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Forest-Sector Unions Call for Action 4 7 13 PULP, PAPER AND WOODWORKERS OF CANADA Forest-sector unions call for action BC government must as indicated by Forests Minister Rich Cole- man. Ninety per cent of log exports come from pri- protect workers and vate lands, so a tax on public-lands logs alone won’t their communities work, they add. “British Columbians want to know that BC logs WITH BC LOSING a major sawmill, a paper are creating BC jobs in BC communities, not pro- machine and over 600 good-paying jobs in just two viding benefits to a few companies and foreign saw- weeks, forest-sector unions are calling on Premier mills,” they write in a letter to Premier Campbell. Gordon Campbell for action. Both the Coastal and Interior industry are in United Steelworkers’ (USW) Western Canada crisis: the recently-closed Canfor sawmill in Director Steve Hunt; Pulp, Paper and Woodwork- Mackenzie and the Catalyst paper machine in Port ers of Canada President Jim King; and Communi- Alberni are the fortieth and forty-first major clo- cations, Energy and Paperworkers’ Western Region sures in the wood and paper manufacturing sector Vice-President Don MacNeil called on the BC pre- since 2001, note Hunt, King and MacNeil. The three mier to deal with the growing forest-sector crisis. unions are demanding a summit on the crisis, in- In Coastal BC the union leaders are calling for cluding the threat to jobs and communities raised action on the massive flood of log exports which is by the mountain pine-beetle infestation. undermining manufacturing while some compa- The three warn, “Forest-based communities all nies make millions exporting raw logs to sawmills over this province are threatened by the failure of in Asia and the United States. corporate and government policy to deliver jobs And they note a proposed tax on exports will and other economic benefits in exchange for the only work if it applies equally to all logs shipped public timber companies are allowed to harvest.” out of BC rather than only those from public lands continued on page 5 Fire season National officers Labour rights Have Liberals placed Jim King and Greg Supreme Court of side BC communities in Hall report on their Canada recognizes inVOL. 44 NO. 2 harm’s way? activities role of unions APR-JUN 2007 4713 “If our union isn’t going to listen to the brothers and sisters who deal with safety on a day-to-day basis, why bother?” CAN WE CHANGE? deals with WCB appeals, not our Safety Committee. THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES As a delegate to the 2007 In a majority of the locals, The family of Jimmy Sloan would like to thank PPWC Safety Conference, it’s the same thing. everyone who sent food, flowers, cards, and made I first want to say what an At the 2005 conven- memorial donations. excellent job Ken Jupe and tion, the resolution to cre- We would also like to thank PPWC Local No. 1 the Local 15 organizing ate the position of Na- for hosting a tribute to Jimmy, Debbie Basran for committee did. They con- tional WCB Officer was put going above and beyond to organize the evening, tinued in our fine tradi- on the floor. In my opin- Bob Brommeland for MCing, and Archie Stewart letters tion of well-planned and ion, it was defeated because for playing the pipes. We thank everyone for shar- informative conferences. of the perceived cost to our ing their memories of Jimmy with us. We will cher- However, a structural union. ish them always. Jimmy would have been very problem reappeared that I I quote from the Na- humbled by all the attention but would have en- believe needs to be dealt tional Union Constitution joyed the camaraderie and stories. with. This is the issue of Section 8, paragraph (i) on Thank you. splitting the duties of WCB page 9: Doris Sloan, Patsy Frie, appeals from the National “Locals which utilize Colin Sloan and families Occupational Health and the services of the National Safety Officer. Occupational Health and Our recent safety con- Safety Officer to do WCB Conference in Castlegar, a Officer’s job will only ever ference was held over three appeals shall reimburse recommendation was sent be open to the handful of days. The last day was dedi- the National Union for the to convention speaking to locals whose safety people cated solely to the WCB costs of lost-time wages, splitting the duties of also deal with WCB ap- appeal process. While it per diem, travel, and hotel safety and WCB appeals. peals. was all good information of the Occupational At the 2006 conven- It is totally unrealistic to have, it was misdirected. Health and Safety Officer tion, it was again defeated. to ask a Safety Committee Out of the 29 delegates unless the cost is approved If our union isn’t going to member in any local to who attended the confer- by the NEB.” listen to the brothers and take on the entire respon- ence, 18, or 65 per cent, In short, whether the sisters who deal with safety sibilities of health and wel- don’t handle WCB claims duties of safety and WCB on a day-to-day basis, why fare solely to get WCB or appeals in their own lo- are done by one person or bother? appeal experience. cals. two, there is no cost differ- We need a National It’s past time to deal In Local 9, our Health ence to the union. Occupational Health and with this issue. We need a and Welfare Committee At the 2005 Safety Safety Officer to spend his stand-alone National time working to address Safety Officer as well as a the needs of our non- National WCB Officer. traditional locals and cer- Are we truly a pro- tifications as well, not gressive union? Can we diluting his time with WCB change with the times to appeals. better service our union If we don’t change the brothers and sisters? system as we have it now, Al Sahlen the National Occupa- Local 9 /CALM tional Health and Safety PRINCE GEORGE 2 PPWC LEAFLET APR-JUN 2007 NEGOTIATIONS PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY Caucus needs to stay the course BY KEN FOWLER EDITOR HAD A DIFFICULT time choosing the locals were to leave their caucus and present a pulp opinion theme for this editorial. I was torn between agenda with the PPWC, that might merit reconsidera- discussing the most important Supreme tion of the PPWC position. Court ruling for labour in a very long time or Industry restructuring and the move away from Ithe upcoming contract negotiations in the pulp integrated forest companies has created problems for mills. I’ve chosen the latter as the newspapers are full both the employer and employees. In an integrated of articles about the Court’s decision. Finally, workers forest company, high pulp prices would help compa- not only have a Charter right to join a union, they nies weather the storm of lower prices or poor de- also have the right to carry on union activities. mand for paper or lumber. This isn’t possible when The next round of contract bargaining in the BC you put all your eggs in one basket. Progressive com- pulp and paper industry is going to be as complex panies, if there are any, might actually use the strong and interesting as any in recent memory. A number Canadian dollar to purchase equipment that would of unusual issues are going to come into play. upgrade their mills. First is the fact that we, the PPWC Pulp Wage Caucus, are complying with a motion that we not ne- THE CANADIAN skilled labour shortage means gotiate jointly with the CEP. workers once again have a choice about where they Second is the fact that while pulp prices are high will work. The demand for our services in the oil paper prices are not. patch has workers there asking for wage packages that Third are the facts that the US housing market is not only keep down while the Canadian dollar is high. This is caus- pace with infla- ing some sawmills to close, creating a chip supply tion but in some problem for some mills. Raw log exports greatly ex- instances will al- THE NEXT ROUND OF CONTRACT aggerate this problem. low workers to re- BARGAINING IN THE BC PULP AND A fourth complication is that a skilled labour gain some of what PAPER INDUSTRY IS GOING TO BE AS shortage exists in Canada at present, which is good they may have COMPLEX AND INTERESTING AS ANY news for workers. As we all know, when something is lost. IN RECENT MEMORY. in short supply and high demand its price goes up. While no one As if all that isn’t enough, another wrinkle which wants to kill the will have to be kept in mind is the elimination of goose that lays the golden egg, pulp workers will mandatory retirement in BC. This is probably only a probably want to be paid fairly close to what energy minor concern, but it will have to be addressed in workers get for the same type of work. parts of the contract, such as our benefit packages. After considering all of these things, I believe the PPWC is in fairly strong negotiating position. I think THE PPWC HAS decided it will go it alone during we should proceed as we have planned, alone, and bargaining for a couple of reasons. One is that the CEP’s not get too concerned about what the CEP is doing.
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