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“The IWA is unalterably
policy toward the peoples of

At the IWA’s Minneapolis Convention

pledged to a Good Neighbour
the whole world. We accept

the obvious truth that peace and prosperity are indivis-

ible.”

These sentences keynoted the statement on interna-

tional issues, adopted at the

IWA 14th Annual Constitu-

mal Convention in Minneapolis, with enthusiastic support

m the delegates.

Full text of the statement fol-
lows:

Whereas: In the present highly
critical international situation,
the IWA maintains its support of
policies based on the defence of
democracy and the attainment of
world peace and security. The
aggressive threats of Soviet ex-
pansionism in the world cannot
successfully be met by military
measures -alone,

Our foreign policy must be de-
signed to protect and safeguard
our national welfare, and this can
only be done by encouraging and
assisting the people of the world
to improve their living standards
and to widen their political lib-

erties. An economically - sound
|and progressive America, is the
basis for a free world.

In light of these principles, the
IWA states its convictions on the
important international issues of
today.

1. United Nations

The United Nations with its
agencies and committees, is our
best hope for the settlement of
international disputes without
war. We reiterate our support of
the United Nations and believe,
in view of past and present frus-
trations, it must be strengthened
in its powers to preserve peace
and enforce world law.

2. European Recovery
Program

We reaffirm our belief, upon
which our support of the Euro-
pean Recovery Program has been
based, that the economic strength
of the United States should be
used to assist in the rehabilita-
tion and economic reconstruction
of post-war Europe.

Our support for ERP was and
is based on our belief that it
would promote the well-being and
raise the living standards of the
European people, having free and
democratic labor organizations.
We voice our determination that
ERP must not be misused to re-
impose outmoded economic pat-
terns of exploitation and oppres-
sion.

We urge the Economic Co-op-
eration Administration to tighten
its liaison with the labor and non-
communist progressive move-
ments in Europe. We urge Con-
gress to spend the necessary
funds to achieve the purposes of
the ERP. However, such expendi-

Ween nse Interio

day afternoon and/or Sunday re-
gardless of the number of hours
worked during the week.
SECTION 2:

(a) If a statutory holiday oc-
curs during the work week, the
Employees shall only be required
to work on Saturday afternoon
and/or Sunday for the time lost
due to the Statutory Holiday by
mutual consent. For such work
the Employees shall be paid rate
and one-half. In five-day opera-
tions, all work performed on Sat-
urday morning will be paid for
at rate and one-half.

(b) The following are excep-
tions to the hours of work as
set out in Section 1:

1, Where, in the opinion of the
Employer and/or the majority of
the Employees in an operation it
is desirable that a work day
longer than eight (8) hours
Should be worked, application
may be made through the plant
committee to the Local Union for
the extension of the work day at
regular rates of pay, not to ex-
ceed nine hours per day or forty-
four hours per week. The Union
agrees to approve the above work
*schedule for all night shift opera-

tions.

2. Cook and bunkhouse em-
ployees, fire-fighters, boatmen,
including those workers engaged
in towing operations, and em-
ployees engaged exclusively in
the transportation of men and
supplies.

8. Persons employed in river
driving, and booming operations,
in connection therewith.

4, Stationary engineers, fire-
men and oilers employed in one-
shift operations whose limit shall
be nine (9) hours in any day, or
forty-eight (48). in any one week.
‘The above categories shall receive
rate and one-half for all work
in excess of eight (8) hours per
day or forty-four (44) hours per
week.

SECTION 3:

(a) It is agreed that time
worked by cookhouse and bunk-
house employees shall be com-
puted on a daily basis.

(b) Cookhouse and bunkhouse
employees shall be entitled to one
day off in seven (7) to be taken
weekly if practicable, otherwise
at a time mutually agreeable;
provided that all accumulated
leave shall be given in full at

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least once every three (3)
months.

In respect to accumulated
leave, cookhouse and bunkhouse
employees shall be entitled to re-
ceive-one-half week vacation with
pay after three months’ continu-
ous service, provided that such
employees shall not be entitled to
a total of more than two weeks
vacation with pay in any one
year.

SECTION 4:

The working week shall com-
mence at 12 o’clock midnight Sun-
day to 12 noon Saturday with the
exceptions of categories herein
stated:

(a) Those employees, who of
necessity work Sunday or Satur-
day afternoon, shall take another
day and one-half of the week off.
In such event, Sunday and Sat-
urday afternoon shall be consid-
ered work days and overtime
rates shall not apply until the
regular daily and/or weekly limit
has been exceeded, but shall ap-
ply on their rest days if worked.

(b) Rate and one-half will be
paid for New Year’s Day, Good
Friday or Easter Monday, Do-
minion Day, Labor Day, Thanks-
giving Day, Christmas’ Day and
Boxing Day, if worked.

SECTION 6:

Any employee called for work
and finding no work available due
to reasons beyond his or her con-
trol shall be entitled to two (2)
hours pay at the usual rate. This
shall apply unless the Company
gives notice cancelling the said
call.

Article [V—Union Security

‘The Company will co-operate

with the Union in obtaining and
retaining as members the em-
ployees as defined in this Agree-
ment, and to this end will pre-
sent to new employees and to all
supervisors and foremen the pol-
icy herein expressed.
_ The clauses dealing with sen-
jority, leave of absence, and va-
cations with pay were also re-
vised to the advantage of the
Union.

Differences which exist be-
tween the contract for the South-
ern district as compared to the
Northern, is that in the latter
two weeks vacation with pay are
provided after the stipulated
period of service; seniority can
be determined by departments,
and no limitation is placed on
leave of absence for Union dele-
gates.

In all important respects, the
Interior contracts are now more
closely in conformity with the
Coast master agreement, and of-
fer a more satisfactory founda-
tion for future negotiations.

From _all sections of the In-
terior, lumber workers are ex-
pressing appreciation of an
ry eee which wipes out some
of their long-standing grievances,

tures will be in vain unless labor,
both here and in Europe, is as-
sured participation by appropri-
ate policies. At this point, we
must criticize the policy of ex-
tending of monies to Fascist
Franco Spain. Under no circum-
stances should aid be given to
that regime.

3. Germany and Europe

Sound European recovery re-
quires closer economic integra-
tion of the countries co-operating
with the Economic Co-operation
Administration. The placing of
the production of the Ruhr Valley
and its industries under democra-
tie international control, will
safeguard against German mili-
taristic revival, But international
control of the Ruhr will fail as a
measure of reconstruction if it
merely means the oppression of
the vanquished by the victors.

Co - operative arrangements
must be arrived at by the West
European democracies for the
distribution and allocation of all
their basic coal and steel produc-
tion. This means closer integra-
tion of European economic life
which is indispensable if pros-
perity and rising standards of
living, based on economic stabil-
ity are to be attained.

A beginning has been made in
returning self-government to
Germans in the western zone, but
the reconstruction of a. united
democratic Germany has been
prevented by refusal of Russia to
come to agreement with the three
western powers. We condemn
the hand picked puppet regime,
installed by Russia, for blocking
a united Germany.

4, Atlantic Pact

In the absence of a system of
world collective security, the I-
WA supports the Atlantic Pact
as a necessary defense measure.
We reaffirm our devotion to peace
and reject as absurd the charge
of war-mongering directed
against our country. We believe
the democracies must take the
necessary defence measures
against the dangers which

World-Wide “Good Neighbour” Policy

threaten them.
5. Economie Policy

We believe the effort to main-
tain and extend the frontiers of
democracy is more than a politi-
cal struggle, Economic well-being
is necessary for political stability
and individual freedoms. The in-
fluence of our government must
be directed toward expanding
world trade and eliminating bar-
riers to economic trade.

6. Point Four

In keeping with our support
for a world-wide good neighbor
policy, we support the program of
using technical knowledge and
productive capacity to raise liv-
ing standards.

‘The gains made by giving tech-
nical assistance to industry in
these countries must be accom-
panied by improving the living.
standards to the workers. Mech-
anical modernization of industry
must be matched by the modern-
ization of workers’ rights. Too
many workers are forced to still
live under near feudal conditions.

Unless industrial advancement
is balanced by union organization
and collective bargaining, the
program will not achieve the hu-
man as well as material .gains
which are its objective.

7. Asia

The apathy of the Korean peo-
ple before the communist inva-
sion is_a warning in the Far
East. The corrupt reactionary
and anti-democratic character of
the Rhee government of Korea
made its rejection by the Korean
people inevitable. The power and
influence of the democracies will
fail throughout Asia, unless they
support a policy bold enough to
insure security to the aroused
Asiatic peoples.

8. Disarmament

We call upon the United Na-
tions to pursue its efforts to ob-
tain genuine disarmament, in-
cluding international control of
atomic energy with full power of

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