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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-

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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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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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