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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

For the information of the member-
ship, changes to the Regional Consti-
tution were adopted by the Regional
Convention held in Vancouver, B.C.,
October 2-6, 1978.

Amendments to the Regional Con-
Stitution adopted by Convention action
shall not be finalized until sixty (60)
days from the close of the Convention,
and such proposed Convention chang-
es shall be published in the “Lumber
Worker” and copies of such proposed
constitutional changes shall be sent to
each Local Union within ten (10) days
after the close of the Convention.

Any time within this specified sixty-
day period, the membership, through
their Local Unions, may petition the
Regional Secretary-Treasurer to_initi-
ate a referendum on any amendment
adopted by such Convention action.

lf the Regional Secretary-Treasurer
receives a number of petitions repre-
sentative of one-third (1/3) of the total
Regional Council membership, he shall
proceed with the referendum within
ten (10) days following the sixty (60)
day period specified. :

The following constitutional chang-
es were adopted by the Regional Con-
vention.

FUNDS

ARTICLE VI,
Section (6)
Delete Transportation,
2 which presently reads:
“2. Necessary mileage will be paid
at the rate of ten cents (10¢) per
mile.”
Following is the proposed change:
“2. Necessary mileage will be paid
at the rate of twenty cents
(20¢) per mile or twelve and a
half cents (12.5¢) per km.”

WAGES & EXPENSE ALLOWANCE

ARTICLE Vil,
Section 1

Delete Section (1) (a) which present-

ly reads:

“(a) The salary of the Regional
Director shall be $527.40 per
week. The salary of the Region-
al Secretary-Treasurer shall be
$500.60 per week. Full-time
Vice-Presidents shall receive
$500.60 per week.”

Following is the proposed change:

“(a) The salary of the Regional
Director shall be $587.40 per
week. The salary of the Re-
gional Secretary - Treasurer
shall be $550.60 per week.

Sub-section

The RCMP want photo-
graphs of all students at-
tending Memorial University
in St. John’s,

Inearly September, the local

The
y club to supply

to an RCMP spokespe
force wanted the
compare with a sketch of an
armed robbery suspect.

photo club has not
complied with the request. Ac-
cording to a club member, they
y 5,000 do not have photos of all the
students and were not sure of

SONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

tee

Full - time Vice - Presidents
shall receive $550.60 per
week.”

ARTICLE VII,
Section 1

Delete Section (1) (c) and (e) which

presently read:

“(c) In addition to salary, Officers,
International Executive Board
Members, Appointees and
Committee Members, shall re-
ceive expense allowance not to
exceed $20.00 per diem, plus
hotel and transportation ex-
penses when they are away
from their residence on official

business of the Regional
Council.”
“(e) Full-time Regional Officers

shall be entitled to a per diem of
$5.00 per working day for those
days that the $20.00 or $12.00
per diem does not apply. The
Executive Board may extend
the application of the $5.00 per
diem allowance to appointees
and committee members, sub-
ject to the Regional Conven-
tion.”

Following is the proposed change:

*““(c) In addition to salary, Officers,
International Executive Board
Members, ' Appointees and
Committee Members, shall
receive expense . allowance
not to exceed $25.00 per
diem, plus hotel and _ trans-
portation expenses when they
are away from their residence

on official business of the
: Regional Council.”
“(e) Full-time Regional Officers

shall be entitled to a per diem
of $5.00 per working day for
those days that the $25.00 or
$12.00 per diem does not
apply. The Executive Board
may extend the application of
the $5.00 per diem allowance
to appointees and committee
members, subject to the Re-
gional Convention.’

ARTICLE VII

Add a new Section (6) which would

read:

““6) Mileage allowance of 20¢ per
mile or 12.5¢ per km will be
allowed for the use of private
vehicles while on _ official
Union Business authorized by

the Regional Council No. 1,
1LW.A.”

T STUDENTS’ PICTURES.

the legality of releasing photos
of individual students without
their consent.

Several Memorial student
union representatives said
they felt the RCMP wanted the
photos for possible identifica-
tion of drug users and mem-
bers of various leftist student
groups.

rson, the
photos to

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INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Keith Johnson signs in at
Convention registration desk as Don Sharp, Ed Gill and
Surinder Malhotra look on.

NO TAX REVOLT:

CONVENTION ENDORSES —
TAX REFORM RESOLUTION

Resentful over the re-
gressive and discriminatory
tax systems prevailent in
Canada, but not wanting to fall
victims to a tax revolt such as
the recent one in California,
convention. delegates
authorized Regional officers to
work with provincial labour
federations and the CLC to
develop a public programme in
support of comprehensive tax
reform legislation, which
would include the following:
(a) full taxation on capital
. gains; 5
-(b) adjustments to account
fully for the costs of rais-
ing families, but which do
not afford unjustifiably
large tax reductions for
the wealthy;

(c) recognition of essential
costs of employment (e.g.,

special work clothing),
and the closing of loop-
holes designed for execu-
tives and professionals,
which presently allow
deductions for an array of
non-essential expendi-
tures; :

(d) the allowance of mortgage
interest payments, to
some reasonable maxi-
mum, as a deduction;

(e) the removal of education
costs from property tax;

(f) the elimination of sales tax
from everything except
luxury items;

(g) elimination of the massive
loop-holes, through which
big business succeeds in
paying so little, and some
giant corporations vir-
tually nothing.

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“A LOT OF PURE CRAP”

paws

Take it from the mouth of a
man who should know. W. O.
Twaits, former chairman of
the Imperial Oil Company, an
Exxon subsidiary, is disgusted
with company house organs
aimed at employees.

As co-chairman of the Busi-
ness Council on National
Issues, he examined 240 house
organs and found them
“among the most distressing
things I’ve ever seen in my life
. . a lot of them pure crap.”

He told the Toronto branch of
the International Association
of Business Communicators
that the preservation of demo-

cracy ‘‘will depend on our
ability to communicate well
with working Canadians.”

The association was also
addressed by Shirley Carr,
executive vice-president of the
Canadian Labour Congress.
Carr urged less secrecy and
confidentiality in corporate af-
fairs. Open and honest em-
ployee communications can be
one of the most vital forces in
society.

Employees are entitled to
more information about the
company’s operations,

especially at bargaining time,
she told the gathering.

Forest Indus

PENSION BOOKLET

To keep members informed on any changes to the IWA-

the Regional Council will up-
n changes occur.

try Pension Plan,
date the Pension booklet whe