Issue
Get. 1959

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pnsibility /
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SAFETY DIRECTOR

FOREMAN

B.

Ex

LUMBER WORKER

DISCUSSING THE IWA SAFETY

RAMME

lef to right, John T. Akinson, Regional Sofety Dine Bob reas
-85, Jacob Epp, Local 1-363.

cob Holst, Local 1-424; Gil Ing:

To Combat

n over the mounting toll o,
tained ye Mm 07

rT
earners from injuries sus
in the United Si

ion on

ram, Local 7

Labour Delega

ie Oc patna ational Healt’ as

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ad and mated weee

e recent
the falling
abe

tio
answer how to com abut

‘altogether too many years

the-job and praiseworthy efforts

ratt 4

a\

ccident Toll

(2) That the AFL-CIO shall

Ege
eee

ee
Heal “Health
principle of
Labor

f
and injuries rather than through
erohaes
(4) Such conferences shall b
etn rer lop practical
ohieh collective
frei onay lesiaea
uciized
chful

bargainla 0.
and education shall be
a support and

ae of both private Carga fons ane
cupational health of wage earners | government mittees 1
n-the-job has been achieved | mote safety
primarily by tragedies which | through ieee
shocked the conscience mer-| prime mover
ica. health both
4,000 Kill Furthermore, despite t
nong the more than Bae tent efforts
workers killed on-the-job and the| union organizations to achieve a
approximately 2,01 workers measure of safety and healthful
injured b ave their mem-
regularly each there bers and orkers on-the-job
pipusai ee of wade Monit ‘al led and safety of stele neverthe-
undred. sands of| less, the annual toll of death and
ae aise Sales at h it
ditional millions of yaa ners | high. Now. ewer) be it
are killed and injured in off-the-) | RESOLV: hat the

job accidents in fraffic and in thei
aoe
Despite the commendable ef-
‘ort of some large employers to
prevent deaths and accidents on-

ma ane union safety
movement; ai

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CET PECUH O
meee Gre 10 CCT TE

clau: in
seek to implement such clauses
through aie labor-management
committees; and,
Sake mbar
industrial diseases be established,
‘ach ittee would c

ea 4 lf vale such specific

i
dise as ional deaf-
S, asuednet eo eaen burns,
inalation of dusts, gases and
‘oO That ete legislatio:
establis! shing
Felera Sanaa for safety and
ccoupational health an ice
Grants-in-aid should be
available to those States willing
to adopt such Federal s aad
.ards and to implement
effective administration; Ath
(8) at paee pemansn

necessary to
Protect ress and the general
Public; and,

(9) That State legislation be

of the B.C. Federation of Labour was this group of IWA members
Local ra Frank Hilton, Local 1-118; Cliff Michael,

Local 1-417;

aa Resolution

through effective safety and
occupational health programs;
nd,

(10) State legislation shall be
enacted to provi ie adequate fi-
nances to administer an

the Ameri
Standards Association so that
the labor movement shall be

heard in these national safety
forums.

Operations
Win N.S.C.
A wards

of Meri

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National, Sacey. “cons Ae

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Plywood Bee ion. 4
The uacsentation to the beret

PI rgea was in the form of

plaque # given to the
division pam aurenient Jim Drew
an WA Plant Chairman,

it
eorge McKnight, on behalf of
RG crew.
vel plan employed at the
Me eae Pacific Sawmill is to nets
miniature reproductions of
reas “Baca obresent ited to

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worker of Ane magnificent

safe and ver working places

Fath
eateee effort.