COMPOSITE PHOTO OF LOCAL 1-71, DECEMBER 20-21, VANCOUVER. ‘IWA (LOGGERS’ LOCAL) DELEGATES IN “SESSION AT THEIR 12TH ANNUAL DELEGATED LOCAL MEETING From Page 1 \ W Program for board away from home, fares to and from camp, cost of protective clothing and cost of tools required for employment and depreciation. The number of resolutions received on this subject gave proof of wide- spread indignation over the present discrimination. Recommendation of contract. de- mands for 1962 with regard to wage increases, travel time, fare allow- ances, vacations and statutory holi- days. Consideration of these matters was followed by the election of dele- gates to the IWA Wages and Con- tract Conference. Approval of a shorter work week, without loss of take-home pay be- cause of prevailing unemployment. Approval of a portable pension plan to be jointly administered by the Union and management. Demand for amendments to the Income Tax Act to double present exemptions and to lower the age _ from 65 to 55 for extra entitlement to exemption. Demand that all overtime work be paid for at double time. Decision to forward recommended changes in the Industry Health and Welfare Plan to the Research De- partment for study. Request for a meeting of repre- sentatives from all logging Locals for the purpose of establishing a uni- form policy and program to elimin- ate combination categories wherever possible. Demand that sub-contractors be required to adhere to the terms of the Union’s agreement. Approval in principle of provision for coffee breaks for logging camps. Demand that a_ signalman be assigned specifically for the opera- tion of the signal transmitter. Rejection of a request that the regulations respecting life-jackets for boommen be revised. Condemnation of nuclear bomb tests, and full support for the Can- adian Labour Congress and ICFTU in a world peace progra Continuation of aapuak for the political action program of the Can- adian Labour Congress, and recom- mendation that all Sub-Locals of Local 1-71 be urged to secure vol- untary donations of $1.00 per mem- ber per year. From Page 1 ° WW “Organizing the industrial unions and the build: ing trades. The labour movement, he said, can help the entire economy by organizing workers and raising their standard of life, and thereby doing the simple trade union job we organized for many years ago. Vice-President Walter Reuther, stated that labour is the only element in society that can mobilize an effec- tive counter-thrust against the forces of reaction. Unless labour moves forward organizationally, our demo- cracy is in trouble. 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It would be necessary, he said, to repair the damage done to collective bargaining through re- strictive labour legislation enacted in Bills 43 and 42. The IWA, be- cause of its strength and strategic had been one of the main targets of the anti-labour action. Political Action Urgent He stressed the importance of developing a new form of political expression dedicated to the ideals of social democracy. Rank and file participation in this expansion of union activity was of the utmost importance, he stated. All the major objectives now declared by the Union require political as well as economic support. The truth of this situation had been realized by the IWA for nine years, and is now about to bear fruit. Only through organized political action could trade unionists hope to offset the strong political pressures now being exerted by the employers to en- feeble unions. The IWA President expressed the opinion, that in developing direct political action, the trade union movement was returning to its ori- ginal ideals. It is impossible, he said, to distinguish between econo- mic and political action under the present circumstances. Preparations for this year’s nego- tiations take place against a back- ground of serious unemployment, he pointed out. A determined cam- paign was being waged by the Cana- dian Labour Congress and the B.C. Federation of Labour to eliminate this handicap to economic recovery. More than ever before, it would be necessary for the membership to rally around the negotiating pro- gram to be determined, High on the agenda will be the problems caused by technological advances. 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