TORONTO (CPA) — Canad- ian Labour Congress president Dennis McDermott says the four-day 32-hour work week with no loss in pay, approved as policy by delegates to the last CLC convention, is ‘‘im- practical’ and should not be instituted until Canada’s major trading partners move towards a “Tf we do it on a hit and miss basis, we simply put ourselves in an extremely uncompetitive position in our respective trade relationships,” he said on a Toronto radio program. The shorter work week with no loss in pay is designed to help fight unemployment, McDermott said, but it should be implemented universally in a “sensible, step-by-step incre- ment fashion.” “There isn’t any point in the British doing it unless the Germans follow suit; there isn’t any point in the Canadians doing it unless the Americans follow suit; there isn’t any point in any of us doing it un- less the Japanese follow suit. “And there-isn’t any point in doing it at all unless there is absolute, universal control over overtime,”’ he said. “The social motivation be- THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER. hind this is to help jobs and there’s no point in that if you’re simply going to in- crease the overtime claims for people who are employed. “Tf it does not produce the kind of new jobs that we an- ticipate, unless it is planned and co-ordinated, then it won’t be worthwhile.” McDermott said the question of whether the present 40-hour work week will remain for some time ‘‘depends on the economic climate.” Delegates to the early April CLC convention in Quebec voted to “emphatically im- press’’ on all affiliated unions the need for a 32-hour work week without loss in pay to fight unemployment. The resolution said the short- er work week, combined with a “massive retraining program” would help cope with un- employment, advancing technology and plant closures. Convention delegates voted for a national campaign on the issue, spearheaded by the CLC and provincial labour federa- tions, which would include membership education, media coverage and newspaper advertisements. : AT WILLIAMS LAKE LOCAL 1-425 HOLDS SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL MEETING By PRESIDENT HARVEY ARCAND The Second Annual Meeting of IWA Local 1-425 was held in the Williams Lake Golf Club in Williams Lake on May 6, 1978. The Local was formed from Local 1-424 at our First Annual Meeting on June 18, 1977 and under our by-laws accepted at that time. The Annual Meeting will be held the weekend before Mothers’ Day all the next years. As it is, it has only been ten months since our first meeting. There were not a lot of reso- lutions to deal with, but there was some pretty lively debate on some of the issues brought forward. Some of the issues were wage and contract issues, but they were debated as well. One in particular was over the issue of putting other depend- ents besides immediate family under our benefit plan. This was a motion of non-concur- rence and the chairman had to cast a ballot to break a tie. There was a by-law change which was made in order to bring the wording in our by- laws regarding boundaries to the same wording expressed in our certifications. In addition there were Several policies laid out for the local union to follow. -The meeting also authorized the Executive Board to estab- lish bursaries for the district, one for Williams Lake and the other for 100 Mile House. There were not a lot of guests, but those who did at- tend were: Ted MacDonald, Don Muirhead, Don Jantzen, Ross Davies, Jack Reiser, Larry Rewakowsky, Shev Garcha. Jack Munro also attended the meeting and the banquet and dance later. He gave a great speech during the _meeting, and generally out- lined the workings of the IWA to create ‘The statue Local 1-217 President Syd Thompson and Local 1-405 President Wayn Nowlin pose for their picture with members of the Kootenay Forest Products displaying their ‘worker control’ T-shirts. The |WA has two members on the Company’s board of directors and the crew is strongly in favour of worker participation in management decisions. The photo was taken in Cranbrook during Local 1-405’s Annual Delegated Meeting which will be reported in the next issue of the Lumber Worker. SL RS RL ES in general, and _ stressed greatly the need for member- ship involvement. The speech was very well received by everyone. Jack also gave everyone a rendition (for lack of a better word) of ‘‘Solidar- ity’’ at the dance that evening. We also presented Jack with a statue of himself which was constructed by Mr. Zolton Vizdak of Canim Lake Saw- mills Ltd. in 100 Mile House. (which really resembles Jack a lot, was built by Zolly at home, taken from photographs of Jack which we were able to score off the editor of the Lumber Worker. We under- stand, of course, that the statue was one of the worst kept secrets in the Region but Jack seemed to appreciate it any- way. Zolly deserves a lot of credit for the work he put into the statue. All in all, a great success. Prince Rupert New Demo- erat MLA Graham Lea, doing what every good opposition MLA does, stood up House recently in the and chastised dh" ea adequately by coming to the minister’s office with any sug- gestions with what could be done to help the failing North- ern Interior community. Phillips’ was a scathing attack on how inadequate the MLA for the area was representing his constituents. After a brief pause it was pointed out to Mr. Phillips that the sitting member for Atlin constituency, where Stewart is located, is in fact not Graham Lea but Socred backbencher Frank Calder. Understandably Phillips could have been con- fused. . . Calder used to be an snip Sash in: ORI ae ae NDP member for Atlin but switched sides before the last election. Stunned by the announce- ment that he had been yelling at the wrong member Phillips sheepishly took his seat. QUOTE Speaking on a taxpayers re- volt in British Columbia, Fi- nance Minister Evan Wolfe was quoted as saying ‘‘There’s no need for a taxpayer’s revolt in B.C. — the Social Credit government is revolting enough.” eg a ee SR “JOKE MUST END” Donald Woods, recently exiled editor of South Africa’s East London Daily Dispatch, addressed the Security Coun- | cil of the United Nations in late January as part of his cam- || paign to focus external pressures on the South African Gov- | ernment. He told his audience: ‘For thirty years, successive South African governments | have been condemned in the United Nations, and saved by Western vetoes from meaningful pressure. The result today is that United Nations censure is regarded in South Africa | as a Joke...I think the time has come for the joke to end... “International pressure against the Vorster government should have a positive, realistic, and specific aim in view, and that aim should be not to destroy the assets of my country nor to harm any of its people but in their own in- _terests to bring them to their senses. Such a positive, realistic, and specific aim should be the aim of bringing them to the negotiation table with real representatives of the black majority. ‘It's the Canadian embassy — they want to know if Canada’s trade curbs have brought youto yourknees yet?”