. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 50 CANADA I,UMBERMAN AND WOO DWO K K 1«: k River Drivers Must Complete Work Cannot Quit in Midst of Operation and Collect Full Wages, According to Recent Decision in Quebec It has been decided by the courts in Quebec city that river driv- ers who contract to do certain work for the season cannot "jump their jobs" and collect full pay from their employers. An important suit was tried before Chief Justice Sir F. X. Lem- ieux, in the Circuit
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 50 CANADA I,UMBERMAN AND WOO DWO K K 1«: k River Drivers Must Complete Work Cannot Quit in Midst of Operation and Collect Full Wages, According to Recent Decision in Quebec It has been decided by the courts in Quebec city that river driv- ers who contract to do certain work for the season cannot "jump their jobs" and collect full pay from their employers. An important suit was tried before Chief Justice Sir F. X. Lem- ieux, in the Circuit Court, Quebec city, on Sept. 22, when seven river drivers entered action against the St. Anne Power Co. of Beauprc, Que., to recover alleged arrears of wages. Judgment was delivered in favor of the defendant company. The particulars of the case are that the men (who were the plain- tiffs in the action) were engaged to drive logs last spring for the St. Anne Power Co. and were to be paid $ per day and the company paid them off at $ per day. The St. Anne Power Co. admitted that these men were employed at $ per day, but stated that they did not finish the drive. They remained only 25 days and left without cause; consequently, by their course, the company did not complete the drive on the stream that these men were working on and the company was put to consider- able expense and caused damage. In delivering judgment in favor of the St. Anne Power Co. Chief Justice Lemieux spoke, in part, as follows: His sympathy was with the laborer, but in future he would have to put that aside, for we had arrived at a time that all would have to be firmer with the laborer. The lumber industry was one of the principal industries in the province and the lumberman had as much right to protection as the employee. In this case these men left at a critical time for no reason whatever. Lumber companies were paying high wages and feeding the men well, and the men, in turn, had to give value
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