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— increase employment in the industry.

— compensate for the displacement of workers as
a result of labour-saving devices and pressures.

— add to the protection of workers now employed,
who are under the threat of mass unemployment.

— provide more paid leisure time in a way that will
let a worker and his family use it to the best advan-

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The three weeks additional paid vacations will,

tage.

— help eliminate excessive overtime.

— ease mass unemployment in the community.

— aid the trade union movement’s attack on mass
unemployment. The IWA is the first Union in Canada
to fight for shorter hours of work as now proposed by
International Unions in the United States.

The double rate for all overtime demand will,

— place a greater penalty on excessive overtime.
— reduce excessive and needless overtime.
— increase employment in the industry.

— allow a worker to choose whether he works over-
time or not.
— improve hiring and shift arrangements,

The demand for clear-cut seniority provisions will,

— end seniority grievances.

— apply the principle that seniority is determined
by length of service and the ability to do the work
required.

— stop the present mis-interpretation of “compe-
tency” with its abuses.

— spell out seniority, so that every worker knows
where he stands as a matter of right, not favoritism.

Written-in medical coverage provisions will,

— place in the contract, about to expire, the under-
standing reached last year about medical coverage.

— make medical coverage a definite part of the in-
dustry’s Health and Welfare plans.

— provide that medical coverage shall be portable,
and applicable to lay-off periods, similar to the Health

and Welfare plans.

— ensure that medical coverage is provided through-
out the entire industry.

— place medical coverage on a fifty-fifty contributory
basis on the experience rating of the operations.

The demanded new conditions for contracting will,

— require that every operator, contracting out work
in his operation, shall stipulate that such work shall
be done under the wages and conditions negotiated in
the contract.

— wipe out the present sub-standard wages and con-

ditions found in contracted work.

— protect the status of the workers in the bargain-
ing unit affected by contracting.

— protect workers’ seniority rights.

The demanded pension plan survey will,

—provide accurate information about the existing
pension plans in the industry, especially with regard
to benefits, administration, and investment of reserves.

— provide accurate actuarial information about the
possibilities of a general retirement pension plan for

the whole industry.
— consider problems which may arise, if a national
pension plan is introduced by the federal government.
— provide IWA members with a full report as a
result of the study.

Paydays every second Friday will,

— fit into the ordinary shopping habits of the aver-
age family.
— enable every worker to plan expenses and pay-

Local job grievance

— clean up unsettled local grievances, on which the
employers have stalled, before broad negotiations
finish. eae

— prevent resort to expensive arbitration in every

ments with greater regularity.
— bring the industry into line with the majority of
industries.

conterences will,

single instance.
— convince the operators that better job relations
should be promoted by them. .

ANSWERS FOR SOME OF THE USUAL
QUESTIONS RAISED BY EMPLOYERS

Are the demands unreasonable?
THEY ARE REASONABLE, BECAUSE,

— increased profits made by the operators, still
in oe aitag: can more than meet the demands.

— the profits made by the operators, during past
years, has enabled them to expand capital investment

to make more profits.

seasonal conditions of employment make a wage

nerease necessary to give the workers a decent annual

income.

— the statements of public Companies show in-
creased profits, increased net worth, and an increased
rate of return on investment.

— no operator will suffer poverty, if a share of the
profits are now diverted to better wages.

See “DEMANDS” page 6