Western Pulp and Paper

DECEMBER 1964 PAGE 4

Remembrance Day

[photo by Buchanan] Local 312 representatives Harry Rath, Eric Day, Peter Marshall and George Nairn shown after placing a Remembrance Day wreath on the Ocean Falls Cenotaph.

November Meeting

Membership voted to send protests to Northland Navigation in connection with the boat service to Ocean Falls.

Job Evaluation

Excellent spirit of cooperation exists between labour and management in the field of Job Evaluation at Ocean Falls. Both sides of the Plant Evaluation Committee are working together smoothly under the chairmanship of Brother Peter Freund, with Sulphite Supervisor Frank Robertson doing a first class job as secretary.

Radio Reception

In response to many Local 312 requests, Skeena MP Frank Howard replied that the long promised Micro-Wave Radio Service would arrive on January 15th, 1965.

Overtime

The big job this past month was the modifications to No. 1 Paper Machine, and the annual overhaul of No. 18 boiler. Excessive overtime was worked, with 12 hour shifts being worked in many cases. We are still awaiting the visit of Mr. Little of the Board of Industrial Relations.

Food

High on the list of complaints in the Falls is the quality of the food served in the cafeteria. It is so bad that some of the girls serving the food in the evening have asked to be transferred to day shift when supervision is around to handle the complaints.

Community Council and Traffic Committee

The community council should be revived, if for no other reason than to co-ordinate plans for a 1967 Centennial Project. The need for a Traffic Committee seems obvious.

Miscellaneous

Due to the change in schedule of the Northland Navigation boats, at least one issue of the Vancouver papers is five days old when it reaches Ocean Falls, and yet there are still some people who won't admit that we are isolated.