THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

,OCAL 1-357 STUDIES EVALUATION

Upon request from Local 1-357, IWA an _ evaluation g _ workshop was held in the Lo- eal Union auditorium March 21 under the auspices of Re- gional Council.

© Master agreement clauses pertaining to job evalua- tion. After lunch, which was pro- vided for by the Local Union at the Royal Towers, the in-

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= was attended by the two Un-_ ity” and | the difference in ated by the skilled hands of ~ ion members of the plant re- weighting” in the present _in- Paris craftsmen, working in

AL BUSCH

TONY VANDERHEIDE

Regional Evaluators Al. Busch and Tony Vander- heide alternated as instruc- tors for this workshop which

view committee for each of

the five plywood operations

in the New Westminster area:

® Crown Zellerbach Building Materials Ltd. (C. Spooner and P, Ewles).

© Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (F. Simpson and T. - Smith).

e Weldwood-Timber Plywood Division (E. Flannery and

. MeMichael).

i Neldwood - Mount Baker

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structors discussed:

© The “Manual” the new factor dexterity”

© Minimum and maximum points presently used

e Changes in the weighting

including “manual”

of factors as negotiated in . |

1966 © The proper handling of job

study requests (blue forms) © Evaluators’ permanent rec-

ords.

The instructors explained the reasons why “test ratings” and/or “final ratings” are the sole property of the Joint Industry Committees consist- ing each of one member rep- resentative of Regional Coun- cil No. 1, IWA and one mem- ber representative of Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. It was further emphasized that NEITHER LOCAL MAN- AGEMENT NOR LOCAL UNIONS HAVE ACCESS TO THE DEGREES LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL FACTORS IN JOB RATINGS.

In the evening session all participants were mixed in five “buzz groups” and each group dealt with nine differ- ent questions prepared in writing by the Regional Eval- uation Department and per- taining to the morning and afternoon subject matters.

“Upon completion of the

‘written answers, the spokes-

man for each “buzz group” reported to the Instructors, who then corrected and/or added to the answers.

In the following ‘question period” by the participants, Tony Vanderheide pinpointed the present difference in base rates between plywood opera- tions under the coast master agreement and the Interior plywood operations which differences are further ac- centuated by the lack of the new factor “manual dexter-

terior mannual. FOR EX- AMPLE BY JUNE 15, 1967, A CORELAYER ON THE COAST WILL RECEIVE 60

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LOCAL 1-367 |'WA HANEY members attending the Local’s monthly heating March 18, in Mission. The meeting approved a motion to conduct a membership referendum vote for a dues increase of one dollar which would raise the dues from the present

$4.50 to $5.50 per month.

GUEST SPEAKER at the meeting was regional 2nd vice-president Del Pratt who confined his re- marks to a short report on the In- terior and an explanation of the IWA’s involvement in the pulp dispute.

LOCAL 1-367 president Cy CR chairs the Local meet- ing March 18, while fellow officers Joe Allison, Ist vice-

president; Morris Nordblad, financial secretary; and Bill Waldron, recording secretary, look on.

CENTS PER HOUR MORE THAN A CORELAYER IN THE INTERIOR.

In his address to the work- shop Local President T. W. Trineer suggested that plant review committees generally were not living up to their duties in deciding whether or not to call on the Industry Committee and consequently

an unnecessary workload could have been placed on the “Industry Committee” al-

_ ready. charged with servicing

23 operations throughout Re- gional Council No. 1.

The Evaluators jointly ex- pressed the opinion that a well-functioning plant review committee could be of tre- mendous assistance in:

A series from the Masters dedicated in Canada’s Cen- tennial Year to the men priv- ileged to wear footwear cre-

living leather for over half of Canada’s Centennial.

(a) scrutinizing existing job descriptions and indicat- ing which job changes have actually taken race, when submitting for a re- evaluation.

(b) outlining ioh duties in rough draft form where management has. exer-

cised its right to create a new job.

OUR PROUD BOAST:

“WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM”

PIERRE PARIS & SONS

51 West Hastings Street

Vancouver

3, B.C

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