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Nicholson, P.C., O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe Annual Report of the Department of Labour of the Province for the year\n1972 is herewith respectfully submitted.\nWILLIAM S. KING\nMinister of Labour\nOffice of the Minister of Labour,\nJanuary 1973.\n The Honourable William S. King,\nMinister of Labour.\nSir: I have the honour to submit herewith the Fifty-fifth Annual Report on the\nwork of the Department of Labour up to December 31, 1972.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nWILLIAM SANDS\nDeputy Minister of Labour\nDepartment of Labour\nVictoria, B.C., January, 1973.\n Department of Labour\nOFFICIALS\nWilliam S. King, Minister of Labour, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nMiss M. E. Higgs, Secretary to Minister, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nW. H. Sands, Deputy Minister of Labour; Chairman, Labour Relations Board; Chairman, Board\nof Industrial Relations; and Chairman, Human Rights Commission, Parliament Buildings,\nVictoria.\nMrs. V. H. Gye, Secretary to Deputy Minister, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJ. R. Edgett, Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour; Vice-Chairman, Labour Relations Board;\nVice-Chairman and Secretary, Board of Industrial Relations; and Vice-Chairman, Human\nRights Commission, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJ. Melville, Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour; Vice-Chairman, Labour Relations Board;\nVice-Chairman, Human Rights Commission; Administrative Officer, Trade-schools\nRegulation Act; and Chairman, Provincial Apprenticeship Committee,\n411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nG. D. Bishop, Director, Research Branch, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJ. D. Forrest, Chief Inspector of Factories and Elevators, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nW. S. Haddow, Administrative Officer, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nR. J. Weir, Deputy Registrar, Labour Relations Board, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nH. E. Stennett, Deputy Registrar, Labour Relations Board, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nF. B. Hilton, Secretary, Labour Relations Board; Secretary, Human Rights Commission,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\nW. J. D. Hoskyn, Director, Labour Standards Branch, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJ. A. Laffling, Supervisor, Labour Standards Branch, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nG. S. Levey, Compensation Consultant, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nG. H. O'Neill, Chief Executive Officer, Labour Relations Branch; Registrar, Labour Relations\nBoard, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJ. C. Sherlock, Director, Human Rights Act, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nS. W. Simpson, Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training, 411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nL. A. Stadnyk, Compensation Counsellor, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. C. K. Waddell, Director, Women's Bureau, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nBRANCH OFFICES\n411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nCourthouse, 102 South 11th Avenue, Cranbrook.\nBritish Columbia Vocational School, Box\n899, Dawson Creek.\n322 Seymour Street, Kamloops.\nCourthouse, Kelowna.\nCourthouse, Box 996, Mission City.\nCourthouse, Nanaimo.\nCourthouse, Box 60, Nelson.\nProvincial Building, 1600 Third Avenue,\nPrince George.\nProvincial Building, 4506 Lakelse Avenue,\nTerrace.\nCourthouse, Williams Lake.\nWilliam H. Sands, Chairman, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nJ. R. Edgett, Vice-Chairman and Secretary,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\nC. Murdoch, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nBOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\n(Headquarters: Parliament Buildings, Victoria)\nR. S. S. Wilson, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nD. H. Chapman, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nR. K. Gervin, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\n R 8\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nLABOUR RELATIONS BOARD\n(Headquarters: Parliament Buildings, Victoria)\nWilliam H. Sands, Chairman, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nJ. R. Edgett, Vice-Chairman, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nJ. Melville, Vice-Chairman, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nC. Murdoch, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nR. S. S. Wilson, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nD. H. Chapman, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nR. K. Gervin, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nG. H. O'Neill, Registrar, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nF. B. Hilton, Secretary, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nHUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION\n(Headquarters: Parliament Buildings, Victoria)\nWilliam H. Sands, Chairman, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nJ. R. Edgett, Vice-Chairman, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nJ, Melville, Vice-Chairman, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nC. Murdoch, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nR. S. S. Wilson, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nD. H. Chapman, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nR. K. Gervin, Member, 411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nF. B. Hilton, Secretary, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nPROVINCIAL APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE\n(Headquarters: 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3)\nIohn Melville, Chairman, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nThomas McGibbon, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nT. A. Turnbull, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nIohn S. White, Member, Department of\nEducation, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nS. W. Simpson, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nJ. W. Thompson, Member, 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nTRADE-SCHOOLS REGULATION ACT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS\n(Headquarters: 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3)\nJohn Melville Col. J. W. Inglis\nMrs. C. K. Waddell\n Contents\nIntroduction.\nApprenticeship and Industrial Training-\nBoard of Industrial Relations\t\nPage\n11\n13\n20\nFactory and Elevator Inspection 24\nHuman Rights 27\nLabour Relations\u2014\nReport of the Labour Relations Branch 31\nTable I\u2014Analysis of Certifications Issued in 1972 32\nTable II\u2014Comparison of Cases Dealt With by Labour Relations Board,\n1971 and 1972 34\nLabour Standards\u2014\nReport of Labour Standards Branch\t\nControl of Employment of Children Act-\nEmployment Agencies Act\t\n37\n39\n40\nLegislation\u2014List of Acts Affecting Labour-\nMediation Services\t\nResearch\t\nTrade-schools Regulation\t\nWomen's Bureau\t\n.Inside front cover\n 43\nAnalytical and Statistical Supplement.\n 45\n 47\n 54\n 5 6\nReview of Labour Developments, 1972 57\nLabour Disputes, 1972 81\nLabour Organizations, 1972 91\nDirectories\u2014\nDirectory of Congresses and Councils\t\n 102\nDirectory of Major Union Officials 104\nDirectory of Labour Organizations 114\nDirectory of Employers' Organizations 129\n Introduction\nDespite generally improved business conditions in British Columbia in 1972,\ndevelopments in the major sectors affecting labour were not nearly as satisfactory.\nThe over-all improvement in the Provincial economy was largely in response to more\nbuoyant levels of activity in the North American economy in general as well as\nimprovement in major foreign markets. Increases in the value of shipments of\nmanufactured products were paced by the wood products sector, which enjoyed very\nfavourable markets during 1972. Other major primary industries also contributed\nto an improved economic picture as did high levels of consumer expenditure and\nhousing construction. Capital investment in the Province in 1972 did not meet the\nrecord levels posted in 1971 but remained very high.\nBritish Columbia's rate of population growth in 1972 was estimated at 2.9 per\ncent over the preceding year, resulting in a June 1 population of 2,247,000. This\nrate of growth was significantly higher than the 2.2-per-cent increase recorded in the\nProvince a year earlier and the 1.2-per-cent growth of the total Canadian population\nin 1972. Net in-migration to the Province from other Provinces and abroad was up\nsubstantially over 1971 and accounted for over 73 per cent of British Columbia's\npopulation growth in 1972.\nIn 1972 the Provincial labour force reached an estimated 949,000 persons, an\nincrease of 4.2 per cent or 38,000 persons over 1971. Employment, however,\nincreased by only 3.7 per cent or 31,000 persons, with the result that unemployment\nin the Province in 1972 increased markedly. Average annual unemployment in\n1972 in British Columbia was estimated at 7.5 per cent of the labour force, or 71,000\npersons. The problem of high youth unemployment was underlined in 1972 with the\nknowledge that workers in the 14 to 24 age-groups suffered an unemployment rate\nin the range of 15 per cent.\nTotal wages and salaries in the Province reached $5,980 million in 1972, an\nincrease of 10.6 per cent or $573 million dollars over 1971. Average weekly wages\nand salaries again increased in 1972 with the industrial composite wage reaching an\nestimated $161.69.\nIn the realm of labour organization, the total growth in union membership in\nthe Province from 1971 to 1972 was considerable. Union membership reached\n332,091 persons, an increase of 4.9 per cent or 15,504 workers over 1971. Total\nunion membership in 1972 represented 41.8 per cent of the total number of wage-\nearners in the Province\u2014a slight decline from the 42.0 per cent represented in\n1971. This decline, despite the solid growth in union membership, was due to the\nnear record increase in the number of paid workers in the Province. In recent years,\nparticularly throughout the 1960's, the greater rate of growth of paid workers as\ncompared to union members has resulted in a decline in the degree of organization\nin the labour force.\nThe Consumer Price Index for 1972 was estimated at 139.24 (1961 = 100),\na distressing increase of 4.5 per cent over the preceding year and a reversal of the\nreduced rate of inflation recorded since 1969. Renewed inflationary pressures in\nCanada will pose considerable difficulties in the coming year.\nLabour relations in the Province in 1972 produced another area of major difficulty. Breakdowns in collective bargaining in major industries resulted in the\nhighest number of man-days lost due to labour disputes in the history of the Province.\nDisputes during the year involved over 106,000 workers and resulted in an estimated\n2,120,848 man-days lost. Particularly damaging were disputes in the construction,\nforestry, manufacturing, and public administration sectors of the economy. The\nll\n R 12\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nratio of man-days idled per worker involved reached 19.1 to 1 in 1972, an alarming\nincrease over the ratio of 5.3 to 1 recorded a year earlier.\nIn summary, 1972 produced a legacy of high unemployment, renewed inflationary pressures, and severe breakdowns in labour-management relations. Despite\nunderlying strengths in the British Columbia economy, unless solutions are found\nand applied to these major problem areas the Province will not achieve its potential\nrate of economic and social growth.\nThe Department offers a wide variety of services to employees in many circumstances. For instance, an opportunity to learn and become qualified in a skilled\ntrade is provided under a supervised system of apprenticeship and industrial training.\nThe Labour Standards Branch administers laws relating to unpaid wages,\nholiday pay, hours of work, child employment, minimum wages, and employment\nagencies.\nThe Women's Bureau assists women with complaints relating to their employment. It is concerned with the well-being of women in all types of work, provides\nguidance and consultation, and makes studies and recommendations to improve their\nefficiency and economic position in the labour force.\nUnder the provisions of the Labour Relations Act, employees are assured of\nthe right to be represented by a trade union. Once certified, trade unions are given\nthe exclusive right to bargain on behalf of employees. In addition, the Labour\nRelations Board deals with unfair labour practices and grievances arising out of\ncollective agreements.\nDuring 1972 the Mediation Commission was terminated and its duties were\nassumed by a newly created Mediation Services Branch of the Department. The\nBranch is staffed by highly skilled mediators who assist labour and management in\nthe collective bargaining process and in helping to resolve labour disputes.\nThe Compensation Consultant, who is an employee of the Department of\nLabour and is independent of the Workmen's Compensation Board, gives guidance\nwithout charge to a workman with regard to the best method of proceeding with his\nclaim under the Workmen's Compensation Act.\nThe Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination between male and female employees with respect to remuneration, and discrimination with respect to employment\nor membership in trade unions because of race, religion, sex, colour, nationality,\nancestry, or place of origin. The Act also contains prohibitions with respect to the\npublication of advertisements or the making of inquiries expressing limitations,\nspecifications, or preferences as to race, religion, colour, nationality, ancestry, or\nplace of origin, or expressing any intention to discriminate with respect to employment because of the age of employees. There are also contained in the Act provisions prohibiting discrimination with respect to the occupancy and purchase of\ncommercial premises and self-contained dwelling-units because of race, religion,\ncolour, nationality, ancestry, or place of origin.\nInspection is made of factories, shops, and office buildings with respect to\nproper sanitation, ventilation, heating, lighting, and all working conditions for the\nsafety and comfort of employees. Passenger and freight elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, and man-lifts are inspected regularly to ensure that they are in safe operating condition.\nThe work of the Research Branch is intended to assist the Department in its\nprogramme of labour legislation and administration through the provision of a wide\nrange of research activities. The Branch studies problems relating to labour standards, industrial relations, technological change, and economic growth. These studies\nare widely used by the public, labour, and industry.\n INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BRANCH\nR 13\nReport of the Apprenticeship and\nIndustrial Training Branch\nHead office\nBranch offices:\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\nDepartment\n411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nof Labour, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nof Labour, Courthouse, Kelowna.\nof Labour, 1600 Third Avenue, Prince George.\nof Labour, Courthouse, Nelson.\nof Labour, Box 899, Dawson Creek.\nof Labour, Courthouse, Nanaimo.\nof Labour, 4506 Lakelse Avenue, Terrace.\nof Labour, 322 Seymour Street, Kamloops.\nProvincial Apprenticeship Committee\nChairman:\nJ. Melville - - - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nMembers:\nT. McGibbon\nS. W. Simpson\nT. A. Turnbull\nJ. W. Thompson\nJ. S. White -\n411 Dunsmuir Street,\n411 Dunsmuir Street,\n411 Dunsmuir Street,\n411 Dunsmuir Street,\n411 Dunsmuir Street,\nVancouver 3.\nVancouver 3.\nVancouver 3.\nVancouver 3.\nVancouver 3.\nAdministrative Officials of the Branch\nSamuel W. Simpson\nBlair S. Anderson\n- Director of Apprenticeship and In\ndustrial Training.\n- Assistant Director of Apprenticeship\nand Industrial Training.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I am pleased to submit this report of the Apprenticeship and Industrial\nTraining Branch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nApprentices in Training\nOn December 31, 1972, there were 9,083 apprentices registered on the records\nof the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch. Considering the disruptions\nto the work force due to labour disputes during the past year, the over-all increase\nof apprentice registrations over 1971 is most encouraging. The greatest increase\nin numbers occurred in the trades of automotive mechanical repair, carpentry,\nelectrical-construction, heavy-duty mechanic, hairdressing, millwright, plumbing,\nmachinist, electrical-industrial, ironwork, and sheet metal.\n R 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nApprenticeship Technical Training\nThe in-school or technical training portion of an apprentice's training has\ngradually assumed a more important role; and there has been a gradual movement\ntoward day school training instead of evening school classes. This has created a\nneed for more classroom and shop space. Because of the geographical location of\nour work force, especially in construction, the major need for classroom and shop\nspace is in the Lower Mainland area. In order to help alleviate this need, the Branch\nhas, as soon as the number of apprentices in a given trade in a geographical area of\nthe Province has grown sufficiently to economically warrant classes, established\nclasses in regional colleges or vocational schools in this area.\nDaytime training was provided for 5,794 apprentices in classes located at the\nB.C. Vocational School, Burnaby; Malaspina College, Nanaimo; Camosun College,\nVictoria; Okanagan College, Kelowna; Cariboo College, Kamloops; and the Vancouver Vocational Institute, Division of Vancouver City College.\nIn addition to the daytime classes, 764 apprentices were assigned to evening\nclasses which were conducted in many schools throughout the Province. In order\nto expand the educational horizons of our apprentices, they are also being counselled\nto attend refresher and upgrading classes related to the speciality areas of their\ntrades. Most of this training takes place where there are sufficient apprentices to\njustify special classes.\nIn the Yukon and Northwest Territories, where the number of apprentices is\nsmall, it is not practical from an economic standpoint to conduct training classes for\napprentices. Because of this, arrangements were made between training officials in\nthe territories, Canada Manpower, and the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training\nBranch to assign their apprentices to classes in British Columbia.\nIn technical training, as in many other things, efficiency of operation and the\nneed to try and meet the majority of training requirements mitigates against frac-\ntionalizing training programmes for groups who want special consideration. The\nApprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch consistently endeavours to meet its\nresponsibilities and at the same time be fair to all, and this policy will continue in\nthe future.\nPre-apprenticeship Training\nThe need to provide post-secondary training for persons who had either graduated or otherwise left our secondary schools was recognized by officials of the\nApprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch in the early 1950's; as a result of\nwhich, in co-operation with the Department of Education, pre-apprenticeship training programmes were established at the B.C. Vocational Schools in Burnaby and\nNanaimo. Since then this programme has been expanded to cover all major trades,\nand the classes are held in regional vocational schools or community colleges in\nBritish Columbia.\nThe pre-apprentice programme, which has the enthusiastic support of labour\nand management, was established with a two-fold purpose in mind\u2014\n(1) To provide young people who had left the secondary schools with an\nopportunity to acquire basic trade knowledge so that they would be\nmore acceptable to employers:\n(2) To overcome the reluctance of the employer about hiring young\npeople who did not have some previous experience.\n INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BRANCH\nR 15\nProgrammes of this kind provide the vehicle whereby our young people can\nfind jobs and assume their rightful place in our expanding economy. Training of a\ntechnical or vocational nature almost always leads to meaningful, lucrative employment.\nThe present courses are from 20 to 24 weeks in duration and are offered to\npersons who wish to prepare themselves for entry into apprenticeship training programmes. There are no fees charged for the courses and a subsistence and travel\nallowance is paid to the trainee to enable him to live while attending school.\nThe programme has been successful and has done much to alleviate the shortage\nof apprentices in various trade areas. During 1972, training was offered to 1,400\npersons in 21 trades. Most of the 1,140 pre-apprentices who graduated found employment as apprentices, others found work related to their training.\nThe Federal Department of Manpower and Immigration purchases a percentage of all pre-apprentice training classes for their clients. The Apprenticeship\nand Industrial Training Branch has the sole responsibility for scheduling the pre-\napprentice classes and for the selection of trainees; however, they do co-operate with\nCanada Manpower, unions, and employers in the selection procedure.\nCariboo College, Kamloops, has been added to the list of vocational schools\nand community colleges where training for apprentices and pre-apprentices is sponsored and paid for by the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch. Training\nis now being conducted in heavy duty, automotive mechanics, and carpentry.\nSummary of Apprentices in Trades\nTrade or Occupation\nTerm\nin\nYears\nYear of Apprenticeship Being Served\nFirst\nSecond\nThird\nFourth\nFifth\nTotal\nNumber\nof\nApprentices in\nTraining\nCompleted\nin\n1972\nAutomotive\u2014\nAutomatic-transmission repair-\nBody repair \t\nDiesel engine repair \t\nDiesel-fuel injection\t\nElectrical \t\nElectrical and tune-up\t\nFarm machinery mechanic\t\nFront-end alignment and frame\nstraightening\t\nFront-end alignment and brake\nservice \u2014\t\nGlass installation \t\nMachinist\t\nMarine-engine mechanic\t\nMechanical repair. \t\nPainting and refinishing \t\nRadiator manufacture and repair\nSmall-engine mechanic \t\nTire repair \t\nTrimming.\nTruck-body building .\nTruck mechanic\t\nBaking \u2014\nBarbering \t\nBoatbuilding.\nBoilermaking (erection) ..\nBricklaying..\t\nCarman \t\nCarpentry\t\nCook \t\nDental technician..\n150\n11\n1\n5\n6\n4\n13\n4\n5\n7\n4 SO\n34\n2\n7\n19\n59\n7\n33\n45\n15\n683\n64\n52\n2\n37\n6\n1\n1\n2\n4\n1\n7\n1\n199\n1\n12\n2\n32\n35\n1\n106\n8\n16\n1\n56\n3\n1\n3\n2\n1\n6\n6\n206\n3\n9\n17\n6\n229\n2\n15\n1\n37\n43\n1\n3\n250\n20\n3\n9\n10\n9\n13\n5\n19\n14\n922\n35\n2\n9\n29\n71\n12\n74\n97\n22\n1,051\n74\n84\n2\n17\n9\n1\n4\n3\n2\n1\n2\n2\n1\n123\n5\n4\n2\n1\n8\n38\n20\n11\n1\n156\n R 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSummary of Apprentices in Trades\u2014Continued\nTerm\nin\nYears\nYear of Apprenticeship Being Served\nTotal\nNumber\nof\nApprentices in\nTraining\nCom\nTrade or Occupation\nFirst\nSecond\nThird\nFourth\nFifth\npleted\nin\n1972\n5\n3\n2\n3\n3\n4\n4\n3\n4\n3\n3\n4\n4\n5\n4\n4\n5\n4\n4\n4\n5\n5\n4\n5\n3\n4\n3\n5\n2\n4\n5\n3\n4\n4\n4\n1\n5\n4\n3\n4\n4\n4\n5\n3\n5\n4\n5\n4\n3\n5\n4\n4\n5\n4\n5\n4\n3\n4\n....\n37\n66\n1\n23\n133\n52\n2\n485\n6\n13\n1\n3\n17\n6\n1\n11\n12\n100\n43\n58\n463\n511\n33\n72\n13\n40\n4\n110\n40\n12\n228\n10\n20\n12\n58\n1\n10\n185\n19\n35\n55\n160\n1\n13\n21\n105\n35\n20\n61\n2\n2\n10\n1\n11\n97\n25\n1\n115\n18\n1\n8\n2\n1\n1\n6\n29\n12\n1\n27\n81\n164\n12\n50\n3\n19\n2\n35\n28\n3\n122\n1\n10\n1\n22\n1\n67\n7\n12\n15\n64\n1\n4\n5\n29\n26\n6\n20\n1\n4\n79\n7\n1\n198\n4\n2\n2\n11\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n18\n32\n117\n15\n3\n2\n15\n3\n3\n64\n8\n1\n117\n2\n7\n5\n3\n5\n85\n5\n7\n80\n4\n6\n22\n1\n99\n33\n11\n1\n1\n1\n11\n39\n1\n13\n5\n1\n1\n2\n2\n43\n25\n17\n4\n2\n43\n9\n1\n1\n2\n83\n1\n15\n91\n1\n4\n44\n10\n1\n4\n1\n1\n1\n9\n2\n7\n15\n5\n18\n4\n3\n40\n76\n2\n39\n320\n84\n1\n2\n1\n837\n7\n49\n2\n1\n12\n36\n2\n8\n3\n3\n18\n17\n130\n75\n1\n169\n544\n817\n79\n125\n18\n78\n7\n7\n259\n76\n16\n476\n13\n38\n19\n83\n3\n16\n435\n32\n74\n70\n413\n6\n24\n52\n1\n281\n104\n1\n37\n86\nDrywall finisher \t\n6\n12\nElectrical-\n1\nDomestic radio and TV. servicing\nIndustrial \t\nLineman\u2014\t\n1\n49\n29\n3\nWork\u2014\n153\n1\n2\n1\nWireman \t\nElectronics \t\n1\n5\n3\nInstrument repair \t\n1\n3\nTelecommunications \t\nFloorcovering\u2014\t\nGlazier \t\nGrade and paving equipment operator\t\n1\n25\n3\n3\n40\nHair dressing\t\n272\n120\n15\nIronwork\t\nJewellery manufacture and repair\nJoinery (benchwork)\t\n25\n3\n10\n8\nLogging (basic) \t\nMachinist \t\nMaintenance mechanic, pipe-line\n5\n46\n3\nMillwright \t\n105\n3\n6\n2\n15\n1\n54\n9\nRefrigeration\u2014 \t\nRoofing, damp and waterproofing...\n13\n33\nShipwright \t\n19\n3\n3\n32\n20\nUniversal equipment operating\n4\n5\n14\nTotals _\t\n.... | 5,125\n1\n1,666\n1,662\n567 1 63\n9,083\n1,619\n INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BRANCH\nR 17\nApprenticeship Advisory Committees\nThe Provincial Apprenticeship Committee met six times during the year to\nconsider and approve new contracts of apprenticeship, the cancellation of apprenticeship contracts, the transfer of apprentices between employers, the extension of apprenticeship contracts, and the issuing of apprenticeship certificates to apprentices\nwho satisfactorily completed training. Approval was also granted to enrol selected\nstudents in the pre-apprenticeship programme.\nDuring 1972 the Provincial Apprenticeship Committee held five public hearings\nfor the purpose of considering submissions made by interested parties regarding\nthe designation of apprenticeship and tradesmen's qualification for the trades of\nironwork; cook; industrial instrumentation; floorcovering; and roofing, damp and\nwaterproofing.\nRegular meetings of Trade Advisory Committees were held during the year for\nthe purpose of receiving recommendations for new courses, revisions of existing\ncourses, and the examining of draft copies of trade analyses, courses, and examinations. The members of these committees are conscientious, and their services are of\ninestimable value to the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch. I would\nlike to thank all the members of our many committees for the time and advice that\nwas so freely given to the Branch.\nDesignation of Trades\nRecommendations by the Provincial Apprenticeship Committee to the Honourable the Minister with respect to the designation of certain trades for apprenticeship\nand the amendment of other trades for the purpose of voluntary or compulsory\ntradesmen's qualification resulted in the following Orders in Council being passed:\nThe trade of ironwork was added to Schedule A of the Apprenticeship\nand Tradesmen's Qualification Act for the purpose of apprenticeship\nand voluntary tradesmen's qualification by Order in Council 602 on\nFebruary 15, 1972.\nThe trade of cook was amended for the purpose of voluntary tradesmen's\nqualification by Order in Council 740 on February 29, 1972.\nThe trade of industrial instrumentation was amended for the purpose of\nvoluntary tradesmen's qualification by Order in Council 3519 on\nSeptember 28, 1972.\nThe trade of floorcovering was added to Schedule A of the Apprenticeship\nand Tradesmen's Qualification Act for the purpose of apprenticeship\nby Order in Council 3518 on September 28, 1972.\nThe trade of roofing, damp and waterproofing was amended for the purpose of voluntary tradesmen's qualification by Order in Council 4226\non December 8, 1972.\nSupervision and Promotion\nThe counselling staff of the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch\nvisited secondary schools to disseminate up-to-date information and literature relative to the apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programmes to students, school\ncounsellors, teaching staff, and principals.\n2\n R 18\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nRoutine inspection and counselling of employers and apprentices is carried out\nin all areas of the Province, and our staff devotes as much time as possible to maintaining close contact with employers, employer organizations, unions, and Joint\nTraining Committees for the purpose of promoting apprenticeship training. The\nstaff of the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch is indebted to all those\npersons who represent employers, unions, and Joint Training Committees for their\nco-operation and help in promoting apprenticeship throughout the Province.\nThe establishment of full-time Counsellors in district offices in the areas where\nvocational schools or community colleges are located has done much to stimulate\napprenticeship, and has provided more comprehensive coverage to employers.\nThe melding of some vocational schools with community colleges has created\nnew and interesting situations which, as yet, have not created any major problems;\nhowever, we do foresee the possibility of changes within the community college\nconcept of training, the effect of which on our training programmes still has to be\nassessed. Extensive apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship training is carried out in\nalmost all of the community colleges, all of which is scheduled and supervised by\nCounsellors of the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch.\nFederal-Provincial Co-operation\nRelations and co-operation between Canada Manpower and the Apprenticeship\nand Industrial Training Branch have been good, the most significant development\nbeing the elimination of the three-year rule. Effective July 1, 1972, the previous\nregulation whereby a trainee was only eligible for a training allowance if the trainee\nhad a three-year attachment with the labour force was rescinded. The new regulation grants a basic allowance to trainees who have been one year out of school. This\nprovides an allowance for all apprentices.\nThe Department of Manpower and Immigration, which administers the Adult\nOccupational Training Act through their training division in Ottawa, convenes several meetings each year, both in Ottawa and other locations. These meetings, which\nare attended by Directors of Apprenticeship and Examination Co-ordinators, are\nheld to discuss inter-provincial examinations, trade analyses, course outlines, training\nmethods, and many other matters related to apprenticeship and industrial training.\nThese meetings provide a forum whereby the Directors of Apprenticeship and\nofficials from Canada Manpower can discuss many items of mutual concern and\nformulate policy with regard to training.\nTradesmen's Qualification\nThe number of trades which have been designated for either voluntary or compulsory tradesmen's qualification continues to grow at an astonishing rate; however,\nit would appear as though all the major trades are now covered and that in the future\nthe addition of new trades will be much slower.\nEmployers in British Columbia recognize that the holder of a tradesmen's qualification certificate does have the skills and knowledge to properly perform his job;\nas a result, the tradesman who does have a tradesmen's qualification generally gets\nthe first choice of available jobs.\nDuring 1972, many of the examinations were revised and new examinations\nwere developed for saw-fitting, circular-saw filing, benchman, and cooking. Development work is proceeding for examinations in the trade of industrial instrumentation.\n INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BRANCH\nR 19\nTradesmen's qualification certificates were issued to 1,987 persons, and 44 permits of exemption were issued, as indicated in the following table:\nTrade\nQualified in 1972 by-\nCertificates\nIssued in\n1972\nExemptions\nIssued in\n1972\nExamination\nApprenticeship\nAutomotive body repair\t\n12\n130\n6\n149\n172\n98\n28\n257\n15\n81\n87\n6\n18\n32\n12\n62\n20\n131\n11\n101\n127\n54\n57\n93\n3\n45\n70\n2\n16\n67\n3\n32\n32\n261\n17\n250\n299\n152\n75\n350\n18\n126\n157\n8\n34\n99\n15\n94\nMachinist \t\n....\n21\nRadio and TV.\t\n1\n3\n5\n14\n1,165\n822\n1,987\n44\nConclusion\nI wish at this time to thank employers, trade unions, trade advisory committees,\nand educational authorities for their continued interest and co-operation, which has\nbeen of great assistance in the expansion of the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Programme.\nRespectfully submitted.\nSamuel W. Simpson\nDirector of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training\n R 20\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nReport of the Board of Industrial Relations\nHead office\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\nMembers of the Board\nChairman:\nW. H. Sands, Deputy Minister of Labour, Parliament Buildings,\nVictoria.\nVice-Chairman:\nJ. R. Edgett, Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, Parliament\nBuildings, Victoria.\nMembers:\nC. Murdoch - - -\nR. S. S. Wilson -\nD. H. Chapman -\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk\nR. K. Gervin\nSecretary:\nJ. R. Edgett - - -\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSIR: We have the honour to present the thirty-ninth annual report of the Board\nof Industrial Relations for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nMeetings\nThe Board held 47 meetings in Vancouver and four meetings in Victoria during\nthe year.\nOrders and Regulations Made During 1972\nOrders Made Pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act\nA public hearing was held in Vancouver for the purpose of receiving representations from interested parties in connection with the revision of minimum wage\norders. At this hearing the Board received many written submissions and oral\npresentations from individuals and representatives of employer organizations and\ntrade unions proposing amendments to many of the orders.\nFollowing the hearing and, after considering representations made by interested\nparties, the Board cancelled the following orders. Employers and employees now\nsubject to these orders will be subject to Order 1 (1972).\n BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\nR 21\nOrder No.\n6 (1970) Automotive Repair and Gasoline Service-station Industry.\n27 (1970) Occupation of Barbering and Hairdressing.\n12 (1967) Construction Industry.\n18 (1965) Occupation of Stationary Steam Engineer.\n1 (1965) Logging, Sawmill, Woodworking, and Christmas-tree Industries.\n35 (1961) Employees of Irrigation Districts.\n10 (1967) Machinist Trade, Moulder Trade, Refrigeration Trade, Sheet-\nmetal Trade.\n32(1960) Occupation of Patrolman.\n23 (1970) Pipe-line Construction Industry.\n20 (1967) Ship- and Boat-building Industry.\nAfter due inquiry, the following orders were made:\nOrder 1 (1972) General Minimum Wage Order-\u2014Except for employees classified under section 7 of the Minimum Wage Act for whose employment permits in\nwriting have been issued by the Board, this order establishes a minimum wage of $2,\n$2.25, and $2.50 per hour, effective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and\nJune 3, 1974, respectively for employees 18 years of age and over; and of $1.60,\n$1.85, and $2.10 per hour, effective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and\nJune 3, 1974, respectively for employees 17 years of age and under.\nOrder 5 (1972) Occupation of Bus Operator.\nOrder 6 (1972) Cook- and Bunk-house Occupation (In Unorganized Territory).\nOrder 7 (1972)\nOrder 8 (1972)\nOrder 9 (1972)\nOrder 19 (1972)\nIndustries.\nOccupation of First-aid Attendant.\nFresh Fruit and Vegetable Industry.\nFuneral Service Business.\nGeophysical Exploration and Oil-well Drilling and Service\nOrder 12 (1972)\nOrder 16 (1972)\nMining Industry.\nOccupations of Truck-driver and Motor-cycle Operator and\nTheir Swampers or Helpers, and Certain Warehousemen.\nOrder 18 (1972) Minimum Wage Order\u2014These orders increase the minimum wage paid to employees in the industries to $2, $2.25, and $2.50 per hour,\neffective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for\nemployees 18 years of age and over; and to $1.60, $1.85, and $2.10 per hour,\neffective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for\nemployees 17 years of age and under.\nOrder 14 (1972) Occupation of Resident Caretaker\u2014This order supersedes\nOrder 14 (1970) and establishes a minimum wage scale for resident caretakers in\napartment buildings ranging from $144, $162, and $180 per month, effective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for apartments containing 5, 6, or 7 suites, up to $408, $433, and $444 per month, effective December\n4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively. It also establishes,\nwhere applicable, a rate of $2, $2.25, and $2.50 per hour, effective December 4,\n1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for caretakers where single\nrooms, stores, or accommodation other than residential suites are provided in addition to the suites, and in cases where more than one resident caretaker is employed.\n R 22\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nOrder 17 (1972) Overtime\u2014This order does not supersede any other order\nand establishes the authority of the Board to set the hours to be worked at overtime\nrates of pay.\nOrder 18 (1972) Occupation of Taxicab-driver\u2014This order increases the\nminimum wage for taxicab-drivers to $80, $90, and $100 per week, effective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for Class A employees; and $2, $2.25, and $2.50 per hour, effective December 4, 1972, December\n3, 1973, and June 3, 1974, respectively for Class B employees. It also establishes\nan overtime rate for all hours worked in excess of 8 in the day and 40 in the week\nof $3, $3.37i\/2, and $3.75 per hour, effective December 4, 1972, December 3, 1973,\nand June 3, 1974, respectively.\nDaily guarantee\u2014Revisions to the daily guarantee clause in all the above-\nmentioned orders were also made.\nRegulations Made Pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act\nAfter due inquiry, the following regulations exempting certain employees from\nthe operation of the said Acts were made:\nRegulation 23 (1972)\u2014Minor revisions were made.\nRegulation 24 (1972)\u2014Exempts professional workers and residential therapists employed by Brown Camps Residential and Day Schools for the period expiring\nJune 30, 1973.\nRegulation 28 (1972)\u2014Exempts employees of Outward Bound British Columbia for the period expiring June 30, 1973.\nRegulation 40 (1972)\u2014Exempts group-living parents, relief workers, resident\ncaretaker, cook. Programme Director, and Assistant Programme Director employed\nby The Bishop Cridge Centre for the Family, Victoria, B.C.\nRegulation 32 (1972)\u2014Exempts Child Care Counsellors and group home parents employed by Youth Resources Society, Vancouver, B.C.\nRegulation 33 (1972)\u2014Exempts house parents and Resident Counsellors\nemployed by Elizabeth Fry Society of B.C.\nRegulation 34 (1972)\u2014Exempts employees of St. Luke's Home Society, Vancouver, B.C.\nRegulation 35 (1972)\u2014 Exempts instructors and life-guards employed by Centennial Indoor Swimming Pool, Dawson Creek, B.C.\nRegulation 36 (1972)\u2014Exempts swimming instructors employed by Greater\nKamloops Aquatic Club, Kamloops, B.C.\nRegulation 37 (1972)\u2014Exempts House Mother and Assistant House Mother\nemployed by The East-Enders Society, Vancouver, B.C.\nRegulation 38 (1972)\u2014Exempts part-time and casual employees at the two\nswimming-pools operated by the City of Cranbrook, employed by The Corporation\nof the City of Cranbrook.\nRegulation 23A (1953) and 13A (1953)\u2014Minor revisions were made pursuant to the Hours of Work Act.\nAt the regular Board meetings numerous applications for overtime permits were\nconsidered and, where the requirements of the legislation were satisfied, permits were\n BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\nR 23\nissued. In addition, the Board considered requests for scheduling hours under section 11 (3) of the Hours of Work Act, and requests for exemptions under section 12\nof that Act.\nUnder section 6 of the Order Requiring Employers to Give Their Employees\na General Holiday With Pay, the employer may, under certain circumstances, substitute another designated holiday for any general holiday under the order, and\nnumerous applications were dealt with by the Board in this connection.\nThe Board confirmed many certificates made under section 5 of the Payment\nof Wages Act. For detailed information in this connection, reference should be\nmade to the report of the Labour Standards Branch.\nConclusion\nC. R. Margison, Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour and Vice-Chairman and\nSecretary of the Board, retired in July 1972, at which time J. R. Edgett was appointed\nas Vice-Chairman and Secretary.\nR. K. Gervin was appointed a member of the Board in July 1972.\nThe Board at this time expresses its appreciation to all organizations, employers,\nemployees, trade unions, and other persons for the co-operation it has received during\nthe year 1972.\nWe have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servants,\nW. H. Sands, Chairman.\nJ. R. Edgett, Vice-Chairman.\nC. Murdoch.\nR. S. S. Wilson.\nD. H. Chapman.\nEmily Ostapchuk.\nR. K. Gervin.\n R 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nReport of the Factory and Elevator\nInspection Branch\nHead office - - - - -411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nJames D. Forrest - - Chief Inspector of Factories and Elevators.\nBranch office ------ Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to submit the annual report of the Factory and Elevator\nInspection Branch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nFactory Division\nIn course of the year under review, Factory Inspectors conducted inspections\nin thousands of factories, stores, and offices to determine conformity with the legislation pertinent to temperature control, ventilation, exhaust systems, air contamination, illumination, sanitary facilities, lunchrooms, female restrooms, housekeeping\nconditions, and clothing storage. As a result of this inspectional activity, several\nthousand directives were issued to employers outlining the necessary improvements\nrequired to meet our standards of acceptability.\nThe second major role of the inspectional staff was to assure through the\nexamination of plans and specifications that any proposed new factory or an addition\nto an existing one would also conform with our requirements relating to acceptable\nenvironmental conditions for existing factories. Where necessary, we have also been\napproving plans for office building and major stores to ascertain conformity with our\nrequirements for such premises, in order to assure that employees in such place of\nemployment would benefit from our services. During the current year over 800\nengineering drawings and specifications were approved for new factories, stores,\nand office buildings, as well as additions to such existing buildings.\nConsidering the inspectional volume achieved, thousands of workers who spend\ntheir daily lives in factories, stores, and offices of all description have had their\nworking environment improved. Likewise, those who will be occupying the new\nfactories, stores, and offices will find that their safety, health, and comfort have been\nengineered into their working environment.\nNovember of this year marked the completion of a three-year agreement between our Department of Labour and the Canada Department of Labour. This\nagreement authorized both inspectorates of the Branch to conduct inspections in\ntheir respective fields of factories and offices by the Factory Inspectors and elevating\ndevices by the Elevator Inspectors. These inspections were conducted in buildings\nand operations directly connected with the Federal Government, as well as businesses coming under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada.\nSince the Federal Government wished to continue the use of our services, a\nnew agreement was negotiated at this time which again fully recompenses our\nGovernment for the equivalent service of three Factory Inspectors and one Elevator\nInspector.\nThis year the Factory Division, comprised of eight Inspectors, conducted over\n5,000 inspections and issued over 2,000 directives to bring the environmental\nconditions into conformity with the legislation.\n FACTORY AND ELEVATOR INSPECTION BRANCH\nR 25\nDuring the year there were 44 employers and 65 homeworkers authorized by\npermit to conduct homework in accordance with the provisions contained in the\nFactories Act. The employers and homeworkers were duly informed of the new\nminimum wage of $2 per hour which became effective December 4, 1972.\nElevator Division\nThe most dominant factor affecting this Division during the year was the\nconstruction trades' strike which occurred in early summer, followed by the strike\nof the elevator constructors in September, which continued to year's end. As a\nconsequence, new construction was curtailed, resulting in a 50-per-cent drop in new\nelevator construction.\nThroughout the elevator constructors' strike the Elevator Inspectors maintained\nthe inspection of elevating devices on a normal basis, and directives to owners\nfollowed inspection when necessary repairs were required to maintain equipment in\nconformity with regulatory requirements. In spite of the fact that regular maintenance programmes supplied by elevator firms could not be maintained on a normal\nbasis, every effort was made by them to co-operate with this Branch to make sure\nthat elevating devices were operating safely for institutional and public use. The\nInspectors performed commendably during this very difficult period.\nTo achieve greater safety for the occupants of buildings, when elevators become\nstalled in hoistways, and when fire and smoke create emergency conditions for both\npassengers and firemen, all owners of existing passenger elevators where officially\nnotified that approved \"emergency lighting\" would have to be installed in such\nelevators by the end of 1973, to conform with our regulations.\nThe Canadian Standards Association, Standard B44-1971, Safety Code for\nElevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks, was published for distribution this year, and, of course, is being applied under the authority of the Factories\nAct. The amendments and additions to the Code were very extensive and obviously\nof great import to the elevator industry, architects, professional engineers, contractors, and owners.\nThe Canadian Standards Association also published an entirely new code this\nyear, known as the CSA Standard Z 185-1972, Safety Code for Workmen's Hoists\nTower and Cantilever Types, which will also be enforced by the elevator inspectorate\nof the Branch. This code applies to the design, construction, installation, operation,\ninspection, testing, maintenance, alterations, and repairs of the tower structures and\nhoists. This type of hoist is designed to carry both workmen and material connected\nwith a building project.\nSince both these codes have been adopted throughout Canada by provincial\nGovernments, it permits hoist manufacturers anywhere in Canada or elsewhere to\ndesign and manufacture to meet the specifications of one code, rather than varying\nregulations of different enforcing authorities.\nSince all provinces are represented on the Code Committee, as well as manufacturers and other interested bodies, it also fosters a better technical consensus\nthan could be otherwise achieved.\nTechnical Services Division\nThroughout the year under review, technical consultations have been on a continuing basis with other departments of the Government, the Canadian Standards\nAssociation, Associate Committee of the National Building Code, and various manufacturers' groups. We are particularly pleased this year to have met with the execu-\n R 26\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\ntives of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association,\nB.C. Chapter, to discuss our mutual responsibilities relating to the expanding technology of heating, exhaust systems, and air-conditioning. It appears that we can\ncontinue an effective relationship in this area through seminars and periodic meetings.\nAlso, we have continued our seminars on protective maintenance of elevating\ndevices for operating staff members of hospitals, and those in Provincial Government\nbuildings.\nSummary of Inspections and Plan Approvals\nThe following itemization lists the number of inspections conducted, during the\nyear 1972, relating to factories, stores, and offices, elevating devices, and the number\nof directives issued to owners and employers pertinent to these inspections. The\nnumber of engineering plans and specifications approved for construction are also\nstipulated.\nInspections\nFactories, offices, stores\nElevating devices\t\nTotal\n5,559\n4,473\n10,032\nDirectives\nFactories, offices, stores\nElevating devices\t\nTotal\n2,843\n4,265\n7,108\nEngineering Plan and Specification Approvals\nFactories\t\nElevating devices\nTotal ...\n866\n288\n1,154\nConclusion\nIn concluding this report I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge\nthe assistance given to this Branch during the year by the other departments of the\nGovernment, the Canada Department of Labour, Building Inspectors, Public Health\nInspectors, employers, employees, trade unions, architects, and engineers.\nRespectfully submitted.\nD. Forrest\nChief Inspector\n HUMAN RIGHTS BRANCH\nR 27\nReport of Human Rights Branch\nPersonnel, Human Rights Commission\nHeadquarters ------ Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nChairman:\nW. H. Sands ----- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nV ice-Chairmen:\nJ. R. Edgett ----- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nJohn Melville - - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nMembers:\nCharles Murdoch - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nR. S. S. Wilson - - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nDavid H. Chapman - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nRoland K. Gervin - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nSecretary:\nFrank B. Hilton - Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nDirector, Human Rights Act:\nJohn C. Sherlock - - - - Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to present the annual report of the Human Rights\nBranch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nThe Human Rights Branch received 275 complaints during the year 1972 by\nletter, telephone, and by personal visits to the Branch office. The majority of these\ncomplaints were beyond the scope of the legislation. However, disregarding legal\nauthority, an endeavour was made in most cases to assist the complainants. For\nexample, 63 complaints of discrimination received from female dietary aides at\nRiverview Hospital were investigated, despite the Branch's lack of jurisdiction.\nGovernment agencies such as the Riverview Hospital are not bound by the statute.\nThese 63 complaints have not been added to the sum total of complaints received\nby the Branch during 1972. Because Branch-initiated complaints directed against\ndiscriminatory advertising require brief involvement, these complaints also are not\nnow added to the sum total of complaints as heretofore. The number of complaints\nreceived and noted above as opposed to the number of complaints noted in the 1971\nAnnual Report is a reflection of this policy change.\nIn 47 instances the complaints were required to be formally processed and\nofficers were appointed. Officers were successful in settling 24 of these complaints,\neight were judged to be without merit, five cases were heard by the Human Rights\nCommission, and 10 are currently being investigated. Noteworthy among these\nformal complaints is the fact that a large number centre around the equal pay pro-\n R 28\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nvisions of the Human Rights Act, section 4. Some of these complaints concerning\nequal pay were initiated by the complainants with the help of the Status of Women\nCouncil of British Columbia.\nTwo of these complaints received a great deal of publicity, both on television\nand in the newspapers, concerning a firm in Vancouver which performed the service\nof supplying office help to various employers. Two women employed by them as\nsales representatives lodged complaints that they were being paid less than their male\ncounterpart, a salesman employed there at the same time. There was an effort made\nto reconcile this dispute in its initial stages, both by the appointed officer and by the\nDirector; however, it finally was required to be placed before the Human Rights\nCommission. Both parties were represented by counsel and the Commission found\nagainst the employer and issued an order that the women be paid at the same rate\nof pay as their male counterpart. Prior to receiving the order the employer discharged the young women for an alleged misdemeanor and the complainants lodged\na further complaint with the Commission that they felt they had been discharged\nbecause they had made the complaint. This was retaliation, they alleged, and a\nviolation of section 5 (c) of the Human Rights Act. The Commission heard both\nparties, both represented again by counsel, and the Commission found against the\nemployer and ordered the two women to be reinstated and paid the money lost as a\nresult of their discharge.\nAnother complaint under the equal pay provisions of the Act was made by a\nwoman employee who was leaving the Province. Prior to her leaving she was required to train her male replacement, who was hired at a higher rate of pay. The\ndelegated officer was successful in settling this woman's complaint of discrimination\nand she was paid $239.25 lost by reason of the contravention.\nComplaints were lodged by women employed by the three major departmental\nstores in the Lower Mainland and Victoria. These complaints were all resolved at\nthe officers' stage when the employers made the necessary adjustments. In one particular instance, at the department store in Victoria, the dispute was reconciled when\nthe employer agreed to post in a suitable place in his establishment a scroll which\nhas been designed by the Branch and which states the principles embodied in the\nHuman Rights Act. The employer signed this scroll, which advises its readers of his\nsupport of these principles.\nSeveral complaints under the provisions of section 5 were received and processed. This is the particular section which prohibits, among other restrictions,\ndiscrimination in employment on the basis of sex. Noteworthy among these was a\ncomplaint from a woman employed as a waitress in a cocktail lounge in the Vancouver area. The new owner had refused to continue to employ her because he\nthought the patrons were too rowdy for a woman to be involved, and as a consequence a complaint was lodged with the Branch. After a meeting with the complainant, her union representative, and the respondent employer, the woman was\nrehired and paid the money lost by reason of the job refusal and the matter was\nreconciled at that level. However, it came to the attention of the Branch that after\none shift the complainant had quit.\nAnother complaint of interest was lodged by a young married woman, a reporter for one of the newspapers in Victoria, who charged she was being discriminated against on the basis of sex because she was refused medical coverage for her\nhusband who was unemployed. She pointed out that males employed by the newspaper were granted full medical coverage for their wives and families on a contributory basis and she felt that denying her the right to cover her husband was discrimination on the basis of sex. This matter was brought to the attention of the manager\n HUMAN RIGHTS BRANCH\nR 29\nof the newspaper by the Director and after some consultation it was agreed by the\nmanager to extend the same coverage to the females employed by the newspaper\nas the coverage extended to the male employees.\nAnother complaint on the basis of sex discrimination was lodged by a young\nman who had applied for entry as a student nurse at one of the Victoria hospitals\nand was refused. He laid a complaint under section 5, charging discrimination on\nthe basis of sex. While section 11 (2) of the Human Rights Act exempts hospitals,\nas nonprofit organizations, from the provisions of section 5 of the Act, it was felt\nthat the matter was worthy of investigation. As a result of the investigation it was\nfound that the hospital did not have the facilities to accommodate male student\nnurses. It was pointed out, and the young man was made aware, that another hospital in the Victoria area did, in fact, have these facilities and could accept male\nstudent nurses. As a result of these disclosures to the young man, his complaint was\nwithdrawn.\nA complaint was received from a white male person who had applied for a\njob as a busboy in one of the large hotels in Vancouver and who was allegedly told\nthat they only hired Chinese for this particular function. He made a formal complaint, which was subsequently investigated by the appointed officer. It was discovered he had misinterpreted what was alleged to have been said to him when he\napplied for the job and he was shown that, in fact, there were also whites employed\nas busboys in this hotel. The complainant then asked that his complaint be withdrawn.\nPursuant to the provisions of section 7 of the Act, a number of application for\nemployment forms were examined and found to contain questions which were discriminatory. These forms were subsequently corrected.\nDiscriminatory advertising in the help-wanted sections of the daily newspapers\nwith respect to age continue to appear despite the fact that most newspapers head\ntheir classified columns with a notice advising the public of the requirements of the\nHuman Rights Act. The offending advertiser is advised by the Branch of his responsibility under the law and supplied with a summary of the Act and a list of\nguidelines for use in this type of advertising. Noteworthy is the fact that only in\nthe area of age discrimination can criticism be directed against the news media,\nand even in this area there has been a considerable diminution of discriminatory\nadvertising.\nTwo complaints concerning discrimination in accommodation prohibited by\nsection 9 of the Act were investigated. One complaint on the basis of the colour\nof the tenancy-seeker was felt to be without merit when it was discovered the landlord had coloured tenants in other houses he owned. One complaint was made\non the basis of the religion of the tenant who had received a notice to vacate when\nthe landlord discovered he had erected a shrine in the house and was burning incense. Subsequent to the investigation, the complainant withdrew his complaint.\nAn aldermanic candidate charged the City of Victoria with a violation of the\nprovisions of section 10 of the Act, which among other restrictions prohibits the\npublication of any notice, sign, symbol, emblem, or other representation indicating\ndiscrimination, or an intention to discriminate, against any person or any class of\npersons for any purpose because of the race, religion, colour, nationality, ancestry, or\nplace of origin of that person or class of persons. Approximately 1,000 letters had\nbeen mailed by the City of Victoria to ratepayers with surnames that sounded East\nIndian or Chinese, informing them that they must declare their Canadian citizenship\nbefore they would be allowed to vote. Many of these ratepayers were Canadian\nborn. The matter was satisfactorily settled by the investigating officer upon the\n R 30\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nwritten assurance from the City Clerk that the practice would be discontinued and\nthat in future there will be one list of voters only, and the onus will be on all individuals to ensure they are Canadian citizens or British subjects.\nThe Director has been a member of television panel shows on the subject of\nhuman rights and has been a guest speaker before law classes at high schools and\nat the University of British Columbia. Administrative groups, service clubs, and\nhuman rights groups have also been addressed by the Director. Complimentary\ncopies of the Human Rights Act have been distributed at these gatherings and by\nmail to persons requiring such information. Approximately 500 copies of the\nstatute have been distributed in this manner.\nThe Human Rights Branch wishes to gratefully acknowledge the co-operation\nof the B.C. Human Rights Council, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the Status\nof Women Council of British Columbia, the Victoria Status of Women Action Group,\nthe Vancouver Labour Committee for Human Rights, the United Nations Association\u2014Victoria Branch, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the B.C. Non-Status Indians' Association, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, and all those persons who have\ncontributed so much to the furtherance of the principle that every person is free and\nequal in dignity and rights without regard to race, religion, sex, colour, nationality,\nancestry, or place of origin.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJohn C. Sherlock\nDirector, Human Rights Act\n LABOUR RELATIONS BRANCH\nR 31\nReport of the Labour Relations Branch\nPersonnel, Labour Relations Board\nChairman:\nW. H. Sands ----- Parliament Buildings, Victoria\nV ice-Chairmen:\nJ. R. Edgett ----- Parliament Buildings, Victoria\n- 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nJohn Melville\nMembers:\nCharles Murdoch - - 411 Dunsmuir\nR. K. Gervin - - - 411 Dunsmuir\nR. S. S. Wilson - - - 411 Dunsmuir\nDavid H. Chapman - - 411 Dunsmuir\nMrs. Emily Ostapchuk - 411 Dunsmuir\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nStreet, Vancouver 3.\nChief Executive Officer and Registrar:\nGerald H. O'Neill\nDeputy Registrars:\nR. J. Weir - - - -\nH. E. Stennett - - -\nSecretary:\nFrank B. Hilton\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\n- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\n- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\n- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to present the annual report of the Labour Relations\nBranch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nApplications for Certification\nIn 1972 there were 1,131 applications for certification. This represents an\nincrease of 127 over the number which was received in 1971. There were 811\ncertifications ordered, compared with 667 in 1971, and 212 were rejected, while 237\nwere in this category in 1971.\nThere were 88 complaints filed with the Labour Relations Board under section\n7 of the Act. This is an increase of nine over the number which was filed in the\nprevious year. Forty-two orders were issued by the Labour Relations Board pursuant to this section of the Act. In 10 instances, settlements were effected by an\nOfficer of the Department.\nThe Labour Relations Board met on 116 occasions and held 42 hearings, compared with 113 meetings and 34 hearings in 1971.\nSettlement of Grievances\nProvisions of section 22 (4) of the Labour Relations Act continued to be\nwidely used. The section provides that, at any time prior to the appointment of a\nBoard of Arbitration or other body, either party to the collective agreement may\n R 32\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nrequest the Registrar in writing to appoint an Officer of the Department of Labour\nto confer with the parties to assist them to settle the difference. The Officer, after\nconferring with the parties, may make a report to the Registrar, and the report may\nbe referred to the Labour Relations Board. The Board may, if in its opinion the\ndifference is arbitrable, refer the matter back to the parties or inquire into it and,\nfollowing such inquiry, make an order for final and conclusive settlement of the\ndifference.\nUnder this section, out of 272 referrals, there were 152 settlements effected by\nOfficers of the Department, compared with 133 in 1971. Ninety-five orders were\nissued by the Board; in 21 instances the differences were referred back to the parties\nand in four cases it was found that the differences were not arbitrable.\nGrievance Procedure Provided\nSeven grievance procedures were provided by the Minister, pursuant to the\nprovisions of section 22 (2) of the Labour Relations Act.\nArbitration Boards\nWhere grievance procedures under collective agreements had been invoked and\nthe requisite applications made, chairmen were named to eight Arbitration Boards\nby the Minister of Labour, and four appointments were made to one-man Boards.\nThe Labour Relations Board appointed chairmen to three Arbitration Boards during\nthe year.\nAccreditations of Employers' Organizations\nDuring the year under review, accreditations of employers' organizations were\nordered in two instances. One accreditation was cancelled by the Labour Relations\nBoard. One application for accreditation was rejected, no applications were withdrawn. Three applications to vary accreditations were rejected and two applications\nto vary were withdrawn. Twenty-four applications to vary were granted by the\nBoard.\nTable I\u2014Analysis of Certifications issued to December 31, 1972\nTotal Number of\nEmployees Affected\nNumber of by Certification\nIndustry or Occupation Certifications Issued\nConstruction\u2014\nBoilermakers 6 147\nCarpenters 112 744\nElectrical 5 29\nIronworkers 40 171\nLabourers 102 846\nMiscellaneous 68 498\nPainting 8 26\nPile-drivers 2 7\nPlumbing 49 342\nSheet-metal workers 19 120\nTotals, construction 411 2,930\nLogging, lumbering, and sawmill 37 1,543\n LABOUR RELATIONS BRANCH\nR 33\nTable I\u2014Analysis of Certifications Issued to December 31, 1972\u2014Continued\nIndustry or Occupation\nManufacturing\u2014\nTotal Number of\nEmployees Affected\nNumber of by Certification\nCertifications Issued\nAutomotive repairs and garage 5\nBread and other bakery products 3\nFurniture and fixtures 3\nIron and steel products 8\nMachinery 5\nMiscellaneous 63\nPrinting and publishing 10\nPulp and paper 2\nScientific and professional equipment 1\nShip-building 2\nConcrete products manufacturing 3\nTotals, manufacturing 105\nMining 2\nService\u2014\u25a0\nBuilding maintenance\t\nEducation \t\nHealth\t\nHotels \t\nLabour organizations\t\nLaundries \t\nOther services\t\nRestaurants, cafes, taverns and catering\n2\n4\n46\n18\n1\n1\n39\n23\nTotals, service 134\nPublic administration and defence 8\nTrade-\nAutomobiles and accessories 8\nBuilding material and supplies 10\nDrugs 10\nGroceries and meats 16\nMachinery and equipment 2\nRetail trade 5\nWholesale trade 9\nTotals, trade\t\n60\nTransportation, storage, and communications\u2014\nStorage and warehouse 6\nTruck transportation 46\nTaxi 1\nWater systems 1\nTotals, transportation, etc 54\nGrand totals 811\n63\n110\n33\n52\n52\n,587\n115\n72\n13\n34\n125\n8\n230\n864\n670\n4\n30\n534\n526\n168\n73\n472\n220\n8\n50\n101\n45\n391\n3\n5\n3,256\n284\n2,866\n91\n1,092\n444\n12,506\n R 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable II\u2014Comparison of Cases Dealt With by Labour Relations Board,\n1971 and 1972\nApplications for certification\u2014\nCertifications ordered \t\nDec. 31.\n1971\n667\n237\n100\nDec. 31,\n1972\n811\nApplications rejected\t\nApplications withdrawn _ _ \t\n212\n108\nTotal applications\t\n1,004\n1,131\nVotes ordered \t\n21\n46\nVariance of certification\u2014\nCertifications varied\n553\n75\n11\n605\nApplications rejected ...\n48\nApplications withdrawn ___ \t\n19\nTotals\t\n639\n88\n2\n672\nDeclaration of successor status\u2014\nDeclarations given\t\nDeclarations rejected \t\n435\n33\nWithdrawn \t\n2\nTotals \t\n90\n470\nCancellation of certification\u2014\nCertifications cancelled \t\n92\n44\n5\n142\nApplications rejected\t\nApplications withdrawn ... ... . \t\n44\n7\nTotals \t\n141\n193\nVotes ordered . . .\n4\n1\nApplications to alter rates of pay, etc.\u2014\nApplications granted\t\nApplications rejected _ \t\n3\n2\n6\n4\nTotals \t\n5\n10\nComplaints under section 7\u2014\nOrders issued - . \t\n26\n30\n7\n16\n42\nComplaints rejected - __ ..\n15\nSettlements effected by Officer of the Department\nComplaints withdrawn . ... \t\n10\n21\nTotals \t\n79\n88\n LABOUR RELATIONS BRANCH\nR 35\nTable II\u2014Comparison of Cases Dealt With by Labour Relations Board,\n1971 and 1972\u2014Continued\nAppeals from decisions\u2014\u25a0\nAppeals granted . ...\nDec. 31,\n1971\n19\n64\n1\nDec. 31,\n1972\n19\nAppeals dismissed _ -\n77\nAppeals withdrawn _\n3\nTotals \t\n84\n99\nAppointments, Arbitration Board chairman\u2014appointments made \u2014_ \t\n9\n3\nAppointments, member to Arbitration Board\u2014\u25a0\nApplications rejected \t\n5\n2\n5\n6\nApplications withdrawn - ... _.\n8\nAppointments made by parties following application to Board \t\n8\nDisputes resolved by Officer of Department\n6\nTotals _ \t\n12\n28\nRequests for decisions under section 65\u2014\nDecisions made ~\n374\n12\n431\nRequests withdrawn \t\n13\nTotals \t\n386\n444\nApplications under section 66(a)\u2014settlement effected\nby Officer of Department _ \t\n1\nApplications for an Officer under section 22 (4)\u2014\nSettlements effected by Officer of Department\t\nOrders issued ... ~ \t\n133\n70\n19\n2\n152\n95\nReferred back to parties _\nQuestions not arbitrable\n21\n4\nTotals .... \t\n224\n272\nApplications for accreditation\u2014\nAccreditations ordered _..\n7\n1\n1\n21\n2\nApplications rejected \t\nApplications withdrawn \t\nAccreditations varied \t\n1\n24\nApplications to vary rejected . \t\n3\nApplications to vary withdrawn\t\nAccreditations cancelled \t\n2\n1\nTotals \t\n30\n33\nHearings held\n34\n113\n42\nNumber of times the Board met\t\n116\n R 36\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nOther statistics outlining details of trade union membership and affiliations are\ncontained in the statistical supplement at the end of the Annual Report. A summary\nof labour disputes is also contained in that section.\nRespectfully submitted.\nGerald H. O'Neill\nChief Executive Officer and Registrar,\nLabour Relations Branch\n LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH\nR 37\nReport of Labour Standards Branch\nHead office _.__._._.- Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nW. J. D. Hoskyn ---------- Director.\nR. P. Sollis --------- Assistant Director.\nJ. A. Laffling - Supervisor, Labour Standards Branch, Vancouver.\nW. D. Purdy Assistant Supervisor, Labour Standards Branch, Vancouver.\nBranch Offices\nCourthouse, Cranbrook.\nBritish Columbia Vocational School,\nDawson Creek.\n322 Seymour Street, Kamloops.\nCourthouse, Kelowna.\nCourthouse, Mission.\nCourthouse, Nanaimo.\nCourthouse, Nelson.\nCourthouse, Prince George.\nCourthouse, Terrace.\n411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver.\nCourthouse, Williams Lake.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to present the annual report of the Labour Standards\nBranch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nIndustrial Relations Officers made a total of 48,611 calls to administer statutes\nthat the Labour Standards Branch is responsible for, including those calls necessary\nwith regard to the Labour Relations Act and the Human Rights Act. Departmental\ncars used by officers travelled 372,991 miles in this connection.\nRoutine inspections were completed throughout the year in order to acquaint\nboth employers and employees with the legislation administered by the Branch and\nto ensure employees were receiving their rights under the legislation. Adjustments\nwere effected both to employees' wages and with regard to their conditions of\nemployment.\nEleven Branch offices located throughout the Province are available to employers, employees, and other interested parties who required information regarding\nlegislation.\nComplaints received by the Branch required investigation by officers. Where\nthe legislation was not being complied with, adjustments to employees' working\nconditions and (or) to the wages due to employees were required. The major portion\nof complaints were concerning the nonpayment of wages. Routine inspections and\ncomplaint investigations resulted in wage, annual holiday pay, general holiday pay,\nand minimum wage adjustments being made to 8,849 employees from 4,450 employers, and amounted to $961,899.14.\nFour hundred and thirty-three certificates were issued by the Board of Industrial Relations under the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act; they were on\nbehalf of 2,251 employees. One hundred and fifty-six demand notices were issued.\nIncreasing difficulties have been encountered in enforcing payment to an employee\nof his wages, this is evident from the increased assistance required from legal sources\nand from the number of bankruptcy and Court proceedings being taken.\nEmployment agencies were inspected to ensure the proprietors were complying\nwith the Employment Agencies Act and in addition were complying with the\nHuman Rights Act; 76 registrations were issued following these inspections.\n R 38\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nUnder the terms of the Control of Employment of Children Act, 300 permits\nwere issued to employers aUowing them to employ a child. In each case, investigation was made to ensure that the work was not dangerous or that it would not\nadversely affect the health or schooling of the child.\nLegislation administered by the Labour Standards Branch was effective in\nsecuring adjustments for employees, which are recorded in the following table:\nPayment of Wages Act\n1971\nCertificates made1 under section 5 (1) (c) 393\nCertificates confirmed2 under section 5 (2) (a) 304\nCertificates cancelled3 under section 5 (2) (_.) (ii) 6\nCertificates cancelled4 and remade under section 5 (2)\n(b) (i) \t\nCertificates paid before confirmation5\t\nCertificates paid before filed in Court6\t\nCertificates confirmed under section 5 (2) (a) and made\nunder section 5 (2) (_>) (i) filed with Registrar of7\u2014\nCounty Court\t\nSupreme Court\t\nAppeals under section 5 (4)\t\nDemands made under section 6\n(1)\n1 Forty-four certificates made in 1972 pending at December 31, 1972.\n2 Thirty-seven certificates made in 1971 confirmed in 1972.\n3 Three certificates made in 1971 cancelled in 1972.\n\u25a0* Four certificates made in 1971 cancelled and remade in 1972.\n5 Three certificates made in 1971 paid before confirmation.\n6 No certificates paid before filing in Court.\n7 Forty-one certificates made in 1971 and filed in Court in 1972.\n6\n30\n48\n1972\n433\n334\n17\n30\n39\n232\n260\n30\n35\n2\n1\n386\n156\nComparison of Investigations and Wage Adjustments, 1971 and 1972\nInspections and investigations\nIndustrial Relations Officers ._\n48,245\n43\n1972\n48,611\n44\nAnnual and General Holidays Act-\nFirms involved \t\nEmployees affected\t\nArrears paid \t\nFemale Minimum Wage Act1\u2014\nFirms involved \t\nEmployees affected\t\nArrears paid\t\nMale Minimum Wage Act1-\nFirms involved \t\nEmployees affected\t\nArrears paid\t\n1,371\n2,551\n$117,761.01\n156\n400\n$14,845.15\n210\n556\n$33,863.89\n1,378\n2,426\n$119,468.79\ni Female Minimum Wage Act rescinded and Male Minimum Wage Act amended to Minimum Wage Act\nin 1972.\n LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH\nR 39\nComparison of Investigations and Wage Adjustments,\n1971 and 1972\u2014Continued\n1971\nMinimum Wage Act1\u2014\nFirms involved \t\nEmployees affected \t\nArrears paid\t\nPayment of Wages Act-\nFirms involved ....\nEmployees affected\n2,690\n5,549\nArrears paid $621,729.78\n1972\n262\n620\n$48,022.51\n2,810\n5,803\n$794,406.84\nTotal adjustments $788,099.83 $961,899.14\ni Female Minimum Wage Act rescinded and Male Minimum Wage Act amended to Minimum Wage Act\nin 1972.\nCourt Cases\nWhen employers fail to co-operate with the Department in the matter of compliance with the provisions of the orders and regulations administered by the Labour\nStandards Branch, action is taken through the Courts in order to obtain compliance\nwith the legislation. A summary of Court cases during the year 1972 follows:\nCourt Cases of the Year 1972\nName of Act\nNumber of\nEmployers\nCharges\nConvictions\nDismissals\nPayment oj Wages Act \t\n1\n1\n1\n_..\n1\n1\n1\nControl of Employment of Children Act\nUnless a permit has been granted to the employer by the Minister of Labour\nor a person duly authorized by him to issue such permits, the employment of children under 15 years of age in certain designated occupations or industries is prohibited by the Control of Employment of Children Act.\nIn order that the health and scholastic standing of the children will not be adversely affected by their work in industry or business, the Department works in\nclose co-operation with the school authorities and the parents or guardians of the\nchildren. Permits are issued only when it has been established that the child's\nhealth will not suffer, and that the work will not expose the boy or girl to unsafe\nconditions or interfere with their standing in school.\nThe Schedule to the Act specifies and defines the occupations or industries for\nwhich permits are required; these include\n(1) manufacturing industry;\n(2) ship-building industry;\n(3) generation of electricity or motive power of any kind;\n(4) Logging industry;\n(5) construction industry;\n R 40\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n(6) catering industry;\n(7) public places of amusement;\n(8) mercantile industry;\n(9) shoe-shine stands;\n(10) automobile service-stations;\n(11) transportation industry;\n(12) laundry, cleaning, and dyeing industry.\nSummary of Permits Issued for the Year 1972\nDistrict\nM\nu\n00\nM\no\n0\n-S\nc\ncd\nU\nU\nc\n%\na\n0\no\nc\ns\nc\n0\n0\n1\no\nS\nc\nZ\no\no\no\nc\nu\nrt\no\nH\n>\n3\nG\nc\nrt\n>\nC3\no\n>\n0\na\nTotal\n1\nfi\n.\n1\n.4\n1\n46\n11\n1\n4\n30\n1\n4\n1\n6\n8\n7\n2\n7\n6\n21\nfi\n4\n1\n2\n95\n19\n7\n1\n5\n7\n12\nManufacturing-\t\n2\n1\n1\n1\n6\n1\n1\n12\n25\nMercantile _\t\nS\n1\n9\n4\n7\ns\n1\n.\n?\n71\n9\n62\n10\n7\n.\nfi\n?\n1\n1\n.\n1\n1\n39\n1\n1\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n1\n1\n28\n14\n48\n17\n15\n28\ni\n17\n10\n101\n16\n5\n300\nEmployment Agencies Act\nThis statute requires persons operating an employment agency to register with\nthe Department of Labour. The Act does not apply to a person operating an employment agency for the sole purpose of hiring employees exclusively for one employer, or trade unions within the meaning of the Labour Relations Act. During\nthe year 1972 the following employment agencies were registered with the Department:\nA.B.C. Employment Services, 100, 395 West Broadway, Vancouver 10.\nAble Personnel, 208, 1956 West Broadway, Vancouver 9.\nAccounting Personnel Services (division of H.S. Services), 509, 1200 West\nPender Street, Vancouver.\nAccounting Placements, 819 East Seventh Street, North Vancouver.\nAcme Personnel Service Ltd., 402, 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver.\nActive Personnel & Business Services Ltd., 4, 2571 Shaughnessy Street, Port\nCoquitlam.\nAnderson's Babysitting Agency, 412 East 16th Street, North Vancouver.\nB.C. Central Credit Union, 885 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver.\nB.C. Management Recruiters Ltd., 309, 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver.\nB.C. Personnel (division of Pacific Personnel Ltd.), 1250 Toronto Dominion\nBank Tower (Box 10050), Vancouver.\nBeacon Employment Service, 1, 119 West Broadway, Vancouver 10.\nRamona Beauchamp Model Agency, 708, 1666 Pendrell Street, Vancouver 5.\nBetterstaff Business Services Ltd., 670a No. 3 Road, Richmond.\nDave Boddy's Service Ltd., 207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3.\nBrockton Employment Agencies Ltd., 714, 128 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 5.\n LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH\nR 41\nCampbell River Woods Employment Agency, 150 St. Ann's Road, Campbell\nRiver.\nCareer Personnel, 117, 543 Seymour Street, Vancouver 2.\nCentennial Personnel, 8, 6035 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby 1.\nH. V. Chapman & Associates Ltd., 1495, Two Bentall Centre, Vancouver.\nChinese Employment Bureau, 636 Main Street, Vancouver.\nContact Personnel Ltd., 1013, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nAnthony Copeman, Engineer (division of Copeman Employment Agencies),\n3107, 1733 Comox Street, Vancouver 5.\nComputech Consulting Canada Ltd., 1404, 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nDemonstrators Bureau, 3122 Wellington Avenue, North Burnaby.\nDictaphone Corporation Ltd. (Dot Personnel Services), 402, 602 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 2.\nDimension Personnel (division of EDP Industries Ltd.), 581 Hornby Street,\nVancouver.\nDumaresq Loggers Agency Ltd., 328 Carrall Street, Vancouver 4.\nDrake International Ltd. (dba Drake Personnel), 151 Bloor Street West, Toronto 5, Ont. (595 Hornby Street, Vancouver 1).\nDrake International Ltd. (dba Drake Personnel), 895 Fort Street, Victoria.\nDunhill Personnel Recruitment Ltd., 220, 1155 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 5.\nE. H. Edge & Associates, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 1.\nElan Data Makers Ltd., 814 Richards Street, Vancouver 2.\nThe 500 Selection Services (Western) Ltd., 2500, 1177 West Hastings Street,\nVancouver 1.\nJapanese Employment Service Center (a division of Daisy Lake Enterprise\nLtd.), 1374 Park Drive, Vancouver 14.\nJohn W. A. Fleury & Associates Ltd., 220, 1155 West Georgia Street, Vancouver.\nFortico Selective Placement Service, 1808 West Broadway, Vancouver 9.\nGirl Friday Service Ltd., 806 Granville Avenue, Richmond.\nGirl Friday Vancouver, 618, 510 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 2.\nHannah, Turner & Associates Ltd., 612 East Broadway, Vancouver 10.\nHelpful Aunts Bureau, 4049 West 31st Avenue, Vancouver 8.\nHelping Hands, 2206 Haversley, Coquitlam.\nHospitality Personnel Services, 7965 Granville Street, Vancouver 14.\nKates, Peat, Marwick & Co., 1101, 900 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nLamond, Dewhurst, Westcott & Fraser Ltd., 1112 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1.\nThe Loggers' Agency Ltd., 415 Carrall Street, Vancouver 4.\nMartha's Home Aides, 2933 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver 8.\nThe Medical Office Assistants' Association of B.C., 806 Granville Street, Richmond.\nMennonite Bethel Agency, 490 East 43rd Avenue, Vancouver 15.\nMis-Jo Office Services Ltd., 402, 535 West Georgia Street, Vancouver.\nNorth Shore Business Services, 126 West 15th Street, North Vancouver.\nOffice Assistance Vancouver Ltd., 873 Westview Crescent, North Vancouver.\nPersonnel Service, 114 Sixth Street, New Westminster.\nPhilcan Personnel Service, 5022 Victoria Drive, Vancouver 16.\nPhysicians Replacement Service, 870 Wildwood Lane, West Vancouver.\n R 42\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nProfessional Personnel, 121 West Broadway, Vancouver 10.\nReliable Baby Sitting Agency, 214 Harper Street, Prince George.\nP. S. Ross & Partners, 1500, 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nRuby's Baby Sitting Bureau, 3038 East 59th Avenue, Vancouver 16.\nSamson Belair Riddell Stead Inc., 1960, 505 Burrard Street, Vancouver 1.\nSelect Office Services Ltd., 5742\u2014176th Street, Cloverdale, Surrey.\nC. G. Shearing & Associates Ltd., 1, 1350 West Pender Street, Vancouver 5,\nSnelling & Snelling Personnel, 104, 2590 Granville Street, Vancouver 9.\nStevenson & Kellogg Ltd., Ninth Floor, 1112 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1.\nTechnical Service Council, 1199 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1.\nThome, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson, 305, 645 Fort Street, Victoria.\nThorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson (The Thome Group Ltd.), 2400,\n1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nToms Personnel, 5621\u2014176A Street, Surrey.\nToner's Hiring Service, 912, 207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3.\nTulk Personnel Ltd., 425, 736 Granville Street, Vancouver 2.\nThe Vancouver World of Personnel, 102, 1644 West Broadway, Vancouver.\nVersatile Personnel Ltd., 30, 448 Seymour Street, Vancouver 2.\nVictor Business Services (Victor Comptometer Ltd.), 718 Granville Street,\nVancouver 2.\nWalker-Davies Consultants, 219, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver 2.\nWoods, Gordon & Co., 409 Granville Street, Vancouver.\nXCS Management Ltd., 420, 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver 3.\nZee-Jay Accounting Machine Operators Ltd., 1905 Mathers Avenue, West\nVancouver.\nDuring the year the Director and certain members of the staff have spoken on\na number of occasions to groups of employers, trade unions, and students regarding\nthe application of labour standards legislation. We are pleased to offer this service\nand wish to express sincere appreciation of the co-operation given by organizations,\ntrade unions, employers, and employees to the staff of the Labour Standards Branch\nin the administration of its duties in the year 1972.\nRespectfully submitted.\nW. J. D. Hoskyn\nDirector, Labour Standards Branch\n MEDIATION SERVICES BRANCH\nR 43\nReport of the Mediation Services Branch\nHead office\nR. A. MacDonald\n1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1.\nDirector\nMediation Officers:\nG. C. Leonidas\nP. G. DOWDING\nC. M. GlLMOUR\nE. C. Sims\nC. Stewart\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to present the annual report of the Mediation Services\nBranch for the year ended December 31, 1972.\nThe provisions of the Mediation Commission Act dealing with mediation procedures of the Mediation Commission ceased to be effective from the coming into\neffect of the Mediation Services Act on November 20, 1972.\nThis report reflects the activities of the Mediation Officers during 1972, pursuant to procedures under both Acts.\nDuring the period to November 20, 1972, under procedures of the Mediation\nCommission Act, Mediation Officers were appointed in 224 disputes involving 1,495\nemployers and 89,363 employees. On November 20, 1972, under procedures of\nthe Mediation Services Act, Mediation Officers were reappointed in the 13 continuing disputes, thus providing an uninterrupted service of mediation. In addition\nto the 13 reappointments, Mediation Officers were appointed in 29 disputes under\nprocedures of the Mediation Services Act during the period from November 20 to\nthe end of the year, bringing the total appointments to 253 for 1972, involving\n1,525 employers, 1,602 bargaining units, and 92,944 employees.\nSettlements by Mediation Officers\nOf the 243 appointments of Mediation Officers completed during the year,\nsettlements were reached by the parties in 173 disputes with the assistance of a\nMediation Officer.\nAppointments continued from 1971 45\nAppointments made to November 20 (less 13 continuing) 211\nAppointments made November 20 to December 31 42\n298\nAppointments rescinded 20\nAppointments continuing at December 31, 1972 35\n\u2014 -55\nTotal appointments completed, 1972 243\n R 44\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nSettlements\u2014\u25a0\nDuring term of Officer's appointment\nFollowing report of the Officer\t\n162\n11\nTotal settlements, 1972\nNumber of employers involved\t\n173\n1,525\nNumber of bargaining units involved 1,602\nNumber of employees involved 92,944\nUnder procedures of the Mediation Commission Act, the Mediation Commission held hearings and made decisions in five disputes. Three of these hearings\nwere as a result of Orders in Council, decisions thereof binding the parties. Of the\nremaining two hearings, the parties reached agreement by further negotiations in\none instance and the parties accepted the decision in the other instance.\nRespectfully submitted.\nR. A. MacDonald\nDirector, Mediation Services Branch\n RESEARCH BRANCH\nR 45\nReport of the Research Branch\nHead office\nG. D. Bishop\nParliament Buildings, Victoria.\nDirector\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: The following presents the report of the Research Branch for 1972:\nDuring the year, considerable effort was again given to analysing information\nfor the various Boards and Branches of the Department. This internal function\nconsisted of preparing material dealing in particular with labour statistics, research\non labour standards, and industrial relations research.\nThe Research Branch also provided a growing service to trade unions, employers, and the public with information largely related to the contents of collective\nagreements. Our files of wage-rate data contained in collective agreements provided an invaluable source of information to personnel officers, labour and management negotiators. During the year the branch published a study entitled Wage\nand Work Guarantees in British Columbia Collective Agreements, which received\na very favourable response.\nWork was also completed on a further study on the analysis of major collective\nagreements in the Province. The latest detailed study entitled Analysis of Collective Agreements in British Columbia will be distributed in early 1973. This report\nanalyses 255 major agreements covering an estimated 181,260 employees. The\nstudy is divided into seven industrial divisions, including an industrial composite,\nand provides a comprehensive view of conditions of work within the unionized sector of each major industrial group.\nWork was also completed on a study of dental plans as these operate within\nthe collective agreement. This report, which will be released early in 1973, should\nbe of considerable interest to trade unions and management interested in this type\nof provision within their agreement.\nLate in 1972 the Research Branch took over the research function carried out\nwithin the former Mediation Commission. In this regard a monthly publication is\nnow being developed which will provide a vehicle for showing details of newly negotiated wage settlements and average wage settlements. This publication will\nalso provide a means of publishing current labour statistics as well as articles on\nlabour topics of general interest.\nThe Research Branch continued its co-operative programmes of labour research with other labour jurisdictions in Canada. This was accomplished through\nthe medium of the Research and Statistics Committee of the Canadian Association\nof Administrators of Labour Legislation. The undersigned attended the annual\nmeeting of the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation in\nHalifax and was elected to the executive of the Research and Statistics Committee\nfor 1973. The Branch also continued its participation in the Federal-Provincial\nManpower Needs Committee. Also, in the area of manpower research, the branch\nis participating with industry and labour and the Federal Department of Manpower\nin a study of labour-force requirements and socio-economic problems in the British\nColumbia forestry industry. Limitations of staff have curtailed further work in\n R 46\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nthe area of manpower adjustment programmes, but it is intended to pursue new\nareas of work as our staff is augmented.\nAn analytical and statistical supplement prepared by the Research Branch\nis found at the end of the Report. This section contains a comprehensive review\nof the labour sector of the British Columbia economy in 1972. A review of labour\ndisputes in the year is included, as is a review of developments within the Province's\nlabour movement. Directories of union and employers' organization officials round\nout the Report.\nRespectfully submitted.\nG. D. Bishop\nDirector, Research Branch\n TRADE-SCHOOLS REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE\nR 47\nReport of the Trade-schools Regulation\nAdministrative Office\nHead office\n411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nAdministrative Officers:\nMrs. C. K. Waddell\nCol. J. W. Inglis\nJohn Melville\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to present the annual report of the administration of\nthe Trade-schools Regulation Act \/or the year ended December 31, 1972.\nThe Trade-schools Administrative Officers met 11 times during the year for\nconsideration of all matters requiring their attention. Recommendations were\nmade to the Honourable the Minister in regard to registration, reregistration, requests for changes in tuition fees, requests for approval of new courses, and the\ngeneral conduct of private trade-schools, together with other matters regarding the\nadministration of the Act.\nAs of December 31, 1972, 107 schools were registered in accordance with\nthe Trade-schools Regulation Act in British Columbia to offer correspondence\ncourses, practical courses, or combined correspondence and practical training.\nNinety-four schools were reregistrations from the year 1971 and 13 new schools\nwere considered and recommended to the Honourable the Minister and approved\nfor certificate of registration during the year. Twenty-three schools discontinued\noperation in British Columbia in 1972.\nI am pleased to report that all schools registered under the Act have complied\nwith the revised General Regulations Governing Trade-schools and the Special\nRegulations Governing Correspondence and Home Study Schools in respect to the\nposting of the required performance bond under Order in Council approved November 25, 1971.\nAll schools offering practical training in British Columbia were visited and\ninspected at least twice during the year. Visits were also made to new schools\napplying for certificate of registration to operate in the Province in regard to the\nfacilities for training and the suitability of premises.\nSpecial visits were made to schools to attend to specific problems and complaints. In instances where complaints were received from students wishing to\ndiscontinue training and who had moneys owing to them by way of prepaid tuition\nfees, refunds were effected in accordance with the regulations.\nThe following is a list of schools reregistered for 1972, and the new schools\nregistered during the year, indicating the courses each school offers. The schools\nwhich discontinued operation during the year are also fisted.\nSchools Whose Registrations Were Renewed for 1972\nAlexander Hamilton Institute Ltd., 57 Bloor Street West, Toronto 5, Ont.: Modern\nbusiness course, seven-subject elective programme of modern business.\nArt Instruction Schools, Inc., 500 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 55415,\nU.S.A.: Advertising art, cartooning.\n R 48\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nAtlantic School, Inc., Canada Building, 374 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor, Ont.: Airline career training.\nCanadian Executive Counsel, The, Suite 311, 85 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ont., KIP\n5A7: Marketing management.\nCanadian Institute of Science & Technology Ltd., 263 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ont.: Mechanical engineering; civil and municipal engineering; electrical\nengineering; electronic and telecommunication engineering; chemistry and\nchemical engineering; forestry and wood technology; industrial management\nand production; commerce, business management and administration; computer\nprogramming; saleable writing; art and drawing; surveying and levelling; photography; music; complete architectural course; architecture draughting and\ndesign; architecture finals; heating and air-conditioning.\nCanadian Property Managers Association, Suite 311, 85 Sparks Street, Ottawa,\nOnt., KIP 5A7: Administration of property, property law, buildings.\nCanadian School of Tax Accounting, Suite 206, 69 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto,\nOnt.: Personal income tax.\nCareer Training, 3, 113\u201416 Avenue, Calgary 41, Alta.: Medical receptionist, hotel-\nmotel management.\nColumbia School of Broadcasting, 1902 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif.\n94109, U.S.A.: Radio-television announcing, radio and television commercial\nwriting.\nDeVry Institute of Technology of Canada, Ltd., 970 Lawrence Avenue West,\nToronto 1, Ont.: Television, communications (practical), electronic instrumentation (practical and correspondence), electronic engineering technology\n(practical and correspondence), electronic operation technology (correspondence), electronic operation technology and computer controls (correspondence), home electronic entertainment systems (correspondence), l.B.C.E.\ncomputer programming (correspondence), electronics communications (correspondence) .\nH. & M. Professional Training Institute Ltd., Room 4, 1609a Centre Street North,\nCalgary 41, Alta.: Medical receptionist.\nInternational Accountants Society (one of the Bell & Howell Schools, Inc.), 209\nWest Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 60606, U.S.A.: Accounting.\nInternational Career Academy of Canada Ltd., 8 King Street East, Toronto 1, Ont.:\nBroadcasting, medical assisting.\nInternational Correspondence Schools Canadian, Ltd., 7475 Sherbrooke Street\nWest, Montreal, Que.: Architecture; art; business training; chemistry; civil\nengineering; draughting; electrical engineering; general education; mechanical\nengineering; plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning; railroading; textiles;\ntraffic management; mining; domestic engineering; navigation; pulp and paper\nmaking; other courses, as listed in the Guidance Manual.\nLewis Hotel-Motel School (a wholly owned subsidiary of International Career\nAcademy of Canada Ltd.), 8 King Street East, Toronto 1, Ont.: Hotel-motel\nmanagement (practical and correspondence).\nMcGraw-Hill, Inc. (Continuing Education Division), 330 Progress Avenue, Scarborough, Ont.: NRI\u2014Television-radio servicing (without kits), (with black-\nwhite kits), (with colour television kits); complete communications; applied\nmathematics; electronics (basic, industrial, for automation); aircraft (marine\nand mobile communications). CREI\u2014Base Program 201 -f major elective\n TRADE-SCHOOLS REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE\nR 49\n(electronics engineering technology); Base Program 243 (modern electronics\nfor the broadcast engineer); Base Program 243-f-Option 240; Base Program\n204 (nuclear engineering technology).\nNational College of Home Study, 3300 Cavendish Boulevard, Montreal 261, Que.:\nBusiness management and accounting.\nNational Institute of Broadcasting, The, 410 Hart Building, 261 Fort Street, Winnipeg 2, Man.: Radio and television announcing, radio and television commercial\nwriting, radio and television advertising sales.\nNational Meat Packers Training, Inc., 3435 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 64111,\nU.S.A.: Principles of American meat packing.\nNorthern Institute of Technology (operating Radio College of Canada), 461 King\nStreet West, Toronto 2b, Ont.: Television and general electronics, electronic\nengineering technology, automation electronics technology, aeronautical electronics.\nPalmer Writers School, Inc., 500 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 55415,\nU.S.A.: Fiction writing, nonfiction writing.\nSpectrum Academy of the Arts Ltd., 308, 4695 Imperial Street, Burnaby 1: Art.\nTech-Aids Co. (Canada), 2675 Oak Street, Vancouver 9: Building construction\nestimating technology, construction blueprint reading.\nA.B.C. Dress Designing School, 4009 Cambie Street, Vancouver 9: Dressmaking\nand designing.\nAdvance Business College, 136 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3: General office\ntraining (clerical), secretarial, junior management, powereading, executive\nsecretarial, legal secretarial, medical secretarial, Gregg Shorthand Home Study\nCourses.\nAutolec National Educational Program, 1025 Howe Street, Vancouver 1: Automotive electrical and tune-up.\nBeauty School of Northern Interior, 3671\u201415th Avenue, Prince George: Hair-\ndressing.\nBlair's School of Hairdressing Ltd., 3203\u201431st Avenue, Vernon: Hairdressing.\nH. & R. Block Basic Income Tax School, 3716 Oak Street, Vancouver 9: Basic\nincome tax.\nH. & R. Block Basic Income Tax School, 2651 Douglas Street, Victoria: Basic\nincome tax.\nBritish Columbia Academy of Fashion Design, 611 Rogers Building, 470 Granville\nStreet, Vancouver 2: Fashion design (certificate course), fashion designing\n(diploma course).\nB.C. Safety Council Diving Safety Section, 1477 West Pender Street, Vancouver 5:\nScuba diving.\nB.C. Telephone Plant Training Centre, 768 Seymour Street, Vancouver 2: Toll and\nexchange plant courses, customer service courses, outside plant courses.\nBarbers' Association of British Columbia, The, Advanced Barbering School, Room\n411, 207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3: Advanced barbering.\nCapilano Business College, 132 West 15th Street, North Vancouver: Office occupations (commercial and governmental).\nConstruction and General Labourers Training Trust Fund, 705 East Broadway,\nVancouver 10: Transit and level; foremen and prospective foremen; concrete\nplacement; trenching and pipelaying; mason's tender; rigging, slinging, and\nsignalling; steel-burning.\n R 50\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nDelmar School of Beauty, 1134 Third Avenue, Prince George: Hairdressing.\nDorothy Dean School of Beauty, 22421 North Street, Maple Ridge: Hairdressing.\nDuffus School of Business Ltd., 522 West Pender Street, Vancouver 2: Office occupations (commercial and governmental).\nAn Electric Typewriter Assistance Ltd., 423 West Broadway, Vancouver 10: Electric typewriter instruction in conjunction with dictating equipment and shorthand.\nElizabeth Leslie Ltd., 1102 Hornby Street, Vancouver 1: Personal development and\nmodelling, fashion merchandising.\nErnest Charles School of Hairdressing Ltd., 198 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3:\nHairdressing.\nFashion Design Methods, 9, 125 Eighth Street, New Westminster: Dress designing,\nease and stretch sewing, millinery.\nFinning Tractor & Equipment Co. Ltd., 555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver 10:\nMedium-duty diesel truck engine, basic mechanics, Hydraulics I, salesmanship,\ndiesel engine service, hydraulic transmission, off-highway trucks mechanical\nupgrading, driver training course (35-ton ore trucks).\nGlamour School of Hairdressing, 1106 Broad Street, Victoria: Hairdressing.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates, 3905 Knight Road, Vancouver 15: Service-station\nattendants.\nIBM Education Centre\u2014Vancouver, 1445 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 5: DOS\nA\/L LPI (learner pace instruction), OS PL\/I LPI, DOS PL\/I LPI, OS\nCOBOL LPI, DOS COBOL LPI.\nInternational School of Hairdressing Ltd., 705 Johnson Street, Victoria: Hairdressing.\nKandel Instructional Course by Contemporary Sewing Materials Ltd., 321 Water\nStreet, Vancouver 3: Kandel Knits Inc. Teacher's Training Course, Kandel\nKnits advanced tailoring couturier.\nKinman Business University (owned by Lear Siegler, Inc.), Bon Marche Building,\nNorth 214 Wall Street, Spokane, Wash. 99210, U.S.A.: Business education,\nincluding accounting and business administration; secretarial science; fashion\nmerchandising; general accounting; business administration (accounting major);\ndatamation.\nKitanmax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art, Hazelton: West Coast Indian art.\nLenkurt Electric Co. of Canada Ltd., 7018 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby 2: Electronic assembly.\nLithographing & Photoengraving Training Institute of British Columbia, 33 East\nEighth Avenue, Vancouver 10: Lithography (stripping), lithography (camera).\nLocal Joint Executive Board of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders'\nInternational Union, Bar School, Room 409, 402 West Pender Street, Vancouver 9: Mixerologist.\nThe Lydia Lawrence Fashion Institute, 974 West Broadway, Vancouver 9: Professional dressmaking, design and patternmaking, fashion drawing, fashion\nembroidery.\nMaison Raymond Beauty School Ltd., 4865 Kingsway, Burnaby 1: Hairdressing.\nMetropolitan Ambulance Training School, 483 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver 10:\nAmbulance driving and attending.\nMoler School of Barbering, 376 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3: Barbering.\n TRADE-SCHOOLS REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE\nR 51\nMoler School of Hairdressing\u2014\n4242 East Hastings Street, Burnaby 2: Hairdressing.\n710 Columbia Street, New Westminster: Hairdressing.\n1754 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver: Hairdressing.\n14853\u2014108th Avenue, Surrey: Hairdressing.\n6407 Fraser Street, Vancouver 15: Hairdressing.\n317 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3: Hairdressing.\n1104 Douglas Street, Victoria: Hairdressing.\nMontrose School of Hairdressing, 2485 Montrose Avenue, Abbotsford: Hairdressing.\nArthur Murray School of Dancing, 695 Smythe Street, Vancouver 2: Professional\ndancing.\nBlanche MacDonald School of Modelling, 964 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 1:\nProfessional modelling (male and female).\nMcKay Career Trainings Ltd., 2151 Burrard Street, Vancouver 9: Computer programming, IBM key-punch, mini computers and machine accounting, accounting, typing and upgrading, hotel and motel accounting (IBM 4200 poster).\nNanaimo School of Hairdressing, 41 Commercial Street, Nanaimo: Hairdressing.\nNanaimo School of Advanced Hair Design, 41 Commercial Street, Nanaimo: Advanced hairdressing (limited to persons holding a B.C. Hairdressers' Association certificate).\nNational Life Guard Service, (division of Royal Life Saving Society of Canada),\n2556 Highbury Street, Vancouver 8: Life-saving (instructors and candidates).\nNew Westminster Commercial College, 622 Royal Avenue, New Westminster:\nOffice occupations (commercial and governmental).\nNorthwestern School of Deep Sea Diving Ltd., 145 Riverside Drive, North Vancouver: Deep-sea diving.\nOffice Assistance Rentals Ltd., Suite 201, 540 Burrard Street, Vancouver 1: Corporate legal stenography, upgrading typing, conveyancing.\nOperating Engineers Apprenticeship and Journeyman Upgrading Plan, 4333 Ledger\nAvenue, Burnaby 2: Instructor training.\nOrchid School of Floristry, 1806 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver: Flower\ndesigning.\nPitman Business College Ltd., 1490 West Broadway, Vancouver 9: Office occupations (commercial and governmental).\nRoggendorf School of Hairdressing (1969) Ltd., 13625\u2014105A Avenue, Surrey:\nHairdressing.\nLouise Ruddell School of Floral Design, 14567\u201472nd Avenue, Surrey: Floral\ndesign.\nSprott-Shaw College of Business (Victoria) Ltd., 1012 Douglas Street, Victoria:\nOffice occupations (commercial and governmental), accounting.\nPatricia Stevens Career College & Finishing School, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver 2: Professional modelling, secretarial, public relations, fashion merchandising, key-punch training.\nSunnyslope Dog Grooming School, 4696 Marine Drive, Burnaby 1: Dog-grooming,\nkennel attendants' course.\nT. W. Thorfinnson & Associates (Dale Carnegie Courses), 2029 West 42nd Avenue,\nVancouver 13: Dale Carnegie Sales Courses.\n R 52 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTrail Business College, 625 Victoria Street, Trail: Office occupations (commercial\nand governmental), practical accounting (correspondence).\nThe Valle School of Beauty, 14 Princess Avenue East, Chilliwack: Hairdressing.\nWesley's Academy of Hair Design, 3012 Granville Street, Vancouver 9: Advanced\nhair design (limited to persons holding a B.C. Hairdressers' Association\ncertificate).\nWesley's School of Hairdressing, 3012 Granville Street, Vancouver 9: Hairdressing.\nWestern Career Training Institute Ltd., Suite 100, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1: IBM key-punch training, medical office assistant, legal secretary.\nNew Registration of Schools for 1972\nAdette School of Fashion, 624 Berry Street, Coquitlam: Fashion designing, pattern-\nmaking and tailoring.\nAssociated Training Centre Ltd., 203, 395 West Broadway, Vancouver 10: Service-\nstation salesman.\nBeauty School of Elegance, 103 Fourth Avenue South, Port Alberni: Hairdressing.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates (franchise), 202, 604 Blackford Street, New Westminster: Service-station attendant.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates Simtex Service Station School, 220, 727 Johnson\nStreet, Victoria: Service-station Attendant.\nKnit Knack of Canada Ltd., Suite 11, 636 West Broadway, Vancouver 9: Instructor\ntraining in creative sewing with knit and stretch fabrics.\nManagement Training Institute, Suite 1706, Georgian Towers, 1450 West Georgia\nStreet, Vancouver 5: Apartment managers training, motel management (correspondence instruction and resident training).\nRealm Personnel Training School, 1391 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver:\nSupermarket cashier.\nRossella Studios, 1455 Marine Drive, West Vancouver: Self-improvement and\nmodelling.\nRussell's School of Mixology, 209, 475 Howe Street, Vancouver 1: Mixology.\nSimons Technical Institute, 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver 4: Electrical draughting.\nSimtex Training Institute Ltd., 213, 198 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3: Service-station attendants.\nTaxaid (a division of Capital Management Ltd.), Suite 2, 337 West Broadway,\nVancouver 10: Basic income tax.\nRegistered Schools That Discontinued During 1972\nAmerican Electronics Accounting Institute, Room 230, 175 East Broadway, Vancouver 10.\nAmerican School of Correspondence, 850 East 58th Street, Chicago, 111. 60637,\nU.S.A.\nCanadian Travel College, Suite 302, 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver 3.\nComputer Programming Center of Spokane, Sixth Floor, Bon Marche Building,\nSpokane, Wash. 99201, U.S.A.\nFamous Artists Schools, Inc., Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880, U.S.A.\nFamous Photographers School, Inc., Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880, U.S.A.\n TRADE-SCHOOLS REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE\nR 53\nFamous Writers Schools, Inc., Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880, U.S.A.\nGeor-La-Jane Poodle Grooming, 451 Seymour River Place, North Vancouver.\nGlamour School of Advanced Hairstyling, 1106 Broad Street, Victoria.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates (franchise), 202, 604 Blackford Street, New Westminster.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates, 3905 Knight Road, Vancouver 15.\nHope-Johnstone & Associates Simtex Service Station School, 220, 727 Johnson\nStreet, Victoria.\nInstitute of Home Study, 1076 Hyde Avenue, San Jose, Calif. 95129, U.S.A.\nMotel Managers Training School (Canada) (a division of Hospitality Training\nLtd.), Suite 200, 3107 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ont.\nNational Charm & Modelling School, 3564 Redwood Avenue, Victoria.\nSew Easy, 1445 West Broadway, Vancouver 9.\nTechnical Training International Canada Ltd., c\/o Campney & Murphy, 1030\nWest Georgia Street, Vancouver 5.\nUnited Electronics Institute, 3947 Park Drive, Louisville, Ky. 40126, U.S.A.\nUniversal Heavy Construction Schools, Inc., 1901 Northeast Seventh Street, Miami,\nFla. 33125, U.S.A.\nVancouver Sales Training Ltd., 105a, 1675 West Eighth Avenue, Vancouver 9.\nVictor Business School, 514, 718 Granville Street, Vancouver 2.\nVogue School of Floral Design, 2306 West Broadway, Vancouver 9.\nWestern Career Training Institute Ltd., Suite 100, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1.\nRespectfully submitted.\nJohn Melville\nAdministrative Officer\n R 54\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nReport of the Women's Bureau\nHead office - - - - - 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver 3.\nMrs. C. K. Waddell --------- Director.\nMrs. Y. M. McCully ------ Assistant Director.\nThe Honourable the Minister of Labour,\nParliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.\nSir: It is my honour to present to you the annual report of the Women's Bureau\nfor the year ended December 31, 1972.\nWomen continued to enter the labour force in ever-increasing numbers, there\nwere 19,000 entrants during the year, more than twice the 1971 figure of 9,000.\nBritish Columbia's labour force was estimated at 949,000,* and the female sector\nat 314,000. The participation rate of women (aged 14 and over of the female\npopulation) was estimated at 38.0 per cent; 1.2 percentage points up from 1971.\n\"Women in Industry\" forms, completed by branch officers of the Department\nthroughout the Province, recorded over 25,500 inquiries concerning women. Analysis of the statistics showed the question most frequently asked related to minimum\nwages. It was encouraging to see a sizeable increase in the number of women\nrequesting information concerning apprenticeship training.\nDuring the year, 2,325 women came to the office for personal interviews.\nThe amount of time spent in each personal interview has increased as women's\nproblems have become more complex, requiring a more indepth analysis. Women\nplanning upgrading, or those who are considering re-entering the labour market,\nseek information on educational opportunities, changes in Government-sponsored\ntraining and retraining programmes, and (or) the availability of day care.\nThe Bureau's reference library has copies of current calendars and brochures\noutlining technical and vocational programmes offered by the Apprenticeship and\nIndustrial Training Branch, technical institutes, and trade and vocational schools,\nand career monographs describing related occupations. Persons, including prospective day-care supervisors, in the course of their studies, have made use of the\nBureau's extensive material and newspaper clippings dealing with all aspects on day\ncare, philosophy, availability, licensing authority, setting-up costs, employer and\nemployee relations, and training.\nA syllabus for Branch and inter-Branch training was prepared by the Bureau,\nand officers, inspectors, and counsellors employed within the Department of Labour\nthroughout the Province were instructed in the problems that women encounter\nrelating to their training and employment, with specific emphasis on the difficulties\nthat still exist, despite legislation that prohibits discrimination in hiring, promoting,\nand training of women, or paying a woman less because she is a woman. Staff\nmembers of the Department, in turn, share with us their observations, and a closer\nliaison between all branches of the Department has developed.\nCounsellors in the schools recognizing the necessity of informing young women\nof the broad spectrum of employment that is evolving, continued to call on the\nBureau to encourage girls to think in terms of long-term planning and preparation\nfor careers, to consider the full gamut of career possibilities, and to seek as much\neducation and training as possible, consistent with their talents.\n* Estimated by Research Branch, Department of Labour for the Province of British Columbia.\n WOMEN'S BUREAU\nR 55\nStudents in secondary schools were instructed in labour legislation and made\naware of their rights and responsibilities. This included speaking to the Employment\nOrientation for Women classes held by the Vancouver City College Special Programmes Division and the King George Continuing Education Centre, Surrey.\nMany universities and colleges instituted special courses of study, and often in\nconcert with women's organizations, conducted special seminars and conferences.\nThese activities have stimulated an ongoing positive action such as the formation of\nmany Information Centres for women. Others were programmes planned during\nlunch hour so that working women could also attend. In many instances, the staff\nof the Bureau were involved in the preplanning, or as resource people or speakers.\nThe Director served on the planning committee for the first of two conferences\nfor Western Canadian women. The conference was proposed and sponsored by the\nStatus of Women Council of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia\nCentre for Continuing Education and funded by the Department of Manpower and\nTmmigration.\nThe western conference, Opportunities for Women in Employment, Training\nand Counselling, was held in the City of Vancouver on October 28 and 29, 1972.\nInvited participants were 65 women from the four western provinces and two northern territories, including Directors of Women's Bureaux, Departments of Labour, of\nManitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, and a representative of the Alberta\nWomen's Bureau, plus Senior Manpower representatives from Ottawa, Manitoba,\nand British Columbia. Planning is now proceeding for the major conference in\nMay 1973.\nVarious delegations visited the Bureau for assistance in setting up specific\nstudies they had undertaken on such diverse subjects as part-time employment, day\ncare, human rights, equal pay, and job opportunities.\nIn British Columbia, for many years, women's organizations have been striving\nfor one minimum wage Act applying to both males and females. In October 1972\nthis goal was achieved.\nIn concluding this report, the Bureau wishes to express its sincere appreciation\nfor the assistance provided by all the branches within the Department of Labour\nand the co-operation of both Federal and Provincial Government departments and\nwomen's organizations throughout the Province.\nRespectfully submitted.\n(Mrs.) C. K. Waddell\nDirector, Women's Bureau\n R 56\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nAnalytical and Statistical Supplement\nContaining:\nREVIEW OF LABOUR DEVELOPMENTS, 1972\nLABOUR DISPUTES, 1972\nLABOUR ORGANIZATIONS, 1972\nPrepared by the Research Branch\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 57\nReview of Labour Developments, 1972\nPopulation\nOn June 1, 1972, British Columbia's population was estimated at 2,247,000\npersons. This represents an increase of 62,379 or 2.9 per cent in 1972, as compared\nto 2.2 per cent in 1971. The Province's 1971\/72 population growth rate was more\nthan twice that of Canada, estimated at 1.2 per cent over the same period.\nTable 1\u2014Population of British Columbia, 1962-72\nYear\nBritish\nColumbia\nPopulation\nYearly Population Growth\n(Per Cent)\nBritish\nColumbia\nCanada\n1962 \t\n1,660,000\n1,699,000\n1,745,000\n1,797,000\n1,874,674\n1,947,000\n2,007,000\n2,067,000\n2,137,000\n2,184,621\n2,247,000\n1.9\n2.3\n2.7\n3.0\n4.3\n3.9\n3.1\n3.0\n3.4\n2.2\n2.9\n1.9\n1963\t\n1.9\n1964 \t\n1.9\n1965 \t\n1.9\n19661 \t\n1.9\n1967... \t\n1.9\n1968 \t\n1.7\n1969\t\n1.5\n1970\n1.5\n19711\t\n1.3\n1972 \t\n1.2\n1 Census counts.\nSource: Population Estimates, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nFIGURE 1\u2014POPULATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962-72\nThousands\n2200\n2000\n1800\n1600\n1400\n1200\n1000\n800\n600\n400\n200\n0\nI\n1\n\u00ab\nII!\n\"I!\ni\nii i\nii i\n111\n11\nn\n62\n63\n64\n65\n66\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71 72\nSource: Population Estimates, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n R 58\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nComparing the 1971\/72 growth rate to those of the last decade, the 2.9-percent rate can be considered average. In the 10-year period, British Columbia's\npopulation was growing 3.0 per cent annually, with the lowest rate (1.9 per cent)\nregistered in the 1961\/62 period and the highest (4.3 per cent) recorded in the\n1965\/66 period.\nAs previously noted, the Provincial population growth rates have fluctuated\nsince 1962. A primary reason for this occurrence is that population changes in\nBritish Columbia have been directly related to the level of economic activity in\nthe Province, as population growth varies inversely with the unemployment circumstances.\nFIGURE 2\u2014POPULATION GROWTH RATES, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADA,\n1962-72\nPercent\n5.0-\n4.5-\n4.0-\n3.5-\n3.0-\n2.5-\n2.0-\n1.5-\n1.0\n\u25a0 5-1\nBritish Columbia\nCanada\n62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72\nSource: Population Estimates, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 59\nTable 2\u2014Relationship Between Unemployment and Population Growth,\nBritish Columbia, 1962-72\nYear\n1961\t\nAnnual1\nUnemployment Rates\n(per Cent)\n 8.3\nAnnual\nPopulation-\nGrowth Rates\n(per Cent)\n1962\t\n 6.6\n1.9\n1963\t\n 6.4\n2.3\n1964\t\n 5.3\n2.7\n1965\t\n 4.2\n3.0\n1966\t\n 4.5\n4.3\n1967\t\n 5.1\n3.9\n1968\t\n 5.9\n3.1\n1969\t\n5.0\n3.0\n1970\t\n7.6\n3.4\n1971\t\n 7.1\n2.2\n1972\t\n 7.5\n2.9\na.\nf The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottaw\n- Source: Population Estimates, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nFIGURE 3\u2014RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION GROWTH,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962-72\n8.0\n7.0 -\n6.0\n5.0\n4.0\n3.0\n2.0\n10\n0-4\n\\\nUnemployment Rates, 1961-71 \/ *^\n\/\n\\\/\n\\\nPopulation Growth Rates, 1962-72\n61\n62\n63\n64\n65\n66\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n62\n63\n64\n65\n66\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\nConstructed by Research Branch from Data Provided by\nStatistics Canada.\n R 60\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nIt can be seen from Table 2 and Figure 3 that the population growth path was\nrunning in the opposite direction to the Provincial unemployment rate over the\ndecade 1962 to 1972. In 1961, for example, 8.3 per cent of the Provincial labour\nforce was in the ranks of the unemployed. Consequently, population grew only\nmoderately (1.9 per cent) in the 1961\/62 period. Conversely, unemployment was\nreduced to 4.2 per cent in 1965, resulting in an accelerated visible population growth\nrate of 4.3 per cent in 1965\/66.\nComponents of Population Growth\nNet in-migration is the principal source of population growth in British Columbia, as indicated in Table 3 and Figure 4. Over the 10-year period 1962\/72, net\nin-migration accounted for over 68 per cent of total population growth. The decline\nin population growth during the 1961\/62 period was primarily caused by a reduction\nin net in-migration, which only made up 23.1 per cent of total increase. In the\n1965\/66 period, when the Province registered its highest population growth rate in\nthe decade, net in-migration as a percentage of the total increase was also the largest,\nat 77.9 per cent. The population growth rate again declined in 1970\/71 when net\nin-migrants made up 58.9 per cent of total population increases. The percentage,\nhowever, climbed in 1971\/72, in which period net in-migrants constituted 73.2 per\ncent of population growth.\nTable 3\u2014Components of Population Growth, British Columbia, 1962-72\nYear\nPopulation\nTotal\nIncrease\nNatural\nIncrease\nNet\nIn-migration\nIn-migration\nas\nPercentage\nof Total\nIncrease\n1962 . .\n1,660,000\n1,699,000\n1,745,000\n1,797,000\n1,874,674\n1,947,000\n2,007,000\n2,067,000\n2,137,000\n2,184,621\n2,247,000\n30,900\n39,000\n46,000\n52,000\n77,674\n73,300\n60,000\n60,000\n70,000\n47,621\n62,379\n23,759\n23,297\n21,450\n19,023\n17,963\n16,439\n19,532\n17,454\n18,825\n19,596\n16,726\n7,141 23.1\n15.703 1 40 3\n1963 \t\n1964 ....\t\n24,550\n32,977\n59,711\n56,861\n43,468\n42,546\n51,175\n28,025\n45,653\n53.4\n1965 _\t\n63 4\n19661 ....\n77.9\n1967 .\t\n1968 \t\n77.6\n72 5\n1969\t\n70.9\n1970 \t\n19711 --\n1972 \t\n73.1\n58.9\n73.2\nEstimated by Research Branch from data provided by Canadian Statistical Review, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n1 Census counts.\nThe majority of migrants who settled in British Columbia in 1972 were from\nother parts of Canada. Of the total 45,653 persons who came into the Province,\n27,251 or 60 per cent were from the other provinces. Approximately 40 per cent or\n18,402 persons of total migrants who came into British Columbia in 1972 were from\nother parts of the world. While most of these non-Canadian immigrants were dependents (mainly children and wives), 8,318 were intended for the Provincial labour\nmarket. It should be noted, however, that a vast majority of these foreign immigrants who preferred British Columbia as their destination are highly trained people\nin various professional fields. Surprisingly, only 202 persons or 2.4 per cent of total\nimmigrants who came to this Province in 1971\/72 were nonskilled labourers. In\nsummary, while foreign immigrants represented approximately 22 per cent of total\nlabour force growth in 1972, the addition was to the benefit of the Province.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 61\nFIGURE 4\u2014COMPONENTS OF POPULATION GROWTH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962-72\nThousands\n80-\n70-\n60-\n50-\n40\n30\n20-\n10-\n\/*\u00ab.\nTotal Increases\n\/\n\/ ,\n\/ '\n\/ \/\nA\n\/' \\\n\/ \\\n-\/ \\\n\\\n^ Net In- Migration\n\/\n\\ \/\nV\n\/\n\/\n\/\nNatural Increases\n'---...J\n0 -*-\n62\n63\n64\n65\n66\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\nManpower Supply and Demand\nWith regard to manpower supply in British Columbia, an understanding of\nour population of working age is significant. It is from this segment of the Provincial\npopulation that the labour force (labour supply) is drawn.\nIn 1972, it was estimated that persons 14 years of age and over had reached\n1,648,000, an increase of 54,000 or 3.4 per cent over the previous year's figure of\n1,594,000. The 1972 rate of growth can be regarded as moderate in view of the\naverage annual growth rate of 3.8 per cent recorded in the last decade.\nDuring the last five years the number of females of working age exceeded the\nnumber of males, as clearly depicted in Table 4 and Figure 5. In 1972, the number\nof working-age females totalled 827,000, slightly more than half of the persons 14\nyears of age and over. This represented an increase of 26,000 or 3.3 per cent over\nthe 1971 figure. However, the male increase for the same period was slightly higher\nthan that of females in that the former grew by 28,000 to 821,000, a 3.4-per-cent\nclimb from the previous year's figure of 793,000.\n R 62\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nFIGURE 5\u2014POPULATION, 14 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, BY SEX,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962, 1967-72\nThousands\n2000-\n1500\nlOOO\n500\nO \u25a0*\nLi\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nTable 4\u2014Population 14 Years of Age and Over, by Sex, British Columbia,\n1962, 1967-72\n(In thousands)\nYearly Growth\nYear\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\nNumber j Per Cent\n1\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1962 \t\n1,135\n1,365 |\n1,425 | 4.4\n1,475 1 3.5\n1,533 3.9\n1,594 4.0\n1,648 3.4\n574\n678\n\"07\n733\n762\n793\n821\n4.3\n3.7\n4.0\n4.1\n3.4\n561\n687\n718\n742\n771\n801\n827\n1967 \t\n1968 \t\n1969\t\n1970 \t\n4.5\n3.3\n3.9\n1971 \t\n3.9\n19721\t\n3.3\n1 Estimates.\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nParticipation Rates\nDue to a number of interrelated socio-economic factors, the working-age\npopulation has become increasingly active in the labour force since 1962. The\n\"participation rate,\" which measures the number of persons in the labour force as a\npercentage of noninstitutional population 14 years of age and over, has increased\nsteadily. In 1962, the participation rate was 52.0 per cent, while in 1972 it was\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 63\nestimated at 57.5 per cent. The most significant factor contributing to this development is a marked increase in the female participation rate, which grew from 28.5\nper cent in 1962 to 38.0 per cent in 1972, a growth of one-third over the 10-year\nperiod. In 1972 the male participation rate of 77.3 per cent was fractionally less\nthan that of 1971, estimated at 77.7 per cent.\nTable 5\u2014Participation Rates by Sex, British Columbia, 1962, 1967-72\nYear\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\n1962 \t\n52.0\n55.8\n55.9\n56.7\n57.3\n57.2\n57.5\n75.0\n77.4\n77.0\n77.2\n77.7\n77.7\n77.3\n28.5\n1967 \t\n34.5\n1968 \t\n35.2\n1969 \t\n36.4\n1970 \t\n37.1\n1971 \t\n36.8\n19721 ._. \t\n38.0\n1 Estimate.\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nDue to rounding, the figures may not add to total.\nFIGURE 6\u2014PARTICIPATION RATES BY SEX, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962, 1967-72\nPercent Male Rates\n75-\n65\"\n55-\n45-\n35-\nT0TAL RATES-\nFemale Rates\nM>\n62\n\\\n\\l\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\nSource: Labour Force. Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n R 64\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nLiving in a consumer-oriented economy, it is not uncommon to see a family\nunit with more than one person being employed. This is especially true for those\nfamilies whose children have attained a degree of independence or are attending\neducational institutions. The desire to increase material wealth, in effect, has caused\nfamilies to encourage mothers or wives to return to the labour force.\nA change in family formation since the 1950's has resulted in an increase in\nthe number of females participating in the labour force. At the same time, the\naverage family size has been reduced. As a result of declining family size, married\nwomen have found it easier to join the labour force. Inflationary pressures, too,\nhave forced many married women to seek employment in order that their family\nincomes might be supplemented. Males earning low incomes may not be able to\nmaintain a \"socially acceptable\" standard of living. Under these circumstances,\nwives and mothers have found it necessary to assist the family in financial terms.\nAdditionally, a greater degree of female labour force participation is attributed\nto their desire for socio-economic equality or independence. Contemporary women,\ngenerally, have rejected the traditional convention implying that \"the women's place\nis in the home.\" For this reason, especially amongst the educated females, there\nexists a new and higher degree of ambition in competing for various occupations.\nLabour Force\nThe rapid increases in population and participation rates are reflected in British\nColumbia's labour-force growth. In 1972, the Provincial labour force was estimated\nto have reached 951,000 persons. This represents an increase of 361,000 or 61.2\nper cent from the 1962 labour-force figure, which stood at 590,000 persons. In\nterms of average annual rate growth, the Provincial labour force increased 4.8 per\ncent annually over the decade 1962 to 1972. Few, if any, industrialized regions can\nmatch this pace.\nThe rapid labour force growth over the decade is primarily attributable to the\nremarkable increase in the female labour force. In the past 10 years the female\nlabour force almost doubled. In 1962 the female labour force figure was 160,000\nbut, by 1972, this figure was increased to 315,000, representing an average annual\nincrease of 6.9 per cent. The 6.9-per-cent rate was even more astonishing in comparison with the decade's male labour-force growth, which averaged 4.0 per cent\nper year.\nIn 1972 the Provincial labour force increased by 40,000 persons or 4.4 per\ncent above the 1971 labour-force figure of 911,000. The 4.4-per-cent rate was\nrelatively mild in comparison with the high levels experienced in the latter half of\nthe 1960's, during which period the labour force was augmented by both net in-\nmigration and the outcome of the post-World War II baby boom. In the last few\nyears, however, the entrance rate of the now mature members of the baby boom into\nthe labour force had tapered off.\nDue to seasonal and other economic factors the labour force fluctuated from\nmonth to month in 1972. In the first quarter, when business activity was moderate,\nfewer people entered the labour force than in either the second and third quarters\u2014\u25a0\n931,000, 959,000, and 967,000 persons respectively. The labour force dropped in\nthe final quarter to 945,000. The rapid rise in the labour force during the second\nand third quarters was primarily attributed to students seeking employment. In the\nmonth of luly, for example, the number of 14 to 19-year-olds in the labour force\nwas 144,000, an increase of 31,000 from the previous month. Among the 20 to\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 65\n24-year-olds there was a high increase in the month of May when university students\nwere anxiously engaged in search for summer employment. In May, there were\n140,000 looking for jobs, a climb of 8,000 from April of the same year. For the\nother age-groups, the number of people participating in the labour force throughout\nthe year remained relatively stable\u2014very little changes were detected in the monthly\nfigures, as depicted in Table 6.\nThe largest component of the labour force was the 25 to 44-year-olds. In 1972\nthere were 424,000 persons belonging to this group in the labour force. This\naccounted for approximately 45 per cent of the total. The 45 to 64-year-olds were\nsecond with 271,000 or 28 per cent of the total labour force.\nFIGURE 7\u2014LABOUR FORCE, BY SEX AND AGE-GROUP,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962, 1967-72\nThousands\n900\n800\n700\n600\n500 -\n400\n300 -\n200\n100 -\nTotal Labour Force\nMale-\nTotal 25- H yr- olds\n62\nFema le \u201e\n^' Total 45-64yr.oWs-^\nTotal 20-2i yr-olds_'^\\ \t\nTotal li-19yr-olds '\nTotal 65*yr.olds -^^\nV 67 68 69 70 71 72\n R 66\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable 6\u2014Labour Force, by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia,\n1962, 1967-72\n(In thousands)\nYear\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\n14-19\nYears\n20-24\nYears\n25^14\nYears\n45-64\nYears\n65 Years\nand Over\n1962 \t\n590\n762\n430\n525\n160\n237\n79\n93\n329\n241\n1967... \t\n20\n1968\t\n797\n544\n253\n86\n100\n347\n244\n19\n1969 .. ...\t\n836\n566\n270\n92\n113\n361\n251\n18\n1970\t\n878\n592\n286\n92\n121\n383\n262\n21\n1971 \t\n911\n616\n295\n89\n128\n411\n265\n18\n1972 \t\n951\n636\n315\n107\n135\n424\n271\n15\nJanuary \t\n911\n608\n303\n88\n129\n412\n269\n13\nFebruary\t\n926\n614\n312\n94\n131\n416\n273\n12\nMarch \t\n955\n628\n327\n105\n134\n423\n279\n14\n949\n632\n317\n105\n132\n425\n273\n13\nMay \t\n953\n638\n315\n104\n140\n425\n268\n16\nJune \t\n974\n647\n327\n113\n141\n430\n275\n15\nJuly \t\n995\n662\n333\n144\n145\n425\n268\n14\nAugust .\n978\n661\n317\n131\n142\n423\n268\n14\nSeptember \t\n929\n632\n297\n94\n131\n420\n270\n14\nOctober\t\n939\n634\n305\n102\n128\n426\n268\n15\nNovember\n948\n637\n311\n100\n131\n432\n268\n16\nDecember \t\n949\n638\n311\n103\n132\n428\n271\n15\nDue to rounding, the figures regarding labour force by age-group may not necessarily add up to total\nlabour force.\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nEmployment\nWith regard to employment growth, the British Columbia record can be considered impressive in the last decade. In 1962 the number of persons employed\nstood at 551,000, but in 1972 this figure had increased by 328,000 persons to have\nreached the 879,000 mark. This represented an increase of 60 per cent in 10 years\nor an average annual increase in excess of 4.7 per cent.\nTable 7\u2014Employment and Unemployment, by Sex, British Columbia,\n1962, 1967-72\n(In thousands)\nYear\nEmployment\nUnemployment\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\n1962 \t\n551\n723\n750\n794\n811\n847\n879\n832\n856\n873\n878\n877\n899\n926\n916\n868\n872\n881\n870\n398\n496\n511\n536\n541\n570\n587\n553\n567\n573\n581\n586\n595\n613\n617\n590\n588\n594\n583\n153\n227\n239\n258\n270\n277\n292\n279\n289\n300\n297\n291\n304\n313\n299\n278\n284\n287\n287\n39\n39\n47\n42\n67\n64\n71\n79\n70\n82\n71\n76\n75\n69\n62\n61\n67\n67\n79\n32\n29\n33\n30\n51\n45\n49\n55\n47\n55\n51\n52\n52\n49\n44\n42\n46\n43\n55\n7\n1967 .\n10\n1968 \t\n14\n1969 \t\n12\n1970 \u2014\n1971 _. -\t\n16\n19\n1972 - \t\n22\n24\n23\nMarch \t\n27\n20\n24\n23\nJuly\t\n20\n18\n19\n21\n24\n24\nSource: The Labour Force. Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 67\nFIGURE 8\u2014LABOUR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1962, 1967-72\nThousands\nffj Unemployment\nC\u00a3t * = LABOUR FORCE\nEmployment\nI\nSource:\nLabour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nIn 1972, however, employment was growing at a slightly slower pace in comparison with the average annual employment growth rate recorded in the past decade.\nIn 1972 the employment increased by 32,000 or 3.8 per cent over the 1971 employment figure of 847,000. Male employment made up 66.8 per cent of total employment. It should be noted, however, female employment was increasing at 5.0 per\ncent compared to the male employment growth rate of 2.9 per cent.\nAs indicated by the preceding statistics, the demand for labour in 1972 did not\nmeasure up to the expectations generated a year earlier. Regained economic\nstrength in 1971 stimulated employment growth in that year. In view of available\nindicators, most experts had predicted that the general economic upturn would be\ncontinued throughout 1972 and further suggested that employment growth would be\neven more promising. The employment forecast, however, proved to be overly\noptimistic as employment growth in 1972 was insufficient to accommodate the year's\nlabour-force growth. Of equal significance was the fact that employment was growing at a slower rate than that recorded in 1971.\n R 68\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nConsistent with historical trends, the monthly demand for labour fluctuated in\n1972. Mainly due to cyclical and seasonal factors, the rate of economic growth was\nrelatively low in January in comparison with the other months of the year. For this\nreason, the number of persons employed stood at 832,000, the lowest monthly employment figure for 1972. As the economy picked up additional fuel during the\nsummer months, the demand for human resources also increased in that period.\nEmployment peak, in fact, was reached in July when there were 926,000 persons\nbeing employed in the Provincial economy. This represented an increase of 35,000\nor 3.9 per cent over the same period in 1971. The 3.9-per-cent rate, however, was\nless than the July 1971 employment growth rate of 5.7 per cent.\nUnemployment\nDue to less than expected employment growth, unemployment remained high\nthroughout 1972. In the past year, 71,000 persons or 7.5 per cent of the Provincial\nlabour force were in the ranks of the unemployed. The 7.5-per-cent unemployment\nrate, moreover, was higher than the decade's average annual rate of 6.5 per cent.\nHigh unemployment appeared to spread over the entire labour force, in that\nthe fully trained as well as the untrained or inexperienced encountered difficulties in\ntheir search for employment. According to statistics released by the Federal Department of Manpower and Immigration, the demand for university graduates, including\nthose with postgraduate degrees, had markedly declined in 1972. Other groups\nwhich traditionally enjoyed high employment prospects were plagued with a less than\ngood year. People belonging to the age-groups of 25 to 44 years and 45 to 64 years\nexperienced annual unemployment rates estimated at 5.4 and 5.7 per cent respectively. The most vulnerable to unemployment were the age-groups of 14 to 24 years,\nin that over 15 per cent of their membership was jobless. Of course, the young were\nput in a disadvantaged position in view of their limited training and job experience.\nThe 12-monthly unemployment rates are again graphically presented in Figure\n11. This figure illustrates the dynamic relationship of the labour force, employment,\nand unemployment. Whenever the labour force is growing faster than unemployment or alternatively is decreasing slower than employment, the unemployment rate\nincreases due to the fact that it is a residual statistic derived from the other two.\nFrom Figure 11 one can readily see what was happening each month in the labour\nTable 8-\n-Monthly Unemployment Rates, by Sex and Age-group,\nBritish Columbia, 1972\n(Actual)\nMonth\nTotal\nMale\nFemale\n14-19\nYears\n20-24\nYears\n25^14\nYears\n45-64\nYears\nJanuary \t\n8.7\n9.1\n8.0\n20.4\n13.2\n6.3\n6.3\n7.6\n8.6\n7.7\n8.8\n7.4\n8.3\n18.1\n19.0\n10.7\n12.7\n5.3\n6.1\n6.2\nMarch \t\n6.4\nApril -\t\n7.5\n8.1\n6.4\n12.4\n11.4\n5.6\n6.6\n8.0\n7.8\n8.2\n8.1\n7.8\n7.1\n15.4\n18.5\n12.8\n11.3\n5.9\n5.3\n5.6\nJune \u2014. \t\n5.1\nJuly \t\n6.9\n7.4\n6.1\n13.2\n9.0\n5.2\n4.8\nAugust \t\n6.3\n6.7\n5.8\n9.9\n10.5\n4.5\n5.2\nSeptember \t\n6.5\n6.7\n6.4\n13.8\n10.7\n5.2\n4.4\nOctober \u2014 \t\n7.1\n7.3\n6.9\n15.7\n10.2\n5.6\n5.2\nNovember \t\n7.1\n6.7\n7.7\n14.0\n12.2\n4.9\n5.2\n8.3\n8.6\n7.7\n13.7\n15.2\n6.0\n6.6\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 69\nmarket. In March, for example, when the labour-force growth rate was greater than\nthat of employment, the unemployment rate moved upwards from February. Conversely, employment was growing more rapidly than labour force in July, thus caused\nthe month's unemployment rate to fall.\nFIGURE 9\u2014MONTHLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, BY SEX, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1972\nPercent\nJan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nNov\nDec\nTable 9\u2014Monthly Labour Force and Employment Fluctuations,\nBritish Columbia, 1972\nLabour Force\nEmployment\nMonth\nMonthly\nFigure\n(Thousands)\nChange\n(Thousands)\nPercentage\nChange\nMonthly\nFigure\n(Thousands)\nChange\n(Thousands)\nPercentage\nChange\n934\n911\n926\n955\n949\n953\n974\n995\n978\n929\n939\n948\n949\n\u201423\n15\n29\n\u20146\n4\n21\n21\n\u2014 17\n\u201449\n10\n9\n+ 1\n-2.5\n1.6\n3.1\n-0.6\n0.4\n2.2\n2.2\n\u2014 1.7\n-5.0\n1.1\n0.9\n0.1\n870\n832\n856\n873\n878\n877\n899\n926\n916\n868\n872\n881\n870\n\u201438\n24\n17\n5\n\u2014 1\n22\n27\n\u2014 10\n\u201448\n4\n9\n\u2014 11\n1972\u2014\nJanuary \t\nFebruary \t\nMarch \t\n\u20144.4\n2.9\n2.0\n0.6\nMay.- \u2014\t\n\u20140.1\n2.5\nJuly \t\n3.0\n\u2014 1.1\n\u2014 5.5\n0.5\n1.0\n-1.3\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n R 70\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nFIGURE 10\u2014MONTHLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, BY AGE-GROUP,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1972\n(Actual)\nPercent\n20.0.\n18.5.\n17.0L\n15.5-.\n14.0.\n12.5.\n11.0.\n9.5.\n8.0.\n6.5.\n5.0J\n20-2t yrs\nlt-19 yrst\n45-6H yrs-~\\\n25-Hyrs\n7\nibr\\ Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Ocf Nov\nDec\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nTable 10\u2014Comparison of Unemployment Rates, British Columbia and Canada,\n1962, 1967-72, Seasonally Adjusted and Actual\n(In per cent)\nYear\nBritish Columbia\nCanada\nActual\nSeasonally\nAdjusted\nActual\nSeasonally\nAdjusted\n1962 \t\n6.6\n5.1\n5.9\n5.9\n4.1\n4.8\n4.7\n5.9\n6.4\n6.3\n7.7\n7.3\n7.4\n6.8\n6.2\n1967 \t\n1968 -\t\n1969 \t\n5.0\n1970 \u2014 -\t\n7.6\n7.0\n7.5 |\n8.7 7.0\n7.6 6.5\n8.6 8.0\n7.5 7.0\n8.0 8.1\n7.7 | 7.8\n6.9 7.8\n6.3 | 7.7\n6.6 8.2\n7.1 7.8\n7.1 6.7\n83 8.3\n1971 \t\n1972 . \t\n6.2\n5.8\n6.0\nApril \t\n5.8\n6.2\n6.2\n6.2\nJuly \t\n5.8 6.3\n5.4 6.7\nSeptember ~\t\nOctober \u2014 \t\nNovember \t\n5.2\n5.4\n5.8\n6.5\n7.1\n6.9\n6.6\n6.8\nSource: The Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 71\nUnemployment conditions in British Columbia over the past decade were\namong the worst in Canada. Over the period 1962 to 1972, the average annual\nunemployment rate for British Columbia was 6.5 per cent, while that of Canada\nwas 5.1 per cent. In comparison with unemployment rates for Ontario and the\nPrairie Provinces, those of British Columbia were even worse. Seasonally adjusted\nunemployment rates also showed the Province's labour sector performed poorly in\n1972. By excluding seasonal fluctuations, these rates provided a more realistic\nmonthly performance of the labour sector of the economy. In 1972, seasonally\nadjusted unemployment rates ranged from a high of 8.3 per cent in December to a\nlow of 6.5 per cent in February, as illustrated in Table 10.\nFIGURE 11\u2014LABOUR MARKET IMBALANCE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1972\nPercent\n12H\n11\n10-\n9-\n8-\n7\n6-\n5-\n4-\n3\n2\nH\no\nUnemployment Rate\n\"\"-,\/\nEmployment Fluctuation\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n R 72\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nFIGURE 12\u2014COMPARISON OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nAND CANADA, 1962, 1967-72\nPercent\n10.0-\n8.0 -\n6.0\n4.0 -\n2.0 -\nCanada\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\n ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT\nR 73\nFIGURE 13\u2014UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADA, 1972\nPe rcent\nJan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec\nSource: Labour Force, Statistics Canada, Ottawa.\nEmployment' by Industry\nRelatively mediocre employment growth was reflected in the industrial composite employment index for 1972, which was estimated to have reached 147.7\n(1961 = 100). This index, based solely on the survey of firms with 20 or more\nemployees, represented an increase of 3.2 points over the revised 1971 index of\n144.5. The less than potential employment growth rate was primarily attributed to\ndecreased employment in the forestry and construction industries. In part, lower\nthan average employment growth was also caused by virtually stagnant growth in the\nmanufacturing sector, specifically in the wood products sector.\nThe forestry industry (primarily logging) registered a fall in employment, as\nits employment index declined from 136.3 in 1971 to 120.0 in 1972. A significant\nreason for this was that the industry had experienced poor labour-management relations during the summer months. In addition to the four-month-long strike (April\nto August) staged by some 800 fallers, a large-scale dispute occurred in June and\nJuly involving an additional 3,200 loggers. In this regard, the monthly employment\nindexes for June and July were estimated at 60.7 and 99.1 respectively; significantly\nlower than the indexes for the same months in 1971. Employment growth in the\nmining and milling industry, however, was promising in 1972, resulting in an increase\nof 4.3 points above the 1971 index of 154.9. The production of minerals and metals\non increasingly larger scales probably contributed to the mining industry's employment growth.\n R 74\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nFIGURE 14\u2014EMPLOYMENT INDEXES, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1961, 1967-72\n(1961 = 100)\nI 220\nE 200\n>\na.\nE\nUi\n180-\n160-\n140-\n120-\nlOO\n\u25a0 1\nService \\\nI 2\nConstruction \u00bb\n', 3\nFinance Insurance & Real Estate '\ni 4\nTrade ',\n: 5\nINDUSTRIAL COMPOSITE\n\u25a0 6\nMining & Milling\nTransportation, Communication & Other Utilities\n1 7\n: s\nManufacturing\n; '\nForestry\nSource: Employment, Earnings and Hours, Statistics\nCanada, Ottawa.\nA decrease in employment was recorded in the construction industry in 1972.\nThe industry's employment index dropped from 166.4 in 1971 to 151.2 in 1972.\nAgain, decline was largely the result of labour-management difficulties. The absence\nof mutually agreeable solutions in the early stages of collective bargaining caused\nConstruction Labour Relations Association, the bargaining agent for many construction firms, to a lockout on May 1, 1972. The dispute led to a reduction of 54.8\npoints in the May employment index, from 161.9 in April to 107.1 in May.\nEmployment in the manufacturing industry was only slightly improved from\n1971 to 1972. In 1972, the manufacturing industry employment index was estimated at 129.7, an increase of 1.2 points above the 1971 index of 128.5. 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