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UIC REGULATIONS
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In Vicky Silk's case, she worked four weeks as a bagger in a packaging operation, then went to work on a fish boat for 16 weeks, giving her a total of 20 weeks insurable income, the number necessary for her to collect since she was a new entrant to the workforce.
In her appeal, the umpire ruled that under regulations for fisher-
men, she did not have the number of weeks necessary to collect because she could not count her four weeks in the packaging plant.
The courts, however, found that the regulations were restrictive and went beyond the mandate given the Unemployment Insurance Commission to provide UIC to fishermen.
For the 1983 season, it remains unclear what the qualifying period will be. UIC could
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ask for Parliament to pass regulations which would legalize the present system. They could also change to have fishermen qualify like any other workers.
The only obvious disadvantage to this system would be the repeater clause which could dis-qualify some fishermen who would have qualified under the old regulations. However with unemployment so high, the repeater clause is not a factor for the immediate future.
The benefit is that herring stamps and other work done by fishermen will count towards
the necessary weeks neede for UIC.
For fishermen who might have been in a similar situation during the last two seasons, Hickley said to wait until the Commission decides what to do before reapplying for UIC.
The UFAWU is presently seeking more clarification of the decision and does not necessarily agree with the interpretation which says that the repeater clause should apply to fishermen, since the Silk case was not about repeater clauses, but about the qualifying period for fishermen.
SHORE DEMANDS
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demand this year. Virtually all female employees are locked into a 400-hour rate while all male employees graduate to the 1,000-hour rate irrespective of the nature of the work they perform. The 65 cent-an-hour differential must be eliminated in this contract and a base rate for general labor must be established at the 1,000 hour rate. Classification rates would be in excess of the general labor rate.
The companies' move to slash the monthly-rated status in the contracts also will be placed squarely on the table and guarantees will be demanded from the companies in this area. The past season has witnessed increasing pressure from the companies on the standard of living for tradesmen in the plants and we cannot tolerate this.
The union is holding a trades
CJFfiWCJ Meetings
UFAWU SENIORS CLUB
Wednesday, April 13 1 p.m.
FISHERMEN'S HALL 138 East Cordova Street
• Carpet Bowling 11 a.m.
• Film showing
• Card games
• Bingo
ALL RETIRED MEMBERS OF UFAWU AND THEIR SPOUSES INVITED TO ATTEND
Regular meetings of the club will be held on every other Wednesday of the month.
conference in the near future to discuss other issues of concern to these workers and more demands may follow.
Again, accumulated time-off for employees who have worked a minimum of 1,560 hours both straight time and overtime hours during the period March 1 to Nov. 30 is being put back on the table. We want to see time off with pay at a rate of 10 percent of the total number of hours worked during this period.
Improvements in annual vacations, medical plans, dental plans, welfare funds and statutory holidays are also being sought.
Shoreworkers attending the conference also decided this was the year we should be setting up a pension plan for this industry which would look after the interests of workers.
Workers want a pension fund, controlled by themselves and funded by a'25 cents an hour worked by each employee, fully paid by the employer.
With the horrible accident last year at Cassiar, where Scott Patterson lost both legs in an unsafe ice auger, safety once again is becoming a priority for industry workers. In 1982, two shoreworkers lost their lives and the number of injuries continues to climb steadily upwards.
The price of working in this industry is not one's life or limbs and action is needed now to make the plants safer for those who work there. Our demand for a safety department funded by the companies at a rate of one cent an hour will be put back on the table. It is a small price to pay for safety, especially considering the millions paid yearly to the Worker's Compensation Board for assessments.
The demands are being forwarded to the Fisheries Association and we are requesting negotiations to get underway as soon as possible.
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