i. WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 7

September, 1961

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A CONVENTION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE: J. E. Ray, Local 1-71; P. Hawryluk, Local 1-80; W. F. was
. Allen, Local 1-85; A. Carle, Local 1-118; A. Christensen, Local 1-207; G. Kowbel, Local 1-217; T. &
J a spe pore 1-288; W. Trineer, Local 1-357, Secretary; M. Salter, Local 1-363; W. if Bayes; Hocal x att _&

{ -367; E. Atwood, Local 1-405; J. Kelly, Local 1-417; J. C. Walls, Local 1-423; J. Holst, Local 1-424, ;
, 6 Chairman. : DELEGATES LOCAL 1-85, IWA, PORT ALBERNI.
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, 6 . as schools, hospitals, univer- school-leaving age and to :
i IW T S k S t sities, access roads, drainage make more adequate provision F eder ation

ih A and dyking, highways and for those retired from in- 5
fl} e) ee uppor bridges, as well as recreation dustry. Convention

ih facilities. (g) Severance pay for those
| ; (c) Better provision for de- displaced by technological
|. For Employment Plan oe ee eee In Bayshore

a : : : ee : ; ing mass migration of workers. (h) A shorter work week. The Annual Convention of the
Eo The IWA will ask affiliated unions to join in a province-wide (d) Prompt assistance for G) Improvements in the un- B.C. Federation of Labour will
a. campaign in support of measures to promote full employment, workers required to move employment insurance system. this year move into more pal-
Ps it was decided by the delegates attending the Annual Regional from one area to another or _ G@ The better regulation of atial quarters, Oct. 23-26.

Convention. The facts before the convention revealed that the from one industry to another. immigration to conform to Owing to structural changes

‘shard core of unemployment was mounting at a rate that (e) Improved facilities for actual job opportunities and now being made in the Mount
A threatens a worse calamity next winter than experienced last education in all fields —aca- the requirements of the grow- Pleasant Legion building, the
Ui winter nd demic, professional, vocational, ing work force. announcement has been made of
| 3 E , | grated fiscal and monetary and technical — with greater It is expected that IWA dele- a change of location—The Bay-

@ A Sie ag “ A, Chee policies calculated to raise the assistance for young people gates will carry the issue to the shore Inn. Secretary Pat O’Neal
} pointed to the ee 00 level of employment. showing aptitude for special- floor of the approaching Annual has negotiated special arrange-
i B.C. workers remained unem- (b) An increased public in- ized training. Convention of the B.C. Federa- ments, already explained to affili-
nee ployed throughout midsummer, a vestment in social capital such (£) Measures to raise the tion of Labour. ated Local Unions.

| total which represents 6.6% of the
fhe working force. The report of the

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: Special Committee of the Senate

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i] had indicated that seven per cent EAN KE

4 of the working force on an aver- RA
age had been unemployed through-

out 1960 and that little had been

1 done to check a steady rate of
Wy increase.
Regional President Joe Morris
¢ stated in his opening address that

; if the upward drift of unemploy-
i i ment continues at the present rate,
1 “all of us will soon be out of jobs”.
a The security of workers now em-
"| ployed is seriously jeopardized, he 3)

said. He urged that Local Union
officials and job stewards should
make all workers aware of this
danger and enlist their support in
the proposed campaign to combat
unemployment.

The delegates declared that “in
addition to maladjustments in the
economy the situation is being
rapidly aggravated by accelerating
technological changes, revolution-
ary improvements in labour-saving
devices, and pronounced shifts in
consumer demand”.

Proposed Remedies
.Public awareness of the practica-
bility and feasibility of steps to
remedy the situation should be
stimulated by all ranks of organ-
ized labour, it was urged. The
steps proposed were:

(a) The adoption of inte-

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