visits the Soviet Union

said see Saab ine pe play
a much larger rol e day to day
well- -being of ee es ilo fee ae

i The delegates were especially

exists for woodworkers. Women work-

ers, who make up nearly 50% of the
work force are eteouaaeds pubon giv-

ing birth, to take up to 3 ye maater-

'y Pp

first 18 m . Half wages are then

paid fou thes pa Bs months.
Upo ming to rigs a Pima
he daycare
ares ae are 100 adult

tis for 400 children.

Reasoed and shelter is very attractive

. The industrial complexes

© Soviet

ion to

woman ‘king it kh
byg gging site near Ust Ilimsk.
2. ae agelegnies ate clearly
ines yy the relationships amongst
fellow workers. The Soviet Unionists
work together to share responsibility
for the complete social iaetivaaiale cle
is

provided for by the state.

Their union is totally involved in
the planning and implementation of
housing, agriculture, food production,
transportation 1: d

additi
a hogs, 10
enhouses in Ust llimsk,
400 acres for
Recctableicn crop:
The vast ators yy of housing,
which are apartm eee cost only 3-4%
of a worker's tot
ee ll pension benefits ae jenvenst to

oe eee of cattle
massive gre

° In Bratsk, women workers offbear real sheathing. The giant complex, which

1200

Throughout the Irkutsk region, 18
town:
h

feeeings
age 55 and women are able to oe
ie

¢ Jack Munro presents Victor Karni-

ushin,
of the Woodworkers’ union, with a native
wy carving from

Canada.

2 Ust llimsk
q R K U it oy K

Soviet woodworkers, according to
IWA-CANADA President, Jack Munro,
4 ti een fement

1 Tene

ing in Irkutsk.
he was surprised at the Rare
outspoken nature of workers

ie Soviets use nearly 100% of ue

00 mile

‘ommunity stability and careful
planning are integral parts of any
economic activity.

ets use ‘similar thing as to what

Alberta, where relatively small logs
are feller- bunched and hauled by vube
ber tired skidders for roadside

T Rech id of all
woodworkers, and are paid produc-
Bie ges for increased wood

h ig team visited by ae
Cana 1 One io Hen ew Ust Ilimsk area:

logs on the ige 190,000 eabie
metres eae

iS have more than 20,000 loggers
a year round basis.

HE role of trade unions in shap-
g a newer,

editors of “LESNAJA pees

is changing with the introduc-
A f land d

tic reforms.
1 Over the 2 past 50. years the Soviet

production, which has, in turn, cause sed
its population’s seaaterd of living to

crated materials

, Paper and

Woodwork:
tee, it is ae pa industrial trade
union to have national circulation.
The newspaper, which deals with
industrial and social issues, is no'

trial democracies.

fr ‘lit:

eps ober

0 in Mo:

Teer the Union's Gone Grains

headquarters where an educational
of

see many, challenges for Soviet
wor!
“From what I’ve seen, and this was
my first visit

50 full time and
400 part Tae instructor rs exists.
TWA-CANADA has extended an invi-
tation for a Soviet delegate to visit
anada in val une of 1990. The Soviets

same concerns as Canadian workers,”
says Terry Smith. “We all have the

eager
trade unionis:
Cae ist about everyone we talked to

Union operates,” says Jack Munro.

ges and improved condi-

workers are very aware of
the i: sees that affect them. The IWA
delegation met in Moscow with the

— fr rom how we elect our officers,

nGas bargaining strategies, to how

we geta fate fund together.”
Hopefully, IWA- CANADA can be of

iet economy continues and divisions
between labour, management and
government appear.

°
Sovi le killed in the S d We

Brother Munro

a Bratsk monume!

placed fi nt
‘Id War. The city ‘ost 2 20% of its population in the

_ LUMBERWORKER/MARGH, 1990/9