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Western Pulp and Paper
April 1956 Page 4
Out of two hundred members, the attendance at the December and February
meetings of Local 360 averaged 130. At the March meeting the attendance
dropped to 80 members which occasioned some dismay to the executive.
April 1956 Page 6
Brother W. Scott who is also Recording Secretary of the union is at
present conducting the Shop Stewards Training Classes for Local 360. Due
to all members except two of Local 360 being shift workers there is some
difficulty in being able to hold these meetings when enough workers can
attend.
April 1956 Page 7
Local 312 Safety Column Letter from R.R. Ferguson - Resident Manager -
March 5, 1956
... it is a pleasure and a matter of great personal satisfaction to note
the improvements that were achieved in the field of accident prevention.
The final figures for the industry have recently been received and they
point out clearly that despite an increased accident frequency
throughout the industry, Ocean Falls continued to improve on its
reputation as a safe place to work ...
Editor's note: We are please to announce that the Industrial Safety
Pennant was awarded to the Ocean Falls mill at the Sixth Annual Safety
Conference held in Vancouver on March 1 and 2.
May 1956 Page 2
International Representative John Teevin of the Paper Makers, spent a
week in Ocean Falls at the beginning of April ... the purpose was to
observe Brother Walter Scott teaching a Shop Stewards' Training Class
and also to attend the monthly meeting of Local 360.
June 1956 Page 11
Local 312 Offers Scholarship of $250.00
The scholarship which is restricted to students of Charleson School,
Ocean Falls, BC will be awarded to the student who receives the highest
standing in the written examination in the Scholarship subjects of High
School Graduation (University Program) and qualifies for no other
scholarship or bursary award.
When the scholarship was first inaugurated entry was open to the five
paper towns on the coast of BC. ... The executive decided to write to
the other paper towns and incite them to co-operate in promoting a more
ambitious program by making a contribution to the scheme. ... The
response indicated a lack of interest in our ambitious design and the
executive were obliged to bow to the wishes of the membership.
Henceforth the scholarship is restricted to Ocean Falls students ...
July 1956 Page 1
New Union Office Opened
The day of March 30th will long be remembered as a red-letter day in the
annals of Local 312. On that auspicious occasion Brother Bert Ollett,
dean of local labor, cut the symbolic tape that stretched across the
pristine brightness of the doorway of our new Union office.
The project was something of a pipe dream until the January 1954 meeting
with Brother George Thompson, then local 312, in the chair, it was
agreed that we proceed forthwith to build a new Union Office... 50 cents
per month per member was assessed to form the nucleus of the building
fund ... It might appear that we have taken a long time from January
1954 to March 1956 to put up a single story building and it would be a
difficult task in retrospective evaluation to ascertain where we
accumulated such a time loss ...
(continued on page 6) ... Present at the opening Ceremony in the
afternoon were: Brother John Teevin, International Representative of the
Paper Makers, Brother HL Hansen International representative of the
Pulp, Sulphite Union, Mr, RR Ferguson, resident manager, Mr. ME
Patterson, assistant resident manager, Mr. JM Heaps, Plant Engineer, all
of Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited; and Mr. DB Blair of the Pulp and
Paper Industrial Relations Bureau in Vancouver.
August 1956 Page 1
Local 312 has concluded a new contract with CZCL concerning the Local's
125 members who work in the Martin Inn.
1. A five-cent hourly increase across the board 2. Eight statutory
holidays with pay
... Up until now the workers in the Martin Inn considered themselves
maltreated because they had no statutory holidays with pay ... the wage
delegates of Local 312 have taken the stand that the Martin Inn is not a
hotel in the strict sense of the word, but a worker's lodging and eating
place and as such it is part of pulp and paper making
August 1956 Page 2
Educational Opportunities For Ocean Falls
The Board of School Trustees is planning to extend the scope of night
school classes in Ocean Falls this year. The courses to be run are: Pulp
& Paper Manufacture; English for New Canadians (beginners and advanced
classes); Shop Mathematics; Blue Print Reading; Drafting; Typewriting;
Dressmaking; Diet and Cookery; Square Dancing; Cartooning; Bridge.
These classes will be held between October and March in the Charleson
High School. ... The night school principal will be Mr. F.C. Canty. ...
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