ha ea ae ommend to its clientele and the Policy Committee of | ship. Little or no opposition was nounced the previous Wednaraey, edvantinceeseeveeice niseaes the International Woodworkers Be Seat ica, AFL-CIO expressed to the last-minute as a sensational climax z & CLC, District Council No. 1, enting Locals | change in the Union’s elaborat i See “SETTLEMENT” Page 3

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1957 Master Agreement covering Forest Products In- dustries in the Coast Region of the Province of British

UNION SHOP \ 4, THAT Article If be amended to provide that all Employees who entered the employ of the Company on or after the 15th day. of June, 1954, are required to join the Union sil ae intain their membership as a condition of jeuploya

IDE: NT IFICATION 2 THAT Article ie ie further amended by the addi- tion of a new Section to provide that the Company

will advise the Unio han f the Unemployment ne urance rs of each ae Employee at the time qien due: deducted from ploy ees’ wages are first. a the Santo and will also provide the oe with the Unemployment Insurance Number of all Em

SE 3 THAT Article VI be amended to provide for a gen- eral wage increase for all pemployees i in the amount of 13¢ per hour or 714%,

id inerease to insane effec! 1957. The application as Site! wage increase for piece workers to be agreed w

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* Be Morris U r es WEARY IWA NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE as they emerged f I’ Vancouver suite in the “cold grey dawn’’ of July 5, aus ene farms) of @ pro paren chines Bi See aS the Union’s membership. (From left) George Smythe; Stua rt Ho dgson; John MacKenzie; Walter Allen; Joe Morris, Chairman; Joc

Madden, and Fred Fieber, Secretary —Courtesy Vancouver Sun Acceptance of the proposed terms of settlement recom- inented "hi by the pace Policy Committee was urged by District President. Joe Trae when he addressed large mass meetin: of IWA members at the PNE Forum, Van- couver, the seen: New Westminster, and Hastings Audi- torium, Vancow

DREAM vessih cur Conch fen, Ottiems be. ‘amsloted notably at final perleys.

EMPLOYERS’ REPRESENTATIVES also found the all-night battle a tough tl luded dis- i cussion: bis oreh the Premier at six A.M, pom left) P. steep: 2 lings, “ond” Mejor Genet i Hoffmeister. ‘W. A. C. Bennett (at right) as he a 's of his mediation. Courtesy Van. Sun

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