Ist Issue, January B.C. LUMBER WORKER 7.

establish tri-part
A.F.L.-C.1.0. CONVENTION SPURS | czceccesecse
0 B eke jo He We Such standards must be enforced
by bre

eoauns e Se ats or Provincial

bour Depa nts to meet
| N DUSTRIAL SAFETY PROG RAM adegtt, (erat Sancards for
the receipt of federal fi
all

District President Joe Morris, as a delegate to the AFI,- | force pment officers; consequent!: 7 ee
CIO 2nd Constitutional Convention held dating Basal many are cectinieallyy caguahered incea? fopassurie stein erest ong
Gidea tite . a cane etter loyer-| sibility for for safety and to pass
in Btzniie ity, voted with all other delegat follow- re legislation based on the prin-
ing safety resolution which was designed and ced py exact ciples of flexible ci ae
the Committee on Resolutions to Suh the mounting accident | Refusal by state legislators to! oace with technological ch
t) provide adequate budgets for the| Gases Gren)
toll a the United States ae Can: an recognize realistically dif-
CIO ,dedicated to i ferences in hazards from plant
proving ea ized safety movement of this ee eee ee ee to plant and industry to eats
and to their protection, is parti-| country. considered above the welfare of| ‘TY, t©. Promote, establish and
cularly concerned with the safety| With the cooperation of inter- tito Sea maintein ee working places an id
and health of all workers in their |national unions, we have won re- ‘ safety p: industry.
places of employment. We are|cognition; a Labour Conference Canada Equally Remiss Coane eee ih Roe to con-
also vitally interested in the safety |has been i ihe
f its members on and off the
pops: their families and of all citi-
of the community and of the

eedless Death Toll
Without seaying appreciable
Progress the turn of the cen-
eS: in ihe! ‘elimination of some of

grace in both the United ‘States
and Canada.

ntinue to insist that federal

iene of employ ment in faaluate co! be maintained over
unsafe working unique hazards created by atomic
unue to éngery to assure rigid enforce-

industrial workers.
Too little has been done to com

tection of workers and the

that ad ecustert

cancer and
any of the hazards of exposure
to radioactive substances,

lershi ip
Equally deplorable is the lack

of effective direction and leader-
hip in the field of safety unrelated
to employment, The totals of
deaths and serious aceden in ii
home and on the high’ unions and central ied
appalling. ate with the
From all causes, last year there | cil. The L
were in this country, 95,000 ac i approval °
cidental deaths and 9,450,00 ,in-| Convention and AFL-CI i i
juries, including 380,000 which Committ fee on ae and Occupa~ dent sDieven uoieetieitled eet uD [saree be seep ehe and that
resulted in some | cae of per-| tional Health. the laws are employer domi-| (hut Mone s cone pare
aie ‘ian Employer Dominated re and without proper labour Ageia S aedeeat ree ory he
Comparable statistics eoigcanaa alates representation, therefore, be it galsiy, standards ac MERE
imum
sec eal arcs pe N a e than! State by. state attempts on ee ea ie AFL- | acceptable safety conditions.
ee ey cates far 19. om oe betes sat dleinduiicil c1o for needed That we recommend to our
legislation and eptarccment 1a 1: ivi- ili 7
Rea Mee aes iai/9)000, ceculted through employer dominated lege ah ation "and 0 ur other activi. | affiliates that they urge every
ig ployer ated legis must be intensified in all | local union to establish a safety
from traffic accidents and an ad-|jators have proven fruitless. ALL z 5 ; ab :
eG ialmlan0hdied teem industrial ‘ proven fruitless. fields of safety and industrial | committee and affiliate with th
ao though methods of ecntollise the| health. The utive Council | Labour Division of the National
injuries. I me year, almost fs of injur: edi zi
z injury and disease are] is authorized and directed to fety Council, thereby assum-
500,000 persons suffered industrial |, ee imtoo re dinialarwely; ,
J y remain largely! — Press for enactment of legisla- | ing per position spon-
injuries“of varying sever: fore |unadopted and unuse ern-| tion: i
RHRGOA of these accident could NF a muse r tion in both the United States | sibility and leadership for the
aye icensorevented ment agencies or by industry. En-| and Canada to create a Federal | protection of all people in the
i forcement of these controls, where] Accident Prevention Bureau to | community.
lecessary Par in lax and inadequate.
e AFL-CIO, mean that] In: nt funds make it im-
most of this terrible toll is made | possible to provide necessar. f
up of workers and their families, | for adequate plant inspections an,
has worked long and hard for the|for research in safety and indus-
recognition of organized labour as|trial health Inadequate budge
a full and necessary partner in the [also result in low salaries for en-

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OCCUPATION: Pipe Layer.
AGE: 24.
EXPERIENCE: 6 Weeks,
A section of sewer pipe was being lowered into a ditch. The
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pip.
in the ditch. One of the men was standing under oom of the
backhoe, Without warning, the ae iin ee alowiaa the
gantry mast to fall and cut the main

The main boom and bucket fell ia the ditch and the work-

STAY OW TE TOE 27 sri MeacTiOy inner ¢ falling bucke