From Page 1 “Growth” are the facts eee gains Snel materialized cay wl anion undertakings across the provinces. It is also important to note that this unity became a predom- 2 deavor: no} He ae pine of our en- leavor. We | ment of new You: ve noted with pride ae “fact that the members i ae S. purpose of the merger i may Si be side-tracked by sec- anda issues. We also believe | tries. No ate mrencsels All thal’ one ‘eonldfliot of ehecess ee at el Sree baer the merged organization take: can be said, is thi adi- form, is the preservation of fear | should keep ourselves in Te tures, such as those lustrial oe for such developments. unionism, and democratic control y_adherence to sade wher th f the IWA ae -co-ordination of ef achieve f ull CO" See other eee isy. have been proven of worth terns “of vitality and bargain- ength. to lerance and ie IWA in Distri ict No. 1 out any sacrifice of eae night a differ, Taine a or ose jority decisions. All ae nal Eaiterentes were finally submerged in the eee desire to serve whe well-bei: the entire membership. iI ee which now are Teas with u ing-class experience has rains; AaEAON, aie GLEE i ust be all the more dili in guarding their gains an consolidating their position in the industrial scene so that subse- ent storms may be safely weathered, Within our Union this means ation to make their maximum contribution aoe? full ae the the workers represente neh oe "Toh ‘ange View convention. Our course | i a lete, We aa ohn to only by but that the pasta “lations i the | th aa tes ale h wi negotiated drove. citeriig a sae plans, wi! i well-being of the pe or the ulti sonnel and sat- ‘yes to long-range developments whole community of wage-carn- |} i-fact WERE h may be necessary ers. lems. It was not possible to reach a_ ay | best advance the erection ie withi labor Our International Union is now part of the newly-formed American Federation of and Congress ge pril, our delegates from the Canadian sectioi rti Coast Negotiations Delegates attending the 1955 Wages and Contract Conference very wide, ud eden Gunn Sia uss alone whee lucted b; ry ae Conciliation Of- it ach catement which would give th me ates as one important ae ferred to a Mr. Fred Smelts as Chair. Union aan participate ite “ea, the District Negotiating er of the Trades and Labor Committee paca mted the de- ., | Congress aha the Canadian Con- mands of the membership as gress of Labor. Within a short prepared by ‘the Wages and Con- space of time after that event, tract Conference, suppo by we will be engaged in merging extensive evidence and argument the B.C. Trades Union Congress compiled by the Negotiating with the B.C. Federation of La- oe ms of pressing urgenc: Committee and the Research De- ah ranen he Raber Councils on} the industry. ‘The members of the we couver Island will be required to fit into this national pattern of Unity Served officers have stated s at and rged activitie: provincial are the belief held by amet general membership, that the District Policy Committee agreed that this approach was necessary to maintain unity within the or- strength of the IWA ional Probl ingle Eases ditions ‘hich lowered see earn- ings under the contract. system. It was Sees that the loggers’ demand for consideration of fare 2 ce and travel time ha . Many of our members the plywood plants were being re working hazards, legis- completed in every detail, will because their eS structure was continually bein; ew Procedure At the conclusion of the ©, eee dosing ao ted cou) ae a ae . he re! e oe maition xisting unfai is condi ions, wich in ‘al tose ultimately compel the cemlete removal of existing injustices, e Job Eyal se Conditi itions in the our rates eee are obviously out of line with the inde "3 Bes : structure. On the = ree y yeu not ion aH objections ised by the employers to ob- fr Conciliation Boards, hich a Tecommenda tien ‘s made s| by the Board upon appraisal the ev: jaenes without further ee led both parties di: iearanions iminat ate v he protection of our economic parerests) sud all available means remove bar sa bldek their social sean and nanled S ee ae tati ion’s point of of serving the. 2, social evel Abels Sawmill workers Siaiea their Ga ee economic secu special jai ‘which could be| While this pasaaitins took m eee Gack oiicerstincl Exe considera- | no longer neglected. time than is normally sania w Affiliations tio of merger details as they af-| Combined seh th these demands} it proved to a eer to the Ne- The welfare of our ov nion | fect the IWA. believe it to | Was the over-all necessity of bar- gotiating | Committees ney, gain- ust, of course, be the centre of | be our respon sibility to examine | &aining for contract terms which| ed consideration of demands our trade union activity, but it] all such plans with care, that the | would efit all workers, | which “previously ta e- anand he industry. 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The gap which develop ed between the the importance of y more and more oon, The del legates a are already fam- poate ae ver-all benefits hi on ne questions Finally, we se- industrial Engineer in mea > of eir training, the th has project well under we with fee Bee tive ‘in; of maki 0 ig their recommen- gece June 15. mn or rf befosa now apparent that this sob Evaluation pastas Ri $e ry basi worl Ker s’ interests. year Contract Another ages was the mem- bership cprovite of a contract ex- tending over a two-year perio The District Policy Committ gave this point the most careful conside se the full ‘ise to ions previously referred to a ha the importance of gains made possible for workers in various sections. Sor Logge: ie ate time, our ears aon won onsiteration of the need for a loggers’ fare allo Se proposals of the operators was C8 wall a eval time. was stated frankly then, oe Te seit Thee on BEST For LESS! 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