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Policy Committee Recommenaes
Membership Acceptance Now

Regional
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VOL. XXVI No. 15 =2@B= Vancouver, B.C.,

FOURTH STRIKE ISSUE

Ist Issue
Aug., 1959

Poicy Committee to petermeniit W.
the coast area ee ane should Say the terms | of ge

ies led the [WA
members

a A Message

y Joe Morris, WA Regional Presiden
icieaas circumstances which darken tes outlook
for organized labour on Labour Day, 1959, bring com-

°
ich ov eee. trade paisa oehta ik
call Moe an outspoken warning in place of any honeyed
platitudes.

ae individual workers who form oe free
ept the chal-

th

will forfeit thelr rightful claim

wealth they produce. Any effective answer to this

ead must express a revived militancy in the ranks
of labou:

ity-seven years ago, far-sighted trade unionists

@ ecoanint ee e as day be marked off on the national

upon whi ich industrial wor! rkers might

orth

ee their toil, and their claim upon the fruits of ‘dicts in-
dustry.

The demand ae a legal holiday honouring labour

was one among many which then included the demands

(See thr P. 4)

Labour
Party
Certain |:

cee arious
question will be

Summary of Deutsch
Recommendations

commendations in the

Deutsch report are summar-

ized briefly hereunder.
WAGES —

cra ioe aoe ‘at off.
Uni

ork ont detailed Eatcation:

Ten cents aa
hour the first year and RBITRATION—Terms of
cents an hour the second Pat reference to be amended to
of a two year contract. include grievances beyond

TRADESMEN—An addi-
tional ten cents an hour for
~ Sag effective June 15.

Immediate
of the job
m,

fete arenes to discharge or

"DURATION OF AGREE-
‘— Agreement to run

YWOOD —
ananreden EN’
a June 14, 1961.

Trade union and CCF dele-| f¢
Titi a

alf of the

a) vere prepared to ke
it 01

trial Enquir
John Deusch: The vena was iruicuiately referred to a
m1 ‘ote,

o be completed and reported

ite period, he stated. All the evi-
d. inted to the fact that th

terms, it was pre di
On the other hand, it was s!

the Soe of the Conciliation

A Distinct Improvement stated,
Nevertheless, he claimed, _ the that if the employers reject the
the strike would be Sonne

Th an

event would change the Scar

r consideration was the
foreseubl limits of the Rais
fund. Tt was suggested that if the

Mi d 8 cents an hour wage in-| With regard ie
crease over two years above the einen would be on ¢! le or
employers’ offer of 12 cents; the] the Union, rather than the employ-
additional 4 cents an hour over] ors,
the employers’ 6 cents an hour for} po
pastiiad| s

tradesmen, anderthe., acceptal ference was made to the ass
wage structure with additional

vage increases ie ae in the} claim on the strike fund. It would
er leven plywood be most unjust, it was pointed out,

the Local Unions and units of
CH.

Approval Certain
Many, Bk il delegates Neatured

oie ing the alternative of con-

iod,

where it woul
to assist IWA members in need
f food and shelte

B certain at the 1960 conventions

of tea new party's constitution
would be approved by both

teresting feature
seminar was the appearance pare
ey me delegation of ee He te

thers, who we

the

ae reiee posed the question
n then dem:

jon coul é no assurance, that
they CO! ould. te assisted in a long
ruggle.
id Paymi

aioe was et “ re-
ik-
ers, with paym (Oates Gn
_| homes, cars ad ‘household appli-
€ was no guarantee,

that if the Deutsch report w

re) it

in hand? If there was diver of
the at See could the
Union stave off a Gees eae o-work’
mo ae on i¢ employers’
terms?

lo Assi

N urance
It was pointed out that there

joart

Rated reduced by mor
cent the n:

Semen that a new party Id

be require

worker

ae “URARTY” P. 3)

continued for a long and indefin-

BS SHIFTS—Voting
abdises Le pepe ee a
decision by, jority of the
voting HB eae,

cet ee oece

uses

er,

made separate

ebity in each operation,
and preferential hiring in all

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WHAT'S
INSIDE
Page
Union Gains.. 2-9
International 2nd Vic

stn: 10.

IWA PIX ...... 5-8
Safety ..-. 6-7

IWA Jurisdic-
tion... 12

TOP LEVEL MEETING held in the IWA Heedqu
Columbia. Group lett to right—Regional Dineen Joe
Secretary-Treasurer, Bill Botkin; ee ee a President, re F esting Regi ional Director, H. Landon

freen Gold-CJ0

Region:
de Ballard.

jal D irector,

jarters is Portland, Oregon, by Senior Officers discussed the current strike situation in British
, J. L. Boughman; Regional Director, Harvey Nelson; Intern jational
Ladd; Regonal Director, Oliver Rasmussen;

7:00 p.m.
Thursday

: OKP

‘Ist and Last Thursday

6:00 p.m.