e Reading out the resolutions for the constitutional resolutions committee were (I. to r.) Local 2171
president Darrel Wong and Local 1000 president Joe da Costa seen here with national fourth vice

president Wilf McIntyre.

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Jodustrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada; CLG
15th Constitutional Convention a Edmonton, Alherta s Septe:

¢ Pictured at the head table are most members of the largest yet women’s delegation to an I.W.A. convention. In May of this year, women held their
first-ever educational conference under the union’s constitution.

Resolutions adopted
continued from page twenty-seven

Resolution Committee.

SUPPORT FOR TOBACCO WORKERS - the union will
call on all governments to provide a seat at the
table for tobacco industry workers when
developing rational and effective regulations
and legislation addressing the health and
economic conditions of Canadians, and will call
on governments to put an adequate percentage
of current tax revenue to community-based
youth education/information programs in the
public education system.

LAND USE DECISIONS/FIRST NATIONS - the union
will lobby all governments to have the I.W.A,
and affected communities be directly involved
in any negotiation processes concerning the
forest base.

COMPENSATION FOR LAND-USE DECISIONS - union
members who lose their jobs via land-use
decisions must be compensated under the same
formula for tenure holders or licensees.

LAND-USE DECISIONS - the I.W.A. will oppose any
Jand-use decisions which affect it’s members
without prior consultation or agreement.

ANNUAL ALLOWABLE CUT - the union will lobby
the B.C. government to tie the annual allowable
cut to the mill it was allocated to.

LTD PLAN - industry trustees, Manulife Financial,
and the LTD Plan Administrator will be

instructed by the union to stop asking for WCB
ples from workers before adjudicating LTD
claims.

INDUSTRY PENSION PLAN - the union will request
that the Forest Industry Pension Plan trustees
ond a way to include all I.W.A. members in the
plan.

B.C. INDUSTRY CONTRACT LANGUAGE - the national
union will endorse the establishment of a
committee with a mandate to review key articles
in collective agreements on the Coast, and
Interior regions, in order to propose language
changes in the contract that will eliminate
confusion at the operational and
union/management level.

HEALTH CARE TRANSFERS - the union will lobby
the federal government to the appropriate
transfer payments on time and lobby the B.C.
government to properly use such transfer
payments for the proper funding of health care.

REGULATION OF GAS COSTS - the union will lobby
the appropriate government agencies that
regulate the B.C. Natural Gas Company to
force it to roll back the price of natural gas by
50 per cent so that the hardship of its customers
can be eliminated.

STABILIZING ENERGY COSTS - federal and
provincial governments will be lobbied to halt
plans to deregulate energy costs.

B.C. HYDRO - the I.W.A. will lobby the B.C.
government not to deregulate B.C. Hydro.

PRIVATIZATION OF CROWN CORPS - the union will
oppose any and all movements toward further
deregulation and privatization of Crown
Corporations.

HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE - the B.C. government

will be lobbied to establish a true Department

of Highways with its own crew and equipment,

employing the workforce now employed by
ighways maintenance contractors.

INDUSTRY TRADES - the union will strike a
committee to look into the feasibility of setting
up a job evaluation plan for skilled trades
positions.

TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY - the I.W.A. will lobby
the B.C. and federal governments to make
necessary improvements required to the Trans

~ Canada Eby east of Golden, known as the
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Canyon, in order to reduce fatalities and

accidents.

Y2Y CORRIDOR - the federal and provincial
governments will be lobbied to oppose the
“Y2Y” (Yellowstone to Yukon) (Garidoe because
of the negative impacts on B.C. jobs
communities and access for British Colombians”

DOCTOR SHORTAGE - the union will lobby the
appropriate government agencies to help
resolve proper funding for enough doctors in
Valemount. @

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