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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1M3 Q j Lumber Unions, Management Start Negotiations in Portland By JAMES J. DOYLE groups are under way here. Portland -HOT- Negotiations Sessions are to continue between the two large lum- through May. ber unions and management I The contracts between the TRANSFORMED From a typical drab basement to this: After remodeling was completed, closets with folding doors, desks for study and play, cupboards and bunk beds were all provided for growing boys' needs. The rustic effect is by the special vertically-grooved on the walls. Desks and storage also plywood. achieved paneling unit are By Douglas Fir Plywood Association ngk Mow !luM)dliir (YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL) REGULARLY $1.00 SOtax DEODORANT I IU8SK M ROLL-ON TAKE YOUR PICK Tussy Cream Deodorant, Roll-On or Stick. Art cosmetics at heart, they give your underarms a facial. Never offend normal skin. Never annoy or destroy delicate fabrics. Shop now and get half off. Save just as much as you spend. Or get two guardian angels for the price of one! AM DEODORAtf International Woodworkers of . ducers expire June 1 America, AFL-CIO. and the Industry spokesmen feel the Lumber and Sawmill Workers j results of the talks could set Union. AFL-CIO. and fir pro-1 a stabilizing trend for the in- ! dustry for the next three years -or throw it into chaos. The unions say they will s-trike if they don't get their wage de mands. But management says the demands are unreasonable. The IWA, western regional council. Tuesday, held talks with the Timber Operators' Council, representing 196 op erations from Northern Cali fornia to Alaska. The LSW. western regional council, met with the TOC last Friday. Industry officials say lum ber is still fighting for its life against Canadian imports in its own marketplace. But the unions say the industry is in good shape. Wage Demands Mad The unions did not ask for wage hikes in 1962 although contracts were open for in creases. They received a five cent pre hour hike as a result of 1961 contract agreements. For this reason, both unions say they are entitled to more money this year. They are ask ing for Ihrce-ycar contracts. The IWA has asked for 40 cents more per hour with ad ditional money for "some classifications." The LSW seeks 60 cents more per hour in wages. Earl Hartley, executive secretary of the western regional coun cil, heads the LSW negotiat ing team. His counterpart in the IWA is Harvey Nelson. Karl Glos, executive vice president of the TOC, heads a management negotiating group. Hartley said in a statement to the TOC last Friday that a larger cost package would be justified. Nelson's point of view is that management is in "real good shape" and in fact, did not suffer the set backs it claimed in 1962. But management sees t h e situation quite differently. Demends Exeetsive G. Cleveland Edgett, execu tive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's As sociation, who is not directly involved in contract talks, said "demands as they have been presented cannot be ab sorbed at this time. Glos said the wage demands are "certainly excessive." "Even they (the unions) are aware of that." he said. He said the industry is still suf fering from last year's reces sion and Canadian competi tion. The question of Canadian competition remains a point of contention between the in dustry and the unions. Oth er factors that appear to in fluence the negotiations are climate conditions, 1962 pro duction, the Columbus Day storm and "buy American" policies. Management contends that Canadian imports have forc ed some mills out of business, and has forced U.S. producers out of their own market place. IWA International Presi dent Al Harting told delegates to a regional convention ear ly this year that Canadian im ports have not caused U.S lumber losses. Harvey Nelson said Ameri cans shipped more lumber than Canadians last year. Unionist Notts Imports A statement to the TOC in the opening session last Fri day contained what is appar ently a minority opinion among union leaders. Earl Hartley said during the last two years exports have drop ped an additional 20 per cent while imports have climbed say they suffer greatly from the disparity of cost in having to ship in American vessels under terms of the Jones Act, while Canada can ship in lower cost foreign flag ships. Edgett said the union broth erhood stretches across the border as if it weren't there. "The third country is the unions." he said. The IWA and LSW are in ternational unions and choose to stay aside of national pref erences. an aHrittinnnl 1R nor ront Rv statistics. Canada has I Government Policies Differ taken over about 75 per cent of the east coast markets. It can produce and snip luniocr at a lower cost and takes ad vantage of expensive promo tion of American lumber pro ducers. Lumbermen have tried to have imposed a 10 per cent quota on softwood imports, but without success. Proposals for a "buy American" policy has also met with no success. The unions feel that "buy American" is not necessary. Cargo shippers, however, In this regard, the border affects only management. The same forests that supply U. S. producers stretches into Can ada and supplies British Co lumbia producers. And the same unions work them. The policies of the two gov ernments, however, are very different in regard to timber policies. The Columbus Day storm will have lasting ramifications in the marketplace, Edgett said. Billions of board feet of timber were felled. It must be cleaned up before an endemic insect situation becomes epi demic. But the situation also will make the fire season ex tremely hazardous. When for ests arc closed due to dry weather, there isn't going to be any work whether con tracts are in force or not. The unions say the blow down can actually help small operators by making the tim ber available. But manage mcnt has said the sudden I availability of the lumber could cause prices to drop. Also, some small operators suffered heavy losses. Union spokesmen have said any strike would be "selec tive" and against those oper ations which could withstand it. A strike through the im portant summer months could play havoc with the econo mies of Oregon, Washington and Northern California, and about 40,000 men in each union. BLOSSOM TIME BEAUTY MAGIC DE-NA BEAUTY SALON . . . But, really, there's no magic at all in having well groomed, beautiful hair . . . just the honest-to.goodness skill of our beau ticians, who have that certain "know-how" to do wonders in creating the hair-do so rtght for YOU alone! 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