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“THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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“PUNITIVE” LEGISLATION ANSWER
TO FEMALE JOB DISCRIMINATION

Women suffer job discrim-

ination because of prejudice,
and the solution is “forceful
and punitive” legislation, the
Canadian Labour Congress
stated.

In a brief to the Royal Com-
mission on the Status of Wo-
men, the labour body, repre-
senting about 1,500,000 work-
ers, Says prejudice against
women workers reflects a
widespread social attitude:

UNFEMININE

“Many women accede read-
ily to this prejudice in not
seeking employment in male
occupations or supervisory
positions for fear that they
may be regarded as unfemin-
ine, because they know that
they would be acting contrary
to the views and wishes of
family or friends.”

One result was that women
are employed mainly in low-
paid jobs.

The Congress disagrees with
those who advocate education

as the only way to eliminate
discrimination.

SEXUAL PREJUDICE

“We do not feel that force-
ful or punitive legislation will
itself evoke further opposi-
tion,” the Congress states.
“For we do not believe that
sexual prejudice, although it
may be as widespread as ra-
cial prejudice, is as virulent
or as much of public record.

“We believe that employers
and the public as a whole, if
faced with a fait accompli and
the means to enforce it, will
grant at least grudging accept-
ance of the role of women in
all occupations and in time,
we hope, full social accept-
ance will occur.”

POINTS IN BRIEF

The brief:

© Describes the dismissal of
women workers upon mar-
riage as “particularly bar-
baric;”

e Says there are now only
two major pieces of legisla-
tion in Canada that prohibit
sexual discrimination, in em-
ployment — the Quebec Em-
ployment Discrimination Act
and the Federal Public Ser-
vice Employment Act;

© Declares that “any legis-
lation, social policy or indi-
vidual action that detracts
from women’s absolute equal-

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fundamental rights;”

© Suggests that far from be-
ing harmful it may be bene-
ficial for a child to have a
working mother “since full-
time motherhood is not suffi-
ciently absorbing for many
Women and a mother’s con-
stant presence may lead to ex-
cessive dependency on the
part of children;”

e@ Describes provisions for
maternity leave in Canada as
“woefully inadequate;”

LOW PAID

e Says almost half of all
employed women work in oc-
cupations which are low paid
and offer little hope of up-
ward. progression;

© Calls for a complete sys-
tem of government - financed
day -care centres throughou
the country; :

© Questions whether pro-
tective occupational measures
— such as those excluding
women. from night shift work
or heavy manual labour —
are really necessary, and sug-
gests they may be “unnatural
barriers which prevent their

movement into many occupa-
tional fields;”

© Suggests that anti-dis-
criminatory action by govern-
ments may hasten the arrival
of “a socially androgynous
conception of the roles of men
and women, in which they
are equal and similar in such
spheres as intellectual, artis-
tic, political and occupational
interests and _ participation,
complementary only in those
spheres dictated by physiolo-
gical differences between the
sexes.”

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LABOR'S
BIG
BATTLES

Labor’s big battles are go-
ing to be against government
attempts to impose wage con-
trols and against compulsory-
arbitration legislation, Cana-
dian Labor Congress Presi-
dent Donald MacDonald told
IWA convention delegates.

He told the convention that
Prime Minister Pierre Tru-
deau’s administration is con-
sidering both unfavorable ac-
tions, instead of providing the
needed “mild stimulant” for
the economy.

MacDonald warned that the
nation may face “the worst
unemployment situation in

years” this coming winter.
The CLC, he said, will dis-

-cuss incomes policy — but

that was “a far cry from
wage restraint or controls.”
And compulsory arbitration,
he added, “has never worked
in other countries” and ‘iis “a
yoke of injustice,” he added.

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“LOCAL 1-363 REPORT"

terior IWA membership had
been on strike.

He also outlined the rea-
sons behind the recommenda-
tion of acceptance of proposed
contract terms in the Interior
in the year 1964.

Further highlights of the
speech by Jack Moore includ-
ed the Union’s growth over
the past six years from a
membership of 32,000 to 38,-
800 (an increase of approxi-
mately 20 per cent), the in-
crease in the coastal base rate
over the past six years from
$1.92 to $3.12 (an increase of
approximately 63 per cent)
and the increase in the In-
terior base rate over the past
six years from $1.79 to $2.98
(an increase of approximate-
ly 68 percent).

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NOMINATIONS

For President:
Max Salter
Nick Chernoff

Ist Vice-President:
Wilf Armstrong
D. Sloat

2nd Vice-President:
Ed. Thompson
A. Murray

3rd Vice-President:
Bud Berkenstock
Chester Watkins

Financial Secretary:
Karl Lidberg
(by acclamation)
Recording Secretary:
Art Wesner
(by acclamation)
Conductor:
Roy Williams
J. R. Higgin

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Warden:
Russ Williams
F. Harnden

Six-Year Trustee:
Bill Nairn
(by acclamation)

Regional Executive Board:
Max Salter
Nick Chernoff

Alternate Board Member:
Karl Lidberg
D. Sloat

BY-LAW CHANGES
-The well-attended meeting
discussed and approved four
bylaw changes dealing with
(a) Local Union Executive
Board meetings, (b) Bi-annual
meetings (c) Wages and ex-
penses and (d) Ladies Auxil-

jary to Local Union 1-363.

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