IWA. Canada

VOLUME 53, No. 4

MARCH, 1988
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MACKENZIE
‘OMMISSION

He that a commission be estab-
ished
lished

to stu

issues arising from the spe
Contracting o1
Seeanine madi ato
tion were the thre
issues that the
char; me with addre:

‘on compensa-

WA m are pele
that ees ona was the key

in
tiating commi

was beyond being just another de-
mand on the bargaining table. Con-
tracting out and to er degree

al
, would mean the
eventual demise of countless other
unions.

The confrontation we found our-

time. More and more, at an ever-
an}

were
ig the Drs ractice into the
Beara
The esate, es asked
for a strike mandate. 86% of [WA
members voted in favour of strike,

a landmark strike.

1 lawyer Ken
Mackenzie was appointed commis-

Industrial Relations and the major
Industria! Relations and the major | Summary of the

A YEAR OF
BARGAINING

_ it would seem that 1988 will be a

There will be about. 400 major collec-

‘his includes
ments cove ering eee 100,000 federal
government worl
The main nduatiies seule in
bargaining this year are the

province, the retail food sector, ver
lic utilities, textiles anda number of

It will of course be a big year for
the a ve IWA m C.,

. This has an impact
mately on some 100,000 plus ee

Mackenzie Report

All the findings of the compile:
sion are non-binding. There is n

Contracting out and to a lesser degree, flexibility
was threatening the very survival of the IWA
and allowed to continue unfettered, would mean
the eventual demise of countless other unions.

and action if necessary. It became

pes and one of the longest and
ce bitter strikes in IWA history

Ep and a half months later, o:
ran

sioner with leg:

both labour et industry ee
ission

advi vice and fa cts. The Comm

ws ae to act on or accept the
port. Althou; ugh there certainly is a
n be

on ae
ary 19, aac Mackensie

n
December 5, 1986, a memorandum
fae a ah

1

th pasioatta
port. In a
Al

th tho f

joint meeting

[WA HELPS
SPONSOR
DISABLED
WORKERS
FILM

anuary, a a filme ntitled es

workers, hot Ow Ne have dealt with

live productive lives. It also under-

eli: te the constant threat to
workers safe ety while on the job.

“ peat then the forest pny,
ged:

year y si
woot "caving countless Tae,

tinues year afte:
IWA Cannan resident Jack
Munro, in a message broadcast dur-
ing the airing of ihe show, called for
aden bling of the effort to stop the
gedy.

The film is available for pr
make

erman, Project Mana; jis-
abled Forestry Workers of B.C., 4547
Gertrude t,
VvoY

see page 2 MACKENZIE