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“Digging into History: Suicide by Incentive” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No 6 (June, 2019)

Suicide by Incentive Program – Incentive programs have been around for a while and can be found in the forest industry as safety incentive programs and production incentive programs. The biggest problem with incentive programs is that they do not work the way people expect them to. Programs that reward employees with monetary or tangibleContinue reading ““Digging into History: Suicide by Incentive” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No 6 (June, 2019)”

“Digging into History: The IWA Employee Assistance Program”, by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 5 (May 2019)

Our EFAP Started as the EAP  – The year was 1990 and one of the very few areas where union and management were seeing eye to eye on was to the ongoing development of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Back then, the commitment by both sides to an EAP continued despite labour disputes during thatContinue reading ““Digging into History: The IWA Employee Assistance Program”, by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 5 (May 2019)”

“Digging into History: Tony Poje and Duncan’s IWA Local Union 1-80” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 4 (April, 2019)

These first few blog posts are backdated issues of John Mountain’s historical newsletter “Digging into History”. As of March 2020, John had been working on sorting the collection for over a year and a half, publishing a newsletter every month detailing his findings. Tony Poje IWA Local 1-80 President 1953–1956 – Another box, another surprise.Continue reading ““Digging into History: Tony Poje and Duncan’s IWA Local Union 1-80” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 4 (April, 2019)”

“Digging into History: Forest Labour Theses” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 3 (March, 2019)

These first few blog posts are backdated issues of John Mountain’s historical newsletter “Digging into History”. As of March 2020, John had been working on sorting the collection for over a year and a half, publishing a newsletter every month detailing his findings. University Labour Studies Thesis – While peeling back the many pages thatContinue reading ““Digging into History: Forest Labour Theses” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 3 (March, 2019)”

“Digging into History: The IWA and Clayoquot Sound” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 2 (February 2019)

These first few blog posts are backdated issues of John Mountain’s historical newsletter “Digging into History”. As of March 2020, John had been working on sorting the collection for over a year and a half, publishing a newsletter every month detailing his findings. Every magazine article or piece of writing created for public consumption normallyContinue reading ““Digging into History: The IWA and Clayoquot Sound” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 2 (February 2019)”

“Digging into History” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 1 (January, 2019)

These first few blog posts are backdated issues of John Mountain’s historical newsletter “Digging into History”. As of March 2020, John had been working on sorting the collection for over a year and a half, publishing a newsletter every month detailing his findings. Every magazine article or piece of writing created for public consumption normallyContinue reading ““Digging into History” by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 1 (January, 2019)”