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IUD TO SUPPORT CANADA ON BILL

President Ronald Roley of the International Woodworkers of America, with the presi- dents of several other large industrial unions, obtained approval from the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Executive Board to give special consideration to Canada under provisions of the proposed Burke-Hartke Trade bill now before the U.S. Congress.

The Industrial Union Department and the AFL-CIO have been strong supporters of legislation designed to combat the export of US jobs by multi- national corporations. Cana- dian union members have expressed concern over pro- visions in the proposed bill that could possibly have an adverse impact on Canadian exports going into the United States.

“Canada and the US have a common problem with respect to multinational firms export- ing jobs overseas,’’ Roley said, ‘and this legislation supported by the AFL-CIO will not work to the detriment of Canadian union members. The bill does not tamper with trade pro- grams worked out between the two countries that benefit Canadian Workers.”

“Multinational corporations move their production around the world in order to exploit low wage workers. But they cannot use Canada in this manner since wages negotia- ted by the IWA in Western Canada lead the world. As the corporate giants of the wood products industry move to all corners of the earth this union should be striving for world- wide cooperation .with all unions representing wood- workers,’ Roley concluded.

Canadian workers just as workers in the US, can applaud the segment of the bill giving the President authority to place restrictions on foreign

investments by US cor- porations. This provision cer- tainly falls into line with Cana- dian sentiments on limitations of US influence in the Canadian economy.

_ Summarized, the important provisions of the Burke-Hartke bill are:

@ Removal of tax breaks and incentives to move produc- tion abroad. Taxation of foreign investments and pro- fits as they would be taxed in the US.

® Setting up a method to regulate the outflow of US investment capital. :

® Establish authority to set quotas on imports and give assistance to workers and companies adversely effected by imports.

® Strengthening antidump- ing laws to provide for speedy consideration of complaints and relief. This is to prevent foreign goods from being sold in the US at a lower than fair value to capture the market or dispose of surpluses.

@ Procedures for the collec- tion of more pertinent data on foreign trade as it effects employment. Calls for clear labeling of the origin of im- ports.

@ Establishment of Foreign Trade Investment Commission to replace the present US Tariff Commission to adminis- ter the act.

The action taken by the IUD Executive Board to grant special consideration to Canada under Burke-Hartke will be passed along to the sponsors of the bill. They have already indicated that they are in agreement with the position taken by the International Woodworkers of America.

President Roley made a report on these latest develop- ments to the Executive Board of IWA Region I in Vancouver, B.C. on January 16, 1973.

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MORE WORKERS KILLED >

Every week 19 Canadians are killed on the job, and on any average day over 2,240 are injured.

Despite management resistance to worker par- ticipation in safety programs, the labour movement is keeping up its push for safer on-the-job conditions.

The situation is serious. In 1971 — the last year for which figures are available — at least 991 Canadians died in indus- trial accidents.

The real total is higher. The 991 doesn’t include people who are self-employed or who hold jobs in agriculture, fishing, banking, trapping, some ser- vice industries, firms with less than four employees — and so

on.

The real death toll for 1971 is probably well over 1,300.

The cost in human terms can’t be calculated. Loss of life or limb is bad enough. What about the suffering of the vic- tims’ families? :

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ALEX SCHEWAGA (top photo left), Plant Chairman at the Domtar operation in Saskatoon, addresses one of the numerous meetings held since the operation went on strike last November. To Alex’s left are Dennis Rode and Gerald Mowry. Bottom picture shows

CONGRESS LAUNCHES

WHITE COLLAR DRIVE

At a press conference in Toronto, executive officers of the Canadian Labour Congress officially launched the white collar drive which received a resolute blessing at the Congress convention in May of last year. tres

Canada’s leading banking- insurance-real_ estate- commercial city, Metro

‘Toronto, is the first target

selected for action by the newly-formed Association of Commercial and Technical Employees (ACTE).

CLC executive vice-presi- dent Jean Beaudry is res- ponsible for organizational activities. Coordinator of the drive is Art Kube, who has a staff of four organizers, Judith

Adam, Pauline Anidjar, William Howes and Ivor Oram.

Teaser billboards with the wording, ‘‘Get into the ACTE”’ were placed in strategic loca- tions in the city centre, backed by one folder with the same title and another headed, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Unions ... But Didn’t Know Who to Ask!”’

According to CLC secretary- treasurer William Dodge and Jean Beaudry, who attended the press conference, first

‘objective of the organizational

drive will be banks and other financial institutions, real estate and insurance company offices, and the stock ex- change.

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