Merger Plans
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PORTLAND, Ore—A two-year “interim agreement”
between the IWA and the International Brotherhood of
zu, ae and apeae? Mill Workers, AFL-CIO, has
(ee proved nantly by the executive board of the

eerrcmen nt, |
pur} Bee. “to accomp! Se organic unity fee merg
goes a fe fect ameaiareiy, It has already been ee
unanimously by the ex xecutive board of Pulp and Sulphite.
The Pena program was drawn ee Ha eee eee
up on August 1 by ener com-|reports to the c
mittees from the two internation- WA's cepesentaies on the
als meeting at Chicago. It was |“Writing Committ are Burk
stated at that time that details of aes president of Bice:
the program would not be an- cil, No. and Harvey R.
atil th i d president of District

of the two organizations had ap- oH No, 5.
proved it. eport Unanimoi
‘° BA id-and Assist IWA Merg mmittee,
Among other things, the agree- a recommended unanimously
ment eae for each organization to the executive board that it
lo id ist’

th
the other. Presently exercised Pulp and Sulphite, was made w
oe ee ee site, MAS ete i
in specific situations shall eontin-lling, Nelson and E. W. Kenney, their patentee Scalde 30 falloy he: Sed AnteTComeeteated o B.C. Federation of Labor, held October
ue, but “w Sfevee sical el ot director of research and education. | 21-25, in Vancouver
organizations shall _ participa’ fea
jointly in organizing workers | out ioaetater nes eee nip | Federation and its affiliates dur-| Royal Commission on Education. Population «
where such activity will be bene-|oF the TWA had clearly expressed | MZ the past year. Reference v ‘vas also made to the | POPulation increases
ficial to both oreanizalion®. for |itSeli at the 1957 international These included—a sist poeens IS en OTTA’ (CPA)—Canada’s
e agreement is ei fective. or convention, in favor of Shel ae olicy souterehees 3.C. :| the ieee mon 267,000 in
two years, aed ae ‘im: efforts were necessary to bring |S! ar; the B.C. n the first eight months of 1958
ither organiza’ ave pies ae bou: nion in ape s d Annual an estimat 17,154,000 at
ate agree! with other u Tee aay orline We one Compensation Sem-|ass nce, September 1 from 16,887,000 at
which would affect the other or- mereenery oe the eerie ee Jinar; the Labour Council-Federa- he reports re-affirmed adop-| the start of the year, according
ganization or nullify the provi- beasdiand | tion Conference; the ae a tion of the slogan “Educate to| to»the Dominion Bureau of
: f this agreement without |board and urging its approval,
sions of is ag) Deccideni Hata listed the|™ Gay) committee meetings; and Soy and Organize to Edu- Fleck quarterly
first consulting the other party to ARS 2 Ste plans to make a ssbmiesion to the | ca
faimeereenient” many conversations with other Ske
unions that had taken place since

ittees Named the Merger Committee was ap-
agreement, each or-| pointed,

if Hartung added that it was the

committee's unanimous opinion

‘ if cit t king agreement with
rom the agreement will be re-| pulp and Sulphite is the logical
ferred to this committee, whol r %

re Faia AY ° oils under
will also recommend to bot! present naeh in imple-

antes ations actions that can iis
n jointly that are not neces-
sry spelled out in the agree-

A
menting ite policy aa worl ns to-
ward a single union in we
wishin approving the agreement, aS
the TWA executive board named 3.
to this coms the following: F d
fo this committee the following’) PE Qeration
president; nae Morris, president rs) x an
of District Council No. 1, and J.
E. Fadling, president of District is Pp
Council No. 9. §

The agreement also calls for] DEIMMUINGS

oe members of each union nee

0 to work immediately on One-week coma for exe-
iyaing the present constitutional susie Saas C. Fed
rovisi f both unions, and t ti Tab
make recommendations mite Y ill Id
ciples tructu and adminis-| January, 1959, in additio:
tration.” Fe

This committee will report back was announced
the Joint Committee, which] tof the Chai
Stl aaa report to the execu- | Vention the B 2 Soy
tive boards of both internationals | Man edu on Com- THREE LABOUR M.L.A.’s assure B.C. Federation of Labour Vice-president, Joe Morris, that they bie
pcioner thet fespective conven. |Tittee relat ent the trade union proposals on the floor of the Lesitlature, Group from left: John Squire, MLA. Way
ions) sin 11950, ‘The’ ‘executiye| ‘The ‘report rev ae the vari- ML cader of the Opposition, Carpenters’ Union

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