U.S. Vessel Sunk
Collision, Fire Hit Two Canfisco Boats
No lives were lost when Canadian Fishing Company's 100 foot packed Cape Scott was in collision with the American vessel Starling of Bellingham in Seymour Narrows on July 10. The U.S. vessel sank after the collision and all six crew members were taken safely aboard the Cape Scott, which sustained some damage.
Aboard the Cape Scott were UFAWU members Ian Simson, Ben Cox, Alex Nicol, Ralph Car-rington, Grant Martinolich and Harold Tipper.
Two weeks earlier, another Canadian Fishing Company vessel, the Cape Churchill, was damaged extensively by a fire which erupted when the 60 foot seiner was at sea near Bella Bella.
The blaze occurred apparently as a result of a broken oil line. Skipper John Brajcich and
New Channel Completed
A new sockeye spawning channel at Gates Creek on the An-derson-Seton Lake system was scheduled for completion this week and will be ready for next month's returning spawners, the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission announced recently.
Construction began in July last year on the $275,000 project which is expected to produce fish worth $1,700,000 to the fishing industry in peak production years. The channel is 6,200 feet long and provides room for 18,000 sockeye spawners.
First Fishery Container Ship
Frozen fishery products will be among the cargoes carried on a 16,800 ton Japanese container ship slated for service between North America and the Orient by this fall.
Launched recently in Japan, the 26 knot Hakone Maru will carry frozen tuna and other frozen fish products to U.S. ports and return with shrimp, meat, citrus fruit and other items.
The vessel is Japan's first container ship and will be followed into service on the North Pacific by five other similar vessels before the end of the year.
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UFAWU members Alf Jonasen, Marko Evins, Spiro Dedijer, Joe Kayfes and Frank Sananin were able to get the fire under control but not before it had razed much of the 20 year old vessel's housing. The Cape Churchill currently is undergoing repairs at Sterling Shipyard in Vancouver.
Vote Goes To PPWC
The independent Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada scored a victory this week over the rival International Brotherhood o f Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers in a representation vote conducted among employees of the Tahsis Company's pulp mill at Gold River. The vote was 175 to 101 in favor of the Canadian union.
The international union applied for the vote, claiming to represent a majority of the work force. The final count, however, gave the Canadian union a far more decisive victory than it gained when winning certification at the new plant last year. At that time the vote was 86 for the Canadian union, 63 for the international.
Another major breakthrough appears to be imminent for the PPWC with the decision by the provincial Labor Relations Board this week to allow a representation vote on July 16 and 17 among about 700 pulp mill workers at two plants in Prince George.
The decision was made after three previous applications by the PPWC, dating back to June, 1966, were turned down by the Board on a number of technicalities. Most recent rejection was made in May this year.
Throughout this period the Canadian union has claimed a big majority among pulp mill employees at Prince George and has conducted a strenuous campaign in support of their right to choose a bargaining agent in a supervised ballot.
Workers at two manufacturing plants in the Vancouver area also chose to leave the international and join the PPWC in recent representation votes. At Pioneer Envelopes Ltd. employees voted 26 to 1 in favor of the PPWC and at Barber-Ellis of Canada Ltd. they chose the Canadian union by 34 to 8 votes.
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• Described after her launching in 1967 as the world's most revolutionary fishing vessel, the 220 foot Spanish tuna seiner Sarasua (above) experienced a series of gear and equipment difficulties and currently is laid up pending an agreement being reached between owners and creditors. Vessel incorporates suction tunnel in stern for taking fish aboard, eliminating brailing operations.
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Substantial wage increases and other benefits have been won by members of the United Electrical Workers in a new two year contract signed with Federal Pacific Electric Company in Richmond.
The agreement, covering 104 employees, will raise helpers' rates from $2.52 to $3.02 and journeymen's rates from $3.34 to $3.92. Female rates go up to $2.68 from $2.25.
Other improvements won include: increase in life insurance from $1,000 to $5,000; weekly sick benefits increased from $40 for 13 weeks to $65 for 52 weeks; two weeks paid vacations for the first five years and three after five years; statutory holidays falling on Saturday and Sunday to be observed on Friday and Monday respectively.
UE representative George Gee said the new contract provides the highest wage rates in electrical manufacturing anywhere in this country.
Workers at Federal Pacific voted to join UE in a representation vote last year. They were represented previously by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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