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Policy Committee Recommenaes Membership Acceptance Now

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VOL. XXVI No. 15 =2@B= Vancouver, B.C.,

FOURTH STRIKE ISSUE

Ist Issue Aug., 1959

Poicy Committee to petermeniit W. the coast area ee ane should Say the terms | of ge

ies led the [WA members

a A Message

y Joe Morris, WA Regional Presiden icieaas circumstances which darken tes outlook for organized labour on Labour Day, 1959, bring com-

° ich ov eee. trade paisa oehta ik call Moe an outspoken warning in place of any honeyed platitudes.

ae individual workers who form oe free ept the chal-

th

will forfeit thelr rightful claim

wealth they produce. Any effective answer to this

ead must express a revived militancy in the ranks of labou:

ity-seven years ago, far-sighted trade unionists

@ ecoanint ee e as day be marked off on the national

upon whi ich industrial wor! rkers might

orth

ee their toil, and their claim upon the fruits of ‘dicts in- dustry.

The demand ae a legal holiday honouring labour

was one among many which then included the demands

(See thr P. 4)

Labour Party Certain |:

cee arious question will be

Summary of Deutsch Recommendations

commendations in the

Deutsch report are summar-

ized briefly hereunder. WAGES —

cra ioe aoe ‘at off. Uni

ork ont detailed Eatcation:

Ten cents aa hour the first year and RBITRATION—Terms of cents an hour the second Pat reference to be amended to of a two year contract. include grievances beyond

TRADESMEN—An addi- tional ten cents an hour for ~ Sag effective June 15.

Immediate of the job m,

fete arenes to discharge or

"DURATION OF AGREE- ‘— Agreement to run

YWOOD — ananreden EN’ a June 14, 1961.

Trade union and CCF dele-| f¢ Titi a

alf of the

a) vere prepared to ke it 01

trial Enquir John Deusch: The vena was iruicuiately referred to a m1 ‘ote,

o be completed and reported

ite period, he stated. All the evi- d. inted to the fact that th

terms, it was pre di On the other hand, it was s!

the Soe of the Conciliation

A Distinct Improvement stated, Nevertheless, he claimed, _ the that if the employers reject the the strike would be Sonne

Th an

event would change the Scar

r consideration was the foreseubl limits of the Rais fund. Tt was suggested that if the

Mi d 8 cents an hour wage in-| With regard ie crease over two years above the einen would be on ¢! le or employers’ offer of 12 cents; the] the Union, rather than the employ- additional 4 cents an hour over] ors, the employers’ 6 cents an hour for} po pastiiad| s

tradesmen, anderthe., acceptal ference was made to the ass wage structure with additional

vage increases ie ae in the} claim on the strike fund. It would er leven plywood be most unjust, it was pointed out,

the Local Unions and units of CH.

Approval Certain Many, Bk il delegates Neatured

oie ing the alternative of con-

iod,

where it woul to assist IWA members in need f food and shelte

B certain at the 1960 conventions

of tea new party's constitution would be approved by both

teresting feature seminar was the appearance pare ey me delegation of ee He te

thers, who we

the

ae reiee posed the question n then dem:

jon coul é no assurance, that they CO! ould. te assisted in a long ruggle. id Paymi

aioe was et “ re- ik- ers, with paym (Oates Gn _| homes, cars ad ‘household appli- € was no guarantee,

that if the Deutsch report w

re) it

in hand? If there was diver of the at See could the Union stave off a Gees eae o-work’ mo ae on i¢ employers’ terms?

lo Assi

N urance It was pointed out that there

joart

Rated reduced by mor cent the n:

Semen that a new party Id

be require

worker

ae “URARTY” P. 3)

continued for a long and indefin-

BS SHIFTS—Voting abdises Le pepe ee a decision by, jority of the voting HB eae,

cet ee oece

uses

er,

made separate

ebity in each operation, and preferential hiring in all

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stn: 10.

IWA PIX ...... 5-8 Safety ..-. 6-7

IWA Jurisdic- tion... 12

TOP LEVEL MEETING held in the IWA Heedqu Columbia. Group lett to right—Regional Dineen Joe Secretary-Treasurer, Bill Botkin; ee ee a President, re F esting Regi ional Director, H. Landon

freen Gold-CJ0

Region: de Ballard.

jal D irector,

jarters is Portland, Oregon, by Senior Officers discussed the current strike situation in British , J. L. Boughman; Regional Director, Harvey Nelson; Intern jational Ladd; Regonal Director, Oliver Rasmussen;

7:00 p.m. Thursday

: OKP

‘Ist and Last Thursday

6:00 p.m.