B.C. district union news, February 1, 1955

              Febrqory, 1^55-©
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S u b j e c t
T r a i l o f U n i o n
~~ , .\ Arrangements have been made for a meeting in Trail, immediately following
the lotem^toal conveitiop, of repfesentatives from Sudbury and Port Colborne
focals^and the representatives of Trail and Kimberley locals to finalize the bargaining
The. af«*»ent* with both In-tensalionai
~ 1 « k t o J - tad the
CM4S « o » * 4»* for «*#otia-tao*
April L TStt Is two months
to the expiration of the
agreements. About SMOO work
ers ar*: r*pm»ated in these
negotiate There u no doubt
thai thts* ozonations win set
i^.|att^.;fl^'yt«r
lion of the Kimberiey local at
- Bluebell Ia*t--*aramer,-seitie,-
ments have been leached in
negotiations either .through
conciliation or Jhrough concilia­tion
hoards.
It is the experienceandla,
proven fart that tbe most ef­fective
and fruitful way of-bar-tbe
same conditions onoe'estab­lished,
. only - they .made the
agreement lor 16 months* Oh,
yes. the operators got a few
cents more per hour but they
took it front the helpers and
labor classifications which the
company did not mind at all
Those on* two •xptrhncm
that boor out *»d prwo the
mate contention that only by
TiwwIBowiai^^Watioiia
f eaMcra Caaodo who will
novo participated in the historic
5Qta contention of the Inter­national
Union in Spokane as
well as the delegate* and mem
bers of the bargaining commit­tee*
of Trail and Kimberiey.
gathering is that represented
f rota • .anisnair^ls*^^
and the rank and file.
The workers in tno Inco «nd
Consolidated d m net altowod
tfeomsolvo* to bo split op oo •
cratt local basis. Minors,
•metformofv mHlmen,- chomi*
x a i / i i * a ^ j£ad§»^^
inf department workers alt aro
complete unify., of
ployoes and joint barpalnino.
Denver, Colorado
February 11, 1955
We; the undersigned Members .elected at the Forty-
Ninth Convention, and Observers appointed by the Executfve
Board; comprising the Canvassing Committee of the Inter­national
Union: of Mine. ^ill^and~Smelter Workers,-^have-canvassed,
the votes of the recent referendum, and report
the following results:
Amendment No. 1 Yes 15,181 No. 11,358
Amendment No. 2 Yes H,865 flo,. 11,347"
V Based on this canvass we certify thai both Amendments
to the International Constitution were approved by the
membership. —• • • .—••. . "
TyC. Taylor^ Chau^h,"District 6
G. R. Cowper, Secretary; District 9
W. D. Dougherty, Observer, District 1
-Claude -Allen,- District-.^2
Micheal Cilia, Observer, District 3
Leon D. Rehlcdp, Observer, District 4
Artie O. Collins, District 5 -
G. A, Bennett, District 7. „
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this llth day
of February, 1955.
Myrtle L. Tolly,
Notary Public-
Mf Commission expires November 9,1955.
therein is the most effective A$mi topothor in nopotietions
trade union organixationj that m m f l ) f t l n o f H>« on* union
haw i w dealt with these two mfclng for ono company
giant corporations, and that
"this unity has gmnrta its ef-feriiteness
and has established
wage* and conditions that axe
the tops In the industry.
Meetings have been held by
the various local onions and
discussions taken place on the
proposals to he made in this
year's bargaining. This has in­volved
hundreds of rank and
Kit members, union executive*,
shop stewards, and committee
mm. The representative* will
*l*o have the benefit of the dis-cus*
ions is the International
wsrvrotian when they will meet
with 4be various bargaining
*0«fiutt*e* that are also pre­paring
for negotiations with the,
big American ...cna^^es.., •
for the past few years strong
emphasH has been given in the
negotiation* to matters such as
pfjBdon^'; instiranrf^ holiday
Attempts have been made to
divide the workers on the I
of craft and locality, and the re­sults
have been disastrous for
the workers who allowed them­selves
to be broken away.
4n Calgary a group of elec­tricians
broke away from joint
bargaining two years ago, and
in their following negotiations
by all taraw cor-poratiom
in Canada was first
of all breochod In tho nejsftti*
atiofts at Internationalrf Ntefcat
and tho Comolldofod. This yoar
nopotiations art raking place at
vast improvementsin the metal
mining nfarfcet. ^ * '
The >gains can be made in
wagev-insurance, and in,pen­sion
an^n^enients poviding the
and the whole of the member­ship
fully participating and
backing up the bargaining com­mittees
that are elected to meet'
the company negotiators.
BROTHER L U CA
ctUiation board ^R. S. T . rraser for the company and
R. Crowe, chairman) recently handed down in the Yale
Unit, Local 901 vs. Yale Lead and Zinc Mines nego­tiations,
was an outrageous insult!"
So declared the members at ti, 3 e t t l e m e n t i s reached
Ainsworth, and their feelings are strike takes place.
t4-
or
was estabHsbed last year
by Mine-Mill through the pro­cesses
of joint baj^iningr and
it didn't take a strike vote. It
is now in effect for the IBIW-members
in, C§|garyr^^- ' . :
n^y and vacation pay, as well Employees working in the
as 'the stmtgtaeninr of the CMd^ chemical--plattt. av Cil-m^
t^i^.. **t the -agrift»iiehls^"'-*^y listened to the AFL Chemi-amii#
from oar experiences. «al Workers who promised them
Thtr* is an outstanding re^ nigher rates if they would
cord established by the union break away. They went into
injSfir -aefotlB^s with"aese ntgotlauon* last year, Th6
werereyresented by the m B W . A W A R D E D M E D AL
Then when a concihatjon board
majority ruled for $I4J5 per ' PIONEER: Brother John Luca.
hour,, and this group had voted of Pioneer Local 693, has been
to take strike action to obtain recommended a medal for out-that.
the CM4S tookthem on, standing bravery by the Cana-and
despite the strike $o$eu,they Tfian/ Institute of Mining and
had* to back-away. But4 that Metallurgy, which will be award-shared
by all who know of the
terms of the award.
Trail, Kimberiey, Bluebell
and other locals, upon being ad­vised
of the award immediate- y
Iy pledged their support of the
brothers at Ainsworth;
The award was^tHncrease of1
These brothers have a truly
honest fight, deserving of solid
support, for the miners' rate is
an astounding $10,60 at a profit
making base metal mine.
: - J -
„ ltr*Mjn^,r-r-T — — John went back from the sta-
^ ^ j ^ p ^ ^ a i ^ ^ ^ a i i r ^ i ^ — ' tinn and attempted to extricate
^ H ^ ^ y ^ i ^ ^ ^ w - t i H ^ - ^ ^ ^ the ofter,Jbnt^catight in a
collective bars^liB^ apart tions were concluded, and then second tali, iiis partner
from the strike Involving a see- forify accepted by and large killed.
ed at the annual convention of
the institute at Toronto in April. ... . • .-•
brother fcuca is still in h o s ^ ^ n o u r f o r ^ m ^ 8
piul, JiaVing-J>een there jshce classification and those above,
last November, when he suffer* and a cut of from 2c to 4c per
ed a broken left arm and serK hour for all .others. This, in
ous spinal injuries while
tempting to save his partner
His partner was caught in
the cave-in and carried into the
chute. After signalling for help;
*^ fa^e of the company's reported
$192^00 operating profit for
1954.';:—:™
The membership unanimot».
ry turned.down the award and
have instructed the officers of
-theJocal to apply for a strike
Vote.
f^^ajsesanient Jiaj-^dso^
gone into effect to continue uh-
T O BREAK T H E
P A D L O C K
The International Un-ion
exeeutive™board at
•the last board meeting^
voted a contribution of
$200 to the Civil Libera
ties Union in Montreal,
to assist in the fiojht to
have the Padlock ^Vxw
declaredZumwful^L _._