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the people whose daily sweat and effort

create the wealth of this nation come to

_ govern it.”

The recognition given the popular
movements at the convention was a signifi-
cant message from labour, designed to head
off any criticism from some sections within
the New Democratic Party who associate
the success of the coalition in making free
trade a central issue in the election with the
party’s poor showing in central Canada.

A composite resolution debated on the
first day of the convention pledged the

~ labour movement to hold the Conservative

government to its promise to establish
Tetraining and relocation programs to
address the growing unemployment which
will inevitably result from economic restruc-
turing under the agreement.

Labour also served notice that the prime
minister would be held accountable for his
commitment to protect social and regional
development programs.

However, the convention made no call to
either of the opposition parties in Parlia-
ment to continue the fight against free trade.

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Rather, the federation’s main attention
was directed at Ontario Premier David
Peterson, who was asked to protect the pro-
vince’s workers against the worst effects of
the deal.

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Wilson reminded delegates that Peterson
won a majority government last year based
on his pledge to stop free trade.

“Clearly, the premier has failed to stop
the trade deal,” Wilson said. “It now falls to
him to take the immediate steps that will be
necessary to protect workers from the
effects of the deal that he failed to stop.”

Wilson served notice to the Ontario
government that it could expect “confron-
tation after confrontation” with labour if it
refused to act.

“Mr. Premier, if you do not legislate _

security for workers then they will have no
choice but to hold on to the factories that
are trying to discard them,” warned the
labour leader, who was acclaimed to the
OFL presidency for another two years.

The resolution passed by delegates
demanded “serious plant closure legisla-
tion” and effective layoff provisions, includ-
ing improved severance pay, pension
protection, retraining and employment
programs.

Delegates enthusiastically backed Wil-
son’s call for improved labour legislation,
including an effective anti-scab law.

The convention also called on the pro-
vincial government to expand public sector
employment, and to use Crown corpora-
tions and public investment to create manu-
facturing jobs.

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But some delegates were disappointed
with the federation’s apparent willingness to
limit its ongoing fight against free trade to
damage control.

Steelworkers Local 1005 delegate John
Martin pointed out that the issues outlined
in the resolution to protect labour from the
worst effects of free trade “have been on the
books for years. They are good resolutions
and we will need to win them, now more
than ever. But 57 per cent of the people
voted against free trade. Our position is
clear. We are opposed to it. We should have
a secondary position to continue the fight.”

Martin urged the delegates “‘to listen to
those people who voted against the deal and
want us to continue fighting it.”

Many delegates stressed the need for
labour to continue its activity in the coali-
tions formed to oppose the deal.

Federation vice-president Judy Darcy
called the resolution a “renewing of our
commitment to fight free trade. We are
going to build the biggest coalition this
country has ever seen to continue the fight.”

In a surprise statement, Steelworkers
District 6 director Leo Gerard delivered a
rebuke to the New Democratic Party
strategists who left the trade deal on the
back burner during the election campaign,
allowing the Liberals to usurp the issue.

Grits ‘Captured’ Issue

“Tt is important that we understand, as
we move into the second stage of the fight,
that those people who developed the federal
strategy in this election be asked to re-assess
their position and to re-assess their strategy
and be on our side from start to finish.”

Gerard told delegates the party leader-
ship “made a fundamental error; free trade
was not the Liberal issue . .. they found the
flag in the closet a couple of days after the
election was called. Our strategy allowed
them to take our issue from us. I say to this
convention: nobody will take our strategy
from us ever again.” :

John Cartwright, business agent for
Local 27 of the Carpenters Union in
Toronto, said labour needed to “‘expose the
effects of the deal as it comes through.

“We have to find a way to expose the lies
and make sure that every citizen in this
country knows that plant shutdowns are
taking place because of free trade, that
farmers are losing their farms because the
marketing boards have been abolished, and
if environmental laws are weakened, we
have to make sure the public knows this is
happening because of Mulroney’s free trade
deal.”

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