The Company | has negotiated and hes compromise generously i in: the serious wage issue which en” ployees now are considering. This week employees will Vote on whether: or iiot.there will be a strike over this issue. It is the Company’s right and responsibility to resent. its case; employees a _ are urged to study the pesiien bahia In the dispute between the Company and the Union, : . the Conciliation Board Report Proposes one of the best _wage agreements in the Canadian mining and ‘steel in- dustries. The proposed settlement provides for A DIRECT. : WAGE INCREASE OF. 24 CENTS AN HOUR and total i in creased earnings of 28 cents an hour over the next two years. This is substantially higher than economic™ factors justify but the Company nevertheless accepted the re- _ commendations and NOW URGES ITS EMPLOYEES = FC ACCEPT THEM ALSO RATHER THAN STRIKE. The Company considers it has reached the limit of compromise and urges its employees to seriously consi- . der all of the terms in: the ‘light of the following facts: ‘HOW SERIOUS IS THE SITUATION? In this matter of a strike vote ‘one point above all others should not be judged wrongly by employees and by the public. This point . — and it is apparently believed widely — is that “the Company : cannot afford to have a strike.” The Company does riot want to have a strike. There should be no doubt about that. For this and for other reasons the Company. accepted the report of the Conciliation Board, which would pro- vide an outstanding settlement for employees. ae A strike would be costly and harmful — for employees and their families, for many other people in the Kootenays, for the econo- . my, and for the company: But the Company wili take a strike if it is forced. 4 _ Employees should not cast their ballots with any mistaken as-_ sumptions about the vote — you are. not yoting to back up your bargaining committee this time; YOU ARE. VOTING. FOR OR AGAINST. A STRIKE. The Company has a record of fair treatment of its croployess through more than a half century. The.Company has .a.tradition © of. leadership and progressiveness in labor relations. ‘The com-= munities of Trail, Kimberley and Rossland. have. consistently been’: among the highest.in Canada in terms of average income. Now. the Company jhas again: ‘been fair and generous; the terms of the... Conciliation Board report are. available to ‘employece without strike action. - eee To' vote on the issue ot hand is the right ond privilege of Come p inco.employees. The Company asks this: ‘Give -your vote your most Ae serious consideration. ya 3 dae @ The proposed Wage Rates will give Cominco em- . ployees in Trail and Kimberley FAR HIGHER EARNINGS than most hourly rate emeloyer: in the B.C. mining in- eustry: . i e Of 211 major settlements.” in Canada last year, each covering 500 or more employees, only eight settle- ments were for wage increases of 24 cents an hour or more. Of these eight, five settlements were for’ periods longer than two years. The remaining three settlements involved only 2,050, employees. Thus in 1963, a total of 96%. of the major. settlements made in Canada cover- ing 99.3% of the employees involved WERE FOR LESS MONEY than proposed in the Conciliation Board Report for Cominco employees. * (Covering ;Forestry, Mining, Manufacturing, Transportation Storage and Com- - munication, Public Utility Operation, Trade. and Service Industries.) s @ Last year’ Cominco’ employees in Trail and Kimb- erley:‘earned an average of $2.45 an hour — 50 cents an_ hour more than the. Canadian average for employees in the. manufacturing industry, and. eight. cents. an hour more than the B.C. average, which | is the highest in. Can- ada. For eeample: "1963 1964 1965 Cominco . (Trail. Kimberley). 2:45 2. 60 25 69 Nfld -—Manufacturing, ho 169s Nova Scotia af “1.69 | Quebec:: i ae 1.75 New Brunswick at 1.65 | Ontario, : 2.05 Manitoba’ “ + 480 Saskatchewan. ” 2,04 Alberta”. 2.02. _ British Columbia “ . 2.37 All Canada ”- 1.95 (All earnings quoted are on n the: basis of hee paid. Source: Dominion: Bureau of. Statistics: - 4 j : ‘ @ Under the: ‘proposed settlement Cominco em: | ployees would: earn: an-average_ of. $2. 60. an. hour i in: 1964. : and $2.69 an hour in. 1965, — upto: 33 cents. an ‘hour. more than the 1963. BC.: average and: up. t 74 cents -an_hour more than he 963 n oe e The ee annual earnings of “Comincoem- ployees . in. Trail;.and Kimberley working ‘on. an hourly mi » rate was $5, 120 in.1963, compared with the average an-. nual income in the’ ‘manufacturing industry in Canada of $4,137 and?in‘B. CG: ‘of $4,637. ‘The proposed settlement would. increase the. annual ‘earnings of Cominco em-. ployees to an.average of $5,485 THE FIRST YEAR AND : ie $5, ae THE SECOND NEAR. Sepa - > 2 nc ah eS GEE OI =e} - even. ‘higher: than their original demands. v to lengthy lay-offs which affect the annual income of employees, accordingly. COMINCO OPERATIONS,’ . HOWEVER, ARE CONTINUOUS AND PROVIDE YEAR-. ROUND EMPLOYMENT. berley: operations have increased an average of 7.1 cents an hour each year in the last 10 years. This is a total increase of 36.3%. The proposed settlement will increase the earnings of these employees by an ave rage of 14 cents an hour for each of: the ‘next two: ‘years, OR DOUBLE THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN EACH OF THE LAST 10 YEARS. @ In the same 10-year period the shareholders’ in- ‘come per share of ownership meanwhile dropped near- ly 4% from $1.35 per share to $1. 30 per share — and averaged only $1.20: ‘during the 10" years.. AIL: this was - not_withstanding the investment:‘of | arge amounts of. additional shareholders’ TiCUey: in the. Patel te ae S iN SUMMARY At the start: of bargaining the U, nion biecke forvard é ‘demands amounting to 15¢ per hour and other items. . costing 30¢ per hour. The Company met patiently with the Union through meeting after meeting, but - the Union did not compromise. The Union called for - a Government ‘Conciliation Officer and the Union continued its demand through this channel. ‘Then a ° Conciliation Board recommended a compromise at a: level much higher than the Company considered rea- sonable in terms of the basic economic factors. The Company ‘nevertheless accepted this compromise—the | Union did not.alter its: original demand: After, the Union's referendum: vote: the. Union met again with the, Company ‘and persisted ‘with demands which were a ste of time. ‘i a THE VOTE NOW Is To STRIKE. OR NOT. TO. STRIKE e A. key -factor deteriaining the annual ‘earnings - of hourly rate. employees in industry is’ the total num-.. ber of hours they can.work ina year. Often those indus-. tries with above average hourly | wage rates are subject . “fl Alberta-Phoenix Tube. [fi McKenzie’ Redlake |, @ Earnings of employees in Cominco’s: Trail-Kim-.’ Reeves MacDonald ‘Sherritt-Gordoni ss Bip United Keno Hill. ~ ae 1.90, Eek 2.162: | tee ee BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES Company” Union Alcan-Kitimat Steelworkers - J Atlas Steel : Canadian Steel (Ind): American Standard Products: “Autoworkers Steelworkers Canadian: Exploration ‘ Mine-Mill DOSCO, ‘Montreal Steelworkers BOSCO, : Truscon DW. Montreal Steelworkers DOSCO,'N.S. Steelworkers Denison Mines Steelworkers Eldorado Mining Mine-Mill Hudson Bay M & $ Council ‘Inco—Sudbury Steelworkers Isbell Mining Mine-Mill, Mine-Mill April, 1963 July, 1963 Jan, 1963 . Jan.,. 1964 . _. Steelworkers _ Sept., 1963: - Steelworkers =. Dec., 1963. Mine-Mill 5 Dec., 1963 Electrical: Workers Nov.; 1963 - Ontario Steel Prod, Rio’ Algom Mines Welland. Tubes (Stelco) 10c¢ plus adjustments 10 7¢ plus 18¢ to trades 14¢ Comparison of Hourly Wage Rates i in the. Mining And Steel Industries in Canada ; Company oe ; Laieccer : he ene aH ruse 1965. 1963 Cominco’ (Trait. Kimberley) | _ 1.975 2,075 2155 2.475 “American Smelting & Refining - (New Brunswick). ima 191: PAtias Steel. (Rio Tinto) Brunswick Mining & Smelting 42-5 142° 1.82 DOSCO, Moritreal © Eldorado: Mining 2,0 he 2.38 Giant Mascot. 965: : 2.165 Giant Yellowknife: Ay he 2,03 Hudson’s Bay, Mining com Smelting, 21 Ol 22.05. j.giic 2.41 ‘Inco Sudbury: ge 2,073.42. 1373: 2.408>- 2. 2% Noranda, Quebec .”. eee wh : L212 ples : 214. 2.14 2195 “2.47 Canadian Exploration. °° -4.75°"°1.805° ‘207° 2.14 Craigmont’ Mines pe BO sy ret 2S Granby Mining (Phoentx)) 1.87. (1.92. 197 215 220 [Reeves MacDonald 478 185 21 2.18 o ee oo aay pyc ae present. wage Bede 8 ence $2. 475. becomes wage grade 9... which becomes eae ee "Wage Seale of the s Proposed Sctloment. Increases Ranging: From. 18¢ to 35¢ Per Hour th Ist Revised... - First. Rate Second Increase * March’ 1, 1964. ‘Increase Ses 2.075: Rae 8 ae hours of work.) See dowmneyman Tradesman = present wage grade 10 .. ~ becomes wage orede ih ee which” pecans (Settee 2.675: March. 1, i964 1 2.78.March 1, 1965, Special Tradesman ; “present wage grade it “$2700 i re Becomes wage grade-12:..:-2.930. March. 1,-1964 Which becomes .....-...e0 - 3.050 March Ll 1965 273 285 ".12'5¢ 3.140 - (Saturday and Sunday premium 206 5 per hour worked, to be effective on the implementation of the rediscuan of the Iti is: now very. clear: that from the ‘start any bargain- Note: Clarification of Rates for Teadéamen uae “ing or. impartial conciliation by coutzide parties: has “Painter -be - $2,625 een a: 2.845 March 1,. 1964 2,960 March 1, 1965