1907.

On May 26, employees went on
strike, alleging subsequently
that they had no knowledge
of the existence of the pro-
visions of the act. Mr. V.
Du Breuil, fair-wages officer
of the department, was sent
to Halifax to explain the pro-
visions of the act. A board
was requested as a result of
the explanations given, and
while being constituted the
dispute was amicably settled,
Mr. Du Breuil lending the
good offices of the department
as a conciliator. A further
cessation of work was thereby
averted, as was also the ne-
cessity of further proceedings
in connection with the estab-
lishment of the board.

Differences amicably arranged
before the board and strike
thereby averted.

Aug. 26 Montreal Cotton Co. Employees.. Valleyfield, Que

and employees.

bec.

2,200 Concerning conditions and wages.

The employees went on strike on Aug. 13, and the good offices of the department were requested with a view to effecting a settlement. Mr. F. A. Acland, the then secre

tary of the department, and Mr. V. Du Breuil, fair-wages officer, visited the scene of the dispute and explained the provisions of the act to the parties, with special reference to the sections enabling a dispute in any industry other than that of a mine or public utility to be referred, by mutual agreement between the disputing parties, to a board of conciliation and investigation. As a result of the explanations and efforts at conciliation on the part of the officers of the department, an application for a board was forwarded to the minister, the employees in the meantime returning to work on Aug. 26. The board was duly established, with the result that the differences were adjusted and an agreement concluded before the board dating from Sept. 17, 1907, to be effective until May 4, 1908, and thereafter until either side be given a written notice of cancellation of the same. A feature of the agreement was the establishment of a permanent committee of conciliation to which it was agreed that all subsequent disputes should be referred.

Statement of applications for bourds of conciliation and investigation and of proceedings thereunder from Apr. 1, 1908, to Mar. 31, 1909-Continued. A.-MINES, AGENCIES OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION, AND OTHER PUBLIC-SERVICE UTILITIES.

[Appointed by the minister: 1. Under sec. 8, subsec. 1, of the I. D. I. act, on recommendation from party concerned, 2. Under sec. 8, subsec. 2, of the I. D. I. act, in the absence of a recommendation from party concerned. 3. Under sec. 8, subsec. 3, of the I. D. I. act, on the joint recommendation of the two members first appointed. 4. Under sec. 8, subsec. 4, of the I. D. I. act, in the absence of a joint recommendation by the two members first appointed.]

Company had previously made
an agreement individually
with employees. Represent-
ative of men was willing to
take agreement for what it
was worth, but would not
enter into same on behalf of
union. Board decided to
leave the existing agreement
intact, and this arrangement
appears to have been satis-
factory, a strike being there-
by averted.

An agreement concluded before
the board on all points, and a
strike thereby averted.

No board was established in this case, the parties having come to an amicable agreement subsequent to forwarding the application, a strike being thereby averted.

Do.

1908. June 19

Smith (E), 1; F.

H.Sherman (M),

Hon. Judge Mc- June 8 July 2| A unanimous report was made

Gillivray (c), 3;

Geo. S. Camp

bell (E), 1; Jas.

Macdonald (M),

1.

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Murray (M), 1.

by the board with recommen-
dations for a settlement of all
differences, which is under-
stood to have been accepted
as a basis of working opera-
tions, a strike being thereby
averted. OUL

An agreement was effected be-
fore the board on all the
points at issue and covering
the period of two years from
July 31, 1908, a strike being
thereby averted.

3; F. B. Smith,

C. E. (E), 1: Jas.

A. McDonald (M), 1.

Hon. Judge Wallace (C), 4; G. S. Campbell (E), 2; Daniel McDougall (M), 1.

1909. Mar. 22

mous report recommending a
basis of settlement, which
was subsequently, in corre
spondence with the depart-
ment, accepted by both par-
ties to the dispute, a strike
being thereby averted.

Proceedings unfinished.

1 Mr. Fullerton, finding himself at an early stage of the proceedings unable to agree with his colleagues, resigned from the board, and the company declining to make a further recommendation, the Minister appointed Mr. Galt without recommendation.

2 Owing to inability of Mr. R. E. Finn to act as member of board, Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue was appointed in his stead.