160 CONGRESO MADRID ESPAÑA 23-27 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1981 fédération internationale des travailleurs du bâtiment et du bois internationaler bund der bau- und holzarbeiter internationella byggnads- och träarbetarunionen international federation of building and wood workers Internationale bond van bouw- en houtarbeiders federazione internazionale dei lavoratori edili e del legno federación internacional de trabajadores de la construcción y la madera IBBH IFBWWW. FITBB IBTU FITCM DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECRETARIAT SEKRETARIATETS DOKUMENT DOKUMENTEN VAN HET SECRETARIAAT DOCUMENTI DI SEGRETERIA DOCUMENTOS DE LA SECRETARIA DOCUMENTS DU SECRÉTARIAT DOKUMENTE DES SEKRETARIATS 1 Z 8254 DOCUMENTOS DE LA SECRETARIA INTERNATIONALE DES TRAVAILLEURS DU BATIMENT ET DU BOIS INTERNATIONALER HUND DER BAU UND HOLZARBEITER INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOOD WORKERS INTERNATIO FEDERAZ IBBH IFBWWW FITBB BTU FITCM OCH N NALE EDIU LEGNO INTERNATIONALE BOND VAN BOUW. EN HOUTARBEIDERS FEDERACION INTERNACIONAL DE TRABAJADORES DE LA CONSTR IBBH Y LA RA IFBWWW FITBB SIBTU FITCM 0008 1 27:29, rue de la Coulouvrenière CH- 1204 Genève( Switze Téléphone:( 022) 21 18 11 Télégrammes: interbuild Télex: fitbb 28 577 298 57728 edrich- Ebe Z 8254 Stiftung * Bonn Bibliothek FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRAVAILLEURS DU BATIMENT ET DU BOIS INTERNATIONALER BUND 160 CO INTE DER BAUUND HOLZARBEITER INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOOD WORKERS IFBW INTERNATIONELLA BYGGNADS81 OCH TRÄARBETARUNIONEN FEDERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI LAVORATORI EDILI E DEL LEGNO INTERNATIONALE BOND VAN BOUWEN HOUTARBEIDERS FEDERACION INTERNACIONAL DE TRABAJADORES DE LA CONSTRUCCION Y LA MADERA MAYLA MADER 23-27 DE NOVIED IBBH IFBWWW. FITBB IBTU FITCM 3 27-29, rue de la Coulouvrenière CH- 1204 Genève( Switzerland) Téléphone:( 022) 21 16 11 Télégrammes: interbuild Télex: fitbb 28 577 ch ЭЈАНОГТАЙЯТИ ЙОГАЯ 230 ТИЗМІТАВ UO TRUSIJIAVАЯТ ОЙЦЕ ЯЗ ЗАЙОТАИЯТИ -UAS Я30 RETIRASJOH QU anastasowe gooW GMA CAMDOYB САИДОВ АЈЈЗИОТАИЯЭТИ HOO ИЗИОМИНАТЗЗЯАЛЯТ ЗЈАНОЇЅАИЯЭТИ ЗНОІSАЯЗОВА LICE( ROTAROVAJ 130 OM 03 ОЙОВ ЗАЙОТТАИЯЭТИ -WUOS MAV ГАЗОЗВАATUOH ИЗ ЈАНОЗАИЯЭТИ ЙОАЯЗОВА 2380 ио ART30 ARCAM AJY UTBI MOTI H981 88717 916instvuoluo3 sl ab aux es- cs ( brishestiw2) avans@ POST- HO Trar rs( SSO): enodqèlè bluchati: ommemo 7.825 Tra 8S ddril: xels? 160 CONGRESO DOCUMENTS FROM THE SEIFBWWW. SEKRETARIATE IBBH DOKUMENTEN VAN HET SFITBB DOCUMENTI SEC DOCUMENTOS DE I IL IBTU FITCM DOCUMENTS DU SECRÉTARIAT DOKUMENTE DES SEKRETARIATS MADRID ESPAÑA 23-27 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1981 5 2 $ 3-53 DE MOAIEBKE DE 1881 EZYMY WYDKID EILBBO IBBH MOTIR IEBMW UTBI 10. СОИСКЕГО CONTENTS Dire Prop DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECRETARIAT SEKRETARIATETS DOKUMENT DOKUMENTEN VAN HET SECRETARIAAT port 1976 Repor Ger Repo Ad DOCUMENTI DI SEGRETERIA DOCUMENTOS DE LA SECRETARIA DOCUMENTS DU SECRÉTARIAT DOKUMENTE DES SEKRETARIATS Auc Acco 78 Report of the Committee of Auditors Accounts 1979-80 Report of the Committee of Auditors. Rep Reports of the IFBW 100 88 88 888 8 1 103 113 117 118 119 120 122 123 126 129 Building Commi 131 Appre Housing The tional Training in Developi Policy. Cou 151 154 ging Tech 7 02 ТАМАТАЯна ант моят тизма ZEKKELVKIWLEL2 DOKAWEML ТААЯАТАУ ИЗТИЗмоход DOCAINELOR DE IW RECKELVETY DOCANEMLI DI ZECKELEKTY ТАЯАТАЯЗ ти СТАЯАТИЯ32 га этизмихоа I YO Reports of mittes Wood The Forestr Educational Activities of the IFBW Reg Draft Agenda for the Congress Draft Standing Orders... 167 175 CONTENTS 185 Proposals for the Composition of the Congress Committees Report of the General Secretary 1978-1981 Activities Report 1978-79... Activities Report 1979-80.. Activities Report 1980... Future Activities. Report of the Accounts and Audits.. Accounts 1978-79... Report of the Committee of Auditors.. Accounts 1979-80.. Report of the Committee of Auditors.. 193 219 ..15 .17 .19 .21 ..39 .... 55 .67 .... 87 .91 .92 ..100 .103 .113 Accounts 1980... .117 " Expenditures.. Receipts Balance. Budget 1981 Explanations concerning the Budget.. ... 118 .119 120 .122 ..123 Report of the Committee of Auditors.... ... 126 Reports of the IFBWW Committees. ... 129 Building Committee ..131 Apprenticeship and Vocational Training in Developing Countries. ... 151 Housing Construction and Housing Policy... ..154 The International Construction Market.. .158 The Effects of Changing Technology.. ..162 9 ar er. IS. ec. 28. га T8. атиэтио 2001gn00 srbz 101 sbnagA stev nebo gnibns12 fund 2011mm apno es to noisizomorb immo 18e1- ster v 92 lete посвя art to ge exer noqof 089 110q5A oltivizoA 2sitivitoA sutu re se. 28 801 aribuA bns and er- 8ret anusA 2107ibuA to settimmo adr to nos 08- exe auco0A amoribuA to estimo srl to nogef 0891 anup A atnubooA ibasqx3 err OST SST EST BSt. est: tat Aat. 82. sar. onsis8 68 18er topbu8 topbu@ arty gimson enoitsnelqx3 amoribuA to settimmost to hoqeA 2991 immo WW1 art to 21ogsA estimmoenibu8 sinuo gniqaleve mi oninisT Isnoirsoo V bns gidasimqqA voilo gniauoH bne noitountano pnieuoH เอ ฟ ashi no unfeno lenoiismeinl or vpolonroeT paigner to arosti enT Reports of the IFBWW Committees Wood Committee. The Wood Industry in the 80s. Forestry Committee Educational Activities of the IFBWW Regional Reports. Europe South America and Carribean. Africa... Reports from the Regional Offices. Africa... Asia and Pacific Region.. Latin America.. D Report of the European Committee... 11 IFBWWW .... 167 ..175 ...185 FI ... 193 .219 .220 .222 .224 .231 .233 .245 .259 ... 263 DOCUM DOKUMEN LETS [ ar... art. 281. Eer 2991 immo WW871 edt to ahoqeR antimmo booW ..: 08 sri ni vitaubnil booW erT 991 immo ya910 WW83 or to asitivizoA lenoltsoub anoqs IsnoigsA ers. OSS. 03 SSS. needs be ASS. A duo2 BohtA BES. BAS. eas. asoitto Isnoipoft erit montanoqsЯ noips bne sizA sohemA nitaj Eas settimmo nasqua ar to noqsA DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE 16th ORDINARY CONGRE Opening of the 16th Ordinary Congress of Congress a) Election of the Cr b) Election of the Dr Draf c) Election of the Eled Orders IBBH IFBWWW. FITBB 5. Repor of the General Sec Secreta report 1978-1980 b) repo the of tors tiviti of the Co a) Building Committee b) Wood c) Forestry ee 8. of the Working Group 9. Reports a) Africa b) Asia c) Latin America d) Europe 10. Motions and proposals a) Chang the Statutes IBTU FITCM DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECRETARIAT SEKRETARIATETS DOKUMENT DOKUMENTEN VAN HET SECRETARIAAT DOCUMENTI DI SEGRETERIA DOCUMENTOS DE LA SECRETARIA DOCUMENTS DU SECRÉTARIAT DOKUMENTE DES SEKRETARIATS 6) Resolutions Election of the Executive 12. Election of a) General Secretary b) President: c) Vice- President d) Committee of Auditors 13. Place and Date of Ordinary Congress of 142 Closure of the 16th Ordinary Congress of the 13 13 DORMINEMLE DEZ ZEKKELVETY12 DOCANEMIZ DO RECKELYETYL DOCAINELOR DE I'W 2ECKELWEIW DOCNEMLI DI BECKELEKTY DOKNATEMALEM AVM HEL ZECKELVITYVI BEKKELVKIVLEL2 DOKONEMI DOCANEMIR LKOW HE BECKELVETVI EILBB H881 EILCW IEBMW UTBI DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE 16th ORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE IFBWW 1. Opening of the 16th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW vos and visitors are to 2. Adoption of the Congress Agenda 3. Adoption of the Congress Standing Orders 4. a) Election of the Credentials Committee b) Election of the Drafting Committee c) Election of the Election Committee 5. Report of the General Secretary the absence of the Pres for the minut minutes of the Congress. 6. a) Financial report 1978-1980 b) Auditor's report times rst time upon any subject. He shall not and 5 mi and 5 minutes the the seon and ng it er c) Report of the Committee of Auditors necessary, sugge may also sug an once 7. Report of activities of the IFBWW Industrial Committees from the the slips use the more a) Building Committee b) Wood Committee be su c) Forestry Committee ed to the Secre ry iting. and stating 8. Report of the Working Group for regional activities and trade union education programmes 9. Regional Reports of Suc due a shall be co id. For be entitl the basis or part a) Africa b) Asia have c) Latin America d) Europe to to the affiliation fees part in voting. six months Committee shall ubmitted to the Congress the afternoon session, following: English, Span and Dutch) 10. Motions and proposals a) Changes in the Statutes b) Resolutions 11. Election of the Executive Committee 12. Election of a) General Secretary b) President c) Vice- President d) Committee of Auditors 13. Place and Date of the 17th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW 14. 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Representatives and visitors are to produce admission cards. 2. 3. The Congress is presided over by the President. In the absence of the President, the Vice- President shall take the chair. The General Secretary shall be responsible for the minutes of the Congress. 4. The sessions commence at 10.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. 5. G. No speaker shall speak more than three times upon any subject. He shall not speak for more than 10 minutes the first time and 5 minutes the seond and the third time. The chairman may, if considering it necessary, suggest a further reduction of the time allowed each speaker and may also suggest that the debate be closed. No speaker shall speak more than once or for more than 2 minutes on any point of order. Speakers must speak from the place intended for that purpose. Anybody desiring to speak shall use the slips provided for that purpose. 6. Initiative proposals shall be submitted to the Secretary in writing, the latest on the second Congress day, signed by the mover and stating the name of the union he is representing. 7. All decisions shall be by show of hands unless a card vote is called for by any affiliated organisation. Such a vote shall be conducted on the basis of the last affiliation fees due and paid. For every 1,000 members or part thereof affiliated organisations shall be entitled to cast one vote. 8. Only unions which have paid the affiliation fees for the last six months of 1981 are allowed to take part in voting. 9. The report of the Credentials Committee shall be submitted to the Congress the first day at the opening of the afternoon session. 10. The official languages of the Congress shall be the following: English, French, Italian, Scandinavian, German, Spanish and Dutch. 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More s. a barely by rapid of by a ling. That for a Friedrich Grän, Federal Republic of Germany G. Balan Nair, Regional Representative for Asia Juan Herrera, Venezuela André Vanden Broucke, Belgium 1 representative from Switzerland 1 representative from Italy nor conte ce it an to d) ELECTION COMMITTEE Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Armin Frei, Switzerland Paolo Caccetta, Italy it is alwa and however great our Ge If we take these considerations int .Or it is ea to curt pl world a difficult da impossible to escape from Tive in large resource be quite diffe To a are badly used. An preparations and even for less and irresponsi wealth is totally Now, wheneve tackling and it might sfactory ng some we are to by som the of ienced Why If we do it will be to draw 19 the and es 30 MOITI209M00 3HT 903 WWHT 30 TIMMON THAMAN BHT 30 JA209089 233TTIMMO DI HT 33TTIMMO 2JAD( 6 ynsmisa to ot[ duqsЯ[ sisbe,[ 163 box sms0nsens H [ 96121,193 2mA terbebroM sitzuA dosdes atu vis I mont ev 19 abnsired and mont svij 091 T 33TTIMMON DMITRAGO( 5 nabaw2.q2A TU dom bein sieA got evidenЯ IsnotpsЯnts[ 8.0 muto[ 989buon8 nabasV SybnA bmsfestiw2 mont 9vid6309 VI6jI mort evil er 33TTIMM03 MOITO( b 3 nsbew2.prednih 198 4089 энт Course GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT, 1978 1981 - 0( 6 пох H YOM tuj T 1( 5 TU 1.3 BUG bnA 198 A 059 12945 BRY After the second World War, a distressed humanity hoped that the future would bring peaceful solutions to the national and international problems and notnu antagonisms which were certain to arise. One also believed that the war had served as an expensive lesson, the dearest ever experienced in history. More than 50 million people had lost their lives in violent conflicts, a barely comprehensible figure, caused, as we should not forget, by rapid progress in armaments' technology and by the resulting mechanisation of killing. That war was, in the first instance, characterised by a complete contempt for and insensitivity towards human suffering. Those, who by their decisions determined the toll of war, simultaneously enjoyed, as never before, the comfort of being able to remain at a safe distance from the battlefields and their realities. ( In this respect, one can draw a parallel with the modern administration of gigantic multinationals with their barely surveyable operations- I shall come back to this subject later on.) 92003 232919ni bimonos 28 be 29 80 53 36 years have now passed since the end of the second World War, and the majority of our contemporaries did not experience it and therefore can understand neither the decisive impact of that conflict on the conditions of the present day, nor the influence that it is likely to continue to exert for a long time to come. The second World War was the consequence of World War I and it shaped the world in which we live. In fact, the peace of 1945 fixed the economic and political limits that determine and curb our action and it sowed the seeds of the conflicts from which we now suffer. True, there is no point in saying that much should have been done otherwise. However, it is perhaps worthwhile to remind the old as well as the young that we live and act in the shadow of that great war, and that it is always with us, however much we might want to be free in our actions, and however great our desire to change the conditions of our lives. 290 1500 If we take these considerations into account, which might not be shared by all, it is easier to understand the present situation. The dice that make this world a difficult place to live in have been cast. Nevertheless, it is not impossible to escape from this anguish. Humanity has never before had such large resources at its disposal. If they were properly used the picture would be quite different. To a great extent it is a matter of distribution. Resources are badly used. An excessive portion is cornered for military equipment and preparations and even for active military operations. All this amounts to useless and irresponsible wastefulness. Moreover, the distribution of income and wealth is totally unsatisfactory. w 2011 Now, whenever the question of bringing some real aid to the poor or effectively tackling unemployment is broached, we are seized by some strange paralysis. That is the tragedy of our times. It is high time that the winds changed. In the eighties we must exert all our efforts to change the world. A commission, often referred to as the Brandt Commission, drew up practical solutions in a report that was written by an outstandingly well- appointed, informed and experienced group of experts. Why not take this report seriously and work in its spirit? If we don't, it will be futile to draw up further superb resolutions 21 and longterm reports. No, we in the trade union movement must stick to that report, make it a part of our programme, disseminate its findings and try to compel politicians to follow its objectives. 8ter TЯ0938 ЗЯОЗГ АЯЗиза In the present situation we do not need to invent new prescriptions, because, in general terms, what we want is covered by that report. In fact, it constitutes a world economic programme that can well be used as a basis for a trade A union action programme. 03 15 sw 9d3 ± 6d3 bevet 02 900.925 03 8319 91sw.doldw Within the limits imposed upon it, the IFBWW is and has for a long time been a committed to strengthening the trade union movement in the third world and in dictatorship countries. Altogether these activities must, over the past mo few years, have absorbed half the resources that are available to the IFBWW. BW It is difficult to evaluate the direct effect of these efforts. Of course, sant what has been accomplished only covers a small part of the real needs. In fact, one could speak of a drop in the ocean. sonstarb 9762 5 16 to 36132 nimbs mabom grid ddrw Teff616q 6 web as sno dos 291 erd nI) However, I am convinced that these efforts have had a beneficial impact. Inpre the third world, powerful forces are working against our objectives. To speakd in simple terms, they can be referred to as economic interests, those diffuse but powerful forces which operate in the wings of the complex and unevenly aɛ structured scene of the economies of the third world. Very often the multi- to nationals pull the strings. Decisions are made at a great distance from the real world. prof 6 17 107 jrexe of sunt of 1603 9000 If one criticises this state of affairs one is accused of being demagogic and ignorant. I can assure the Congress that this has often been my lot. On T many an occasion, I have engaged in debates on these issues, as a whole groupw of other general secretaries of ITSes, like Herman Rebhan, Stefan Nedzynski, og Dan Gallin, Charles Levinson and Charles Ford, have done with success. Against me, the tactic has been to attack me on my weakest flank. Nevertheless, my sd ง arguments have obviously caused much annoyance and I do not think that they of have missed their mark. 19v9wor, eu ddiw 20 northbno sd spnsdo of ghasb 01690 vawod bnsanordos quo at 991 sd The fact remains that the developing countries are confronted by a network of obscure forces, on which it is obviously very difficult to throw light. Their vitality often, even usually, springs from the multinationals which enjoy sw 11 preferential and all too perfect relations with the governments of their home countries as well as of the countries in which they operate. 6 bl ard douz bar 9107ed neven 26d vinsmuH.detupas zidd mot qes of sidi Trade unions do not benefit from such benevolent contacts. In developing countries, governments fight against them with even greater fervour than up sd elsewhere. These governments even go to the extent of collaborating to find ens ways of neutralising the trade union movement. bas smoɔnt to norudindab 9d 900M 2290 All enterprises, both national and multinational, are manifestly looking forw places and countries where they can establish themselves with nearly no impediment or intrusion from trade unions. 6160 9006132 9m02 yd best92 916 rot nave bas b06 2291 19v9n5dw wo 63 The terror felt for trade unions has become an intriguing phenomenon which T would deserve a chapter of its own. It is the result of a campaign, carefully carried out by employers and governments, who have had exemplary success in reining in the big information media; hence the great impact of the campaign. to quang be nob ew 11 Siqe anoidulo29y disque ut qu werb of sitjut ad Titw th 22 TS Multinationals establish themselves in the third world for one reason only: to make money quickly. Of course, rapid and high profits are an objective for which the necessary conditions are fulfilled in the developing countries, which is not the case in the industrialised countries where the labour movement, although it might not always be powerful, has nevertheless created a society in which exploitation without any regard for workers has been made impossible. ua In developed nations economic exploitation has its limits. That is not the case in the developing countries. Salaries are as low as one might like. All sense of social responsibility is abolished. Security of employment is unknown. But profits are good and the goods produced are a little cheaper. They make their appearance on the markets of industrialised countries where they rapidly threaten domestic products, thus making a decisive contribution in accentuating the unfavourable trend which is prevailing in to- day's world economy. Unfortunately, workers and trade unions are reduced to gathering the crumbs that the multinationals leaves them. After all, it's all they will get as long as the industrialised countries do not make a real development effort for the third world. Sporadically, multinationals effect large- scale investments in the developing countries which are not wholly negative in their effects. They amount to a beginning of economic activity and could hold out hope for the future. Naturally, multinationals have no difficulties in establishing themselves in communist dictatorship countries. They are in the process of creating a parallel economy, such as is only possible in countries that are in the grip of iron dictatorships. Otherwise, why would the workers of these countries allow foreign manpower and experts to earn salaries that are many times higher than what they, being deprived of all liberties, are compelled to accept? It is therefore with great pleasure that one sees the Polish workers engaging in a courageous and desperate struggle to create a free and independent trade union movement. The enormous publicity that their action receives in the West is entirely justified. The Polish workers are alone in their struggle. Other than from words of goodwill, they benefit from no effective assistance from the West- and they will not receive much more in the future. If they succeed, it will be entirely due to their own efforts, to the dynamic will that inspires them. We, as powerless spectators of the resistance of the Polish workers, are aware that the process is not without peril, if one considers all the hazards they face. What the Poles want is both liberty and bread. The Polish economy is in a sad state of decay, and even in conditions of freedom it will be difficult to reconstruct a sound eceonomy. Many in the West are completely cynical about the situation in Poland, only being concerned about the complications that could arise from the struggle of the workers for their freedom. Many, including the multinationals, would be happier if all were to remain quiet in Poland and in the other Eastern European countries. Cooperation with the ICFTU and the International Trade Secretariats bfett Our federation's cooperation with the other international trade secretariats and with the ICFTU is mainly of a purely informal nature; nevertheless, it is of great importance. As is already well known, there are also formal links u between the IFBWW and the ICFTU. This is only normal, since most of our member organisations are affiliated to national federations that are members of the ICFTU. 23 Four general secretaries of international trade secretariats attend the Executive Board of the ICFTU: Herman Rebhan, IMF; Stefan Nedzynski, PTTI; Heribert Maier, FIET; John Löfblad, IFBWW. 3090 2200m Their substitutes are: André Braconnier, IFFTU; Carl Franken, PSI and 26 0 Charles Ford, ITGLWF. zubar 219X Stefan Nedzynski and John Löfblad are the representatives of the international trade secretariats at the meetings of the Sub- Committee and at the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the ICFTU Executive Board. late Every year, the international trade secretariats organise a conference to discuss matters of common conern and to make the nominations to the abovementioned committees of the ICFTU. Not all the general secretaries participate in these meetings. At these annual two- day conferences a high priority is given to the discussion of issues such as human rights. The coordination of our efforts in these fields is of primary importance. As is well known, year in year out a substantial number of trade union leaders are thrown into the gaols of the various types of political regimes. In trying to obtain their liberation we must coordinate пр our actions and present a common front. These meetings are also a source of information on other activities. Usually the ICFTU is also represented. 935913 It is becoming increasingly apparent that the international trade secretariats, like the ICFTU, are meeing with mounting opposition in the developing countries. The ICFTU felt this trend before the ITSes. In certain respects we were considered to be less exposed than the ICFTU. But now the picture is changing. No longer only the ICFTU is attacked, but also the ITSes. The reason is easy to understand. All the trade secretariats have become much stronger over the past ten years, as regards both their organisation and the diversity of their activities. As compared to the 60s their importance has been completely transformed for the 80s. Their opponents have realised this and have lost no time in taking counteractive measures. It is imperative that we get down to overcoming this obstacle without delay. The very conditions of our activities in the developing countries are at stake. Ebulani Most international trade secretariats are, within the limits of their resources, national trade secretariats intensively seeking to strengthen the trade union movement in the developing countries. In spite of these efforts, prospects are not very bright in the field, because of various circumstances, the main one being the fact that the activities of the ITSes in the developing countries are seen in a very unfavourable light by most governments. In far too many poor countries, the governments are fully aware that they are perfectly capable of controlling the trade unions. The means of such control are manifold. The most effective are corruption and terror. Often the chain of events consists in terrorising the trade UTO union movement or its leaders, and then getting a hold on the successors 24 through corruption. This works perfectly. When the governments and the employers concerned realise that they have to count with a third party like the ITSes their reaction is immediate. They eclaim that exterior elements should keep themselves out of domestic affairs. One is beginning to associate the international trade secretariats with multinational enterprises. That is obviously a specious comparison. If only we had the economic resources of the multinationals... and a fraction of the personnel they have to operate these resources! In this connection, I must stress that in the developing countries governments protect the multinationals. It is an irrefutable fact that multinationals transfer their exploitation to the poor countries precisely because there they are assured of complete freedom of action, including freedom from trade union involvement. SHO 20 YOM These are very serious prospects, especially as the strategy of governments and employers is beginning to undermine the standards established by the ILO. Many third world countries have ratified many of the important ILO Conventions, like Conventions 87 and 98, which they violate in an increasingly blatant and flagrant manner. One is a witness of the adoption of anti- union legal provisions, more often than not encompassing clauses prohibiting the intervention of outside parties, in other words, of international trade union organisations like the trade secretariats. There is no doubt that we are moving towards a decisive show- down in this issue. Our response should take the form of the trade union organisations of the developing countries finding in this struggle the support of their powerful counterparts in the industrialised countries, gathered around the international trade secretariats. Furthermore, one of our d great concerns is the total absence of a control over multinationals which opi establish themselves in low- income countries. They are an immediate threat to workers, also in the industrialised countries. We understand that it is difficult for poor countries to apply certain ILO Conventions containing specific clauses with significant economic implications. It would not be realistic to presume that in a poor country the same measures can be adopted as, for instance, in Scandinavia. But that does not mean that we are willing to jeopardise our positions, or accept, on principle, different standards. Progressively, the same standards should be applied everywhere. Moreover, one area in which there should be no compromise is that of the instruments on human rights, and it is here that our adversaries are at present trying to sap our positions. Here there can be no compromise. There can be no delay. Human rights and trade union freedoms are clearly enshrined in the To statutes and instruments of the United Nations and the ILO. We insist that they be implemented without reservations or limitations. ot XX X ( now b nl box$ 36 The various Committees and their respective Working Groups have, since the last Congress, carried out their work in as active a manner as their resources would permit, always concerned to follow the guidelines traced out by the resolutions of the Vienna Congress. We admit that all the demands made in Vienna could, for many reasons, not be fulfilled. ob nom 6 no One of the main reasons for which the trade union movement is to- day everywhere b confronted by such stiff resistance is that it has not been able to make i breakthrough. For the moment we are on the defensive, involved in a holding operation. The result is, futhermore, that certain trade union organisations reappraise their priorities and come to the conclusion that international work 25 should be left to others. This is a grave mistake, but it is a fact; in many cases even an understandable attitude, if one thinks of all the problems that trade unions face in their own countries. Nowadays, it takes trade union lead- 19 ers of rare vision to realise that the present minimal level of international work is absolutely necessary to ensure that the trade union movement does not lose contact with the complexities of international life. The advantage that employers and the world of finance enjoy to- day in their effort to throw back the labour movement stems in large part from the quality of international cooperation prevailing in big business. There is no scarcity of resources. The central international operations are fed directly into the q daily processes that are carried out abroad in the form of commercial and 12 613 financial transactions. On such matters there is no need to explain the importance of international cooperation. It is pursued with the greatest perseverance. Moreover, it leaves few traces. Everyone knows what has to de done, so that there is no need for resolutions and records in such matters. me bns A particularly obvious case of the offensive tactics of employers is their 0.5M behaviour in Sweden over the past years, and especially before Christmas 1980. The president of the employers' association, an aggressive and reactionary person, recommended a 15% cut in salaries in the midst of a period of run- awayor prices and inflation. One had not witnessed such a thing within living memory - and especially in a country where the trade unions are stronger than anywhere else. In 1980 there were about 3,3 million organised workers out of a total b population of 8,3 million inhabitants. Mr Nicolin's attitude reveals a rare self- opinia tedness and a heavy dose of arrogance. Without the slightest hesitation, he provokes the trade union movement because he assumes, that the victory of capital is near at hand. Where we go from here remains to be seen. Mr Nicolin just went a bit too far.how He is bluffing, but others will have to suffer the consequences, above all the workers and their families. Trade unions are not in any way looking for grands disputes. We envisage them as measures of last resort if they appear unavoid- no able, because we know that the workers bear the brunt of such conflicts.b The offensive of the employers has profoundly shocked us. That is why we have sent a questionnaire on anti- union measures of all types taken in various countries. The response received so far seems to show that our initiative has been received with interest. On the basis of all the answers, we intend to summarise the situation with a view to presenting it to Congress. Another sign of the times to which we must refer is the fact that throughout the world anti- union governments are coming to power with ever greater frequency. formed the 80s. In the third world the situation is catastrophic. Trade unions are openly attacked with terror. Working for the movement is to risk one's life. Another worry is the arrogant manner in which Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister is attacking the powerfully organised British trade union movement. T The TUC saw the number of its members increase by about 2 million, from 10 to 12 million, during the 70s. The Prime Minister hasn't hesitated to attack this eq great movement head on, while, always sporting a fancy hair- do, she persists to on a monetary policy which is doubtlessly, rapidly and deliberately bringing the British economy to its ruin. Britain is on the edge of catastrophe. That doesn't seem to bother her. According to her, it's all the fault of the traden unions. Who will have to bear the costs? Well, the 3 million unemployed that rede Britain will have by 1981. It is clear that less narrow- minded industrialists and are beginning to dread the inevitable consequences of these policies. But Mrs do Thatcher remains unyielding. end shan 26 m J 2 M e 9 0 M 3 b d T q 8 0 10 Let's see how things are shaping up in the world's most powerful and important country, the United States, where in November 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected to succeed Jimmy Carter as President. Unfortunately, many have still not realised the gravity of what has happened. 20 10 Jont Nearly 100% of the American trade union movement had opted for President 667702 Carter; at least as far as the AFL- CIO was concerned. The Teamsters Union, which remains outside the AFL- CIO and whose present leadership is notorious for its astonishing political associates and activities, was the only real exception. It had already supported President Nixon, so that there is a certain logic in its support for President Reagan. The Teamsters have a habit of cashing in on their favours. So far, Ronald Reagan doesn't seem to be doing too much for the Teamsters. That must be a disappointment, because even the Teamsters depend on political connections. envolte 02 However, things are much more serious for the AFL- CIO and its member organisations, which had unambiguously come out in support of President Carter and for the Democrats in the Senatorial and House of Representatives' elections. Now even in the Senate the Democratic majority has vanished. This is a very serious matter. The friends of the trade union movement were the first victims of the conservative trend that was revealed by the elections. We shall refrain from joking about the arrival of a cowboy and a film star at the White House who is called upon to assume the most important Office in the world, that of the Presidency of the United States. I consider this merriment to be nearly dangerous. We shall soon wake up to what is going on! sw of qu In its way, the working of the U.S. electoral system is a process of unequalled democracy. It is based on the principle that any American- born citizen must be able to accede to the highest political office. And that is what really happens. Hitherto obscure and inexperienced persons rapidly rise to power, as opposed to what happens in, say England, Germany or the Scandinavian countries, where a long career in the party is a prerequisite to reaching the top. Many candidates to the American presidency and Presidents have come from anonymity while well- known candidates have rapidly faded, all this being part of the process of democratic elections. One certainty is that one needs money to make a mark in American politics. But even newcomers often manage to find the necessary amounts. Sometimes the sources are quite obscure. President Carter was barely known when he started to win primary elections. Truman was also a very ordinary person, who, having replaced President Roosevelt at the latter's death in 1948, was elected against all the forecasts to become one of the best and most honest Presidents of the United States. But now Ronald Reagan is in the White House. He was an actor who also pursued a political career. What importance do these past events have? None at all. What matters is whom he represents. And here there can be no doubt. He is an enemy of the trade union movement. He lacks a social conscience, and he might also lack judgement. He is supported by incredibly strong powers. In his position he is a disciple of big money, which is jubilant. The goal has been achieved. Whoever holds the White House can lead both the United States and the world. Barry Goldwater, a conservative candidate of the same ilk was defeated by Lyondon Johnson in 1964. Nixon was a fighter, but he lacked vision. But the long term effort to install Ronald Reagan has paid off. The operation has succeeded. As for the 27 sh rest of us, we shall see what is in store for us. 130000 For our friends in the U.S. trade union movement, who fought so hard to stop er Ronald Reagan, the prospects are not bright. Which means that they aren't wo bright for us either. Suffice it to stress the seriousness of this event. It is difficult to see anything but negative consequences resulting from it everywhere, in the industrialised as well as in the developing countries. 63 OT of Meanwhile, we must strengthen our contacts with the U.S. trade unions for pol da whom the movement in the rest of the free world must show even greater fi solidarity. ance HE Toum 603 MoI felt that it was important to refer to this question in my report, because I predict that the result of the November 1980 elections in the U.S. will have serious consequences for us all. dw be In this context, we can also appreciate the difficulties of fulfilling all the aims contained in the resolutions of the Vienna Congress. They should be considered as long- term objectives. In these hard times we must consolidate our organisation and rally our forces around the fundamental demands of social justice, liberty and democracy. 293 orw 2919 9dd edf We can always reiterate our demands and arguments. Perhaps people will soon b wake up to what they did in putting Ronald Reagan into the White House. But it is likely to turn out to be an expensive experiment. 5dw 30 AI OJ IFBWW cooperation with the ILO since the last Congress Ride As we might recall from time to time, the ILO's motto is:" Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere." This is an irrefutable fact; it is irresponsible to neglect, as we do, the problem of poverty in the world. No action worth mentioning is taken to find a solution, even assuming that one can speak of" action". 05 96m of beThe third world is incredibly, unbelievably poor. If one believes the ILO's motto, this poverty is a threat to the welfare enjoyed by a minority of the world's population. At the same time, armaments are piled up in rich as well as in poor countries. These twin phenomena give rise to the deepest concern. They mean that we are living very dangerously. We are close to disaster. This gloomy introduction should not be understood as criticism of the ILO or of its capacity to meet its commitments. I am simply taking this opportunity to press the point that we live in intricate and difficult times- a majority of the world's population suffers from want and poverty while the ILO has irrevocably stated in its motto that such poverty is the most dangerous thing that we face. Now, for the IFBWW, the ILO is an organisation of the highest importance. It is o through the ILO that we can make our voice heard and draw the attention of the world to social issues, and for us it the best place to drum up support for human rights. A weakened ILO weakens us all. It is our only and highest platto form to discuss and to highlight the problems of workers. 6 28 In 1980 the ILO was strengthened by the return of the United States. This event is most encouraging. However, it does not mean that the ILO now leads an easy life. The organisation is faced with serious budgetary problems and is in the grip of all the political antagonisms that exist in our world. points in which we all agrees to None the less, it does some very useful work, which should not prevent a critical examination of certain features. Since the last Congress, the ILO has not held a tripartite technical meeting of direct interest to the IFBWW. On the other hand, informal cooperation has started in respect of two such meetings which are to be held in the near future. C8-582T 900 From 1 to 10 December 1981, immediately after the 16th Statutory Congress of the IFBWW, the Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Timber Industry will take place in Geneva with the following points on its agenda: 1. General report, dealing with: qua a) Measures adopted in various countries in the light of conclusions and resolutions adopted by earlier tripartite technical meetings for the timber industry; b) Measures adopted by the ILO to carry out the studies and investigations proposed by the most recent tripartite Timber Industry Committee meeting, and other measures adopted by the ILO in connexion with the timber industry; c) Recent events and developments in the timber industry. 2. Worker protection and health care in the timber industry. Lauze zA brus 3. Creation of work opportunities and vocational training in the timber industry, with particular reference to the developing countries. At an early stage, the ILO invited the IFBWW to participate in meetings to prepare the reports and to deal with certain details, and the General Secretary has had numerous contacts with ILO representatives to that effect since mid1980. bas enormu. 9bs 26 be On 19 and 20 January 1981 a special discussion was held between an ILO delegation and several IFBWW representatives, including the General Secretary, the President of the Swedish Union of Forest Workers, Sixten Bäckström, and Balan Nair, the Regional Representative of the IFBWW for Asia and the Pacific. The ILO tripartite meeting in December 1981 will provide an excellent opportunity to expound the conclusions on the problems and importance of forestry which our Forestry Committee has arrived at during the period after the Congress in Vienna. The two preceding technical meetings for the timber industry were held in 1958 and in 1973. The intervals between the three meetings, respectively 15 and 8 years, are undeniably too long to permit any continuity of work. The IFBWW has never lost an opportunity to express the wish that the meetings be held at closer intervals, but, according to the ILO, the long intervals are due to the lack of budgetary resources and of personnel, both for the preparation and the holding of the meetings and for giving effect to their decisions. 29 The ILO recently decided to merge the timber and woodworking committees into mmittees into one Standing Committee( the previous two were ad hoc committees, meeting when it was possible, not very often, however) and this should ensure more frequent and regular meetings. This merger is also justified by the close relations between forestry and enol the wood and sawmill industry. 260 The Governing Body of the ILO also decided that the next tripartite meeting with the Committee on Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works will be held during the 1982-83 biennium. It will have the following points on its agenda: 1. General report, dealing particularly with the I mong HT srl.WW8RI en a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions tw and resolutions adopted at previous sessions of the Committee; have b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed by the Commitee, and other activities of the International Labour Organisation in the field of the construction industry; be 19dmc3 c) recent events and developments in the construction industry. 20 01 sdt vd beiqobs 2911 OM( d 2. The improvement of working conditions and the working environment in the construction industry. 3. Management training for the construction industry in developing countries. thevau As usual, the ILO consulted the IFBWW on the choice of items 2 and 3 of the agenda. The IFBWW had suggested the following subject for item 3:" Building and Job Creation"; however, it was not adopted. This will be the tenth meeting that this Committee will have held in the course of its 30 year existence. It ve held in the is therefore one of the oldest and most effective Industrial Committees, and its work has greatly contributed to highlight, at the international level, the problems of construction workers, at least the most important amongst them. The Industrial Committees of the ILO and their tripartite technical meetings should be considered as bodies of primary importance for trade unions and their members. On each occasion they provide an opportunity to hold an indepth and high- level discussion on the agenda items between the representatives of employers, governments and workers from 20 to 30 countries, the number of delegates varying according to the committees. In this respect, one would emphasize that as far as the IFBWW and, I dare say, all workers' representatives are concerned, by far the most important discussions are those held in the workers' group. In the workers' group, one does not only meet with delegates that are attached to ICFTU affiliated national centres, or that share the same ideology. One also finds representatives of the World Federation of Trade Unions( communist) and of the World Confederation of Labour( christian). However, the representatives of the IFBWW have always been in a majority and the president of the workers' group has always been elected from amongst them, just as the General Secretary of the IFBWW has always been the secretary of the workers' group. It has therefore not been easy to find a unanimous workers' group position, but on purely practical matters it has always been possible to cooperate and to find common solutions, even with those representatives who have different ideological outlooks. riw for 30 Every time the communist representatives appear with political resolutions, which can never go beyond the stage of the workers' group, because they are immediately rejected by nearly all the members of the government and employers' groups. They are therefore doomed in advance, even if they sometimes include points in which we can all agree, to wit the condemnation of fascist dictatorships, their repression of differing opinions and their action against trade unions. I would point out that I cannot recall ever having seen one single such draft resolution criticising the absence of liberty, and the repression of opinion in the communist countries. The complete absence of self- criticism makes us smile and appears, accustomed as we are to free criticism, as a sign of weakness. Jod Jon ubni bns yd The internal exchange of experiences between workers' representatives is useful, as are the discussions with the representatives of employers and governments. Everyone certainly lends an attentive ear to the arguments of others, and the special procedures for the debates that have been worked out, based on the complex work of the committees and their plenaries, the sub- committees, the meetings with the other groups and the negotiations on, the draft resolutions in the drafting groups, produce results which are, on the whole, of high quality. The deliberations also produce fruitful debates which serve as an A introduction and during which both sides put forward solid arguments. Furthermore, one should not forget that those who are delegated as representatives to these ILO meetings are experts in their field. They know what they are talking about. to at JI Nevertheless, the system also has its weaknesses. It is all too easy for the inexperienced to overestimate its potential. How high can the claims of the workers be for them to really believe that their demands will be heard and reflected in a desirable resolution? the ke One is often inclined to forget that the employers are in a position of strength. They represent the lowest common denominator. They never submit a demand. Their function is to oppose ours. That isn't very difficult. They have a high degree of internal unity and they can always count on the majority of 2 the government representatives. The proposals that the employers want to defeat are, nearly without exception, rejected. Some might ask what the purpose of the exercise is, if the employers always have the last word. Secondly, the adoption of a resolution by an ILO Industrial Committee does not assure its success at the national level. We have learned at our expense that even the ratification of an ILO convention does not constitute a guarantee. Therefore, we would probably not gain much by organising the procedures in the ILO so as to obtain the adoption of the demands of the greatest significance. In the final event all states are sovereign. The ILO's ability to supervise T and impose respect for ratified conventions is very limited, not to say inexistent. The degree of national implementation is determined by many and various internal circumstances, such as the political system and the strength of the trade union movement. Usually the latter is decisive. Without a powerful trade union movement to put its full pressure behind the written pledges, even the finest resolutions come to nothing. For anyone who really wants to improve working conditions, the most important task is to strengthen the organisation of the trade union movement. 91 2 WW83 9mu226 ( vis) 002 26W 916293 31 dw After many years of cooperation with the ILO, I also venture to make one critical remark on the way it carries out its work in this field. It has to do with the effects that the ILO gives to the work of the Industrial Committees. They are clearly inadequate, and sometimes practically nil. This is unjustifiable. This particular feature means that whenever an Industrial Committee roq meets and deals with the effect given to the preceding meetings, it is compelled to note that achievements are not equal to the legitimate expectations, and are sometimes even totally lacking. To One might wonder what the reasons for this situation are. Of course, the ILO d is not bound by the resolutions adopted by and Industrial Committee. Perhaps a Committee might go too far in the demands contained in its resolutions. But if one takes the presence of the employers into account and the brakes that they apply, this excuse is not valid. The ILO must therefore respond and get down to improving this particualr activity and ensure that it is in a position to really give effect, in its field of competence, to the decisions of the Industrial Committees. All the same, the ILO is an organisation that enjoys great international prestige. Again I would emphasise that, in my opinion, the importance of the ILO for Bup the trade union movement is, in many ways, underestimated. 25. ton bluone 900.910m 03 That is because the ILO has difficulties in making its own activities known. What happens in the ILO is often not very spectacular. It is often a question of long- term work in committees and conferences. But this process has produced reform. The ILO's achievements are misunderstood and underestimated; none the less they exist. As some biz ad bres OW For the reasons mentioned above, the action of an international trade secre- 197 tariat should be conducive to establishing closer cooperation with the ILO ng in all types of activities. 32 eb S vop and Without the cooperation of the ILO, our watchwords and resolutions on the scope and respect for human rights would not be echoed. # 6919b 03 j0w 2 gong In 1979 a very important meeting was held under the auspices of the ILO in 16 Geneva, namely the" meeting of experts on migrant workers in the construction industry in European countries". A special report on it is to be found in the General Secretary's Report of 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1980. ents and The IFBWW played a decisive role in the convening of the meeting of experts, in cooperating in its preparation and in participating in its deliberations. However, the social situation of migrant workers in the building industry remains a trying issue, although, for once, it was unusually easy to obtain positive conclusions. the 592 This matter will have to be placed on the agenda again in a different context, even if it is difficult to rapidly introduce reforms, due to the lack of willingness to cooperate on the part of employers and governments. In this report on cooperation with the ILO, I wish to stress the importance of the workers' education branch, with which the IFBWW has permanent contacts, both to at headquarters and in the regions. om no 943 This year, a new director took over this branch. John Whitehouse retired and ow was succeeded by a veteran of ILO action at the regional and central levels, Cesare Poloni of the UIL( Italy). We assume that the IFBWW's relations with 32 this important ILO division under its new director will remain as friendly and fruitful as during the directorship of his predecessor. The unusual and unique competence of Mr Poloni is a sufficient guarantee. To finish this long section on the ILO on a sentimental note, I would simply recall that in 1980 Joe Morris retired from the presidency of the workers' group after ten years of outstanding service. Joe was a lumber- jack from Vancouver Island, to where he has returned. He made countless friends who will all miss him. But we also welcome the prospect of working with his successor, the highly qualified Gerd Muhr from the DGB, Germany. As a result of its 1978 and 1979 sessions, the International Labour Conference managed to draw up a Convention on hours of work in road transport. This question being of direct and indirect relevance to IFBWW members, I participated to a certain extent in the deliberations of the competent committee. The workers asked for a harmonisation of provisions on hours of work in road transport, many countries having already adopted very satisfactory rules. The most important rules concern the limitation of overtime. the is as follows: John Murgu However, in the developing countries and in countries where trade unions are weak, these conditions are not regulated, resulting in long consecutive hours of work, which give rise to higher risks of accidents for drivers. It was very difficult to reach a favourable outcome. It was a close thing. In fact, if the President hade interpreted the quorum rule in a different way, there would have been a failure. In response to the workers, the employers put forward the argument that any harmonisation of provisions was practically impossible. It is quite in order to point to varying conditions, but if, like the workers, one desires reforms which are all the more important for being aimed at the protection of human life, one cannot be satisfied with compromises or tolerate double standards. The adopted convention will doubtlessly become a major instrument for road safety in the future. The transport workers have, moreover, powerful trade union organisations and have a tradition of good international cooperation, which is an advantage in controlling the instruments' application. 23 Since a 231 and IFBWW regional activities from 1 April 1978 to 31 December 1980 5 2A in the Since the last Congress, IFBWW regional activities have been extensively developed and have also been modified in different ways. What can be referred to as the regional activities of the IFBWW go back twenty years. They started when Sven Mattson went to Zambia in 1959. True, at first he represented the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers, but he immediately worked with the IFBWW and became its representative in Africa in 1965. I would recall that the IFBWW still works in close cooperation with Sven Mattson in his capacity as being responsible for the division of LO/ TCO assistance in Africa. Sven Mattson left our African office in 1974 and L.C. Kawesa, General Secretary of the Ugandan Building Workers' Union, succeeded him as Regional Representative in Africa. 25W WW871 tbs 1 nr 080 19 33 8 The second region where the IFBWW initiated action was Latin America, where Ake Wedin, Sweden, was nominated Regional Representative at the end of 1971 and ran a Regional Office in Caracas, Venezuela, from where he left for Buenos Aires, Argentina, finally being compelled to move back to Caracas after the of coup d'etat in 1975 when the Peronist régime was overthrown by a military ed junta. Ake Wedin continued his activities in Latin America for about 3 years. After he left, the IFBWW had three other representatives in the region. The last one was a naturalised Swede of Spanish extraction, Enrique Montero, who held the position from 1 November 1976 to 31 December 1979, that is for three years. Since the departure of Montero, the IFBWW does not have a Regional Office in Latin America anymore. At its last session in 1980, the Executive Committee decided to again open an Office and to nominate a Regional Representative as soon as circumstances would permit. The cause of the temporary sup interruption of our activities in Latin America is that during their period of operation, nearly 8 years, considerable costs were incurred for the IFBWW General Fund with only few tangible results. It was therefore necessary to temporarily suspend activities in that region in order to concentrate more resources elsewhere. I would emp to Why didn't things turn out more favourably for the IFBWW in Latin America during this our first decade of action in the 70s? The answer is quite simple. It is because of the adverse political evolution of the continent during those years. Towards the end of the 60s, when I sounded out the potential for future activities in Latin America during several missions, which were accompanied by two one- week seminars in Venezuela and Mexico, the situation seemed encouraging and the conditions sufficiently good for the trade union movement to gain strength and for the IFBWW to become involved. Furthermore, o Latin America has a long tradition of trade unionism. T Unfortunately, subsequent events did not confirm this judgment- on the contrary! Most of the continent is now in the hands of dictatorships. Of the o 20 Latin American countries, only Venezuela, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama and Mexico can still be called democracies. And, as a result of developments in the neighbouring countries, even in these states democracy is endangered. As a result of political developments, other international trade secretariats met with a similar fate. onit neral W871 Isnof Over the past five years, neither the ICFTU nor the IFBWW and the other ITSes have been able to enlarge their membership base in Latin America. Key countries, such as Argentina and Chile are suffering from inhuman oppression; there one ab doesn't come across anything that could go by the name of a freely functioning trade union movement. In the near future it is difficult to perceive the slightest ray of hope for Latin America. The continent's anti trade union forces are determined not to allow the trade unions to have any real influence on developments, and to maintain the present social order. A Latin American Regional Committee was set up by the Executive Committee at its May 1980 meeting with the following composition: Pablo Arosemena, Panama, President; Carlos Umana, El Salvador; Sergio Loaiza, Costa Rica; José Borges, Venezuela and one representative from Brazil. This Committee met from 8 to 10 September 1980 in Panama, and the IFBWW was represented by Stefan Windh. 34 The IFBWW has maintained certain training activities in Latin and Central America and in the Caribbean. A special report theron will be made by Stefan Windh, who carries out similar training activities in Africa and Asia. Sergio Loaiza, who is in charge of a training project in Costa Rica, has also been given the task of maintaining contacts with the other member organisations in Latin America, as have the President of the Regional Committee, Pablo Arosemena, and the member of the Executive Committee, Juan Herrera from Venezuela. In Africa, the situation is just as difficult for the free trade union movement as it is in Latin America. 2159 92 In the mid- seventies, our Regional Representative Kawesa clearly announced that the attitude of governments regarding the free trade union movement was, as he put it, very trenchant, and that attitude has not been blunted since. One comes up against moves, which even stem from African trade unions, to erode the position of the international trade secretariats and the ICFTU, and to restrict their opportunities to act in the region. The membership of the Africa Regional Committee is as follows: John Murugu, Kenya, member of the IFBWW Executive Committee, President; Charles Attah, Ghana; L.T.A. Oyebola, Nigeria; J.M. Rangasamy, Mauritius; an observer from Zambia. Our Regional Representative, Kawesa, is the Secretary of the Committee. This Committee met on 3 and 4 November 1980 in Salisbury, Zimbabwe. The IFBWW was represented by Sten Lindahl from the IFBWW Regional Committee. coope Through our training activities we are trying to establish new contacts in liberated Zimbabwe, and in Namibia, Botswana, Togo and South Africa, but it is not easy to point to any real progress. However, in the present situation, an IFBWW presence in Africa is essential. In Asia the situation is different; more favourable as far as the IFBWW is 68 01 concerned. Furthermore, in this continent the IFBWW has managed to acquire member organisations in highly developed countries, such as Australia, New Zealand and soon in Japan and, in the West, Israel and Turkey. Since a Regional Office was opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Balan Nair on 1 January 1979, new conditions, favouring an increase of activities in the region, have been created. However, one should not forget the enormous area covered by the region, and the diversity of its cultures and conditions. It is absolutely indispensable to have a Regional Office to coordinate our activities in this region. Obviously the IFBWW has a potential in Asia. But again we are faced by the resistance of governments and a lack of respect for human rights, ILO Conventions and trade union rights. The first IFBWW Asian Regional Conference was held on 20 and 21 November 1980 at the Clyde Cameron College, Woodonga, Australia, and brought together 40 delegates from 14 countries. The IFBWW was represented by its President, A. Buys, its Vice- President, Roman Rautner, and by Bertil Whinberg, Sten Lindahl from the Regional Committee, Stefan Windh, responsible for training, and by Jeannette Angst, Secretary. 35 Over the next few years, trade union training will certainly begin to play a decisive role for the IFBWW in Asia and the Pacific. Since the last Congress, the IFBWW has continued to be very active in Spain. For about ten years now, the IFBWW has been involved in this country and supports the UGT's efforts to organise the building and woodworkers. After the fall, without bloodshed, of the dictatorship, the result of long and dangerous clandestine work throughout the country in which the UGT was particularly active, that organisation succeeded through unparalleled efforts to take the lead in trade union work and to reconstruct free trade union. In particular the communists were also very active and were serious rivals for the UGT. During all these years the IFBWW maintained its support for the UGT; however, as the presently being held trade union elections, which are of vital importance, drew nearer, the IFBWW Management. Committee decided to provide special assistance in the form a collection, which produced the following encouraging results: 26 26 900 Nordic Federation NBTF SFr 38 500 Bouw- en Houtbond, Holland SFr 8 275 03 Holz und Kunststoff, Fed. Rep. of Germany Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria Sfr 9 225 26 Sfr 5 000 3291 Івлограя x3 Fastighetsanställdas Förbund, Sweden Sfr 582 M.L Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, Norway GBH, Switzerland Sfr 267 625 Sfr 5 000 for IG Bau- Steine- Erden, Fed. Rep. of Germany Centrale Générale, Belgium about DM BFr 100 000( direct support) 85 000( transferred directly from Belgium) These funds were used for the training of organisers in the election campaign, and for the moment it seems that the situation is shaping up well for the UGT. In most constituencies it is well ahead of the communists in respect of local representatives. IG Bau- Steine- Erden also provided our member in the Basque country with some assistance during these elections. The IFBWW has adopted the principle of nearly exclusively supporting the UGT which covers the whole of Spain and is in a very difficult financial situation. In view of the IFBWW Congress, which is to be held in Madrid from 23 to 27 November 1981, it is only natural that close cooperation should have already been established between the IFBWW and the UGT in order to prepare the Congress, which is to mainly take the form of a demonstration for human rights, a cause which, precisely in Spain, has made considerable progress. During the past few years, the IFBWW has cut down its activities in Portugal because of a lack of funds.or However, the IFBWW worked well in Portugal immediately after the liberation of April 1974 and afterwards, thanks to a collection organised among our European members for our members in Spain and Portugal. From the beginning, the situation was extremely jeopardised in Portugal because the communists immediately dominated the trade union centre, Intersyndical. It was not possible for the social- democratic minority to play a role in that organisation, and a new organisation, the UGT, was set up about two years ago. The IFBWW members are affiliated to that latter organisation. The UGT's 36 prospects can be considered as being relatively good, if one takes the Intersyndical's strong position into account. The communist party has not gained the successes it hade expected to result from the iron grip it has on the Intersyndical. Activities in favour of human rights The human rights that everyone should enjoy have already been laid down in the United Nations Charter, and trade union rights are set down in several ILO Conventions, in particular in Conventions Nos. 87, 98 and 135. However, frequently, these instruments, which should be the foundation of the world order, are more and more flagrantly violated. It often exceptionally difficult to prevent these violations, or to do anything at all, because every State is sovereign and the least scrupulous amongst them claim absolute competence to make any interpretation that might suit them. The institutions to which we can turn to obtain the liberation of detained of trade unionists are essentially the ILO and Amnesty International. In the majority of cases of the IFBWW being informed about trade unionists of our member organisations being gaoled, we have inevitably resorted to the ILO to urge the adoption of suitable measures, which has always been done, sometimes with success and sometimes without. Over the years we have organised systematic cooperation with Amnesty International in our efforts to obtain the liberation of derained trade unionists. According to Amnesty itself, our action in this field has had positive results. Direct contacts with the governments of various countries have often resulted in detainees being released. However, I cannot refrain from referring to examples of our powerlessness, in spite of all the efforts we might have made: and restated. 1. Achour, the trade union leader of world renown, was imprisoned three years ago without judgement or trial. He was subjected to injurious and degrading treatment and he is still not completely free to assert his rights. Innumerable steps were taken in favour of Achour. This case is a sad reminder of our impotence. 2. Solomon, previously the General Secretary of the Ethiopian trade union centre and member of the Governing Body of the ILO. He has been detained without judgement or trial since the" glorious revolution" of 1974. Another sorry affair. 3. Alfred Chiluba, General Secretary of the Zambian trade union centre and member of the Governing Body of the ILO. His passport was withdrawn, because he was accused of conspiring to overthrow the one- party régime of Dr Kaunda. the right Evidently, there are many more cases- unfortunately. However, this is a field where we must not be discouraged. Those who are in prison need our help. The struggle for liberty, democracy and human rights deserves the highest of priorities. 37 Ov B017# lu29 03 bejoeqxs absd of 2922900029 Since last Congress, the IFBWW has continued to be very active For ab about ten years now, the IF has been involved in this country and supports the UST's efforts to organise the building and woodworkers. After the fall bloodshed, of the dictatorship, the I. 29 201 the country in which the UGT was part ticularly work lead s va Als Dur the the ma hed its suppor as 904 19 in the er 9jul Nor Bouw- en land Holz Bau- und Fastighe 1ldas: For 2 1269 true#dptm Jednotant s frua SF 8.275 03 100 statado at mu nodiny ABO enotjust an ent Jeeni brs DJI d v Sweden 0613 Patented wWRI 02926, to votom aj nI 029 Vidivant aver sw, balosp pried emot 5010 1edmem TUO IG BAMA Centrale Be due to directly from Be -1931 v3290mA ddiw not3sqoopmaya beatnspro vs SW 2069 bonised to noted at ntido of ana In repres 213 .b9269/ 9 pred 299nisjeb n IG Bau- 19/ 12 Ath assistance dur these elections: 9b6m evad dptm ow 2310119 963 adroits d f The web geh stdue asy 9763 73 23991229 November 1981, it is only natural that close cooperation been esta shed between the IFB and the UGT in to prepare the Ca Cong ress whichbaniste 1990 260 During the past few 1edmom bris To insmagbut Juorld tw 392 rs; the IFBWW has cut down its activities The because of a lack of funds. b06 99 nofnu s5613 notdmes grid to yr 1990 sduftri ber1fA.C rs for From the beg the comms was pot 8315 organisation, and in Spain and Portuga Vi90601- 29250 90m vnsm 916 919 vitnebly3 the situ on was extremely remely jeopar ed in Portugal bec se new ion, the UCT 2019-392 The 1FBWW members are affiliated to that latter organisation. The UGT 36f8 26 32 emi3 mo bas zbnmob General Secretary's Report, 1.4.1978- 31.3.1979 of ni International trade- union work is diplomacy at the highest level. Within the 02 IFBWW, which comprises 110 trade unions from 55 democratic countries, there is m992 no question of pursuing Swedish or American or German or any other national trade- union policy. The IFBWW is an extremely heterogeneous organization. It is of the greatest importance for democracy that such an organization exists yot and that it functions properly. It is impossible for the trade- union movement to be the same in North America, nub Scandinavia, Australia, Venezuela, Kenya, Italy, India, Switzerland and Malaysia. Yet IFBWW affiliates in these and in many other countries share the same aim, which is to improve their conditions. Achievement of this aim often An necessitates militant action in the form of strikes. Another common feature, qor however, is that our activities are always carried on within the framework of to parliamentary democracy. Neither force nor dictatorship have any place in the IFBWW. We have so many demands that we will never attain them all during our er lifetime. 2008 Despite this, we believe that our problems can best be solved in the context of democratic development. We do not put our faith in revolutionary violence- orm only peaceful evolution can make the world a better place. The postwar years de are proof of this. The vast problems of the Third World cannot be solved by force, only by patient, peaceful, constructive effort with help pledged by the rich nations. eveb 16 27 blow.enT Vs Dictatorship in all its forms is our greatest enemy. All forms of democratic -939 development, therefore, and all progress are threats to those who wish to 2 wield unlimited power over human destinies. This needs to be stated and restated. On the other hand, it is hardly necessary to reiterate those declarations, often formulated in trenchant terms, that we ed have adopted concerning our objective and our mandate. no 9 The Federation's statutes are now very old. Although they have been very little changed in recent years, they state in simple words what our movement 269 aims to accomplish. During the 15th Congress in Vienna in August 1978, our fundamental demands of were again affirmed and set out in clearly worded recommendations. 26 10The relationship between our desire to change conditions in the world and the means we possess to achieve this nevertheless require further discussion. Membership of the IFBWW is voluntary. This in itself is a source of strength. Convinced of the rightness of our aims, trade unions become affiliated to the Federation. However, th ability to provide the financial resources for an international 20 organization is another matter, and trade unions often give priority to other activities. The need for work at international level is not always immediately apparent and is given lowest place on the list of priorities. Consequently, the ON 39 means at the disposal of the international trade secretariat are very modest as compared with the current demands and the ambitious projects proposed from time to time. ever.c. 16391 As always, the" babel of tongues" constitutes one of our biggest problems. The Federation has five basic working languages: English, French, German, Spanish erland Swedish; occasionally it uses Dutch or Italian. If we were able to work in a single language it would greatly ease not only the financial burden but also the day- to- day requirements for our activities. But such a change does not seem feasible.se 2321x9 noiesimspro me doua deri vos130mb 107 9onstrogm to 20 It is therefore time that we took a more realistic look at our requirements for international work. Do the conditions in fact exist to take new and large- scale sfaction, or must we be satisfied with the path we have been following so far? An alternative would be to abolish the international organizations, a procedure that is certainly tempting to many. 29 ni nt 25 dw mis 9m82 After almost sixteen years if continuous international work, however, I think To it would be repugnant, not to mention dishonest, to give anyone reason to hope that we are approaching a historical moment in which rapid intensification of international acitivities is possible. The ILO is undergoing a severe crisis and the ICFTU is also in grave difficulties. The Labour Office is hardly able to maintain ** shave problems present position. Frankly, all the international organizations 93 ed so am dong songfory Visnotfufover nt datst quo duq don ob sWavebomb to It should also be borne in mind that the difficulties are not only of economic and linguistic nature. They are so complex that it would be naive and foolish to try to tackle them by means of mere slogans.q The world is at a stage of development in which even the greatest genius is scarcely able to analyse it properly. Huge forces are being brought into play. Those who made confident statements on development a year ago are now completely at a loss. Things happen that nobody ever foresaw. As usual, the sceptics emerge unscathed, yet they know that there is no absolute truth and that nothing X762 can be predicted with certainty. aidT SW 03 In the last few years there has been much talk of visionaries and visions. The word vision is one of the easiest words of Latin origin to understand. Vision means the ability to see. Thus a visionary is one who is able to see. To make sure my views on this matter are not misunderstood, let me say plainly that I have no great respect for visionaries as we have produced them in recent years It is a fact that in our age there is not only a lack of visionaries but also a lack of leadership. Many of the visionaries who did appear were really charlatans. They tried to persuade us to look at the world as they wished it to be or as they wished us to see it. But the facts cannot be changed: they are realities that must be reflected even in visions. newded gidanottier edT пог 03 2298200 9W 2069m Admittedly, it is difficult to describe what is seen. กร กลาง 10 35 402 6 21 fsati te art is nulov at WW8RI add to qtrievedmeM In spite of this, some attempt to describe the future and explain what will occur and what will result. Our attitude should remain sceptical. The only thing for us to do in such a situation is to go on working as we think 19 right and to hope that our work will bring beneficial results not only for us yle but also for others. Tavel( snottshant to know been 92000.291otaq to jail add no sosiq 29wol navip at bas neqqs 08 40 This means that we must fix our objectives prudently and not rashly. We never know what we will be able to achieve. This philosphy demands that we examine the future requirements of our work with great care and seriousness; yet the cohesion of an organization like the IFBWW is extremely fragile. The creation of an international organization is a long and tiring process. Personal contacts and talks during countless international conferences and meetings have always been of decisive importance. International trade- union work is still no more than a hundred years old. It is true that it has seldom led to visible results, yet the contacts were there and could be extended. Each individual must be left to judge the significance of these contacts in making the movement capable of surviving historical catastrophes and of influencing social and economic developments. 15th Congress, Vienna, 21- 24 August 1978 9269 Practical work last year covered a wide range. The 15th Congress was held in Vienna from 21 beginning as ear. 24 August 1978 and required a great deal of preparation, beginning as early as June 1975 in a talk with Hans Böck, President of the Austrian building and woodworkers' union on pre- Congress cooperation- in other words, just before the 14th Congress in Stockholm in August 1975. This demonstrates the planning problems facing the IFBWW in organizing large international events with scant financial and staff resources. Jal The Austrian union, which is affiliated to the OeGB( Austrian trade- union confederation), had invited the IFBWW to hold its 15th Congress in Vienna. The union spared no pains in helping to establish the outer framework for the Congress and was careful to begin planning very early, so that nothing was left to chance. It ought to be emphasized that such a Congress cannot be carried on without the help of the host union, since the IFBWW does not possess the means required to do so. The lavish style of the Vienna Congress might give the impression that the IFBWW is a rich organization: that is not the case. It is a poor organization that nevertheless carries on its activities in the proper way. It does not try to live above its means. The large- scale events that it has been able to organize, such as the Congresses in Tel- Aviv in 1969, in Ostend in 1972, in Stockholm in 1975 and in Vienna in 1978, were possible on such a scale only thanks to the generous contribution made by the national union in each case. It is probably unnecessary to give a detailed report on the Congress here. I have done so already in the Bulletin, and the published Congress proceedings provide further information. However, a few essential points deserve comment. The reports of activities in the period since the previous Congress were adopted unanimously by the 350 or so delegates without long discussion. Я The main themes of the Congress were human rights, the economic and social problems confronting the trade- union movement today, and the regional activities of the IFBWW. Lengthy debates took place on these groups of problems. t deput BnS The reports of the building, wood and forestry committees, as well as that of the Europe committee were discussed in depth and at langth. : A quot The reports also contained statements on the problems of jurisdiction within R the IFBWW: building, wood and forestry. 41 The unemployment and lack of planning in all three fields seemed impossible for anyone to solve. demands time For the first time, a Congress presented an opportunity for thorough discussion on the operations of the multinational companies. These firms are increasingly uncontrollable and causing disquiet to the trade unions. The phenomenon will sh continue and will therefore have to be reckoned with in the jurisdiction of the IFBWW. The multinational construction companies' operations are growing; the so wood and forestry in wood and forestry industries are dominated by multinationals or similar groups. The Congress adopted sic resolutions expressing its views on various questions, as well as on proposed activities. A special recommendation on the conditions for in Argentina was also accepted. As we know, the IFBWW's largest affiliate there, the UOCRA, has been placed under military control and General Secretary Papagno, now freed, spent many years in prison. In his view, the IFBWW's actions were of re great influence in securing his release. securing his 619 The Executive Committee of the IFBWW was elected unanimously, and is composed of the following regular members and deputies: Group 1: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden: 2 members Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Sweden 1st deputy: Bertil Jonsson, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Sweden 2nd deputy: Esko Suikkanen, Puutyöväen Liitto ry, Finland Henry Hansen, Snedker- og Tømrerforbundet, Denmark 1st deputy: Poul Christensen, Specialarbejderforbundet, Denmark 2nd deputy: Villy Jacobsen, Norsk Bygningsindustriarbeiderforbund, Norway Group 2: Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg: 2 members André Vanden Broucke, La Centrale Générale, Belgium 29/1160 obs 1st deputy: J. de Mulder, La Centrale Générale, Belgium att svods evil of y 2nd deputy: Eugène Bausch, Letzeburger Arbechterverband, Luxembourg estohe Abraham Buys, Bouwbond NVV, Netherlands xpotion at 1st deputy: Leo. Brouwer, Bouw- en Houtbond NKV, Netherlands 2nd deputy: Jaap Boom, Bowbond NVV, Netherlands Group 3: The Federal Republic of Germany: 2 members Rudolf Sperner, IG Bau- Steine- Erden yong ons. 1st deputy: Konrad Carl, IG Bau- Steine- Erden 2nd deputy: K.H. Tiedtke, IG Bau- Steine- Erden 22 expro sd to 29ment ofsm 9dT d enotno ams/ dong WW831 9d 70 Kurt Georgi, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff future 1st deputy: K. H. Schwark, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff 2nd deputy: H. Morich, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff Group 4: Austria, Switzerland: 2 members but also for othe Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria als amoqen d VJ29101 bms boow.pofbftud: WW8I d 40 42 nk 1st deputy: L. Seebacher, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria 2nd deputy: J. Köteles, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria idents François Portner, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland 1st deputy: Roland Roost, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland 2nd deputy: Max Zuberbühler, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland Group 5: Great Britain, Ireland: 1 member namo amt svi க Jugeb bnS evu8 marsidA B. Rubner, Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Workers' Union, Great Britain 1st deputy: J. Kooyman, Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Workers' Union, exp Great Britain enwaffot st dman 99 929d of notjibbs 2nd deputy: E. Goodall, Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Workers' Union, v2 Great Britain bn Group 6: brs Group 6: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain: 2 members M. Burgos, UGT, Spain 1st deputy: J. Ducos, CFDT, France 2nd deputy: M. dos Santos Nestal, C.D.T., Portugal G. Pelachini, FILCA- CISL, Italy 25 bojosie 22910 9NT 2913rvis 29933 mmo tensive [ shem Iftw 1.22910000 sd of betudinib 1st deputy: E. Kirschen, FENEAL, UIL, Italy 2nd deputy: M. Hupel, FO, France ee has bee engaged ties of the comm Group 7: Greece, Israel, Turkey, Cuprys: 1 member M. Amster, National Union of Building Workers, Israel 1st deputy: K. Sarisoy, Agaç- Is, Turkey 2nd deputy: S. Roth, National Union of Woodworkers, Israel Group 8: Canada, USA: 1 member T. Murphy, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, USA 1st deputy: L. Garber, Upholsterers' International Union of North America, USA 2nd deputy: J.C. Turner, International Union of Operating Engineers, USA Group 9: Africa: 1 member Conventions J. Murugu, Kenya Building, Construction, Civil Engineering and Allied Trades Workers' Union, Kenya 1st deputy: C.K. Attah, Construction and Building Workers' Union, Ghana 2nd deputy: R.A. Mathurin, Seychelles Workers' Union, Seychelles Group 10: Asia: 1 member K.A. Khan, Building Mazdoor Union, India 1st deputy: G. Balan, Timber Employees' Union, Malaysia 2nd deputy: K. R. Prabhudesai, Building Mazdoor Union, India M 43 Group 11: Latin America: 1 member briu Juan Herrera, FETRACON, Venezuela heb 37532 1st deputy: P. Arosemena, SITRAPRODEC, Panama 2nd deputy: M. Pineda, SINTRACODE, Colombia tugab de for ovuqb bmS we ate an Abraham Buys, Holland, was unanimously elected President of the Executive for the fourth consecutive time, Roman Rautner, Austria, as Vice- President for the first time, and John Löfblad, Sv. Skogsarbetareförbundet, General Secretary for the fifth time. In addition to these three members, the following were elected to the Executive: Rudolf Sperner, IG Bau- Steine- Erden, Federal Republic of Germany, and Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Sweden. The Congress elected as auditors: Armin Frei, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland, Kurt Georgi, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff, Federal Republic of Germany, and Odd Isaksen, Norsk Bygningsindustriarbeiderforbund, Norway. 08 Committees' activities 00: 01: uq9b dal M As copious documentation on the activities of the different committees was distributed to the Congress, I will merely give a summary here. 1st deputy: Jonsson, The building committee in the past year was composed as follows: bmS President: Rudolf Sperner, IG Bau- Steine- Erden, Fed. Rep. of Germany: quon John Löfblad, General Secretary Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Sweden Juan Herrera, FETRACON, Venezuela PA M 2nd Grou Be Jay Turner, Int. Union of Operating Engineers, USA/ Canada Jan Pot, Bouw- en Houtbond NKV, Holland ab 32T André 1st 2nd de A20.631 Marcel Hupel, Force Ouvrière, France Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria André Vanden Broucke, La Centrale Générale, Belgium Roland Roost, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland to to non. Ismoil 1992qUed A working group assisted the committee. It was made up of: André Vanden Broucke, Belgium, Markus Schelker, Switzerland, Kent Senior, USA, and John Löfblad, also Ulf Asp, Sweden. The wood committee was composed as follows: สม ดาล 219XTOW President: Erik Lehman, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Sweden John Löfblad, General Secretary 63 JA 1st 2nd. Henry Hansen, Snedker- og Tømrerforbundet, Denmark Luis Seebacher, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria B. Rubner, FTAT, Great Britain eb bns. 39dmem quona Kur Ge M. Zuberbühler, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland Up to the time of the Congress, the committee's work hade been perfomred by a working group with the following members: Erik Lehman, Sweden, John Löfblad, Roger Gerdin, Sweden, P. Pellarini, Italy and, until the Vienna Congress, Werner Haak, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff, Fed. Rep. of Germany. Roma Ge 44 Committee for Europe. This was composed of: President: A. Buys, Netherlands 39 John Löfblad, General Secretary A. Vanden Broucke, Belgium B. Whinberg, Sweden F. Portner, Switzerland R. Rautner, Austria R. Sperner, Federal Republic of Germany J. Ducos, France da for Jud Vereshed 09 The committee hopes that a European Conference can be organized in the first half of 1980. Forestry committee. This comprised the following members: President: J. Löfblad, General Secretary of the IFBWW 903 n9v9 928 atd ± I in the Sixten Bäckström, Sv. Skogsarbetareförbundet, Sweden Knut Nakken, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, Norway Pekka Virtanen, Suomen Maaseututyöväen Liitto ry, Finland SonstV enT The committee met twice over the last year, so that a comprehensive report on the problems of forestry could be presented to the Congress for the first time. After the Congress in Vienna, the Management Committee has been engaged in overall planning of the IFBWW activities in the period leading up to the next Congress. Much of the work concerns planning the activities of the committees. In general it may be said that the Federation's activities consist of two parts: 1) activities of the IFBWW committees and 2) regional activities. In the last few years increased importance has been given to a form of activity that cannot be allotted a special section: the campaign for human rights. It belongs to both the above- named categories. Activities for human rights 99 add to 23200 si 1940 of eu hot to In states with a more or less totalitarian regime, many trade- union leaders have been arrested in recent years. For example, in the period before the last Congress, union officials well known to the IFBWW in Ethiopia, Tunisia and Argentina were imprisoned. These and other similar cases are violations of the ILO Conventions Nos 87 and 98, which should guarantee freedom of association and negotiation. In Ethiopia, B. Solomon, President of the Ethiopian central trade- union organization, has been in prison for five years without trial or sentence. When arrested he was a member of the ICFTU Executive and of the ILO Governing Body. In January 1978, a great friend of the IFBWW in Tunisia, H. Achour, General Secretary of the Tunisian central trade- union body and a member of the ICFTU Executive, was thrown into prison. The General Secretary of the UOCRA, Argentina, the largest IFBWW affiliate, Rogerio Papagno, was imprisoned in 1975 and released on parole in the automn of 1978. In the last two years the IFBWW has therefore made extra efforts on this extremely wide- ranging subject. It comprises not only the right to found trade unions and to carry on free negotiations but also, and above all, political liberty, the freedom of expression, the right of free criticism of governments and authorities in general as well as the right to set up associations( freedom of association) and what we believe to be the natural right to free elections. 45 We take all these things for granted, so much to that we often think that we are we are no longer obliged to commit ourselves in these matters- at any rate; not in our own interests. But for the world seen as a whole the situation is quite different. Political and trade- union freedom are very far from being taken for granted, yet we often keep silent. Moreover we tend to criticize the Fascist regimes all the time, while hesitating to make any criticism of the Communist states. Yet the most terrible acts are being committed before our eyes. the Certainly we are unceasing in our protests against the apartheid policy in South Africa, while helplessly shrugging our shoulders over the appalling reign of terror in Uganda. The latter was so far beyond our experience that we did not know how we ought to tackle the problem. perner In this case even the United Nations and other international and supranational bodies were utterly helpless. Nevertheless, we ought to bear in mind that wherever freedom is suppressed it constitutes a threat also to us who are privileged to live in freedom. The Vienna Congress adopted a significant and cogently worded recommendation on human rights. 326 and nevo spiw dem 99 n was ensdermost 08 9dT Before and after the Congress, close cooperation was carried on with Amnesty International, via the IFBWW Secretariat in Geneva and the Amnesty International offices in London and Stockholm. to 291 193 TA J to douM.220 pn00 Regional activities or activities in developing countries of Ge bisa.ed Since the Second World War the IFBWW has given great importance to its work in developing countries. Twenty- five per cent of membership dues are placed in a solidarity fund used only for activites in the developing countries. For some years the fund been steadily increasing; but for many years now more has been taken out of the fund than has been put in it. Today there can be no question of building up the fund again. The reserves are very small and it is scarcely possible for us to cover the costs of the three regional secretariatsin Caracas, Nairobi, and Kuala Lumpur as well as the activities in Spain and Portugal. Without the trade union studies carried out by the regional secretariats, the regional activities would have met with worse conditions. ed It might be useful to recall that the first regional secretariat was set up in 1964 in Ndola, Zambia, the second in 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela, and the third on 1 January 1979 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Asia- Oceania region. At present the regional representatives are: in Cacarcas, E. Montero and E. Montes ( study project leader); in Nairobi, L.C. Kawesa and in Kuala Lumpur, Balan Nair. admant The plans for regional activities were presented to the Congress in a detailed report. They were drawn up by a special working party created by the Management Committee and composed of the President of the IFBWW, A. Buys, the General Secretary, John Löfblad, and Ulf Asp of the Swedish building workers' union. reasons of For reasons of cost and space it seems to me unnecessary to repeat here the content of their report. However, it is certainly worth mentioning the following facts. From 1981 it is proposed that the distribution of aid from the solidarity fund be apportioned as follows: Africa 25%, Asia 25%, Europe 20% and Latin America 30%. For the years 1979-1980 the distribution proposed is: Africa 20%, 46 [ sput of brents02 Asia 20%, Europe 25% and Latin America 35%. But these are only approximate figures. It is not possible to establish a budget in advance. One thing is sure: with membership dues at their present level we cannot put more than S.fr. 450'000.-into the fund. This means that there is no money for unforeseen expenditure. In addition to the regional activities, we have done our best to extend study activities, particularly with the financial help pf the LO/ TCO, the Swedish tradeunion advisory council on trade- union cooperation. the Vienna Since the Vienna Congress Congress in August 197 in August 1978 the Management Committee has consolidated the plans and has embarked on a major project for trade- union studies on building workers in India in the winter of 1978/1979. The long- term project in Latin America has been extended until 1981. A project for various African countries has been outlined as well as a smaller Caribbean project. In connection with the LO/ TCO proposal, a special post was created in the Geneva Secretariat to take charge of the IFBWW study activities, the person appointed being Stefan Windh, former study secretary in the Swedish union of paper industry workers. In the autumn of 1978 a special project was begun for evaluating the requirements for trade- union studies with the forestry workers in some Asian countries. The project is headed by Enar Burman of the Swedish forestry workers' union. For four months he travelled in eight Asian countries, examining the conditions for trade- union training of forestry workers. Asian forestry workers live in indescribable conditions. The absence of any trade unions makes it impossible for them to assert their demands for better conditions with any strength. They are exploited to the utmost, particularly by the multinational companies, which are removing the virgin forest. Enar Burman was assisted in his work by Balan of the Timber Employees' Union Peninsular Malaysia and Dennis Mendoza of the o Philippine trade- union confederation, which was representing the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers, also taking part implementing the programme. The results of the preliminary examination were assessed at the conference held from 29-10-18-11-1978 in Kuala Lumpur. The ILO was in charge of the programme's implementation. The result was considered so good by the ILO and by me that we drew up draft subsequent projects for studying the situation of forestry workers in a number of Asian states. The work on these is already going on between the ILO and the IFBWW. It should be mentioned at this juncture that the first part of the programme has been financed by the Swedish trade- union advisory council on tradeunion cooperation and that any subsequent programmes will also have to be financed from outside sources. It is really about time that somebody made an effort to improve the inhuman conditions suffered by forestry workers in the developing countries. It is right to mention the true instigators of the ILO/ IFBWW activities in this field. They are the authors of the" Report on the FAO/ ILO/ SIDA Consultation on Employment in Forestry held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 10 February- 1 March 1974". The comprehensive report describes the fate of the forestry workers and proposes that" the trade unions should be informed and be actively supported by governments so that they can explain and promote the demands of these workers". 47 Spain and Portugal Support for the Spanish UGT was continued during to year. Unfortunately no way could be found to support the Basque Trade- union movement, which is affiliated to the IFBWW. Since the fall of the Fascist regime, the Spanish unions have been able to extend their membership greatly. But the movement is divided, and the freedom of negociation, desirable in any free country, is still very limited under legislation remaining in force. In Portugal, the situation is difficult, not only economically and socially, but be in trade- union and political matters. The trade- union confederation Intersindical is completely dominated by the Communists. The IFBWW has been supporting for many years the efforts to form a trade- union organization for building and wood workers that would be independent of the powerful Intersindical. The ambivalent behaviour of the Social Democratic party has adverse effects on trade- union activities. The situation, therefore, remains complicated even among those groups opposing Communist domination in the trade- union movement. During the past year the union confederation UGT was formed and has become an affiliate of the IFBWW. As the neccessary resources are lacking, and since the specially collected funds have been used up, financial aid must be provided by the IFBWW. International vis Gene The Internationa Institute for Development, Cooperation and Labour Studies in Israel made grants to a number of members of African affiliates, as it has done since the Tel- Aviv Congress in 1969, to follow training courses at the Institute, in French or English. All those who took part appreciated the value of the training given. dev@ f Collaboration with the ILO 26 25W 816 90. In comparison with the ILO, the IFBWW is a small organization. If the work performed jointly between the two organizations is to be described adequately, it would require a long chapter, which unfortunately is not possible. In order to carry out its tremendous task, the ILO keeps up contacts with hundreds if not thousands of organizations. For the ILO the IFBWW is not very important; however, for the international trade secretariat of the IFBWW, the collaboration with the ILO takes up a large part of our expenditure and our area of activities. 925 It is generally known that the ILO is" in difficulties". In various annual reports I have dealt more or less extensively with certain symptoms in the ILO's activities that were attributable mainly to political causes. I do not wish to comment on the subject here. study project Personally I believe that the ILO will have to go on battling with such problems: the Organisation is a fascinating forum for many groups to discuss questions that have nothing to do with it. It is a tragic fate for an organization that stands for such valuable and vital bntdT principles. V16 Yet the ILO should not ne neglected, even if for all sorts of reasons it is restricted in fulfilling its true functions. The IFBWW continues to give the highest priority to collaboration with the ILO. Detailed reasons for this attitude do not seem to be neccessary. 48 bos, es First, the principal areas of collaboration should be enumerated: A patxit not a) the tripartite committees( for the three fields of activity of the IFBWW: building, the wood industry, and forestry) b) the Workers' Education Department human rights) c) The Conventions( see section under human d) the International Labour Conference e) the meetings of the Governing Body 298 the 9vez ed This jos b There are other areas of activity of the ILO in which the IFBWW does not take part directly but which are nevertheless of interest to the Federation: technical cooperation( formerly known as technical assistance), multinational corporations, meetings of experts, and regional conferences. I will briefly mention a few points dealt with by the 1978 International Labour Conference. It was attended by 1673 delegates and experts from 129 of the 136 member states of the ILO. JF 26 25w.br The Conference agenda was as follows: 1. Report of the Governing Body and the Director General 2. Programme and budget, other financial questions 3. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations by member states 90/919 TUO 097 4. Survey of the labour market: functions, activities and organization( 2nd reading) 5. Freedom of association and experience in fixing conditions of appointment in public service( 2nd reading) 6. Revision of Convention No. 32( 1932) on the protection of workers responsible for loading and unloading vehicles( revised)( 1st reading) 7. Working and rest hours in the road traffic sector( 1st reading) 8. Report of the working group on structure 153 bomy 6% The Conference also discussed a report on the apartheid policy of South Africa. As 1978 had been declared" UN International Year against Racism", there was a two- day debate on apartheid. There were 60 speakers in the debate, most of them strongly condemned the apartheid policy. The results of the debate, naturally, are difficult to judge. However, it did succeed in bringing this important subject again into the centre of attention, and South Africa, excluded from the ILO for its apartheid policy, was branched by the Labour Conference, a gathering of world significance. The Conference adopted the following instruments: - A Convention on the Management of the labour market, its role, functions and organization - A Convention for the protection of the right to organize and on procedure for fixing conditions of employment in the public service. - A recommendation on the management of the labour market, its role, functions and organization 02 49 - A recommendation for the protection of the right to organize and the procedure for fixing conditions of employment in the public service Recommendations not on the agenda way As usual, a special Resolutions Committee was set up, and dealt with recommendations on questions not included on the agenda. At the outset it received 18 recommendations to be considered. As had happened frequently in the seventies, the Resolutions Committee's work was marked by major political confrontations. to Of great interest was the proposed recommendation No. 18 put forward by Syria and Libya. The proposal demanded implementation of the Recommendation adopted in 1974 against" Discrimination, racism and restriction of trade- union freedom and basic rights by the Israeli authorities in Palestine and in the other occupied Arab territories". The 1974 Recommendation was the reason for the United leaving the ILO. The" Israel Resolution", as it was known, was passed by 5,898 votes against 0, with 4,838 abstentions, and was one of the most controversial questions of the plenary session of the Conference. The voting there was 211 to O with 139 abstentions. For lack of a quorum the voting went well. But it must be assumed that many delegates deliberately avoided the voting. It will be interesting to study what this signifies for the future. up, financial pbud be em provided signifies for the future. The Israel Resolution took up so much time that only further proposed recommendation could be discussed. The only recommendation adopted by the Labour Conference was on youth employment. One of the events of the Conference were the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first Director General of the ILO, Albert Thomas, who was born on 16 June 1878 in Champigny- sur- Marne, outside Paris. This dug occasion gave a festive character to the Conference. Albert Thomas was elected first Director General of the ILO in 1919, after the ILO been founded in that year under the Treaty of Versailles. He took office at the beginning of 1920 and exercised it until his death in 1932. His tremendous services to the ILO are generally known and his work is still of major importance for the ILO's work today in attempting to establish worthwhile principles. the interna On 15 June, the French Prime Minister, Raymond Barre, presented an address honouring the life work of Albert Thomas. The following quotation gives an instance of Albert Thomas' view of society: P " A lasting peace cannot be maintained in a nation as long as there exist extreme inequalities among the people, forming in every society a threshold of inequality across which no social understanding is possible". Albert Thomas believed in a free, politically independent trade- union movement%; B but he also believed that the major social problems could be solved only by organized international cooperation between all the nations of the world. of the world. 06 93 Raymond Barre recalled the motto of the ILO:" Si vis pacem, cole justitiam" ( If you want peace, cultivate justice). This could be contrasted with the old saying," Si vis pacem, para bellum"( If you want peace, prepare for war). 210 A It should once again be pointed out that we had several meetings with the ILO to prepare and carry through a project for training workers in forestry in Asia. 50 We have likewise cooperated with the ILO Workers' Education Department on other matters. ITTO The cooperation with the Trades Committees Department was, as usual, extensive and continuous. WW871 In making preparations for the meeting of experts on the problems of foreigh workers in European countries, which will take place in Geneva from 16 to 25 October 1979, the ILO called on the advice of the IFBWW. This meeting we regard as extremely important. The IFBWW never ceases to stress to the ILO that the meetings of the tripartite trade committees should be held more regulary. A few months ago, we and other representatives of the ITSS had a meeting with top officials of the ILO led by the Deputy Director General, S. K. Jain, to discuss questions which we felt should be given the highest priority by the ILO. On this occasion I pointed out that the work of the trades committees ought to be placed first. Now and again our efforts are successful. For example, we had great satisfaction in noting that the ILO Governing Body, at its meeting in November 1978, had decided to hold the third tripartite conference of the technical committee for the forestry industry( Timber). In addition to the usual reports, the agenda for this conference, to take place in 1981, contains the following items: a) Protection of workers and health questions in the forestry industry b) Measures to improve employment and vocational training in forestry, with special reference to developing countries. We hope that the ILO, in spite of its difficulties, will in the near future hold a tripartite conference of the trades committee for the building and wood industries. However, a realistic evaluation shows that, contrary to our expectations, we will have to accept greater intervals between conferencesin future. Cooperation with the ICFTU, the international trade secretariats and other international bodies As in preceding years, the relationship between the IFBWW and the ICFTU was very close and friendly, especially between the General Secretary of the IFBWW and the President of the ICFTU, Dr. P.P. Narayanan, of Malaysia, and the ICFTU General Secretary, Otto Kersten. Like the ILO, the ICFTU has problems in carrying on its activities. Personally, I try not to share the pessimistic assessment of the ICFTU's situation that many allow themselves to feel. I am convinced that, despite the difficulties and complexities of their position, the leading officials and the staff of the ICFTU do a great deal of good work, and I support them wholeheartedly. In combating Fascism and Communism, the ICFTU has a political vocation. The ITSS, on the other hand, are far more concerned with specific trade- union matters and with maintaining contact between the various union bodies. The ICFTU and the ITSS give each other mutual support in the effort to encourage the free trade- union movement throughout the world and to uphold human rights, for which the ICFTU expends considerable energy. ubn1 Collaboration with the ILO is also carried on through internal contacts between the ICFTU and the ITSs. I would like to take the opportunity to mention the excellent cooperation between the Geneva offices of the IFBWW and those of the ICFTU and its staff. 51 The ITSS have the following special members on the governing body of the ICFTU: Stefan Nedzynski, PTTI 219 Herman Rebhan, IMF Heribert Maier, FIET John Löfblad, IFBWW ns Co gebent i dtw no set up and dealt with recommenda good ent nob bns and in the finance committee: YOW WWE eter adot50 Stefan Nedzynski, PTTI John Löfblad, IFBWW the sev the Resolution 96 03 229.112 900 Membership of these important bodies has given me the unusual opportunity to make valuable personal contacts with the leading trade- union officials of the free world. Over the years I have obtained inestimable insights into the countless problems of the world today. European federation of building and wood workers within the EEC Juo The IFBWW carries on fruitful cooperation with this large organization, totalling about 2.2 million members in the nine EEC countries. The election of André Vanden Broucke as President and Juan Fernandez as Secretary of the federation means that future contacts will be even closer and more personal. Meetings of the Executive and Management Committees 19 In the year of the Congress, the Executive met three times, on 1 June in Rome and on 20 August and 24 August in Vienna. The Management Committee had seven meetings. New affiliates and union amalgamations tive char Conference ( d The following member union affiliated to the IFBWW during the year under review: 1. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, USA, 10.000 members 2. General Construction Workers' Union, Sierra Leone bos szol General Federation of Bonairean Workers, Bonaire N.A., 600 members Sindicato dos Operaios da Construcao Civil, Marmoristas e Montantes do Distrito de Aveiro, Portugal 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 5. Sindicato da Construcao Civil de Viana do Casteljo, Portugal Increased membership of the Dansk Metalarbejderforbund, Denmark. The Antigua Workers' Union, Antigua, 200 members Paper, Wood and Allied Workers' Union, South Africa 011 adt 9. Sindicato de Trabajadores de Empresa Kimberly Clark SA, El Salvador 2A 10. Sindicato Unico de Alarifes y Obreros de la Construccion del Estado de Yucatan, Mexico 11. Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Nacional de la Construccion y Afines de Honduras, Honduras 12. Sindicato de Industria del caucho, plasticos y cuero, Colombia, 300 members 13. Thai Plywood Labour Union, Thailand, 600 members 14. India National Building Workers' Federation, India 15. The New Zealand Timber Industry Wmployees' Industrial Union of Workers, New Zealand to 92 X9 en neswed no по .17632 231 bns UT DI 52 Amalgamation T190-2TI- UTROI to sometno 0193 пом se nijs bms bald nac Seychelles Workers' Union, Seychelles IFBWW International Bulletin The Bulletin was published three times in the past year. In a Congress year other activities have to be given priority. Nevertheless, the affiliates received ample af information on the work of the Federation, mainly by means of the Congress documents. Before I close this report, I would like to express my gratitude to all those in the Geneva Secretariat for their hard work for the IFBWW, particularly over the last year. It can be easily understood that the IFBWW has only a small permanent staff. Wages and salaries are a very small part of the total expenditure of the Federation as compared with other ITSs. Despite this fact, the IFBWW is unable to accumulate assets. Year after year, income and expenditure are almost exactly balanced. Yet the low proportion of wages and salaries in the budget still has to allow us to carry on fairly extensive activities. In spite of all the criticism, I must emphasize that in relation to the resources available the IFBWW maintains a high degree of activity. But this is possible only thanks to the almost heroic efforts of our staff, whose workload in this last Congress year was abnormally heavy. It can be imagined that it is not easy to do good. work at international level on scant resources: the large amount of material in different languages forms a costly item. Other aspects too are expensive. Speaking personally, I am proud and grateful for the loyalty and hardworking spirit shown by my staff in extremely trying working conditions. In my own trade union, the Svenska Skogsarbetare förbundet, I paid of Skr.900.-in 1978; of this sum, Skr. 2.-- went to the IFBWW, i.e., less than 2 per mille. This indicates what financial sacrifices our affiliates make for the international movement. Participation in congresses, conferences and meetings Meeting of ICFTU Executive in Brusels, 16- 19.5.1978, John Löfblad International Labour Conference, ILO, June 1978: John Löfblad National congress of the Swedish timber workers' union, Stockholm, 25- 30.6.1978: John Löfblad National congress of the Danish electrical workers' union, Herning, 27.8- 2.9. 1978: John Löfblad( from 29-31.8.1978) National congress of the Danish painters' union, Copenhagen, 4- 9.9.1978: Henry Hansen National congress of the Norwegian Electrical and power workers' union, Oslo, 24- 28.9.1978: Roman Rautner National congress of the Austria wood and building workers' union, Vienna, 4- 7.10.978: Bertil Whinberg 53 Latin American conference of ICFTU- ITS- ORIT, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 25- 29.9.1978: John Löfblad and E. Montero Nedzynski, PTTI 9th congress of the Norwegian building industry workers' union, Oslo, 8-13.10. 1978: Bertil Whinberg Lofbled 23rd World Congress of the PTTI, Washington, D.C. 16 20.10.1978: John Löfblad 1st congress of the building and woodworkers' union, Amsterdam, 26- 28.10.1978: John Löfblad Asian training course for woodworkers given by the ILO/ MTUC/ SIDA, Kuala Lumpur, 31.10 18.11.1978: John Löfblad Meeting of the ICFTU Executive, Brussels, 27.111.12.1978: John Löfblad 15430 43 tw b9150 १० ke Conference of General Secretaries of ITSS, Geneva, 9 and 10.1.1979: John Löfblad Annual congress of the International Union of Machinists of USA and Canada, Miami, 1216.2.1979: John Löfblad Annual meeting of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL- CIO, Miami, 12-16.2.1979: John Löfblad 291 In no Tevel Spain meeting of the ICFTU- ITSS- UGT, Brussels, 13.3.1979: John Löfblad 1697 In nwon Geneva, 9 April 1979 009 no b age2 danav2.no fnu bsd nwo vm nI John Löfblad General Secretary om[ snots union affiliated to the IFBWW during the year aphidsem bns 2000 29229100 rhood of Bo kers Iron Ship Bui Ship Builders, Blacksmiths 92019 nt 9vfu9x3 UTRDI 76 ev der review: not59 7.8. General Fed dos Sin 12. Sindi 13. That de 15. The Portugal the Dansk nad edit to Unfon( 868 mont) baldto no ater Clark SA, El Salv onesa nobmerba jadores de la Industria Nacional de la Constr fon ca ho, plasticos y totusЯComma81a81@ dot Tand, 600 members. Timber Industry 54 A to a InduetadataNnbane# 80-1 um 21 9m The General Secretary's Report of activities 1.4.1979- 31.3.1980 หมวด ส 250 943 at Iduob booty pri no vidtzzoq et wosk at to 9250 200 A: bas bosiqalb itsed svad 261 bas 53 satremk avis to mo For reasons of space, we will not give a detailed account of major world events during this year, and the report on IFBWW activities will be given in summary form. V1356 92019jor vd This should be an acceptable arrangement, as the minutes and reports of the Management and Industrial Committees already provide a clear picture of these noactivities. To Nevertheless, it should be borne in mind, that the world political situation has not become any less troubled during the year. On the contrary, difficulties have multiplied, as indicated by the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and by the chaotic situation in Iran, where 50 American diplomats are held hostage. The wave of terrorist attacks on diplomatic personnel greatly jeopardizes any attempts to achieve détente. ident Economic problems have also worsened in the past year. The shar rise in oil prices has had grave consequences in industrial and developing countries. In Europe, unemployment has reached alarming proportions. Human rights are trampled underfoot. Attacks against the trade unions are intensifying almost everywhere in the world, something which we should see as a serious warning. One example may be quoted. In North America, especially in the United States, extremely powerful forces are coming into the open to discredit and weaken the labour movement. President Carter, who would never have got into the White House without the support of the unions, is giving way to these forces. The situation in South America is catastrophic. Even in a free country like Venezuela, the unity of the trade union movement is threatened by conservative pressure and the present situation is far from bright despite the huge national revenue derived from oil. There is not even realtive liberty in Latin America apart from Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica. It is noteworthy that Fidel Castro's Cuba does not hold the place in our hearts which many of those who cherished illusions would like to give it. Argentina and Chile are lost to democracy indefinitely and the same might almost be said for the other 14 countries of Latin America. Africa is still a special case. It is true that Idi Amin has been thrown out of Uganda, but during his indescribable tyranny he succeeded in dragging his country so low that it seems beyond hope for living conditions to be restored to any kind of order within the foreseeable future in the land which Winston 55 -2Churchill called" the Pearl of Africa". The whole of Africa is a prey to insecurity. Rhodesai is possibly on the road to freedom, but there is much more doubt in the case of the Republic of South Africa, where it will have to be dearly bought. Ethiopia has sunk into a kind of" people's democracy", civil war and chaos. In Tunisia, the democratic leaders elected by the trade- union movement have been displaced by Government nominated sympathisers. And so on. tvijos to Asia, that vast continent, is still less homogeneous than Africa and Latin America, and has its own share of problems. At the heart of Asia there is the vast problem of the Middle East, of Iran and Afghanistan. Yet democracy has a certain edge in many countries of Asia, and at least oppression there is not total. For international trade union organizations like the IFBWW, it is easier to work in Asia than in the two other continents mentioned. For the IFBWW, the year has been marked by intense activity, certainly the hardest work in all its long history. I bns dnemap Activities in the various industries have continued via the committees, cooperation with the ILO has been increased, regional activities have continued, with great stress placed on trade union training, as clearly described in a full special report. 50 The preparations for the IFBWW European Conference, due to take place from 632 28 to 31 October, 1980 are well under way, and plans are well advanced for the f 16th IFBWW Congress in Madrid from 21 to 25 September, 1981.16 Our work has now achieved a continuity which will certainly bear fruit in the long term. Henceforward, all the Federation's committees meet in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Executive Committee, and, if the total number] of participants is borne in mind, it gives a good picture of the overall membership currently active within the IFBWW. sea buona w dołdy paid smoz, blow or ni 99dwyieve 320ms paty During the year, the composition of the committees and working groups was as follows: 0900 976 eri even bi 59w bis Building Committee u add to 29 92903.03 Rudolf Sperner, Federal Rep. of Germany, President John Löfblad, General Secretary A djuo2 nt not T Bertil Whinberg, Sweden ser et n ed to vt Phu or IsusanV Juan Herrera, Venezuela mo1 751 el no Jay Turner, USA/ Canada Ito mont boyfob sunsver Jan Pot, Netherlands Marcel Hupel, France Roman Rautner, Austria 91 move ton at 9 013250 Tabra ad vitrowa on 21 31 of 1200 bms A. Vanden Broucke, Belgium bedered on 920 to nem- ddw 2315 wont siq Roland Roost, Switzerland Cesare Regenzi, Italy Jp tm 9m62 903 Working Group of the Building Committee 20 A. Vanden Broucke, Belgium Markus Schelker, Switzerland d Kent Senior, USA/ Canada br oomsb od jeof ens eftd bestone A เกม то? sunt al# 1.9250[ stosq2 6 Ifija af sol A sfdsdibzobni aid pntrub tud.sbosqU to 9qor broved/ am992.31 dad of oz mob Udo Holzheimer, Fed. Rep. of Germany sid6992910 dni w 19yo to bat vms of 56 -3will quarto con brow bathon convenien Ulf Asp, Sweden, replaced in the course of the year by Sten Lindahl, Sweden bsinloggs sd of 77612 Wood Committee av 229 Bertil Jonsson, President John Löfblad, General Secretary Henry Hansen, Denmark br Lois Seebacher, Austria Ben Rubner, Great Britain Max Zuberbühler, Switzerland Kurt Georgi, Fed. Rep. of Germany Jaap Boom, Netherlands Esko Suikkanen, Finland Working Group of the Wood Committee afting Committee wi Bertil Jonsson, Sweden Roger Gerdin, Sweden P. Pellarini, Italy ob Kurt Georgi, Fed.Rep. of Germany John Löfblad, General Secretary Hans Fischer, Austria Jaap Boom, Netherlands European Committee need 25W not anot 00 no3 sr to sm Qu ional ecretari 107 thod to notiz0qmo bns 291609leb to no Bram Buys, Netherlands, President 199m 23 36 9933mm John Löfblad, General Secretary A. Vanden Broucke, Belgium Bertil Whinberg, Sweden François Portner, Switzerland Roman Rautner, Austria Rudolf Sperner, Fed. Rep. of Germany J. Ducos, France M 101 Working Group, European Committee, preparing the Europe Conference Bram Buys, Netherlands to emerit 2m9Tdong sid John Löfblad, General Secretaryenpofo ed Iftw songstro Roman Rautner, Austriant of naby 901932-68 8 31 to 19 to B. Eisenbach, Assistant to General Secretary 70 90640 9 to 19110 200 1556 Udo Holzheimer, Fed. Rep. of Germany 20m bevong vb69115.25 Ulf Asp, Sweden, replaced during the year by Sten Lindahl, Sweden Forestry Committee John Löfblad, President Sixten Bäckström, Sweden 0 vsb vaniti Svein Morgenlien, Norway en bas jnsbi Pekka Virtanen, Finland G. Balan Nair, Malaysia Fw 92903 to 20x5 [ W は ex byrd Regional Committee of the IFBWW A. Buys, Netherlands J. Löfblad S. Windh 10 U.Asp, replaced by S. Lindahl, Sweden, during the year 70 Preparations for the IFBWW Europe Conference in 1980 On 30th May, 1979 the Executive Committee on the basis of a proposal from the Management Committee, decided to hold a Europe Conference in the second 57 82 -4half of 1980. At the same meeting, it created and nominated a working group of the IFBWW Europe Committee with the task of preparing the Conference. Since the 15th IFBWW Congress had expressed the wish for further staff to be appointed to the Secretariat, in view of the excess of work, the Executive Committee decided to appoint an assistant to the General Secretary. At the meeting of the Management Committee on 20 August, 1979, the candidate for the post, Bernd 198 Eisenbach, was presented by Rudolf Sperner, who proposed that IG Bau- Steine- Erden should undertake to pay his salary during the trial period. Bernd Eisenbach H was therefore appointed. He has been my assistant since the beginning of 1980, and has worked mainly on the preparations for the IFBWW European Conference. The working group of the Committee for Europe first met on 17 December, 1979, and again on 31 January and 25 February, 1980. Further meetings have been arranged for 23 May and in the period 27 July to 1 August, 1980. Since the February meeting, the preparations for the IFBWW European Conference have gone beyond the conception stage and are now well into practical details. The working The working now group has so far performed the following work: - - nebew? drawn up proposals for the theme of the Conference, its place and dates ,. order of events, the allocation of delegates and the composition of the Conference bodies. the compiled a questionnaire for the European affiliates of IFBWW and a formula sh for presentation of preparatory documents for the Conference. mood qsst place from The working group's proposals concerning the theme, place and dates, order of events, allocation of delegates and composition of Conference bodies were submitted to the Management Committee at its meeting in Geneva on 26 February, 1980 and were noted without objections. The proposals for allocating delegates and ou for composition of the Conference bodies were adopted. The working theme which must influence the course of remaining preparations for the Conference, is" For more income security- against subcontracting".mo The course having been indicated, the motto of the Conference has still to fobu be fixed, and will doubtless emerge as the work of preparation continues. This line of approach must not prevent any organization or branch of the IFBWW from speaking at the Conference on the major problems facing it. All that is now necessary to link the problems concerned with the theme of the Conference. The place of the Conference will be Cologne, Fed. Rep. of Germany. We have prob accepted the generous offer of IG Bau- Steine- Erden to finance the general nemoЯ expenses and to assist in organizing, an offer for which we are extremely grateful and which has already proved most valuable. has already proved most and enab be w2.geA tru The dates of the Conference are from 28 to 31 October, 1980. The date for arrival of the delegates will be 27 October, and there will be a reception29107 for them in the evening of that day. The Conference will end at noon on 31 October. The order of events will include on the first day the opening speeches, papers on the Conference theme by the IFBWW President and the Committee Presidents, and a general address. On the second and third days there will be discussion of the drafts of prepared resolutions. Texts of these will be sent to delegates.0 in advance. On the afternoon of the third day, the Drafting Committee will draw up the final versions of the resolutions, bearing in mind the amendments requested. The other participants will go on an excursion which we will do our best to make something more than mere" tourism". The morning of the fourth day 306 blod od bebtseb 990mm03 58 -5will be given over to adoption of the resolutions and closing speeches. The Conference languages will be the five working languages of the IFBWW. Allocation of delegates has been arranged for a total of 150 participants. First, each European organization of the IFBWW is allocated one delegate seat. The remaining 100 seats are distributed on what is known as the Hondt principle. 90 depending on national membership and, in addition, in proportion to the number of organizations in the country. Invitations were sent out by the Secretariat from the beginning of April 1980, indicating the number of delegates to which each organization is entitled. S 1.25 the 12-08 0 07 bs.20gong Jepbud The Conference bodies are the steering committee and the drafting committee. The steering committee of the Conference will be undertaken by the members of the IFBWW Management Committee. The Drafting Committee will consist of seven members: 1 for each of the IFBWW Committees- Europe, Building, Wood, Forestry and 1 for each working group- Building and Wood. The seventh member of the Drafting Committee will be the General Secretary, both in his, capacity as General Secretary and as an original member of the IFBWW Forestry Committee. The questionnaire concerned with the Conference preparations is intended to give member organizations the opportunity to raise problems they consider of special importance. The time factor, however, requires the overall review document to be ready in draft form before the organizations' replies reach the Secretariat. The production of this document has shown yet again that the problem of translation is curcial for an international secretariat and that some delay is inevitable. Nevertheless, we hope to incorporate replies to the questionnaire into the review document. OW This review will also be presented in English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish, and will consist of 30 pages. In addition to the general sections relating to activities and introduction it will give an outline of the specific and outstanding problems and prospects of the building and woodworking industries and of forestry. The prospects will include the resolutions. The individual items concerning building, woodworking and forestry have been kindly prepared by colleagues from the relevant committees and working groups. Their reports will be submitted in outline to the committees during the week of IFBWW meetings, so that the document can be completed between now and July and the translations made by September 1980. ST bm6 199 Collaboration with ILO As during previous years, collaboration with the ILO was one of the major areas of interest and activity of the IFBWW. The outstanding event in this context was the decision of the United States to return to the Organization. This should enable the world body to recover 216 all its economic and organizational strength in order to fulfil its vital mission. Below are the main features of ILO activities over the past year: International Labour Conference( 65th Session) 1. Officers The Conference elected the following officers: 23 59 08 President: 3990 Government Vice- President: Employer Vice- President: expr Worker Vice- President: -6banano kuo Mr. Ravindra Varma( India) Mr. Paul Iliescu( Romania) usd fftw Mr. Henri Georget( Niger) ext Mr. Gerd Muhr( Fed. Rep. of Germany) [ TA Joe Morris and Oscar de Vries Reilingh were elected respectively Chairman and Secretary of the Workers' group of the Conference. shouts 2. Programme and Budget 197 to hd fdw The Conference passed a 203.8 million dollar budget proposed for the 1980-81 biennium. This figure implies a programme of activity of abour 145 million dollar, or about half a million dollar below the 1978-79 programme of activity as reduced after the withdrawal of the United States. 3. Adoption and Preparation of New Standards group hach Iffw mem pt I bns The Conference adopted a Convention and a Recommendation concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work. The Convention revises the Protection against Accidents( Dockers) Convention( Revised), 1932( No. 32). These texts are accompanied by a Resolution concerning Training of Dockers in Occupational Safety and Health. The Conference also adopted a Convention and Recommendation concerning Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport. A first discussion was held on" Older Workers: Work and Retirement". on: 26 $ 2 3 to 1980 4. Application of Conventions and Recommendations 103 03 03 tw bns The Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations was adopted. In its special list the Committee enumerated 12 countries in which the governments appeared to encounter serious difficulties in meeting their obligations in respect of their reports to the ILO, submission of new standards to their legislative authorities, replying to observations and direct requests of the ILO's Committee of Experts or failing to respond to the tripartite Committee's invitation to take part in the discussion concerning its country. 02 These countries were: Bahamas, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Jamaica, Lao Republic, 9b6m Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawa, Peru and Tanzania. The Committee also considered it appropriate to draw the attention of the Conference to certain countries encountering difficulties in fulfilling the requirements of ratified Conventions. These countries, enumerated in special paragraphs, were: Argentina ( Convention No. 87), Chad( Conventions No. 29, 87, 105 and 111), Indonesia( Convention No. 29), Liberia( Conventions No. 29,55, 87, 98 and 112), Peru( Conventions No.1,32 and 87), Turkey( Conventions No. 94,95 and 119) and Uruguay( Con- T vention No. 87). The Committee reported that some of them present serious problems and if real progress cannot be recorded next year it might then be necessary to consider listing them under the special list criterion 7 which expresses grave concern at continued failure to implement fully the Conventions concerned. on the Conf 03 A tripartite working party began examination of what changes, if any, might be made in the Committee's methods of work as regards the spcial list and special paragraphs, It was agreed that this examination should continue next year, governments and employers' and workers' organisations being invited to send comments and suggestions on the matter before the end of 1979. more than 60 ea -7On the basis of a general survey carried out by the Committee of Experts, the Conference Committee also discussed the problems encountered by member States in the implementation of the two ILO Conventions dealing with the abolition of forced labour( Conventions No. 29 and 105). fea The Workers' group expressed dissatisfaction with the Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, because it considered M that a few other cases should have been mentioned in special paragraphs and that the formulation of some of the existing special paragraphs was too weak. The Workers' group however did not object to the adoption of the Report. 5. Follow- up of the World Employment Conference: Basic Needs 260 at es no The Conference adopted a Resolution concerning the Follow- up to the World Employment Conference. In this resolution the Conference reaffirms the urgency of implementing the Programme of Action, stressing that the fundamental criteria for development should be" full employment, accelerated and balanced growth, satisfaction of basic needs and more socially just patterns of income distribution". Particular views of the employers' and the workers' group and of governments are recorded in a series of footnotes. The Conference gave the ILO a mandate to carry on its work on employment related issues, concentrating on the needs of the rural population and on the problems of poverty and low productivity in urban areas. In a special Resolution concerning Migrant Workers, the Conference more particularly requested the ILO to carry out a comparative study of the laws, regulations and practices enforced by countries employing immigrant labour and invited governments to ratify and implement the relevant ILO Conventions. 6. Resolutions on items not included in the Agenda 23190X9 903 The Conference adopted five resolutions, of which two were originally submitted by Worker delegates from ICFTU affiliates. These resolutions deal with the ILO Technical Co- operation Programmes and with the International Year of the Child and the Progressive Elimination of Child Labour and Transitional Measures. The other three resolutions concern the Use of the Arabic Language in the ILO, the Development of the ILO's Programme for the Improvement of Industrial Relations, and Disabled Persons. 7. Standing Orders : bed gobs jobs 25w abasg The Conference approved changes in its Standing Orders to provide for voting by secret ballot when requested by not less than 90 delegates or by the Chairman of a group acting on behalf of his group. If, on the same question, requests are made both for a record vote and for a vote by secret ballot the vote shall be taken by secret ballot if the Conference so decides by a simple majority vote by secret ballot. 8. Apartheid Isno The Conference held two special sittings devoted to a discussion of the Fifteenth Special Report of the Director General on the Application of the Declaration concerning the Policy of Apartheid of the Republic of South Africa. 9. Credentials An ICFTU objection to the nomination of the Workers' delegation of Chile failed for lack of quorum.bat admit ent nt paintext Ismol 29113 61 8 -810. Questions of Structure add yd duo 09 201 To arasd er no balo songs no The Conference decided to renew the mandate of the Working Party on Structure with a view to arriving at a final agreement and the submission of its final ot report to the 66th Session of the Conference in June 1980. adT Meeting of Experts on Problems of Foreign Construction Workers Employed in no European Countries, 16-25 October 1979 The IFBWW worked closely with the ILO in the preparation of this important T meeting of experts, which was the end result of a proposal put forward repeatedly in the past at various meetings of the ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committtee. 79 pm activity Fo 298 s betqobs onto adT Paolo Caccetta, FILCA, Italy, was nominated as reapporteur for the workers' f09 group. The Government delegate from Yugoslavia, Ilic, was chairman and Schaefer, of the Fed. Rep. of Germany, was rapporteur for the employers.12 On the questions to be dealt with, the experts' meeting reached conclusions ud which might be useful for future work provided that the ILO follows them up svop appropriately. nd no bns on Sm uqoq Terum dj to zbsen On 15 October, the IFBWW organized a preliminary meeting at which the experts from affiliated organizations of the IFBWW were briefed on the work of the som experts' meeting. In addition, the Federation formed an ad hoc working group us to make clear its position during the ILO meeting, which the IFBWW had beeneity invited to attend as an observer. sbnep Jon 3 no anottufq29. The conclusion may be drawn already that the experts meeting was organized successfully by the ILO and could well be followed by several regional meetings of the same kind concentrating particularly on problems in the building industry. Tripartite technical meeting on the timber( forestry) industry The Governing Body of the ILO decided at its 208th session in November 1979 d to include in its two- year programme for 1980-81 a tripartite technical meeting on timber( forestry) industry. Th Tes were mas Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Jan ica; La The following agenda was adopted: a, Malawa, Peru Peru and 1. General report dealing in particular with ns12 vd. ( con a) measures taken in various countries as a result of conclusions and veo resolutions of previous tripartite technical meetings on the timber tions( forestry) industry. vention No. The Count present vd lems b) measures taken by the International Labour Office with a view to the toccons studies and surveys as proposed by previous tripartite technical meetings on the timber industry, and other activites of the Organisation relevant to this industry.no stened to made c) current operations and developments in the timber industry and It was agreed tha this examination should 2. Worker safety and health in the timber industry 15902 100 nue ne to end comments do UT I MA 3. Creation of jobs and vocational training in the timber industry, with special reference to developing countries. 62 8 -9ILO workers' education service Con -10Tu Ismoi WW& TI The IFBWW, as in the past, has continued its very fruitful collaboration with the remarkably dynamic workers' education service of the ILO. Among other features, travel grants were obtained for those taking part in the IFBWW regional conferences in the Caribbean area and in Latin America. Activities to promote human rights 00 25d zid bos svens เมค ธ 1 .2noitibnop In accordance with the decision of the Vienna Congress, the IFBWW has devoted itself vigorously to the defence of human rights. Activities have been carried on essentially in cooperation with the ILO, the ICFTU, the other International Trade Secretariats and Amnesty International. The imprisonment and execution of trade union leaders in several countries of Latin America were the main subjects of protest to the ILO and of intensive collaboration with Amnesty headquarters in London and its radio station in Stockholm. Protests were also made against the treatment of dissidents in the Soviet Union. It must be pointed out, however, that it is difficult to give any weight to a protest directed against a dictatorship of whatever kind. I feel that these protests, nevertheless, acquire weight in the context of the ILO system of relationships. It can be seen how governments are uneasy in debate when they have been mentioned unfavourably in ILO reports, which quickly give rise to widespread comment. 169V Collaboration with the ICFTU and other International Bodies 27th June, 197 WW871 Collaboration with the ICFTU and with the International Trade Secretariats( ITSS) has been good. bns 112 Within the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the following members of ITSS belong to the Executive Board: Stefan Nedzynski, PTTI Herman Rebhan, IMF Heribert Maier, FIET John Löfblad, IFBWW 992 and the undermentioned to the Finance and General Purposes Committee: Stefan Nedzynski, PTTI John Löfblad, IFBWW. At the ICFTU Congress in Madrid in 1979, it was decided to draw up a new action programme and to set new objectives. European Federation of Building and Woodworkers in the EEC The IFBWW has continued its prov organization. 2A close cooperation with this important 63 -10IFBWW International Bulletin solvez notisqube Three issues of the Bulletin were published in the year under review. Qube 219Xow OJI Staff and Offices ip fev 9V613 2910369] 100 In January 1980 we moved into new offices at the same address: 27-29, rue de la Coulouvrenière, Geneva, and this has considerably better improved our working conditions. The staff of the Secretariat is as follows: John Löfblad, General Secretary 2010 bei 16 Bernd Eisenbach, Assistant to the General Secretary Stefan Windh, in charge of trade union education programme 60013 the Jeannette Angst, Secretary Camilla Jelmini, Translator Béatrice Zahler, office employee 215316 Meetings of Executive and Management Committees appropri LO TO 18556 nI ineering DA SAT919W 60 5012 yBrvoz. aum 11 The Executive met twice during the year, in Geneva on 30 May 1979 and in Berlin on 24 October 1979. The Management Committee met five times during the year. 010 New members of the IFBWW The following trade union organizations were admitted to membership of the IFBWW in the past year: ved feriw essfully by the 1. Artisans, union of employees and workers of the Ministry of Public Works, Sierra Leone, 1200 members adt 2. National Union of Furniture, Fixtures and Woodworkers, Nigeria op need 26 3. Brotherhood of Construction and Industrial Workers' Union, Trinidad 4. Sindicato Democratico da Construcao Civil, Madeiras, Portaria e Afins, Portugal 5. UNATROPYT, Costa Rica 6. Building and Woodworkers' Section, All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions, Pakistan. he Regional activities and trade union training See special report. MI nsd T317 edingH WW871 ndol bas than ever. I attend 32 As General Secretary, I have travelled this year more than ever. I attended three meetings of Regional Committees: for Asia, in the port area of Stilla, Singapore, for Africa in Nairobi and for Latin America in Costa Rica, as well as taking part in conferences in Costa Rica and Bermuda. In addition, accompanied by Stefan Windh, I made the first official IFBWW visit to Australia. Work for the IFBWW in the near future ขวา นี As abundant documentation has already been provided, it is sufficient to state very briefly the work ahead of us in the next few months: edT 1. Preparations for the European Conference, Cologne, 28-31 October, 1980 210 the tim ecial to de ing countries 64 -112. Preparations for the 16th IFBWW Congress, Madrid, 21-25 September, 1981 3. Regional activities 4. Union education activities БЯ ws 50 -us อ immo) ev X3 5. Defence of human rights 6. Collaboration with the ILO on all sorts of questions We will have a great deal to do if we are to perform this work within the framwork of our programme and our sphere of activities. At the same time we are carrying out the tasks resulting from the Vienna Congress, while the 1981 Congress in Madrid promises to be a fine event for the IFBWW and for the Spanish trade unions. For Representation at Congresses, Conferences and Meetings A Sveng@ UGT, Federacion Estatal de la Construccion, Cementos, Madera y Ceramica; Congress, Madrid, 20th to 22nd April, 1979: Roman Rautner dant Force Ouvrière du Bâtiment, Bois, Papier, Carton, Céramique; 11th National Congress, Lyon, 28th April to 1st May, 1979: A. Buys Norsk Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Congress and 75th Anniversary, Lillehammer, 12th to 14th May, 1979: John Löfblad ens ILO- 65th International Labour Conference, Geneva, 6th to 27th June, 1979: John Löfblad Meeting International Trade Secretariats, Geneva, 9th June, 1979: John Löfblad Nordiska Byggnads- och Träarbetare federationen, Congress, Borgholm, Oeland, Sweden, 11th to 14th June, 1979: John Löfblad International Union of Food& Allied Workers, Conference on Agribusiness, Geneva, 15th to 17th June, 1979: John Löfblad Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, 8th Ordinary Congress, Stockholm, 19th to 25th August, 1979: A. Buys and J. Löfblad European Federation for Building and Woodworkers, Executive Committee, Luxemburg, 11th to 12th September, 1979: John Löfblad Svenska Malareförbundet, Congress, Stockholm, 23rd to 28th September, 1979: Bertil Whinberg Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund, National Congress, Oslo, 30th September to 5th October, 1979: John Löfblad 65 -12Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Schweiz, 23rd Ordinary Congresss, Bern, 11th to 14th October, 1979: John Löfblad and Roman Rautner IG Bau- Steine- Erden, 11th Ordinary Congress, Berlin, 22nd to 26th October, 1979: Executive Committee of the IFBWW AFL- CIO, USA, 13th Constitutional Congress, Washington D.C., 15th to 20th November, 1979: John Löfblad 0J1 To].3 anoid asup to 23102 Ils no OJI 93 dJ w 20013 International Trade Secretariats, General Secretaries' Conference, London, 9th to 10th January, 1980: John Löfblad 1190 03 916 SW of Issb 5910 s evd AFL- CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, USA, and International Union of Operating Engineers, USA, Annual Conferences, Florida, February, 1980: John Löfblad 03 25 [ 8e nt 229 lzinsq2 Bea ice loyee Geneva, 21st April, 1980199 b6 29009 99M b6 290099p03 36 not John Löfblad General Secretary 19 200 gms.not ± 2000 sf ob[ 536123 nofoba, TaU The Management Commit bibsM Mes ayua.A: exer.v6M.# al of New members of the IFBW wing trade the innA di2 bm6 2290003.Jebnudnöts16 on organizations zations werbe : exer saut So avamed one ods. Ismbi 1. Artisans, union of employees and workers, of the Ministry of Sierra Leone, 1200 members. 3. Brothe 4. Sing 5. 6. Buil and ction and boldtö ndo exer FT the dust 23- OJI eM ewa Section, All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions zudipA pA no 9309197003290W berffA& book to notnu II. bsidyo ndo: exer snub do dar Regional activities and trade union training xanov2 oder mor5032.2291000 vntb0d8f9bnd101stdibsney See special report. baldtoj. bns zyu8.A: eter zupuA 28 993 three Si for Af for Latin in Co by Ste 589985 the your2epno snois.bnudo abnamabtedablindant docum provided, briefly the work ahead of s in the next few bsidio not ever fficient to state Préparations for the European Conference, Cologne, 28-31 October 66 S Otto Kerster to the work signed anom doum efqosq poy: 230971 myofg Mar GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT, 1 APRIL TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 allsveng energ This solution 915 no shawolch yohopnidobitve svidapen 6 29300 900 ofmonode to zbor eq Due to the decision to make the financial year correspond to the calendar year from January 1st January onwards, the past period only covers nine months. Practice will certainly prove the wisdom of this unanimously taken decision, which will produce a number of administrative advantages. It is easier to evaluated an activity that evolves in accordance with the calendar year. Moreover, the next financial year will cover a full year, a Congress year which we are at present preparing. Although the past period is shorter than usual, it nevertheless encompasses very broad and varied IFBWW activities, which deserve as comprehensive a treatment as resources allow. For technical reasons, however, we request your forbearance for summarising as much as possible. beised. The world situation is so well known that there is no point in describing it in be greater detail for the Executive Committee; however, certain broad tendencies ba might usefully be mentioned because they formed the background of the IFBWW's ow activities during the past year, strongly influencing the attendant circumstances of and motivating our efforts. It has nearly become a matter of routine to refer, at annual intervals, to the extent of the complexity of the international situation and to the strained relations between nations; the economic situation is always worse than in the preceding year, poverty in developing countries worsens every year, armaments are v stepped up, human rights are violated to an ever increasing extent, oppressions and terror are more and more commonly used as political instruments and their most outrageous and insane forms are becoming more and more frequent. However, it is not our wont to be satisfied with routine or demagogic statments 03 291532 sild of sub The present situation happens to be much more serious than at any time during the seventies, and since the beginning of the eighties, it has rapidly deteriorated. This fact is, moreover, clearly reflected in innumerable reports and publications. If the general situation is bad, then it is also bad for the trade union movement and for its members. Turk .S A symptom of the crisis, of extreme gravity in the present situation, are the constantly increasing levels of unemployment. They are now reaching the limit of 30% overall in the industrialised countries. Furthermore, the economic situation is much more complicated than it used to be, and the world economy is much more interdependent. It has been forecasted that the number of unemployed in the world is nearing 25 million. True, welfare states that provide social security and unemployment insurance are now much more developed than fifty years ago, but unemployment insurance schemes were intended as instruments to respond to temporary unemployment and are insufficient for an acute and chronic level of unemployment. To 100 Juods To be quite explicit: increasing unemployment finally becomes so exhausting form society and the individual as to result in unpredictable consequences. One can already observe many undesirable events in social life that can be attributed to unemployment. One which is particularly worrisome arises from the fact unem67 12-2ployment affects young people much more than other groups. Roman 14th This causes social disturbances among young people, thus causing an increase in delinqency. Nowadays, it is very difficult for youth to find jobs. At present, one notes a negative and generally pess one notes a negative and generally pessimistic attitude throughout society. During periods of economic growth, on the other hand, a positive atmosphere prevails in a society which looks to the future with confidence. confidence. To- day the mood is one of gloom and many have no confidence in the future. Society should therefore concentrate its efforts on the creation of jobs. However, for the moment, such a policy is hardly to be found. This is noted with deep concern. 169 be found 26 TOT Why can't this tendency be reversed? Why doesn't society use its resources of strength to invest and to create jobs, thus replacing the present vicious circle by a positive dynamic of work, income, demand, work etc? Obviously, many just don't understand that complex modern societies such as ours need stimulating initiatives from the centre to solve their economic problems. Many continue to think in terms of the idyllic rural society of the past where everyone could make do with odd jobs. Even in sizeable societies and cities there were many possibilities for occasional work. Crisis came and went, but time finally healed the wounds. Nowadays, people have higher expectations. In industrialised countries social injustices can no longer be tolerated. Trade unions are powerful and educated workers won't accept everything. The demands made on society are therefore enormous, because society has assumed unlimited responsability. The economy is too complex to be regulated by automatic forces. It should be steered by centralised planning and a system of training that is equal to the imperatives of processes of production and servicing. sunns 36 1975 bris 70 193 X9 Unemployment could be restricted by strengthened and better planned training activities, because, even in the present situation there is a lack of skilled manpower at all levels. There is a clear correlation between employment security and training, theoretical as well as practical. Tommo om 916 bris 2009p 1300 320m siom bns 910m pДrmoed 916 2010 ensamh The International Labour Conference, 1980( 66th session) was of particular interest due to the return of the United States to this U.N. organisation with the participation of a strong delegation, especially representative in respect of the workers. b9 260 The following important points were on the Conference's agenda: namevom notnu 90553 sd yot bad als .215 231 not bns Report of the Director- General Workers with family responsibilities. Safety and health and the working environment. To add to moumya A Promotion of collective bargaining. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Older workers. doum et b06 pni 269 ont vijnsdano and of Ivo XOE to yo qmoo erom doum et not b For the sake of brevity, we shall restrict ourselves to short comments. The prospect of a convention on collective bargaining was an important issue fo the international trade secretariats. There was a first discussion of a draft. A whole group of ITS were disappointed by the proposal that the ILO had submitted to the Conference. A substantial number, including myself, individually wrote won to the General Secretary of the ICFTU, Otto Kersten, to express their concern about consequences of such a text being the basis of an ILO convention on a matter of such vital importance. We felt that the proposal could give rise to conflicting interpretations, thereby weakening an already insecure position. up ed oT รวก วน ตัว ข 163 2930 bns 9W 508 Above all, we feared that its interpretation in many developing countries would take an unfavourable turn. These critical points of view were transmitted, through 68 Otto Kersten, to the workers' group. solid analy -3the FR 字 Martin Ward, president of the North American plumbers union and member of the IFBWW, was the workers' vice- president in the committee dealing with this sensitive question. He worked well to advance towards an acceptable solution. deuo This solution will probably consist in definitely opting for a recommendation next year, which is preferable to a vague convention giving rise to divergent interpretations. on 03 936193 The right of free collective bargaining is threatened from all sides. There is scarcely a governement that isn't trying, in one way or another, to fetter this right, one of the most fundamental principles of the free trade union movement. In any case the period is extremely critical for the free trade union movement. We must be extremely watchful of the attempts of governments, in cooperation with employers, to undermine the trade union movement and its means of action. I feel that the vigilance of the international trade secretariats at this Labour Con- A ference was of great importance, because it should enable us to react to very serious actions, specifically in this field. The Conference adopted a convention concerning older workers. 193 169 2190 9 по 9WOH 0990 eveni It also decided to revise the list of occupational diseases annexed to convention 121 concerning employment injury benefits. Also of relevance to collective bargaining was a first discussion on workers' safety and health and the working environment, and one expects the adoption of a recommendation on this subject next year. ilding of accommodation to such The question of workers with family responsibilities was also discussed for the first time and, hopefully, a convention will be adopted next year. obs The following countries received special criticism from the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations: Argentina Convention No. 87 Guatemala Convention No. 87 and 98 Indonesia Convention No. 29 Tanzania Convention No. 29 and 105 Czechoslovakia Convention No. 111 Turkey Convention No. 94 and 95 Zaire 46.906 Convention No. 29 and 119 adt, bak com 9m503 9298T The Conference approved a report of the special conference on apartheid. that The conclusions called for putting an end to apartheid and recommended that goveronclusions called for putting a nments take measures in accordance with the United Nations, and that special actions be persued by governments, and by workers and employers, and by the ILO. The conference The Austrian minister of Labour, Gerhard Weissenberg, who suddenly died since, was the president of the Conference. 02X19W90 Weissenberg chaired the Conference with great merit and skill and his efforts helped to make this important session, which with the return of the United States ped to make this for the ILO, a good Conference, during which, in spite of all marked a new the difficulties that arose, a sound basis for fruitful developments, especially 69.00 people much at the 1981 Conference, could be laid. -4-8 than of Dowd of X 10 16M Immediately after the Vienna Congress in 1978, the IFBWW, in conformity with the y after the Vic decisions of the Congress, resumed its industrial sectors' activities through the work of its Building, Wood and Forestry Committees and through the working groups of the first two committees. at do Toz atdT 69% edT As these committees have produced their own reports, it would be superfluous to reiterate them in detail in the General Secretary's report%; however, one has to emphasise that, thanks to the perserverance of the committees, which has been maintained since their inception during the period between the 1966 and 1969 Congresses, the IFBWW has been able to monitor events and publish reports on the three fields under its jurisdiction. Thereby, it has a useful analysis of these three sectors at its disposal. Unfortunately, for technical, financial and prac- m tical reasons, it has not been possible to transmit all the details of these analyses to member organisations. que However, both in the committees themselves and in the Executive Committee, we 192 have been able to carry out an in- depth analysis of the complex conditions which give rise to the problems of these three professional branches. The disturbing situation on the European labour market, where 85% of IFBWW members earn their living, led us to hold a special European Conference in 1980. An Affiliate in the Federal Republic of Germany invited the IFBWW to hold the conference in Cologne. Widespread unemployment and its various consequences was our main concern as trade unionists, and it was extensively discussed at the conference, which was well organised by our German hosts. A short summary of the proceedings followed by the adopted resolutions is given below. Unemplo st Second IFBWW European Conference, 28 to 31 October 1980 incetobaradina jsb The second IFBWW conference for European affiliates was held from 28 to 31 October 1980 in Cologne, FRG. The preceding one had been held in Geneva at the end of January 1974, nearly 7 years before. After careful consideration, the Executive Committee decided to restrict the items before the Conference to the following two broad themes: " employment and income security for all" and" measures against labour contracting" These themes were chosen in the light of the economic and social crisis from which western Europe is currently suffering, characterised by high and increasing unemployment, especially in trades covered by the IFBWW: building, and the wood and timber industries. 146 delegates representing 35 trade unions in 13 countries participated in the conference. Observers from the building and wood trades of Israel also participated. edT North American affiliates were also invited to send observers; however, they were unable to attend due to their duties in the presidential campaign. UA 9 T The German organisation," IG Bau- Steine- Erden" was the main host of the conference, obligingly assisted by the wood workers' federation," Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff". Our west German hosts created an agreable atmosphere for the Conference. SW Rudolf Sperner, president of IG Bau- Steine- Erden welcomed the delegates. His speech contained much food for thought. take Em of beq ugh 70 Ca -5--Herbert Ehrenberg, the labour minister of the FRG, also made opening speech which encompassed a solid analysis of the Federal Republic's labour market. 300 The ILO was also represented at the Conference, by Detlef Zöllner. In cooperation with its European affiliates, the IFBWW was able to draw up a brief an affiliates, the IFBWW was able to draw u but pertinent working document for the conference. Members are deeply concerned about the crisis. There are a great number of unemployed workers, or workers who are threatened by unemployment, both by shut downs or by redundancy plans on a larger or smaller scale. At present there are 7 million unemployed in western Europe, of which more than 800'000 in IFBWW trades; building wood and forestry. As already noted, it would seem that the situation is deteriorating. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. volqms For us in the IFBWW, the worst aspect is the catastrophic recession in the building industry, in particular as regards the building of living accommodation, a trend which is to be observed, to a greater or lesser extent, in all countries. This has repercussions, particularly in the furniture industry where demand has fallen off and, consequently, also in the sawmills and in forestry. ( x9 9 300 The scarcity of accommodation which in a number of countries had been remedied by construction during the sixties, has reappeared nearly everywhere as a result of the constant slow- down in the building of housing accommodation during the seventies. to 20 x9 921000 no It is wellnigh impossible to understand how politicians could have neglected the building of accommodation to such an extent. Shortages result in serious social disturbances and manifold problems, such as the black market in housing. Why isn't the construction of living accommodation planned in a long- term perspective? One can base plans on demographic forecasts, on the share of GNP to be no allocated to housing, etc. Nowadays, forecasting is sufficiently advanced to avoid excessive margins of error. But, instead, of persuing such an approach, construction was allowed to decline by half within a few years in number of countries. This has resulted in a very serious, not to say irretrievable, shortfall. Furthermore, improving the quality of the living conditions for broad groups of the population should in itself be a social objective, otherwise demand might fall off in the short term. Good living accommodation is one of the most basic of human needs to fulfil. It is an irrefutable fact that large groups, starting with large, low income families, live in too restricted premises with the attendant social problems. In contrast, one can assert without fear of contradiction that such gaps do not exist for food and clothing. Few die of hunger in Europe T and hardly anyone goes around in rags. Yet the hovels and slums are there for all to see in the big European cities, and even in the countryside. The conference was therefore unanimous in declaring that it is imperative that 10 building activity should be actively steered with a view to attaining harmoni- no sed and stable production. The conference discussed the reduction of working time as an instrument of employment policy. In a signifcant part of Europe the trade union movement feels compelled to resort to such a reduction in order to distribute employment opportunities and to reduce unemployment. This view is not that which is held by the 71 -6-2Scandinavian trade union delegation which regards this type of labour market action with some scepticism. There one feels that an active economic policy could produce full employment at around 40 hours of work per week and that it will not be possible to forego the claim of a full wage in spite of reduced working time. Nevertheless, the discussion of this issue was objective and very informative and it will be a useful reference for future activities. Jud Labour contracting was one of the main themes placed on the agenda. Everybody ods recognized the importance of the issue and that it was a serious problem in most European countries, although to a greater or lesser degree according to country or occupational sector. 29 JA Labour contracting is, by its very essence, in total contradiction with the aspirations of the trade union movement. Its purpose is to provide employers with cheap labour; cheaper through the avoidance of social security contributions, through doing away with security of employment and by creating a pool of unorganised workers, This system has been extended in Europe, affected as it is by economic crisis, largely to the detriment of foreign workers, who for many reasons are more vuln nerable to exploitation. The terms" contracting" or" trade in human beings" cover many practices. It might be a matter of compelling migrant workers to pay substantial sums of money to so- called intermediaries to produce employment. To mention but the experience of the Swiss building and woodworkers' federation; it recently discovered methods of pure gangsterism consisting in forcing Portuguese building workers to pay 1000 francs for the procurement of employment. All this is leading to an erosion of the reforms fained from the struggle of the trade union movement. Of course, its a matter of extorting vast sums of money from the workers. to Such practices cannot be tolerated. Moreover, they often take on completely illegal forms. 06 On this issue, the IFBWW has an unanimous position. The conference demanded the prohibition of all labour contracting. However, the matter must be closely followed by the trade union movement in each country, because the slightest respite at the national or local level facilitates the clandestine revival of the system. Politicians of many countries seem to be indifferent and must be alerted. The IFBWW T intends to follow up the matter at the ILO where, as usual, we can expect the active and passive opposition of, respectively, employers and governments. This sensitive issue, which creates enormous problems in numerous sectors, will certainly remain a focus of our efforts in the near future and well beyond. It is simply a matter of protecting our accomplishments which one is trying, in the most insidious of manners, to snatch away from us. The resolutions adopted by the European Conference at Cologne are reproduced below. They clearly reflect the unanimous demands expressed by the European bns building, wood and forestry workers. For technical reasons, the conference was not in a position to take a decision 9T on a special resolution submitted by the Italian delegation, but it decided to ud annex it to the record in view of the many important insights that it contains. The conference also adopted a declaration demanding that the Turkish military regime restore democracy and reestablish the trade union movement in its full rights m in conformity with the UN instruments and ILO conventions on human, including bel trade union rights. bns 72 -7--8RESOLUTION NO. 1 19XTOW gust ed FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT AND SECURITY OF INCOME IN THE WEST EUROPEAN BUILDING INDUSTRY 1. Confronted with the still unsolved problems of general unemployment and loss of income to which workers are exposed through working conditions specific to the various sectors and the increasing threat to the security of employment and income of Western E and income of Western European building workers, blu Juoi bus In view of the fact that the overall economic situation- nationally and internationally- is intensifying rather than overcoming the employment and income problems in the building sector, Mindful of our responsibility for the development of the social living and working conditions of building workers, of workers in affiliated branches and of the rest of Europe's working population, the European unions of the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers call upon governments, international governmental organisations, employers and their associations in Europe to take steps to ensure full employment and the improvement of income security for the employee's in the West European building industry. 2. Full and stable employment and security of income for the building workers mean that the available resources are used in the manner most advantageous Act to society. This results in a deduction of production costs in the building industry leading, interalia, to a reduction in rents. zubnr Full and stable employment and security of income at the same time mean: a ou better chance for building workers to bear the increasing costs of prime necessities, to maintain their capacity for work and to satisfy their cultural and 2109t intellectual needs. Ть 23 sild ni bep Measures against Loss of Income through Accident or Sickness zum .e 3. Part of the loss of income is due to interruption of work resulting from sickness or accident. Moreover, the frequency of sickness and accidents is very high in the building industry. to Risks connected with building work must be diminished. Measures relating, inter alia, to the working environment must be improved through legal regulations and collective agreements taking into account the structure of the building OT industry. bem General Stabilisation Measures for the Building Industry 4. In respect of quantity and quality, building output must meet the requirements of the population and be so managed as to ensure continious and stable building activity. This means that the building market must be stimulated in a recession and held in check when a danger of" overheating" of the economy exists. The planned implementation of public building projects would also contribute to the stabilisation of building activity. 63 5. If a slump in the building industry is expected, the volume of contracts must be correspondingly increased. This can be achieved by different forms of State subsidies, and appropriate interest policy, etc. This means, in parti73 6. -8--Secular, that the interest rates charged on public housing projects should be fixed in such a way as to take primarily into account the right of workers to decent accommodation. Similarly, the volume of contracts must be adjusted to boom conditions. In planning committees, building projects must be elaborated in co- operation with the trade unions, taking account not only of the need for new construction and for repairs to existing buildings, but also of the labour, equipment and raw materials required for their execution. Building contracts should be timed so as to ensure a constant level of building activity. Special Seasonal Measures With ra 7. More action should be taken to stimulate building in unfavourable weather condition. 27 tion Measures in the field of economic policy and of administrative technique should be taken to facilitate building activities in bad weather. The working conditions of building workers in bad weather periods must be improved. Bad weather building techniques must be further developed. and woodwor rec Contracts, particularly public contracts, should be placed regularly throughout but the year. 915 29 Action in Relation to Structural Developments 8. the from The maintenance of the total numbers in employment in the building industry must be ensured in the face of structural changes in view of the vast unsatisfied demand for low- priced and qualitatively attractive housing for infrastructure projects and for environment protection, by an increase in the volume of building activity, especially in the public sector. Private building projects On must also be encouraged in the light of their social value. bition of 9. The rising prices of raw materials and petroleum products threaten security pat of employment in the building industry. Adequate supplies of these products ticat favourable prices must also be guaranteed to the building industry by a forward looking energy and raw materials policy on the part of governments. act The extension of energy conservation measures in buildings also tends to safeguard employment and should be continued. 10. As a supplementary measure, it is also necessary to pursue an active labourmarket and economic policy aimed at full employment. ubht For reasons of social and employment policy, this also includes the shortening of the working week at full wages, taking account of particular national conditions, the lengthening of annual holidays and the lowering of the pensionable age. bns al 9ame of 26 be ed ed 11. Consideration must first of all be given to changes in the qualification structure by a future- orientated system of preliminary training. Secondly, steps. should be taken to ensure, by the development of a further training system, that workers in the building industry should not be penalized in keeping upg with the development of the job structure. 12. Workers should not suffer financially from fluctuations affecting particular 74 T -9-01regions or firms. On the one hand, the costs involved in a change of job must be fully covered by compensation in the event of business failure and by removal grants. On the other hand, a guarantee must be provided that the new job does not entail any reduction of income. od ad Protection against Dismissal 13. Improved protection must be provided against dismissal. Special protection must be given to particularly disadvantaged groups of workers. 1. The European The period of notice must be in line with measures to ensure re- employment in the occupation and should be correspondingly long. Compensation for and Protection against Unemployment 14. Workers should suffer no loss of earnings in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or seasonal, cyclical or structural unemployment. Special arrangements should be made to meet the specific problems of the building industry. 15 If, through sickness or accident, a worker is unable to return to his old tw job, the employer shall, in the first place, ensure that his working conditions are adapted to the worker's possibilities or that the worker in question receives another equivalent post. In cases in which the workers are no longer able to return to their old jobs, additional payments must be made for their occupational re- integration. Action against Land Speculation 920 ms? led bas sess 16. In the view of the free trade unions, the threat to building prices by land speculation constitutes a grave danger to the level of building activity. Untrammelled speculation in land must be condemned in the interests of workers and occupants. ques Trade Unions' Right to Information 枝 .e 17. In order that trade unions shall be adequately informed about economic and social development in their sectors, the necessary information must be made available to them. Participation by Trade Unions 18. We call upon governments and employers to carry out measures for the safeguarding of earnings. same bran For that purpose, advisory and decision- making groups adapted to national conditions must be extended to allow for participation by the trade unions. The latter should be subjected to no limitations but, on the contrary, should enjoy the right to collective negociation. ST viggs dzum dzum 200/ 3onse dou2 ET 19. Joint control by the trade unions must be strengthened and extended to all levels. 23 RESOLUTION NO. 2 measures to preve ; undermine cred 1. AGAINST CONTRACT LABOUR The often inhuman working and living conditions and the flagrant exploitation 75 32u -10-eof contract workers have prompted the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers at their European Conference in Cologne. to demand the total prohibition of contract labour. The Conference notes: rsins Jon 290b dot ruc2. that an increasing number of workers in the building industry are being replaced by contract labour; 3. that the labour protection laws are not complied with and that the labour market is to a large extent controlled by slave- traders and illegal contracting agents; bas 4. that, in the case of contract labourers, essential conditions such as wages, bonus payments, special bonuses for building work, paid holidays, sickness and accident insurance, supplementary pensions, etc, are not guaranteed and there is no protection against dismissal and no stipulated periods of notice; 5. that contract labourers usually suffer under inhuman working conditions and living conditions and are unable to enter into lasting social relationship with regular workers, which makes difficulties for co- operation at work and increahout adot on ses the risk of accents; 6. that contract labour fails to provide an assured livelihood for the workers and their families and is therefore socially harmful; #antsps nottoA 7. that, at the general expense, damage is caused to social insurance schemes and sickness funds through the activities of illegal contracting agencies; truc8. he that the acceptance of contract labour renders any effective government employment policy impossible; Pi also enco the 9. that the position of the regular workers is rendered insecure by the increasing tendency to hire contract labourers; secur 10. that this slave- trade is only possible because employers collaborate with the contracting agencies, even the illegal ones; nsion 11. that through these inhuman conditions, the wheel of industry is turned back and the gains of trade- union activity during the last hundred years are canOcelled; th 81 rket and econom cy aime and therefore demands 69 the total prohibition of contract labour in the building industry 12 In the Conference's view, however, prohibition is meaningful only if, at the same time, the control possibilities of labour market authorities are improved and sanctions for infringements made more severe. inary tra 13. Such sanctions must apply both to the contracting agents and to the employers in the building industry who support the activities of the slave- traders or, indeed make them possible at all. UOBAJ TOAЯT03 T2MIADA ctuations affecting particular ontvil bas prixhrow nemusel sto sT.I 14. The same applies to immigrant workers.rom 76 -11-SI93 The ILO is urged to give further consideration to this problem. bluo ILO conventions must be implemented by legislation or regulations in the individual countries. RESOLUTION NO. 3 COME SE JOB AND INCOME SECURITY IN THE WOOD INDUSTRY 1. The European Conference of the IFBWW, meeting from 28 October to 31 October 1980 in Cologne, taking note of the reports of the Wood Committee and the discussions on trade- union demands in the wood industry during the eighties, declares: 2. that to guarantee employment in the wood industry- and particularly in the sawmills long- term forest exploitation plans must be developed in order -9orto ensure adequate quantities of raw material; 160 to J onal 3. that governments must control and direct the use of timber, timber exports and imports, the expansion of the industry, the location of new work sites and, in particular, the closing down and launching of firms and their subsidiaires; hers or 4. 5. 6. 7. income when that governments should influence price fluctuations of raw timber products; that governments should keep watch on foreign investments; that firms should attach more importance to raw- material- saving processes; that greater concentration on individual and collective research and developtment is necessary with a view to the improved processing of timber; 336 0190XX 8. that, within firms, the trade- union organisations should have greater influverence over questions of investment and work organisation; joint control by ebiy the trade unions should be strengthened and developed; 9. bas 299d not Troe boop s bns 21smine bitw not that marketing activities should be intensified; the multinationsbyownsh 10. that regional and employment policy considerations should be taken into account in the re- organisation of the industry and that governments must bear primary responsibility for the provision of new activities and employment opportunities; vorlog 136 6 9 9x63 11. that closer collaboration is desirable between medium- sized and small firms in the same branch of the industry% 3 the indus ised and the 12. that the various board- making industries should concentrate on those market products for which they are competitive; 59m 21 200j9b2003 Tapindɔed to vino Jon 3n0006 blood 13. that more and better vocation and further training for workers and increased training of specialists are necessary, particularly in management, marketing, technical development of products and production techniques; cing not only 14. that a GATT" social clause" should be introduced, making it possible to take measures to prevent lack of freedom for trade union and exploitation of unsuitable working conditions by firms in international trade in such a way as to undermine the credibility of free commerce; 77 -1215. 16. The that that work in the wood industry should be organised on more humane lines that heretofore; labour protection should be ensured by more modern legislation%; 100 0JI that the intensification of housing construction is of great significance for the wood industry%; B 0239 OM 800 17. that, owing to the speeding up of automation and rationalisation by the nedod introduction of computers and microprocessors, the number of jobs in the wood industry will steadily decrease unless appropriate counter- measuresket 29idare taken. 290 18. : 2916f59b It is therefore necessary to pursue an active labour market and economic policy aimed at full employment. For reasons of social and employment policy, this also includes the shortethening of the working week at full wages, taking account of particular natiobns atnal conditions, the lengthening of annual holidays and the lowering of the 5. pensionable age. : 297 reg RESOLUTION NO. 4 es culties for co nd eping soneultat bluoda anand 01603 A - FOR AN ACTIVE FORESTRY POLICY .2 FORESTRY and their families and is therefore soc 1. Unlike most important raw materials, forests are a renewable resource. This particularity is of all the greater importance in view of the oil crisis. babyb -qojavob 2. 8. 9 Forests produce not only wood. They produce annually a comparable quantity that of oxygen and biomass. They act as an air filter by taking carbon dioxide -un out of the air. Forests and other vegetation renew the air that we breathe. Forests are also of decisive importance for the soil's water balance. They that bind together loose earth and prevent wind and water erosion. They provide tend invaluable protection for wild animals and a good soil for berries and mushrooms. They provide an essential area of health and recreation for 10. that people sujected to the stresses of the modern world. The IFBWW European Conference demands: 11: 3. ce to na Isno 0-91 that all countries undertake to pursue an active forestry policy and to conclude international agreements for exploiting forest resources, but 2 at the same time protecting the stock of standing timber so well that each and generation can increase it; 4. that forestry employers guarantee security of employment to forest workers throughout the year; this means that the planning of mechanisation and 12 In rationalisation should take account not only of technical considerations and the capacity of machines, but must also have regard to the effects of enise the machines on the environment and to the rightful demands of forest workers for job and income security; Such 5.16* -tuzgu .03 anctions both to contra veb ing agents and to the employers that forest workers must have the same social security as other groups of workers; this applies, for example, to compensation for sickness and accidents at work, for forced unemployment and to pensions; how 78 sdd entersbu -136. 7. -07005 It is necessary to pursue an active labour market and economic policy aimed at full employment. For reasons of social and employment policy, this also includes the shortening of the working week at full wages, taking account of particular national conditions, the lengthening of annual holidays and the lowering of the pensionable age. that all designs for new machines in the forest industry should be aimed at making the machines as safe and as protective of the environment as possible; machines must be adjusted to men and to nature and not vice versa. 8. Forestry work continues to be one of the most dangerous occupations, so that all possible steps must be taken to reduce the risks. Better machines and tools adapted to human requirements are an essential demand. Equally important is the continual improvement of the vocational training of forest workers. 9. that forest owners and entrepreneurs organise their work in such a way that it can be undertaken without subcontractors; work on a sub- contracting basis means that the workers never enjoy the same security of employment and income as when the forest owners or entrepreneurs are themselves responsible for the planing of felling and the protection of the forests; esave Ren 10. that joint control by the trade unions be strengthened and developed. The committee had the DRAFT RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY THE ITALIAN DELEGATION FOR SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AFL/ C10( has left after paying 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 105 903 to 01 The current world economic crisis is still marked by rising prices for oil and raw materials and by financial and currency disturbances, which clearly stresses its structural character. MO7362 In this situation, we again observe how the dominant economic interests the multinational firms and certain governments of the industrialised countries- take steps to combat the crisis by restrictive policies aimed at controlling the economic situation and, in the international field by protectionist measures. con The restrictive and protectionist measures will produce a decline in investment and rising unemployment in the world as a whole and, more especially, in the economically weak countries; they thus accentuate the imbalance between the industrialised and the developing countries and weaken the unity and strength achieved in recent years in the international, regional and national trade- union organisations. The introduction of a new international economic and social order on the basis of a far- reaching new economiy and geographical equilibrium of develpment potential and wealth in the world appears to be the most effective way of influencing not only the worldwide economic structure but also the deeper causes leading to the incontrolled cyclical occurrence of world crises. The effects of the present crisis and its dangerous consequences are parti79 ion -14-ETTend 6. cularly serious in our sectors, and especially in the building industry, which is characterized by the fragmentation of production and a system of work organisation and processing that, at least in certain countries, still displays pre- industrial features. ce In order to overcome cyclical disturbances in the building industry, tradeunion action aiming at the introduction of an appropriate system of economic relations is required to that legislative action can be taken and internationally, nationally and regionally co- cordinated intervention programmes 25 can be carried out. These should aim, in the first place, at ensuring appro5219 priate housing for all and at providing the essential social structures for the development of backward areas. How Y 62 7. 02 12910 The first target of our international trade- union action is the maintenance and development of a good employment situation in Europe and the safeguarding of unrestricted freedom of movement for all workers. For this purpose, a far- reaching change in production and working methods in the building industry is of primary importance, for which, inter alia, an improvement Jan of vocational qualifications is also necessary. 8. The trade unions' initiative and action programme must aim at the achieve29ment of the following objectives: [ dtanoq FORESTR [ to no sela 9. ban The -Jaevn - the prohibition of contract labour; - the restoration and extension of vocational qualifications, in particular through the intensified utilisation of existing facilities for vocational and further training; - control of the conditions under which employers can employ or transfer their workers abroad; the lowering of the pensionable age with a view to a more rapid turnover of generations; increasing the attraction of building work for the younger generation the through general improvement of working and environmental conditions including the stabilisation of building activity. ies and In order to carry out this programme in the best possible conditions, coordination of the international and regional free trade- union organisations in Western Europe is necessary. sdj In all countries except Austria, per capita income rose at a more rapid rate than rents and in roughly two- thirds also than the costs of new housing. This should not lead to the conclusion that there has been some slight improvement in the accessibility of ALL households to housing accommodation during the period; as the report says:" when( for instance) the US comparison is made with the more appropriate indicator of median family income, the rate of increase in the costs of new housing exceeded the rate of increase in incomes by a margin of 1.4 percent. 903 027s tud e Snow monos 9b for bns sb ent vino ton enfonsulta to yow evid to pensation for sickn cyment and to nsions: 80 er -1517- arComposition of committees and working groups during the completed period 100 Forestry Committee bn6 pnib from the ins F199 ofos9 bnoddu no-wuod mood ges John Löfblad, president 19213 bm98 Sixten Bäckström, Sv. Skogsarbetareförbundet, president of his federation Sven Morgenlien, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, president of his federation Pekka Virtanen, Maaseutütyöväen Liito ry, Finland, president of his federation Balan Nair, IFBWW regional representative for Asia and the Pacific The industrial committee has no special working group. Building Committee nebsw2.p 68 93 Rudolf Sperner, IG Bau- Steine- Erden, president of his federation, president of committee. Juan Herrera, FETRACON, president of his federation จวก ธา รี 7070-200 204055 Jay C. Turner, Int. Union of Operating Engineers, USA/ Canada, president of his federation Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, president of his federation Jan Pot, Bouw- en Houtbond NKV, Netherlands Marcel Hupel, Force Ouvrière, France Jo Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria, president of his fed. André Vanden Broucke, Centrale Générale, Belgium, president of his federation po Roland Roost, FOBB Switzerland vid Cesare Rengenzi, FILCA- CISL, Italy John Löfblad, general secretary The committee had the following working group: Rudolf Sperner, IG Bau- Steine- Erden duz 2199 2A tad Markus Schelker, FOBB, Switzerland( has left after having taken over another job) ue Kent Senior, AFL/ CIO( has left after having taken over another job) has been proposed to be his successor Michael Collins, Int. Union of Operating Eng. AFL/ CIO PAY SHE Udo Holzheimer, IG Bau- Steine- Erden Sten Lindahl, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet Bernd Eisenbach, assistant John Löfblad, general secretary André Vanden Broucke, Centrale Générale, Belgium 25W orgen de grid to to 79602 Wood Committee itly 街 Bertil Jonsson, Sv. Träindustriarbetare förbundet, president of his federation and president of committee Henry Hansen, there Snedker- och Tømrerforbundet, Danmark, president of his fed. Louis Seebacher, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, Austria Ben Rubner, FTAT, Great Britain Max Zuberbühler, president FOBB, Switzerland Kurt Georgi, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff, FRG Jaap Boom, Bouw- en Houtbond, Netherlands Esko Suikanen, Puutyöväen Liitto ry, Finland, president of his federation John Löfblad, general secretary The committee has the following working group: to: leaving the door Bertil Jonssson, Sweden Roger Gerdin, Sv. Träindustriarbetare förbundet, Sweden 81 -21-14-16Kurt Georgi, Gewerkschaft Holz- und Kunststoff, FRG Johann Fischer, Federation of Building and Woodworkers, Austria Paolo Pellarini, FENEAL- UIL, Italy at, at le Jaap Boom, Bouw- en Houtbond, Netherlands Bernd Eisenbach, assistant John Löfblad, general secretary a system 107 2910 boldtö ndo BKemic по European Committee Abraham Buys, Netherlands, president of the IFBWW and president of committee 199 André Vanden Broucke, Belgium Bertil Whinberg, Sweden François Portner, FOBB, Switzerland Roman Rautner, Austria our al- trade- onion 993 Rudolf Sperner, FRG Jacques Ducos, CFDT, France I draw your attention to the reports of the committees. appro9T 9933 mmo3 pniblu the Intenance 08 The Bulletin was published throughout the year as usual, and, in particular, the M July 1980 edition was copious. For budgetary reasons, we cannot improve the typography of the Bulletin. Nevertheless, in its present form it provides a bЛA substantial amount of information on IFBWW activities. 3iw2 8807 J Personnel and Office of the IFBWW 2131809 As regards personnel, the IFBWW had in 1980 more resources at its disposal than Vocational before. In January we moved into a renovated office at the same address, 27-29, rue de la Coulouvrenière in Geneva, which has superior facilities. We now have but sufficient office space, which was not the case before. ПБ The number of persons on the staff has increased.At the end of 1980, the Generalsd Secretary was assisted by Stefan Windh, secretary for IFBWW trade union training, Bernd Eisenbach, Assistant General Secretary, Jeannette Angst, secretary, Béatrice Zahler, secretary and Camilla Jelmini, translator. In addition, there is the 92 staff of the Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur and Nairobi with a Regional Representative and a secretary each. The Regional Office in Latin America is closed deks for the time being. bnA The Executive Committee met once during the completed period, on May 22, 1980; 200M the Management Committee met three times, i.e.on 21st May, 1980 in Geneva, on 13th April 1980 in Helsinki and 28th July, 1980 in Geneva during the Seminar of 198 the IFBWW for Regional representatives and projects leaders. b9 Cooperation with other international organisations family income Since the last Congress, the IFBWW continued its broad cooperation with a whole family of international organisations and institutions, such as the IECD and its trade union advisory committee( TUAC), and with the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers. 092 169090 baldhöj ndo This cooperation was essentially informal, but was nevertheless useful because the IFBWW was thereby in a position to follow the work of these organisations and to benefit from their wide experience. edT nobsw2 nozzeno 198 hebsw2 39bnud 18 82 -17--- 8- New affiliations and disaffiliations 03 asunt U101 d. To not The following two organisations, members of the AFL/ CIO of the U.S. and the > huT Canadian CLC, disaffiliated from the IFBWW: Upholsterers and 16 bns b1808 Bricklayers ed basmab[ fs sw 92 16 Thsteb nt noitsutte grl3 b9zzu0złb ever ow eviju 9x3 UTROI 9 to not2292 080 redmavell 2T1 sdt to 29 [ 679098 We are deeply disappointed that these two federations should have left us under the pretext of being obliged to revise their priorities; by the same token abandoning international solidarity. 0881 194 199297 The following organisations were affiliated to the IFBWW during the completed period: blad 0801 ThmgA 3- E Korean United Workers' Union, Korea an 22 TOU 900- 01 под Sindicato dos Trabalhadores das Industrias de Ceramica, Cimentos e Similares de Aveiro, Viseu e Guarda, Portugal Nigeria Union of Construction and Civil Engineering Workers, Nigeria Waterfront& Allied Workers' Union, Dominica Bangladesh Building and Woodworkers' Federation, Bangladesh Turkey 08er.sub 1-8mfo 5032 bs[ dio] ndo brudno sbdensatoript267 nsbsw2 22910000 place on 12ths The military coup d'Etat that had been expected in Turkey took place on September 1980. Apparently without much resistance, a military regime took power in that country. Turkey's chaotic situation before the military intervention is so well known as to make reiteration unnecessary. To be brief, one can state that there was a civil war- like situation with several thousand casualities per year. The executions took the forms of acts of terrorism, hold- ups or bombings. Extremists were very active. The trade union movement, as divided and weak as could be expected in a social situation of great jeopardy, was greatly affected and mourned many victims. 0821 9b 29 The military junta promised to restore order to put an end to the unbelievable tary junta promised to restore or wave of murders and to gradually bring the situation back to normal. เม ริ 597 The two IFBWW affiliates in Turkey, Yol- Is( building) and Agaç- Is( wood), both members of the ICFTU affiliated national centre in Turkey, Turk- Is, can apparently function in near normal conditions to the extent that their office has not been closed down, that they can hold congresses( as they both did after the coup. d'Etat as planned), and that they maintain contacts with the IFBWW. For example, Yol- Is sent a delegation to the IFBWW European Conference at the end of October 1980. However, there is no doubt that the work of the trade union movement under the Turkish military regime is severely restricted. Strikes are forbidden. Numerous trade unionists are in prison. 0801 s The trade union movement as represented by the ICFTU and the international trade secretariats has, up till now, acted with considerable restraint, above all in order not to harm its members in Turkey who are working in difficult and hazardous conditions. However, the ICFTU has transmitted to the military regime declarations concerning the reestablishment of trade union rights and the liberation of trade union and political prisoners. Up till now, one has attached importance to leaving the door open for contacts that might enable influence to be exerted on the military regime. predan 198 83 -18-16-11In January 1981 the situation continues to give rise to deep concern. A delegation of the ICFTU and certain international trade secretariats will soon go to to Turkey to determine the facts. OWS W3 par om, Bouw- en Houtbond, LUG 163 We have discussed the situation in detail at general meetings, as well as at the November 1980 session of the ICFTU Executive Board and at the meeting of the general secretaries of the ITS in January 1981. We all demand the reestablishment of democracy in Turke with free elections, respect for human rights and the full restoration of unrestricted trade union freedoms; in short, a return to the rule of law. panon6ds IFBWW representative at congresses and conferences from 1 April to 31 December 1980 UGT- Congress FRO es Ducos CFDT, France 291 mi2 9 203mm som6193 ILO- 66e International Labour Conference The July 1980 ed ough Madrid, 3-6 April 1980 : borneq A. Buys, Roman Rautner, Rudolf Sperner, John Löfblad 29 e 12 Geneva, 4-25 June 1980 usaty ohrovÅ ob 1997 Roman Rautner, John Löfblad, Stefan Windh Bernd Eisenbach 168 Fastighetsanställdas Förbund Congress- Sweden National Union of Building Workers Congress Israel Stockholm, 8-13 June, 1980 John Löfblad Tel- Aviv, 15-16 June, 1980 Visitm.edT Roman Rautner 0801 redimetq92 pant IG Bau- Steine- Erden Executive Committee Geneve dhe John Löfblad John Löfblad EVE 7689 Geneva, 12-14 June, 1980 02 ad Xood anortubex edT exe en 169 John Löfblad dh. ecretary fo по Furnishing, Timber and Allied Trades Bournemouth, Great Britain, 16-19 June, 1980 Union 5th Conference - Stefan Federacion de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construccion de Venezuela A Congress Murerforbundet i Danmark bms( onibitud) Congress 60 - Caracas, 31 July 2 August 1980 Rudolf Sperner ch. Th Re sed nt en Aalborg, 31 August- 6 September 1980 T Bertil Whinberg to 219dmem Sadelmager- og Tapetsererforbundet i Danmark Helsingör, 7-12 September 1980 Bertil Whinberg B92015 ted b 193 jay Bertil Whinberg Copenhagen 14-24 September 1980 UTR John Löfblad Specialarbejederförbundet i FBMN conti Danmark Congress Canadian Labour Congress Training seminar Federacion Estatal de Madera, Construccion y Afines, UGT Suomen Sähköalantyöntekijäin Liitto ry Tammerfors, 19-21 September 1980 Congress I- TOY H.08er UT enj 2007 fami 9/ T pnt now 916 Geneva, 25 September 1980 bettimens John Löfblad of ton 19b0 Volfanottiboɔ zuob Malaga, 3-5 October 1980 jebanj to John Löfblad, Roman Rautner, Rudolf Sperner Bertil Whinberg 84 25 -19Italy FLC Int. expert Trade Union discussion on the problems of building workers transferred by construction firms to building sites abroad, specially in developing countries La Centrale Générale- Ordinary Congress Florence, 24-26 September, 1980 Udo Holzheimer Ostende, Belgium, 9-11 October, 1980 John Löfblad 3. Par tion in the strug and trade un for human ri John Löfblad amme of action to continue n its pr resent form; in uilding, Noo the IFBWW Forestry Committees A deterioration of the ge seems inevitable. At the of every downturn By IFBWW memb no one also sures time few ye that the that are forestry e fo for the IFBWW apply all sorts of labo production wit has bee ively over changed beyond a tion. widely and ed. On ser are less by the of econo happens, the fa fact rem sensitive to the the se tion, than times, our member organisations have to ment. therefo ocus efforts on uation iming at increa making there seems to find jpb. training for because the link onal training 85 certain We Nov 080 the IC -81ues to the facts 220 0613 -sqe bonds 29312 ontbitud of amit? tion in detail at 1 at ge f the CF ICFTU Executive Boar of the ITS in January 1981. 0995989 elections, respe Ke union freedoms; in meeting samen ILO ve at congresses and conferences from 1 April 31 December 1980 beldtö nrteb Congress 65e International Labour Conference Fasti Förbund Congres Sw National Union Con Isrbe 1G Bau- Steing- Erden Executive Com tee kers Timber and Allied Trade Madrid, 3-6 April 1980 A. Buys, Roman Rautner, Rudolf Sperner, John Löfblad Geneva, 4-25 June 1960 Roman Rautne John Löfblad, Stefan Windh Bernd Eisenbach Stock bim, 8-13 June, 1980 Löfblad Tel- Aviv, 15-16 June, 1980 Romain Rautner Ge neva, 12-14 June, 1980 John Löfblad Bournemouth, Great Br John Löfblad 16-19 June, 1980 Furn Sth Feder Ven Congress Mure det de Trabajadores de la 1a Constr Construccion de Caracas, 31 Rudolf Sperner 2 August 1980 Aalborg, 31 August 6 September 1980 Bertil Whinberg He bundet Bertil Submer työn Tamm Bertil Spec bejegerförb Dans Canadian La Congress Traini semin ines, UGT Sept 1980 Se 1980 Copenhagen: 14-24 Septer John Löfblad Gene 25 September 1980 John Löfblad Na Taga, 8-5 October 1980 1980 John Löfblad, Roman. Rauther, Rudolf Sperner Bertil Whinberg 2428 Our links with Amnesty International mus) IFBWW ACTIVITIES DURING THE COMING PERIOD Only they It is here IFBWW activities until the next Congress are to be organised around the following main themes: puod( A edfed 1. Social action%; activities in the construction and wood industries, and in As forestry; vino 920mw 2. Regional activities; union Aganda 3. Participation in the struggle for human rights; 918 svom norau 9613 9d 90smsb 4. Information and trade union propaganda. Membership. 29 In the framework of the above- mentioned points, the programme of work could be defined as follows: 1. Social action quo sunijn 03 at 21 24 Is of by Here work is to continue in its present form; in other words, in the IFBWW it is to be carried out mainly by the Building, Wood and Forestry Committees and their respective Working Groups. ed to V192 по A deterioration of the general economic situation over the next few years event seems inevitable. At the same time we know from long experience that the 107 effects of every downturn are concentrated in the economic sectors that are covered by IFBWW member organisations, building, woodworking and forestry. For the moment, we are therefore inclined to envisage the future for the IFBWW with a certain amount of pessimism. How could it be otherwise? One perceives o practically no sign indicating an improvement of the general economic situation. Moreover, one also expects the employers to seek to apply all sorts of laboursaving measures, which might well result in increased production with less jobs. As an example, one could point to forestry which has been extensively rationalised over the last 20 years. The profession has changed beyond recognition and it employs a much smaller proportion of the active population. Labour- saving methods have also been widely introduced into the building and wood industries, and more rationalisation is to be expected. On the other hand, the public and service sectors have grown in all countries, and they are less sensitive to cyclical developments, although even they are affected by the extremes of economic up- and downturns. Whatever happens, the fact remains that the sectors of interest to the IFBWW are more sensitive to the economic situation than others. Even in normal or favourable times, our member organisations have to face a certain amount of unemployment.g รวม ง ก won of qu snob even ew Jstw worlz adroge u motesup at 03 von 329dpid The IFBWW must therefore focus its efforts on drawing up an appraisal and analysis of the situation in all our trades, and on elaborating constructive 1930 proposals aiming at increasing employment and making it more regular and secure. Since there seems to be a strong correlation berween professional skills and the capacity to find a job, we should urge more effective and comprehensive b vocational training for building as well as for wood and forestry workers, 103 especially because the link between vocational training and employment is so obvious. bns 2чwovsebne 929 20 nt bluoda.000.notte 9000 idT.950s ave 26 26d UT JI T benabsond bns benedionette vizuonio ed 87 WW831 It is not very difficult to summarise this type of constructive demand in declarations and resolutions. The difficulty lies in making our voice heard. Although it sometimes plays a decisive role, the trade union movement is only one among many factors in social life, and, however justified our demands might be, they often fall on deaf ears. Trade unions have always been and will always remain very dependent on political decisions. It is quite clear that any government of a democratic state cannot completely ignore the demands of our movement, but there are also political personalities, whose only goal is to damage the trade union movement. 2. Regional activities Я.S 1698 bas noti sr A arigi nemur not sippude add at no по In spite of all the obstacles we face, it is imperative to strengthen our regional activities as much as possible. The IFBWW's own resources only allow I it to run its Regional Offices and to carry out some basic organisational work, which can serve as a point of departure for further activities. nolds[ st502. The prerequisite for forward looking regional activities is to continue our efforts in the field of trade union training. This effort is now nearly now 919H exclusively based on the support we receive from the international assistance at service of the LO/ TCO in Sweden and, to a lesser extent, from the ILO. bre Therefore, it would be desirable to find ways and means of enlarging support A for these activities, and of coordinating them as much as possible. ani 2m992 916 mufnwob 199 On the other hand, experience has taught us to be prepared for political be accidents; so, due to the unpredictable nature of events, we must make our07 activities very flexible, especially as far as trade union training is con- tw cerned, work that is now in the hands of a specialised official. on TOM vee During the next period we could well witness a phase of more deeply rooted regional activities enabling us to establish real contacts between the IFBWW dot Regional Offices and our member organisations. This would require the Latin America Regional Office to be reopened in the near future with a view to impose resuming its activities. bebut rw m99d 0216 even aboritem 51 910m bns, 291 ОТБЛ 190 er no be Tods bai.boow ாளி Regional activities will be placed under the control of the Executive Committee, which will give the Regional and Management Committees and the General Secret- 2 ary the task of managing them between the meetings of the Executive Committee and the Congresses. nt to 2101092 en 3d anismen Jost endangqqed ned 3. Participation in the struggle for human rights o sd of evitian92 970 916 edmom uo 1039 The harsh realities around us will certainly induce the IFBWW to give the ՏՈՄՍ highest priority to this question. Our reports show what we have done up to now. What could be done to improve our work in this field? Closer cooperation with other international trade secretariats is being planned. It will certainly atay! produce results.D ont is primis 2162000 Discussions are also being initiated to approach the ILO at the highest level, 2 in order to get more results from the supervision of the application of ILO sqso conventions on human rights. These steps should also bear fruit. J Tsotsov te 02 2 Jnemyofqms bas eninis fenosov neswded int saus 9029 The ICFTU has every intention to be involved in these endeavours and its evolvdo cooperation promises to be of great significance. This cooperation, too, should be continuously strengthened and broadened. 88 Our links with Amnesty International must be tightened. Perhaps it is here that our most promising prospects are to be found. But we should not forget that the most important thing of all is the surveillance exercised by our affiliates. Only they are in a position to verify the application of conventions, and they must inform us about any infringement that might be committed. It is then that the IFBWW must intervene to put things right again with the assistance of the ILO and other bodies. As in Poland, the main effort has come from the workers in their own countries. 4. Information and trade union propaganda. Membership One of our main problems is to disseminate information on our acitivites to our affiliates and their members. We have the Bulletin, but it only reaches the leaders of our affiliates along with some other persons. It is difficult to organise more intensive information. In fact we can hardly do more than to ensure that all our important actions are brought to the attention of the media. Actually, our functions have so far received fairly broad coverage from the media. In the past, the IFBWW has published information pamphlets. Now is the time to produce a new one. Audits Finally, we must induce a greater number of trade unions to affiliate to the IFBWW. Potential members in industrialised countries which could pay full membership fees are to be found mainly in Great Britain, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There is some hope of making some progress here. Equally, in the developing countries many genuine trade unions could be recruited. From personal experience, I note that IFBWW activities have been steadily broadened during the seventies and have become more effective, thanks to the considerable increase in fee- paying members. This is an auspicious development. The reason why we have been able to step up our action in this way without significantly enlarging our organisation or inflating our administrative costs is to be found in the greater and most encouraging participation of our member organisations. This allows me to assume that in the future we must and shall be able to involve affiliates in our work be entrusting them with various actions and tasks, since the possibilities of substantially increasing our staff are limited. This approach should have the twin advantage of putting the IFBWW in a position to accomplish more while simultaneously making member organisations more aware of the importance of international work. This would certainly be propitious for the future of the IFBWW. 89 4602 9790 20 37 2960199 bensjdpi3 ed 12um[ snot369 29mAdd admif quo vedi bns.2nodnevno to no be 995 mo Awo damage the tra 2. Regiggel perso It PR219dmeM.sbnspsqonq 2um 2A bas not Jud In$ 5 t 6H9 to bevis The prerequ effogh te for fo based on the service of the LO/ TCO in Sweden den and to a qism tuo to 900 293 03 JA.stbem bem gild 943 ml bubong of ed 03 93pts of enojnu obst 30 edmun 03 enojnu 9b6edmu souboj tum ew.vfsmi Theref for these 22910010m02 On the her handy sin to scort smoz at syed.ns ende ha bos ba git us to accide due to activi cerne in the hand 1612A 9790 Taup baju 50102150 ΠΟΥ Bu Reg golsveb zuborga 9260 Athe SV ombs 100 phrust no pm to mortsqir 4 SHT jasm Impie Juodaiw 06039 12pm bns 1969 90 m buo ed of af 27ano Re which 2001156 200115V fmsvbs niwd add avsd bluodz dɔsongs 2dT 2dT.bs 91imil 916 77632 700 TUO 5 of no WWEZI 94 add to 916ws som znojszinepo uce the IFB The harsh realities around highest prfority to this What could done to other nternationa trade produce results: Discuss ms are also bei in orde conventions to show what we Field? Closer being planned. ned. It ILO of the appl The ICFTU every steps should also bear frui to be involved in these endeavours of gre great significance. This cooperation continuously strengthened and broadened. Receipts J9pbu8 tributi -Europe 00010th America WW871 Sfr. exer domsM JafƐ sq 26 96168 betsbl020 172 112 9fb9qx3 --. 088 SEA South rica - Africa 000'00 20: 888'ES - Asia 000 OTS trabbo oarae.20'8ss --. 98 209 1'412 634.56 264 614.30 81241.75 31373.59 371740.54'000. estiv ± 36 1snotge vrou 32 enoismusob bas 200[ d9 200tduq Verbo ano solidu- bns and sonsnat 0'000 geЯ bns anoitspels0 000'00 000 gpsts 000'08 - Bank interests 20.42818AT --Pad AST 28.09S'AS Accounts 200929109Я 000162erests on bonda. Tat'ES Interests on mortgage 000'02S 000'03 000'08 00s'ar 000 128 008 02.3A'Ser - θέρ' με 21 and 60 Venibyo ano 201 31'557.55 30'000 25.88 TS 08.oxa gr Audits 08.82 97dfbneqx9 11532 1762 161.74 2000 but naiznad 307 20013630 anottsoffs[ 67502 190 2of2099 2009069027M 000 05 000'08 002's 20.5021ST 000101 002'T 000'2 000'S 000'28 000 EFT 000'S 100.588 Te 22.08 09053209- 2a.era'ss 20.000 26.AST F -- E'T 20.par of COS'S x9193 bns amispelet snorqsIsT- 2016db 68 219306m being bas stadsm 901770 2190.60 2wen bns 239mubob.2008 suttu bas 29minosM 2006-201 bns prison.rpf Je go/ 770 eninsel 2009ns[ 1952M 250091970 22910000 Zegnene inoo naris0 ( 9gnado 10 2201) spsto 000108s* 000'08000'08 S.EBT TEE 08.238 RES De.cre re 000'0 000.50€ 000 01 T 20.22018 ea.SEA TSS AT.rar sa T 91 er\ 8ter# tan98 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st March 1979 Expenditure Statuory regional activities - Publications, ordinary Budget Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. 432'650.-420'000 Publications and documentations 23'336.95 60'000 Conference publications and documents for the Ex. Committee 205'369.-228'705.95 150'000 210'000 Delegations and Representation - Delegations - Representations ednopol 124'564.-24'290.95 148'854.95 160'000 30'000 190'000 Translations, ordinary 23'757.45 50'000 Staff expenditure bПs Salaries 192'496.50 250'000 Allocations for pension fund 34'936.-60'000 Other social allocations ajibuA 27'235.75 30'000 - Pensions 13'670.60 16'200 · Miscellaneous 96.80 268'435.65 800 357'000 Office charges - Postages 12'507.05 20'000 - Telephone, telegrams and telex 28'619.65 30'000 - Bank charges 900.45 2'500 - Office material and printed matters 7'184.35 10'000 Books, documents and news papers 1'399.-1'500 - - Machines and furniture Insurances 3'764.05 5'000 2'203.10 2'000 - Office rent, light, heating and 35'634.70 35'000 cleaning - Miscellaneous 5'670.55 97'882.90 7'000 113'000 Conferences - Congress - Other conferences Mortage( loss of change) Benefit 1978/79 239'869.30 91'913.90 250'000 331'783.20 80'000 330'000 8'659.05 10'000 221'432.59 30'000 1'762'161.74 1'710'000 92 92 re Receipts Contributions 12 Europety - North America South America - Africa 14 Asia Australia Interests 08. - Bank interests 978 Interests on bonds · Interests on mortgage fund .000'0S foga, perless Sfr. Sfr. eter 1'412'634.55 264'614.30 8'241.75 Budget Jefe 190 30 Sfr. 23922A Str. d263 22.22 00100$ 3'373.59 m 2210237'740.-28 4'000.-- 1'730'604.19 1'680'000 .338 PLBIS OA BET102 Jn svens@ 082 116 877 8'794.95 432/650 1'500.-2100 16 39 21'262.60 31'557.55 30'000 1'762'161.74 1'710'000 20 bms 29midoM ca : 60 12671.30 America 1265 Spain 02.808 SA 30'007 Regional Govt@ bar Deferred receipts General Fund( Fortune): par 7.4.1978 Senefit 1978/79 8961963.17 2211432: 59 1'118'395.76 1'641'348.25 93 39pbu@ BALANCE per 31st March, 1979 12 March 1979 Assets re Cash Banks 000- BCC, Geneva: Current- account - BCC, Geneva: Current- account Arbejdernes Landsbank, Copenhagen: Current- account - SBC, Geneva: current- account ea.ETETE --. 0PT'TE .000 A 23 Budget S Sfr. Sfr Sfr. 2001 22.A STAT onal activities Oc.Pra'pas 21.TAS'8 13'083.80 631 tuo2 steA- 797'155.55 200'000.-124 40'215.45 50'136.-1'100'590.80 20.PGT 8 21 ordinary Debtors 000 urre Bonds 000 Tes --. 002 T 1080 89'053.30 al Mortgages Machines and Furniture Deferred charges und 192/ 496.50 34'93620'000.-27 235.75 60 389'194.65 26.80 1.-357 000 42'508.50 Pos Tel Bank Office Books, doc nes Insurances grads and telex fatters papers 12'507.05 28 619.65 960.46 71184.35 1'641'348.25 11399.-3'764.05 2'203.1 10 rent, lights Cleaning Miscellaneous Conferences Congress Other conferences ss of chang 35 634.70 51670.55 239 869.30 911913.90 1301000 10'000 30'000 762 161. 14 11710'000 EQ 94 46 ents on the Bud careful Liabilities to thorough anubask following For 2 Sw.Frs Solidarity Funds: Sfr. 100 SW.Fr 1785.00 Finland light of thi Grece 000'021 14'248.97 22'628.69 the Committee of draft Budget: ( second Sfr. 2 Trade Union educational programme 000'00 Fund for regional activities: 000 Balance per 1.4.1978 + statuory allocation + annulation of special fund Sfr. Payments for 08 and Docum 77809 .x3 36'877.660- Temucob no36392910 245'370.70 spefed AST 11 be set aside.for a the loping reasons and 317 116'877.97 Article 2 of the 432'650.-9.77632 02. 16'398.61 565'926.58 STTA 30 03.018 anofens 08.JP 2009061f9327M 52PM - Africa - Asia 70'351.60 ons - Latin America - Spain - Portugal 000 OP ons 2.00830'007. IF800 126'888.15 aa.era 103'360.-12'871.30 29016do sp1970 2906209bm6 5'275.cati prees 951110- 217'173.53 - Regional Committee Deferred receipts 008 EST General Fund( Fortune): the fact Balance per 1.4.1978 + Benefit 1978/79 23'530.60 The Ex meeting de ha Co896'963.17 100.Te 221'432.59 10 1'118'395.76 008 Df the next year ear, less expon 008 herefore Str. 15 000 ea.sex 1'641'348.25 000 886atio tions- Str. 2301939 000'eryear's allocation amount 160 000 G00 Br. 124/564 to a 2. that dif in connection wi tem. T AT Repr amount 95 BAL Budget for the period 1st April, 1979 until 31st March, 1980 1979 Accounts 29 [ fdst] 1978/79 Expenditure Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. Statutory regional activities Publications and documentations - Publications, ordinary .12 432'650.-420'000 23'336.95 30'000 - Conference publications and documents for the Ex. Committee bnslat 28.88's 205'369.-150'000 180'000 Delegations and Representation Delegations 200 00 T 124'564.-160'000 - Representation 24'290.95 30'000 190'000 unt Translations, ordinary Staff expenditure - Salaries - Allocations for pension fund Other social allocations 123'757.45 50'000 Te.TT8 --. 02 SEA ra.seɛ 192'496.50 2 220'000 bru otsfunns+ 34'936.-83.082 88.ase aa 50'000 27'235.75 30'000 - Pensions - Miscellaneous 13'670.60 96.80 16'200 19 800317'000 60717A Office charges 08.18 ST 612A Postages 21.888 a 12'507.05 Telephone, telegrams and telex das 28'619.65 20'000 mA mits 40'000 ntsq2 Bank charges 900.45 2'500 Tapud 109 Office material and printed matters 7'184.35 BIS 2 10'000 Books, documents and news papers IsnorgeЯ 1'399.-1'500 - Machines and furniture 3'764.05 5'000 - Insurances Office Rent, light, heating and cleaning 2'203.10 2'500 35'634.70 35'000 ba79790 Miscellaneous Conferences - Congress 5'670.55 7'000 ( snut- 107) bau 1s 239'869.30 250'000 - European Conference 125'000 - Other Conferences 91'913.90 ea.SEA 100'000 Mortgage( loss of change etc.) 8'659.05 Benefit 221'432.59 1'762'161.74 123'500 ( 199 06168 475'000 10'000 49'500 1'815'000 Receipts Contributions Interests 20 96 1'730'604.19 31'557.55 1'762'161.74 1'785'000 30'000 1'815'000 Office material and printed matters- Str. 101000 Comments on the Budget, 1st April 1979 until 31st March, 1980 b10 After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors, I would like to submit the following comments on the draft Budget: I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2 100 000 members( second half year 1979= Sw. Frs. 80.-- per 100 members, 1st half year 1980= Sw. Frs. 90.- per 100 members). The total income from statutary fees is thus estimated at approximately Sw. Frs. 1'785'000.-- and from interest at roughly Sw. Frs. 30'000.-- altogether Sw. Frs. 1'815'000.--. Expenditure was calculated in the light of this income and should be kept within this framework. last year St Statutory Regional Activities ivitie 02.02 ser 172 Sfr. 20. per 100 members and year will be set aside for a Solidarity Fund which is to be used for activities in the developing countries and for assistance to trade unions who, for special reasons and circumstances find themselves in a situation as stipulated in Article 2 of the Statutes. Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation T of Sfr. 420'000 has been made. 630 Publications and Documents- Sfr. 180'000.-- 112 sy aidd saoqonq swamwon Ordinary Publications IFBWW Bulletin- Sfr. 30'000.-For ordinary publications Sfr. 23'336.95 have been spent this year. In the Budget 1978/79 Sfr. 60'000.-- have been set aside for this purpose, but as the costs for the publication of the IFBWW Bulletin have been cut down, an allocation of Sfr. 30'000.-- is budgeted this year. is plansed 100s x9 9AT been Conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee- Sfr. 150'000.-Last year Sfr. 150'000.-- were set aside and expenditure under this heading amounted to Sfr. 205'369.--. The exceeding of the budget can be explained by the fact that more documents have been produced for the Executive Committee meeting and by the fact that we had a Congress year. 06 159 of the For the next year, less expenditure is expected as we are not in a Congress year and therefore Sfr. 150'000.-- are proposed. g: ch chang - Delegations and Representation Sfr. 190'000.-Delegations- Sfr. 160'000.-.000'0S 112- 053209 50'S 192 1694$ 253 im 19030 25 flew 26.229100 b5200010 916 000'0S 12, Juo 392 Last year's allocation amounted to Sfr. 160'000.-- and expenditure amounted to Sfr. 124'564.--. It is to be noted that different delegation expenditure have been in connection with the Congress and have been accounted for under that item. evont ved anot562insp10 19dmam Therefore we propose again for this year Sfr. 160'000.-- 0 bns bns 20200 dpi Representation- Sfr. 30'000.-The amount remains unchanged. bau Jaga need evs 2.000.492 169 1251 23 200 929 stefuls of fullb231 97 b0200010915 -2Ordinary Translations to 9935mm00 art Sfr. 50'000.-bas add no 230mm0 STA Last year's allocation amounted to Sfr. 50000.-- and expenditure amounted to Sfr. 23'757.45, due to the fact that a lot of translations have been made in connection with the Congress and accounted for under that item. Exp Therefore it is proposed to maintain Sfr. 50'000.-Staff expenditure- Sfr. 317'000.-Salaries- Sfr. 220'000.( a be 21 001 buA 29 J str: -.00.217062 000 ngge 36 batsmites 0008.277.w2 Sfr. 250'000.-- have been proposed last year but for various reasons only Sfr. 192'496.50 were spent. 220'000.-We suggest Sfr. 220'000.-- for this year in order to cover normal salary increases and the use of temporary office staff. Allocations for pension fund- Sfr. 50'000.-25 613 03 The expenditure for last year amounted to Sfr. 34'936.--, a little less than budgeted. As we have to count with certain, normal increases and exchange rate fluctuations( John Löfblad's pension is paid in Swedish Crowns, we propose this year Sfr. 50'000.-Other social allocations- Sfr. 30'000.-The sum remains unchanged. Pensions Sfr. 16'200.-Tex The IFBWW is presently paving 180'000 u1632 OS 2000 2f dordw b9288 72 to sor Edu4000 Fdu vienibyo endijs 000 foa direct pensions to three people. We will need approximately Sfr. 8'000.-- for Mrs Esther Hagen, Sfr. 1'100.-- for Mrs Manuel Muino and Sfr. 6'000.-- for Jan Leliveld. Sfr. 16'200.-- are 000 therefore budgeted. 9 bas abies 392 919 Miscellaneous- Sfr. 800.-02 10 101 Jepbu 1203 500 169V 3.26J pnjom Sfr. 96.80 have been spent last year. Nevertheless we propose for this tost edd year an amount of Sfr. 800.-- for this purpose. Other Conferenc 159 Office charges Sfr. 123'500.-189 5x90 sd R.000 - Postages Sfr. 20'000.-bre 500 Last year Sfr. 12'507.05 have been spent. As this year the minutes of the 15th Congress, as well as some other minutes of Conferences have to be sent out, Sfr. 20'000.-- are proposed. 80000 Telephone, telegrams and telex- Sfr. 40'000.-000 2000 Last year Sfr. 28'619.65 have been spent. As the contacts with our regional offices and with our member organisations have increased, we are expecting higher costs and propose therefore Sfr. 40'000.-d 000 Bank charges- Sfr. 2'500.Last year Sfr. 900.45 have been spent under this item. Due to the fact that it is difficult to calculate these costs, this year, as previously, Sfr. 2'500.-are proposed. ге 98 -31 Office material and printed matters- Sfr. 10'000.-to settimo edit to tosЯ The sum remains unchanged.niqsex- xood end to dibus erit no 21edyowbook bne pribitu8 еге TheA JOS no fa faven 361 Books, documents and news papers- Sfr. 1'500.-The sum remains unchanged. er syen 1-10 Machines and furniture- Sfr. 5'000.--+6 bns exer.dons are heq dasta, s The sum remains unchanged. .ever the IFA Ce neral Fund Insurances- Sfr. 2'500.-76 TragA dos no [ A As last year Sfr. 2'203.10 have been spent and as we expect slightly higher costs this year, Sfr. 2'500.-- are proposed. ons no maso vyftab add be evoo sibus adT the Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 35'000.-: The sum remains unchanged. to Miscellaneous- Sfr. 7'000.-The sum remains unchanged. Conferences Sfr. 475'000.-Congress Sfr. 250'000.-- tors clear vete respond to to: the on to Jnsbřad s to forno fbrupt and a book89 no eron esd beɔnuonnen as shem zen anodibuA des 9 to 229033 As previously a sum is set aside for the 16th Congress. Due to the fact that the congress costs have increased during the last years, Sfr. 250'000.-are proposed this year. balance sheet European Conference- Sfr. 125'000.-It is planned to hold in the year 1980 a European Conference. As the costs for such a Conference are high, it is proposed to set aside already this year an amount of Sfr. 125'000.-- for this purpose. Other Conferences- Sfr. 100'000.-29p6p3 as also been bas zbn08.C We propose this year a sum of Sfr. 100'000.-- to finance the meeting of the Executive Committee end of May 1979 in Geneva. Mortgage( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 10'000.-- 2 sbopablew].ns " Conf The sum remains unchanged. Benefit- Sfr. 49'500.-The addition thus leads us to a benefit of Sfr. 49'500.--. Te. ea.853 John Löfblad General Secretary Geneva, 20th April, 1979 509 Favshove Budget, sedly inebnu.II that for f bout fa ed EbertBonn Bibliothek of In with the affiliati on fee con system, the General Secretary 99 99 the * .00 21110 Report of the Committee of Auditors of the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers on the audit of the book- keeping and cash holdings muz edT of the Geneva Secretariat General on 20th April, 1979 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, president and auditor, Switzerland, Kurt Georgi, member, Federal Republic of Germany, and Odd Isaksen, member, Norway, examined the accounts 1978/79 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st March, 1979 and discussed the draft budget 1979/80 on 20th April, 1979. expenditure bag All documents required for examination were made available. 2201 I. Financial Means Available EOS S The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on March 31, 1979. 1. Daily cash on hand Liquidities on 20th April, 1979 The expenditure for Jas On 28th March, 1979, the President of the Committee of Auditors has made an unannounced control of the cash and has noted the correctness of the cash. 2. Bank asssets The foll e ascertain BAT que SAT 23200 anisms muz 9d Sfr. 7'372.25 M The following figures were ascertained with the aid of book- keeping cards as of March 31, 1979, and compared with statements of accounts. They concur. muz 94T 29009791000. завтрпой 2A add 916 BCC, Geneva ,: current account BCC, Geneva ,: current account ect for Mrs SBC, Geneva ,: current account tez o bezogo Arbejdernes Landsbank, Copenhagen: current account 3. Bonds and mortgages ast year. Nev 800.-- for this purpose ord 916 Sfr. 797'155.55 Sfr. 200'000.-Sfr. 50'136.-Sfr. 40'215.45 ( converted into Sfr.) Bonds( bank bonds BCC) Mortgages onent of--. 000'000 12 10 muz 6 159 Sfr.20'000.-svened nt exer vam to bns 99JJ 123 - Copenhagen, Ewaldsgade 5 -9VFJU --. 000 of 12-(. 539 sprado Sfr. 89'194.65 ( converted into Sfr.) Geneva, rue Necker 15/17 spe sent fr. 20 er ed As this year, the es of Conf Sfr. 300'000.-II. Funds .002'2A 12 1. Solidarity Fund and telek- Str. 40 t 002 772 to Iffened 6 of zu been spent bbbs 9dT contac Finland Greece sat fors Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. 14'248.97 22'628.69 These funds are not deposited in separate accounts but are part of the bank assets of the IFBWW%; however they are recorded separately. The special fund has been dissolved and the fund for regional activities has been credited by this amount. Adob 100 ee eser fagA JOS, svens -2--8and 22900 e 19 2. Regional Activities Fund The same conditions apply to the Regional Activities Fund as is the case for the solidarity fund. art enhub oals werb of 263 sd Tuottisq of bns noitesup aid of dsq of bns moltesup air of 3. General Fund( assets) WWI beviss Sfr. 217'173.53 Sfr. 1'118'395.76 to S dgspsys Of A to no noti The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties. bepuber diw 2790 215 tansq be III. Receipts and Vouchers 916 bns e?? T Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Secretary and his secretary, Miss Jeannette Angst, gave explanations requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and vouchers. TodoM JE to not sxsqanq edi.barbsen ed bluoo 169y 2997 943 tw ( 103 The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. They are relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to the requirements of a bookkeeping controllable at any time. visen to Joy? 2y6w[ 6 159 s to bnaz W 169 5 70 19dme 90 defƐ sq su20гo good 3 IV. Balance sheet 1978/79 sviduosx and to 219dmem 93 03 23 si ni sd bluow yTae9f3duob dotmy emt at 2936pefeb The Committee of Auditors examined the 1978/79 balance sheet which extends up to March 31, 1979, discussed it with the General Secretary and took 1979, discussed it with the General S note of it. 600 bns 19dm Jell 19 190 0801 159 pm: 21.pn The balance sheet shows a profit of Sfr. 221'432.59 against a budgeted profit of Sfr. 30'000.--. The final accounts show therefore a surplus as compared to the budget of Sfr. 191'432.59. The reason for this is the surplus of income of Sfr. 52'161.74 and less expenditure of Sfr. 169'270.85. sbom show 200ltosido o 16391092 2d bns Of the surplus of income, Sfr. 50'604.19 fall under the item" affiliation fees". This can be explained by the fact that the paying moral has also been extraordinarily good in the Congress year 1978. ever, TqA HJOS svens Less expenditures have mainly occurred under the item" Delegations and representation" with Sfr. 41'145.05 and under the item" staff expenditure" with Sfr. 88'564.35. : 22 Under the item" Conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee" a surplus of expenditure of Sfr. 55'369, compared to the Budget, has occurred, because the volume of congress documents has unexpectedly increased. It is also interesting to note that the total costs for the Congress in the year 1978 amount to more than Sfr. 700'000.-- and that for future Congresses considerable amounts have to be set aside every year. Together with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation the IFBWW has started in the regions a trade union educational programme. The cost explosion occurred during the past years in the regional office in Latin America could be stopped. The Committee of Auditors recommends to the Management Committee to further pay all its attention to the development of costs for the regional activities. In relation with the affiliation fees' control and the reminder system, the General Secretary 101 Report of the Committee of Audi Building and Woodworkers on the -3--of. аг ing and received the task to draw also during the year after the congress his attention to this question and to particularly ask the regional The offices to support us in our efforts for a correct payment of the audi affiliation fees. Odd Isakse V.General Comments IFBWW A11 dT In specification of Article 10, paragraph 2 of the IFBWW Statutes, the Committee of Auditors is of the opinion that the obligation to pay affiliation fees is only applicable to members being in active work life and are not valid for so- called pensioners with reduced fee payment in their organisations. 2797 and present 16399 The Committee of Auditors has thoroughly discussed the question of re sild yo transferring the IFBWW accounting year( 1st April of a year untilaid bns 31st March of the following year) to the calendar year. Thus a 9933 concurrence with the fees' year could be reached. The preparation of bns the documents for the Executive Committee meeting and the Congresses Nois putting the General Secretariat, with a book closure by 31st March of a year, always in front of nearly unsolvable date problems. A book closure per 31st December of a year would allow it to send the documents to the members of the Executive Committee and to the delegates in time which doubtlessly would be in the interest of all member organisations. A 70 28.00 [ 58 VI The Committee of Auditors is therefore asking the Executive Committee to close the accounting year 1980 per 31st December and to take a decision regarding this question during its ordinary meeting in the year 1980. SEA ISS 172 to Jong& 2worl2 1992 gr--. 000'08 0005 Finally the Committee of Auditors notes that all vouchers and documents have been made freely available to the Committee by the General Secretary and his secretary. No objections were made. head 0216.28 112 smoont. To qube sfqxs ed no endT 8ter 169 2291000 93 m boop visatb1063x9 mt [ 3. Bonds and m Geneva, 20th April, 1979 9632 abл be vintam ays 295x9 22900 heb dow" bu bas 20.12 ditw" nolson 28.082 887265 For the correctness: sfr.) 26 zinem bns enottorfduq sonsven00" eas 22 72 to stud ibneqxs to aufque adnemu ob 2291 Tov and saused Armin Frei President Kurt Georgi Odd Isaksen Bumb1 23200 Tstoj od tad ston of pettesnent 021s PATU 101 et bas--. 000'00 72 prom of tauons 859-69 ve sblas is ad of even 23nuoms afdsoblano rece BHAR the noin aber de hbpwadada herk t 5 T beqqodz ad bluoɔ ɔemA mis end of notines 23 16 veq veriut of 9933 mm) theme6M 3 03 2611020 23200 to fab m Jaya 19bnime edt bns fortnoo' 299t not[ 198 add note 391592161999 for BALANCE per 31st March, 1930 Japbu8 WW8TI .73 Assets 000.OSP Cash trade union educat 000.08 --. 218.30 0A.S18.IT Banks 00008 000.02: Curasaaren 20.080.Err - BCC, Geneva: th trade union ed. programme 13.714.46 qurbaqx] $ 2 dug Temote victus32 5.765 anos namuoob bins, 2001265fd9 yon bioznot soldug- bns anotisɔifduq sonsmemo- 937.19574m03.x3 erit not anamoob 575.130 dernes Lan Co 000.021 000.08 28.45 OS.S2.ST 20.2s5.cs 19. 500.000 2001363929 000.02 08.$ 81.TE 1979- 1980 Sonds 000.OSS --. 408.ɛer 000: 08 Mortgage000.02 Mechines00% Furniture 28.er.ST 98qxe 77632 29t6162 bnut notansq yo angolfA ota TA 22.842.CS 06.280.E! anoids offs[ sto med 130- enotens9 69- 000.IE 008 Dɛ.ste.rag of.POS.a Deferred charges 000.0$ 21.aps.pr 000.0P OS.525.FE 002.S 20.233 000.0 --. 02.0 002.T OA.188.T 000.2 05.SOV, 8S 002.5 21.282.s 000.28 000. 03.912.2 002.EST es.88.SOS .STO.A 000.02 000.001 000.21 000.2ST 24.008.02A 000.0 04.803.A 002.24 02.810.Sar xelat bns amsos/ 94TST 219316m bening bns istim 901710 21906 2w9n bns 2309mubob, 2008 Tu bns 29ndM 28. FSX.CA potassio bas enid69d.jdorf.Jney so7770 Br.asp.r 05.rea.As 21.801.or 08.002.285 enitnuoɔɔA 9vOM- 29009191000 22910000 29009090 08ef Sanese 1000 seco sons ( apman to 2201) ses10M 08\ ever# 179098 290 6fasida sot710 29063209Яns- 29008620 000.218.1 48.242.88.[ 103 201 est after the compress hi Budget Fr. the Fr.men Fr. Fr. 466.815.-420.000 10. par 17.872.40 Statut 30.000 opinion. 113.690.05 131.562.45 150.000 180.000 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st March, 1980 Expenditure to to sup Statutory regional activities - Publications and documentations publications, ordinary - conference publications and documents for the Ex. Committee and are no Delegations and Representation Delegations Representations 129.452.20 160.000 the 23.725.65 153.177.85 30.000 190.000 Translations, ordinary 31.182.60 50.000 Salaries - time wh - Postages - - - Insurances - Books, documents and news papers Committee of Auditors - - Machines and furniture Office rent, light, heating and cleaning 43.727.85 Staff expenditure Allocations for pension fund - Other social allocations Pensions - Miscellaneous Office charges Telephone, telegrams and telex is Bank charges - Office material and printed matters o dur 6.356.-1.887.40 28.762.20 es year co 193.304.-220.000 closure 112.199.35 50.000 27.549.55 te pr 30.000 it to 13.655.30 16.200 the gembers of 5.204.10 351.912.30 800 317.000 14.246.15 20.000 37.252.20 Exe 40.000 year: 665.09 ake 2.500 in 10.000 1.500 5.000 2.555.75 hers an 2.500 by the 35.000 - Miscellaneous ons wer 7.426.15 7.000 Accounting Move 5.517.50 54.072.--- 202.468.29 -- 123.500 Conferences - Congress April, 1979 254.691.70 Other conferences 110.108.15 250.000 100.000 European Conference 1980 125.500.60 490.300.45 125.000 475.000 Mortage( loss of change) 4.608.40 10.000 Benefit 1979/80 Arm Pres 152.918.50 1.984.945.84 49.500 Is 1.815.000 104 COT BALANCE per 31st March, 1980 Contributions - Eur rth Agrica Assets ca Cash ca Cash trade union education programme 23,850.18c Banks - BCC, Geneva: Current account - BCC, Geneva: trade union ed. programme Arbejdernes Landsbank, Copenhagen - BCC, Geneva: blocked account.218.00 Debtors 82.880.088 Bonds 28.882.for 08.382.T Mortgages 22.OAT.as --. 000.08 Machines and Furniture 02.308.T Deferred charges .000.00 .000.029 --. 000.0FF a: 208.811. as.ATE.ITS.T 105 13.716.40 5.765.80 19.482.20 937.107.40 575.130.75 19.518.10 500.000.-eter not 2.031.756.25 Fr. 56.154.10 00 20.000.-378.662.05 02 99330][ 51.-214 66.400.50 2.572.456.10 bou[ 599 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st March. Liabilities Solidarity Funds: 0805M 28 g 3 Budget Fr. Fr. Expe Sta Finland Grece Pub 23922A Op.arx.er 14.248.97 22.628.69 815. 4292890 36.877.66 .235.2 ube 1260 Trade Union educational programme Fund for regional activities 581.028.65 00 Balance per 1.4.1979 812.21: 217.173.53 nadetins 29019bted A + statutory allocation .000.002 466.815.-683.988.53 777.85 beads.308 , 000 190.000 Payments for Staf- Africa 107.563.55 abn08 S- Asia 76.596.30 220.000 - Latin America on fund 296.740.55 50.000sp6poM - Spain iscellaneous Pe- Regional Committee Deferred receipts 80.000.-7.396.50 STUJ 115.691.63 207.543.90 Heske 000 19790 Reserves telex - Congress - European Conference General Fund( Fortune): Balance per 1.4.1979 + Benefit 1979/80 Acco Move Conferences cess 0th en conferences Conferenc Mortage( loss of change Benefit 1979/80 250.000.-110.000.-360.000.-28 5. 1.118.395.76 eaning 152.918.50 1.271.314.26 5.57 2.572.456.10 54. 202.468.29 23.500 256.691.70 110.108.15 250.000 100.000 125.5 45 125.000 475.000 10.000 162.918.50 1.984.985.84 49.500 1.815.000 106 Receipts on the Budget, 1st April 1980- 31st Fr.mber, 1980 Contributions 1380 Europe - North America Fr. redm90s# 218 Thu 0881[ A# 2f boteq ed Not T33008 submit the fol101'661.261.70 Fr. South America 20 ก ษ วอ ล Africa - Asia of the losteren 11 to move tha Australia 00010 Interests le def32 shall Bank interests 145 - Interests on bonds 000 Interests on mortgage Budget: 239.473.54 4.351.85 3.666.25 of 9 9 months as 39.946.60 6.020.-year end ba90x3 If year contribution 1'954.719.94 1.785.000 smuɔob bms anoissatfd9 9.779.20 1.500.-18.946.70 no1363929 30.225.90 30.000 bordspeed 000.001 06 000: 09 09.$ 2A.est 28TESTJES odo es 20.-- per 100 membergaser Mer will be set aside for which is to be used for activities in the developing cial reasons sons and ticlebut themselves 000.02.ee.state 1.984.945.84 1.815.000 000.08 Based on ex000 af 22.QA2.TS 8.aaasss from 000.0 21000696- 14 00.POS cation 000.08 Pucation OS.SES.TE 20.888 008.P Sfr 20.00 oca anot ans anotans9 200906 1902MM- 2901643 931770 290620921935m bejning bns[ shi93m 907770For ordinareplications ok. 188.1: 872.40 have 248 won bnb adRambo 2008 Budget 1979600.0 30 10.000s.sattes been set costs for thoa poblicationafas IFBWW an allocatio000025fr 20.2001.8 budgets 000.2 ar.asA.T side for tud have been cut down ge boned.Jdpil nen 951970 M Conference 000 N tions a02.512udents for the Executive Committee-pamudAGO 002.PAT --.STO.Pa கா 9vOM- Last year Sfr. 150.000. were set aside and expenditu under this 30 mounted to 000.03.190.05.180.0001-- have been financial y600.2979/ 800000 sncial year 1980. Thereforon amogb0.001 S2021980T.OFF been taken into cons at disposat for the conference publications and documents for the ive Committee soun OP- 808refore to sfr. 120.66 pnsdo to 2201) apsprom 000 considerab Clons nd Represent 02.81e.sar e.Age. 130.000 egations Sfr. 110.000. Last year's allocation amounted to Sfr 000.00 29.452.20. As the AR- 88DB4 000.21 me, Sfr. 110: 000 002.SSA 003 188.ntation- Sfr 20.480242.489: were budgeted Sfr 30,000. 9 months of the ture fina 107. jiten98 .000. ings nd ex enditure amounted to po 23291930 800 ure amounted to sfr. 23/ 725.65. propose Str. 20.000.--. A2.ETA.RES 28.128 A 25.000€ BUDGET for the period 1st April 1980 until 31st December, 1980 Funds: Expenditure anoljudno 900703 A d so Budget 2 Accounts 1979/80 Fr. 63 Fr. Fr. 0a.ape.E 000 Statutory regional activities 000.08 Publications and documentations - publications, ordinary - conference publications and documents for the Ex. Committee Delegations and Representation 000.- delegations A ==== representation Translations, ordinary Staff expenditure Salaries - Allocations for pension fund Other social allocations Pensions - Miscellaneous Office charges - Postages 466.815.-210.000 23291930 17.872.40 20.000058 217 113.690.05 466 20.000 40.000 129.452.20 23.725.65 110.000 20.000 130.000 107 31.182.60 25.000 76.596.30 296.740.55 193.304.-260.000 20 112.199.35 50.000 27.549.55 30.000 13.655.30 11.000 543.90 5.204.10 3.000 354.000 250.14.246.15 12.000 Telephone, telegrams and telex 137.252.20 30.000 Bank charges 665.09 500 Office material and printed matters 6.356.-4.500 Books, documents and news papers 1.887.40 1.000 Machines and furniture 28.762.20 40.000 - Insurances 2.555.75 2.500 - Office rent, light, heating and cleaning 43.727.85 50.000 Miscellaneous 7.426.15 5.000 .10° - Accounting 5.517.50 4.000 - O Move 54.072.-149.500 Conferences - Congress 254.691.70 250.000 - European Conference 125.500.60 125.000 Other conferences 110.108.15 100.000 475.000 Mortgage( loss of change etc.) 4.608.40 4.000 Benefit 152.918.50 1.984.945.84 1.387.500 Receipts Contributions Interests Deficit 108' 108 1.954.719.94 30.225.90 1.984.945.84 950.000 15.000 422.500 1.387.500 -SComments on the Budget, 1st April 1980- 31st December, 1980 --. 000.25 112- anot3sfans yenib After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors, I would like to submit the following comments on the draft Budget: submit the to 26.08.$ 81.TE.972 The financial year of the IFBWW will this year only consist of 9 months as it has been decided to move the financial year to the calendar year. Therefore we can under the position" affiliation fees only count on a half year contribution and thus a considerable deficit will arise. the second I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'100'000 members for the second half year 1980( Sfr. 45.-- per 100 members). The total income from statutary 2 fees is thus estimated at approximately Sfr. 950.000.-- and from interest at roughly Sfr. 15.000.-- or altogether Sfr. 965.000.--. 1632 16162 Tsmion revo 02 to V16 Statutory Regional Activities 40.000 1 2 2A --. 000.00$ 912 Sfr. 20.-- per 100 members and year will be set aside for a Solidarity Fund which is to be used for activities in the developing countries and for assistance to trade unions who, for special reasons and circumstances find themselves in a situation as stipulated in Article 2 of the Statutes. 260 PFA edT bn5 Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation of Sfr. 210.000.-- has been made. 102.172 169y zid 21d3 9101918 92000 W baut notan90 Publications and Documents- Sfr. 40.000.-Ordinary Publications - 00008 200 2ngisooffs[ sto02 190 IFBWW Bulletin Sfr. 20.000.-For ordinary publications Sfr. 17 publications Sfr. 17.872.40 have been spent this year. In the Budget 1979/80 Sfr. 30.000.-- have been set aside for this purpose, but as the costs for the publication of the IFBWW Bulletin have been cut down even more, an allocation of Sfr. 20.000.-- is budgeted this year. notaneq art to duoms T bepnsdonu znismen blevils] Conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee- Sfr. 20.000.-Last year Sfr. 150.000.-- were set aside and expenditure under this heading amounted to Sfr. 13.690.05. Sfr. 100.000.-- have been transferred from the financial year 1979/80 to the financial year 1980. Therefore in the budget only an amount of Sfr. 20000.-- has been taken into consideration. The total amount at disposal for the conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee amounts therefore to Sfr. 120.000.--. Delegations and Representation Delegations -O Sfr. 110.000.-2TM 12 to - -.000.8 12 9200019 sw 169y afri3 107 Sfr. 130.000.-Sfr 250.000.-- are proposed. 11229016 93710 000 Last year's allocation amounted to Sfr. 160.000.-- and expenditure amounted to Sfr. 129.452.20. As the frequency of meetings during the 9 months will remain the same, Sfr. 110.000.-- are proposed for this year. art not atnemu ob sr Representation - Sfr. 20.000.---*. 000.08 172 Last year were budgeted Sfr. 30.000.-- and expenditure amounted to Sfr. 23.725.65. For the 9 months of the future financial year we propose Sfr. 20.000.--. 0872 Orr 109 -2Ordinary Translations - 08919dm9090 3218 Sfr. 25.000.-0801 FingA$ 2 Jopbud and no 23nemmo x9 Tuts1631917A Last year's allocation amounted to Sfr. 50.000.-- and expenditure amounted to buA Sfr. 31.182.60, as a lot of translations have been made in the IFBWW. 25 20 321 For the future financial year we propose Sfr. 25.000.-Budget. Istonsmit aNT nott Staff expenditure- Sfr. 354.000.-Salaries Sfr. 260.000.-[' S 10? 255] 200 9ebnu 63 9W reb sds 9b 9 9j6m 29 1 Sfr. 220.000.-- have been proposed last year and Sfr. 193.304.-- spent. 169y#fed 000.020 72 adamixesgasts betsmagaund at aps) As this year an assistant to the General Secretary has been engaged, we propose in order to cover normal salary increases and the use of temporary office staff Sfr. 260.000.--. 129 23 presentation Allocations for pension fund- Sfr. 50.000.-em 001 The expenditure for last year amounted to Sfr. 112.199.35 against a budgeted year amounted 632 000 27226 amount of Sfr. 50.000.--. This exceeding of the budget can be explained by the fact, that the pension of the General Secretary has been wrongly calculated and this year an adjustment has been made. We propose therefore this year Sfr. 50.000.-- to cover the allocations for pension fund. no b9268 Iduq Other social allocations - Sfr. 30.000.-Ban 30.000 200 The sum remains unchanged. matters 6.356 4,500 Pensions- Sfr. 11.000.-Sfr. 11.000.-- 107 obres tee need ex Janonave twob Juɔ need sysd miteffua WW831129: The amount of the pensions for Ms Esther Hagen, Ms Manuel Muino and Mr. and Ms Leliveld remains unchanged. 000.0 138 107 23200 S 9x3 01 201 под 49.500 To cover these pensions we propose the amount of Sfr. 11.000.-- for 9 months. Miscellaneous 021 912 169 125] ibneqxe bns abi - Sfr. 3.000 9ver--. 000.00 ST9W 20.00B Sfr. 5.204.10 have been spent last year, despite the fact that only Sfr. 800.-- 17 have been budgeted. This exceeding can be explained by the fact that the personnel of the IFBWW takes more frequently language courses. For this year we propose Sfr. 3.000.--. Office charges - Sfr. 149.500.-Postages - Sfr. 12.000.-2000.00T 03 bas en 90 000.071 72- 2001360919d Last year Sfr. 14.246.15 have been spent for this purpose. As we have to send out the documents for the European Conference this year, we propose Sfr. 12.000.--. Telephone, telegrams and telex- Sfr. 30.000.9580 Last year Sfr. 37.252.20 have been spent. Therefore we propose for this year 1261 Sfr. 30.000.--. OS 12 920001 SW 169V toment? sudut add to add nome e 107 110 eor -3Report of - tee of Auditors of the International Federation of audit of the bookand cash holdings Bank charges Sfr. 500.-the Genev on 9th April, 1980 Despite the fact that Sfr. 2'500.-- have been budgeted, only Sfr. 665.09 have been spent for this purpose. We propose therefore Sfr. 500.--. Office material and printed matters- Sfr. 4.500.-draft budget April, 1980, 200 Last year Sfr. 6.356.-- have been spent. As the costs under this item should not increase, we propose Sfr. 4.500.--. Books, documents and news papers Sfr. 1.000.-bbs an As the costs under this item should not change, we propose Sfr. 1.000.--. oking ent Machines and furniture- Sfr. 40.000.-Daily cash on hand 1980 beldt no s2 TAT Last year Sfr. 5.000.-- have been budgeted and Sfr. 28.762.20 spent which can be explained by the move and the expansion of the IFBWW offices. Daily cash on hand ducational progres As the IFBWW has to pay Sfr. 32.000.-- for its telephone installations, we propose Sfr. 40.000.-- to cover the costs for machines and furniture. Insurances- Sfr. 2.500.-of .ThqA die.sv9090 and The sum remains unchanged. of Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 50.000.-The following figures were the aid of book To cover the costs occurred by the expansion of the offices, we propose this year Sfr. 50.000.--. Miscellaneous Sfr. 5.000.-account C.C To cover these costs we propose Sfr. 5.000.-Accounting neva: Sfr. 4.000.-its 937.107.40 675.130.75 39.518.10 500.000.-Bonds and mortgages We propose the amount of Sfr. 4.000.--. Bonds ank Conferences Cop - Sfr. 475.000.-dsc Congress Sfr. 250.000.-Str. 20.000.-78.662.05 000-- As previously we set aside a sum for the 16th Congress. Sfr. 250.000.-- are proposed. European Conference- Sfr. 125.000.-As last year, Sfr. 125.000.-- are set aside to finance the European Conference of the IFBWW 1980. 248.97 97- 69 Other conferences- Sfr. 100.000.-This year we propose the amount of Sfr. 100.000.-- to finance the meeting of the Executive Committee end of May 1980 in Geneva. 63 The as is the case for 111 Translations -411229015d Xn68 Mortgage( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 4.000.-As the costs under this item amounted to Sfr. 4.608.40 last year, we propose this year Sfr. 4.000.--. - Deficit Sfr. 422.500.-Jasqa need Ist 19m 901770 dd 2A 30903 sed avarl--. 020.0 112 109$ 26 The addition thus leads us to a deficit of Sfr. 422.500.--. AS John Löfblad General Secretary the us 000.0 112:- an ice staff ut bas antros Sat 82 bns bedopbud need sved--. 000.2 112 5x fas to WW811 93 to notansqxe ed] bns evon and vd bents qxs.ed ted to Str. 112. ted The e the fa 200 add 2A 12 sadq4 ow Geneva, 9th April, 1980 has be this is year -.002.8 532 29306201 begnsdonu ants muz edT Other soci 9 907170 Ther Pens 170 and to nofansqxe ed yd ber0 vd 08.112 159 The ap ions for ns 000.2.12 92000 ow 23200 92 9290 90 OT cover the pensions wo pr 000 12 A Miscellaneou Str. 5.204 hav been 000.A 12 To doms and sogonsk fact ed. propose b9204079 916 .000.025 91 2293 Sfr 12.000 1994 820643 focuments for th for the European Telephone, tele SF 30.000 and telex 229 гастрпод de 6 obies 392 sw vławofv9q 2A 000.251.172 900919703 5900103 bueA 0821 N87b sdi to 30. .000.001 92 293081970 190 b000.001 .svene nt 08er vs to bn9 993000 9v39x3 ed 112 Report of the Committee of Auditors of the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers on the audit of the book- keeping and cash holdings of the Geneva Secretariat on 9th April, 1980 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, President and auditor, Switzerland, and Odd Isaksen, member, Norway, examined the accounts 1979/80 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st March, 1980 and discussed the draft budget 1980 on 9th April, 1980. Kurt Georgi, member, Fed. Rep. of Germany, could, due to illness, not participate in the meeting and has apologized. All documents required for examination were made available. I. Financial Means Available 2900 219 bas edges III gase mobme vd benimsxe snow 219dbov bns ajqtsoe The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on 25th March, 1980 1. Daily cash on hand PresidLiquidities on 9th April, 1980 03 b00291100 36 ev 13 yns is eldfox Sfr. 4.558.15 Daily cash on hand educational programme Liquidities on 9th April, 1980 tmexs Sfr. 2.558.05 to 99 03 qu On 4th March, 1980, the President of the Committee of Auditors has made an unannounced control of the cash and has noted the correctness of the cash. 25 20 YU2 6 9101919rld 2. Bank assets buds of bensqm.02 Isoft adT.-172 to it to ston ep 72 to 3itong bud srld of besqmo sd The following figures were ascertained with the aid of book- keeping cards as of 25th March, 1980 and compared with statements of accounts. They concur. 632 983 st not BCC, Geneva: current account Sfr. 937.107.40 BCC, Geneva: account C.C. 601.625( trade union ed.programme) Sfr. 575.130.75 Arbejdernes Landsbank, Kopenhagen( converted into Sfr.) Sfr. 19.518.10 BCC, Geneva: account at fixed date 12 to 23200 v Sfr. 500.000.-bebuloni 95 29/3367 1000299 0136176 9d of movie ed of asd notings 329d yfzuolvem 3. Bonds and mortgages sdg 6 2A Bonds( bank bonds BCC) 1992 1992 T madaya obnime on Sfr. b 20.000.-Mortgages 17 dto. Inom 107 210779 att ni levitte Copenhagen, Ewaldsgade 5( converted into Sfr.) IT.2901170 TanSfr. 978.662.05 Geneva, rue Necker 15/17991 or 1ts add to Jnamysq batque Sfr. mysq bequSfr. 300.000.-29070 bns epaidsam nt not3sqtola50 - - II. Funds 1. Solidarity Fund 23nemmo[ V darbows and diw napot ops 369 s ba31632.9mmon mottube T Finland sive abriu ex devo beunitno 25.0369b9tno no Sfr.bs 14.248.97 si Grece to notJu9x9 svijetalnimbs add no not22002tb baftsjeb s of Sfr.evs 22.628.69 J6200019 s 26 notezubarb at 03 Jntoq gas12.2615v1306 Isnotsoube These funds are not deposited in separate accounts but are part of the bank assets of the IFBWW; however they are recorded separately. pngsex- lood bris 19139 2. Regional Activities Fund 05 03 06 0J 169 326 ed entusfr. 115.691.63 BOA 9mns bem ad Jon[ 6002190 prj21x9 .910уn Ismo The same conditions apply to the Regional Activities Fundargo vobuA as is the case for the solidarity fund. 115 113 -2to molds abe Tanottamen zontblor das bns priq99x- Яood 3. Trade Union Education Programme ad To zvod/ buA To 90331mm00 9d to roge / to #to e These funds are recorded separately. 24. General Fund( assets) sd ளன bus 943 no 219owbool bus patbitua 08 A de no 269 Sfr. 581.028.65 moo 2700 buA to 9933mmo3 SHT Sfr. 1'271.314.26 081 Jepbud# 151b The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties. sub bloo III. Receipts and Vouchers 21.82 sub.bluoo woob TTA Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Secretary and his secretary, Miss Jeannette Angst, gave explanations requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and vouchers. The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. They are relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to the requirements of a bookkeeping controllable at any time. IV. Balance sheet 1979/80 20.822.S 25.01.2 -.000 The Committee of Auditors examined the 1979/80 balance sheet which extends up to 25th March, 1980, discussed it with the General Secretary and took note of it. 260 to The balance sheet shows a profit of Sfr. 152.918.50 against a budgeted profit of Sfr. 49'500.--. The final accounts show therefore a surplus as compared to the budget of Sfr. 103.418.50. Compared to the budget, the balance sheet shows a surplus of income of Sfr. 169.945.84 and a surplus of expenditure of Sfr. 66.527.34. The surplus of income falls exclusively under the item" affiliation fees". ชีว ก ว Due to the higher income under the item affiliation fees, the statutory allocation for regional activities has increased by Sfr. 46.815.--. The staff expenditure has increased by Sfr. 34.912.30 and the office charges by Sfr. 78.968.29 as compared to the budget. Under the position" office charges", extraordinary costs of Sfr. 54.072.-- for the move into bigger office facilities are included. UA 08 SAT 225 S 08.0 29pp om bas zbп08 As previously best attention has to be given to the affiliation fees control 000.0 and to the reminder system. The General Secretary has to be supported abno effectively in its efforts for a correct payment of the affiliation fees by 20.saa 8 the regional offices. The Committee of Auditors is of the opinion that .000.0 an uninterrupted payment of the affiliation fees has to be a condition for the participation in meetings and conferences. V. General Comments bout abnu.II 102 The education programme, started a year ago together with the Swedish Te 80s. Trade Union Confederation, has continued over the year under review and 23.853 ca.rea gave rise to a detailed discussion on the administrative execution of these educational activities. Starting point to this discussion was a proposal made by Brother Stefan Windh for the improvement of the existing accountancy and book- keeping systems in the regional secretariats. The taking over and further extension of these education projects has led in the Secretariat in Geneva during the last year to an administrative overwork, which can with the existing personal not be managed anymore. According to the Committee of Auditors' opinion an urgent need for an examination of the organisation of baut 114 3 of 9265 9dd Err -3of the administration exists therefore. Finally the Committee of Auditors notes that all vouchers and documents have been made freely available to the Committee by the General Secretary and his secretary. No objections were made. Geneva, 9th April, 1980 For the correctness: Armin Frei President 115 Odd Isaksen 3. Trad The funds are ( assets) .9101993 212txs notdataimbs sd to A to 9 20 65 3 mma and od sfdslrevs Vleen? sbam n3d ven abam 91ew anotdostdo o V9092 2tr bns 314.26 as the thout the real assets of the or carry 086 LEGA de svens Voucher's Receipts and vouchers were exan and ry. Miss Jea The Ga arly 107 gave requested the Committee of Stors The inf nd acce ounts ts are ve at cont to th are ts of tand any en ntimA Insbras Balance sh 1979/80 The Committee of Auditors exam ed the 19 Up to 25 ch, 195 discussed it wi 79/80 balance sheet which extends the General ral Se retary, and took note of it. The ce sheet shows a of Sfr prof D. of Sfr 49 500.-The final to the budget of Str. 10 152 ts show as 50. Compared the e under of income Sfr. 65.527.345 The surplus of tem" affiliation fees 169.945.84 and a Due to the higher incone under the item affiliation fees, the st alloc. activities has increased Str. 46.815 ed by Sfr. 34 to the budge of Str. 54.072 staff exp by Str: 78. char ext office faci) As pre and to effec has em. The in its e an Part General Comments tings an The Trac gav programme, star Cont federation, has detailed to 001 and Under to the Control of the by the onether with the Swedish year under review and. trative ion of theseproposal accountancy over and led in in the Secretariat in erwork, whi According to for an examination of the the tion of 114 art Receipts Contributions - Budapbus Sfr. Budge WW871 Sfr. 08 79de590 3218 90 26 son6f58 bodozn 1.050.162: 30 th Ameryka 1972 97291: 199.54 Tujhbm9qx3 South America 6.989.23 0000fa --. 010.88S 1.140 29tdtv# 36 Tanotge vrou 62 37.898 Australia 2.970.-- 200..bmp angestduq 000.0$ --.888.AS 000.00 000.0S 28.05.08 22.808.2 atnemu ob bms anoldsoffuq 229100 99jjimm03 sviju 9x3 add not Herests Bank interests 24.589.90 no bas anortspeis Interes 1000/0 bds 000102es 1000.0% 100gaho.CAT 02.08.894.05 ФЯ it 1980 02.588.21 20.160bb0.andbags 1980 1.351.690.60 000.00$ --. acs.ors 6632 962- 000.02 21.828.AT 000.08 22.see.Sc 000. T 08.ITA.OT 000.428 000.8 05.325.088 OP.A80.S anot soolis[ stboz ned30- 200ans[ s027M- anotan 200163 931770 000.ST 0e.TAT.8 29063209 000.08 20.09.08 x9fej bns amspeed snorgelsT 002 22.TST 290108 betning bas 1671936 901710- 002.* 000. 28.400. 01.830.S 2193360 2190sq wen bns etnomuɔob.2008 000.0A 08.800.00 002.S 21.TAS.S 00002 28.288.A 000.2 20.00T 000.epr 000.P 000.025 000.00 000.2TA 000.2ST TS.204.888 --. 048. A -.000.02$ of pee.ae [ 1.102.88 sudimut bos 295M 2eonstuart bns ontdsen.3dpt.3ns 907770- 2009ns/ 1952łM- pni nuo A- vasomoremo 22959n007 29009199000 1900- 08[ sometno nesou SM 000.A 13.8TS.E 002.188. Ta.opa.rec.T 117 ( 9 spлsdo to 2201) 906310M IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December 1980 Expenditure Statutory regional activities Budget Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. Sfr. 288.010.-210.000 Publications and documentations - Publications, ordinary 24.663.-20.000 - Congress publications and documents for the Executive Committee 5.603.55 30.266.55 20.000 40.000 Delegations and Representation - Delegations - Representation 124.776.10 24.270.50 110.000 149.046.60 20.000 130.000 15.682.50 25.000 Translations, ordinary Staff expenditure - - Salaries Allocations for prension fund Other social allocations Pensions Miscellaneous 08CI 210.236.-260.000 74.552.15 50.000 32.992.55 30.000 10.411.60 11.000 2.064.40 330.256.70 3.000 354.000 Office charges Postages 8.141.90 12.000 Telephone, telegrams and telex 30.226.65 30.000 - Bank charges 727.55 500 Office material and printed matters 7.094.25 4.500 -- Books, documents and new papers 2.062.10 1.000 Machines and furniture 40.948.20 40.000 - - Insurances Office rent, light, heating and 2.247.15 2.500 - cleaning Miscellaneous Accounting Conferences Congress 54.835.35 50.000 790.95 5.000 4.640.-151.714.10 4.000 149.000 250.000.-- Other Conferences 96.994.10 250.000 100.000 - European Conference 1980 36.501.11 383.495.21 125.000 475.000 Mortage( loss of change etc) 3.218.61 4.000 118 1.351.690.61 1.387.500 -2-EReceipts Contributions Europe - North America - South America Sfr. Sfr. Budget Sfr. 1.050.162.30 2J922A 191.199.54 6.989.23 628.69 -0 · Africa 05.88s.as1.140.-# 263 - Asia 37.898.- Australia educati BE al progr programme -.025 2.970.-nottssube no 1.290.359.07 as 950.000 for re Interests ivities Bank interests - Interests on bonds Interests on mortgage 1980 and 34.888.800 20.0p.1.500 08. 24.589.90 --. 000 14.924.05 28 be moinu abs av Avene@ 338 MasdabasesbiedA Deficit 1980 128.28 --. 000.00 41.013.95 avan 15.000 20.317.59 77.677.25 1.351.690.61 422.500 2101de0 1.387.500 229.732.75 tin America 17.073.10 21.832.888 61.360.95 29060310M Dean 10.007.al gommittee 1.776.15 อาย Bent Deferred 03:08 ST al Funds( For 1: 4. 4.1980 Deficit 1980 1.271.314,26 20.317.59 1.250.996.67 2.646.896.91 119 -3BALANCE per 31st December 1980 Cons Assets re 172 31st December 1950 08.sar.020 Sfr. A2.eer.Ter--. OP. 25.258.70 288.010 -2.828.1 ES.280. Cash activities Cash trade union education programme onsore. 13.250.-2301909 anotjudi nol Sfr. 03 63 13002 38.508.70 zuA Banks BCC, Geneva: Current account - BCC, Geneva: trade union ed.progr. 612.176.60 55 40: 000 963.886.46 23 Ens8 - - · Arbejdernes Landsbank, Copenhagen 0064.940.15 BCC, Geneva: blocked account 2bh 20. 500.000.-2.141.003.21 008 Tr Debitors 15.652.50 082T 3251890 35.857.35 20.000.-210.236. Bonds ons for pre rension fund 74.552.15 allocations 32.992.55 Mortgages 338.562.15 10.411.60 11.000 Machines and Furniture 2.064.40 330.256.70 -- 1.- 354.000 Deferred charges 72.964.50 8.141.90 ne ans and telex' 30.226.65 Bank charges 727: 55 Office m matters Books doc inted 7.094.25 12,000 30.000 2.646.896.91 4.500 ew papers 2.062.10 Machines and es and fu Insurances 40.948.20 2.247: 15 Office re heating and cleaning 54.835.35 Misce 790.95 1.000 40.000 2.500 50.000 5.000 Accounting 4.640.-151: 714.10 4.000 149.000 Conferences Congress 250.000.-250.000 Other Conferences 96.994.10 100.000 European Conference 1980 $ 6.501.11 383.495.21 125,000 475.000 Nortage( loss of change etc) 3.218.61 120 4.000 1.351.690.61 1.387.500 BUDGET for the period 1st January, 1981 to 31st December, 1981 Accounts 1980 Expenditure Fr. Fr. Statutory regional activities SS 288.010.-293Irds] Budget Job Fr. 420.000 - Publications and documentations publications, ordinary conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee 24.663.-- 1940.000 40.000 sbst 5.603.55 150.000 190.000 2913 Delegations and Representation - delegations rea.ar.63.124.776.10 08180.000 g sons[ representation .88121724.270.50 40.000 220.000 Translations, ordinary ccoun Ye80s.AT 64 00:00 15.682.50 30.000 08.020.TIP Staff expenditure - salaries 210.236.-260.000 - allocations for pension fund 74.552.15 - other social allocations ra. r 70.000 96 enemys 32.992.55 40.000 2.Sex.ess pensions 10.411.60 15.000 OT.ETO.F miscellaneous 2.064.40 88.032 ra 3.000 mA Office charges -.100.00 postages ar.art.r 208.141.90 M 657A 672A- 388.000 15 r6q2 99 20.000 snorpe 1163 telephone, telegrams and telex 30.226.65 40.000 - bank charges 727.55 1.0000 - office material and printed matters 7.094.25 6.000 - - books, documents and news papers machines and furniture 2.062.10 2.000 29V19298 40.948.20 10.000 290 - insurances 2.247.15 2.500 - office rent, light, heating and cleaning 54.835.35 60.000 - miscellaneous 790.95 ud 2.000 161990 - accounting 4.640.-5.500 149.000 S.PTE.IS.F Conferences 190 S.T - Congress 250.000.-250.000 or storted other conferences 96.994.10 125.000 European Conference Mortgage( loss of change etc.) 36.501.11 375.000 3.218.95 Benefit Income Contributions Interests Deficit 122 1.351.690.61 5.000 163.000 1.940.000 1.290.359.07 1.890.000 41.013.95 50.000 20.317.59 1.351.690.61 1.940.000 Comments on the Budget 1st January, 1981 to 31st December, 1981b9qx9 77612 and After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of 62 Auditors, I would like to submit the following comments on the draft Budget: BES' I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'100'000 members( Fr. 90.-per 100 members and year). The total income from statutory fees is thus estimated at approximately Fr. 1'890'000.-- and from interest at roughly Fr. 50'000.-- or altogether Fr. 1'940'000.--. Statutory Regional Activities .000'0 ог be baut no teneg 107 200 1650 TA not squibnsqxe edT Fr. 20. per 100 members and year will be set aside for a Solidarity Funds which is to be used for activities in the developing countries and for assistance to trade unions who, for special reasons and circumstances find themselves in a situation as stipulated in Article 2 of the Statutes. notaneq Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation of Fr. 420'000.-- has been made. be Publications and Documents- Fr. 190'000.-Ordinary publications- IFBWW Bulletin- Fr. 40'000.-199 For ordinary publications Fr. 24'663.-- have been spent last year. As this T year is a Congress year, higher costs for publications can be expected. vile] An allocation of Fr. 40'000.-- is therefore proposed. 11 10 nuoms sdt 920q0q sw enotans 929 Conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee- Fr. 150'000.-Last year Fr. 5'603.55 have been spent under this heading. Fr. 50'000. have been transferred from the accounts 1980 to the accounts 1981. Therefore, the amount of Fr. 150'000.-- has been taken into consideration in the budget. As we are in a Congress year, we have to count with a lot of conference documents. The whole amount available for conference publications and documents for the Executive Committee amounts therefore to Fr. 200'000.-Delegations and Representation- Fr. 220'000.-Delegations- Fr. 180'000.-169$ 26 169y 2nd not notisoolla tw job of even brs 169 e bris 2m6 For the short financial year 1980 Fr. 124'776.10 have been spent. Frs. 110'000.-have been budgeted. om 2 not insqa need eved 20.ass 0.13 159 ± 26J As we have to count with more meetings in a Congress year, the amount of 916 Fr. 180'000.-- is proposed. Representation- Fr. 40'000.-000'T om 2 107$ 9qa need eyed 22. FS 17 2A 22.TST For 9 months Fr. 24'270.50 have been spent under this heading. This year ( 12 months) Fr. 40'000.-- are proposed. ent Translations, ordinary- Fr. 30'000.-- spbud need svar bas 1671936m 957710 003 169 326J Under this heading Fr. 15'682.50 have been spent last year. For the year to come Fr. 30'000.-- are proposed as we are in a Congress year and we have to count with more translations. 27--. 000 a 13.10 Impoms 15 107 123 -2Staff expenditure- Fr. 388'000.Salaries Fr. 260'000.-#ppbudpady no 230900 nguonon bns not3snimsx9 Tuteys 7tA different reasons UA Fr. 260'000.-- have been budgeted last year, but for different reasons only Fr. 210'236.-- have been spent. 29 To cover normal salary increases and the use of temporary office staff we propose this year the amount of Fr. 260'000.--. T6 10 and documente Allocations for pension fund- Fr. 70'000.-190 00 02.53 Vows32 The expenditure for last year amounted to Fr. 74'552.15 against a budgeted amount of Fr. 50'000.--. 92 Itw 155 ab sd- at ad of et dotdw We therefore propose this year an amount of Fr. 70'000.-- to cover the 25 pension of the General Secretary. Other social allocations- Fr. 40'000.-no by For 9 months Fr. 32'992.55 have been spent. For the new financial year Fr. 40'000.- are therefore proposed. 000'00 19 to [ duq Pensions- Fr. 15'000.-The amount of the pensions for Ms Esther Hagen, Ms Manuel Muino and Mr. and Ms Leliveld remains unchanged. 101 23.200 23.200 19 b9200010 S10799 at 000'0 To cover these pensions we propose the amount of Fr. 15'000.--. 169X Tfs mA 000 Miscellaneous- Fr. 3'000.-169V 325J The sum remains unchanged. 08 ads, ont bestarod need ev Jephudia mojangle of max 2000'000 noms d Office charges- Fr. 149'000.-- muco ad ever 472210560095.9w. 2A - Postages- Fr. 20'000.-ring 54.835.35 60.000 noo 70. de Provs us lodwen Last year Fr. 12'000.-- have been budgeted and Fr. 8'141.90 spent. The allocation for this year amounts to Fr. 20'000.-- as we are in a Congress year and have to count with higher postage costs. other Telephone, telegrams and telex- Fr. 40'000.-96 Fr. 40'000.-- b 00:03 1609190 spent for 9 months. This year Fr. 40'000.-Last year Fr. 30'226.65 have been are therefore proposed. 229 2A at-.000 Bank charges- Fr. 1'000.-61 .000 As Fr. 727.55 have been spent for 9 months, the amount of Fr. 1'000.-- is proposed for this year. at 19bnu 03.05 AS17 entnom e You 107 19 916--. 000 OP.97 Office material and printed matters- Fr. 6'000.-000 Last year Fr. 4'500.-- have been budgeted and Fr. 7'094.25 spent. This exceeding can be explained with the item printed matters, as last year the IFBWW hadbu to reprint its Statutes and more circular letters have been sent out. For this year the amount of Fr. 6'000.-- is proposed. 124 -3Books, documents and news papers- Fr. 2'000.-- A 10 99 to mm 931011099 To cover these costs the sum of Fr. 2'000.-- is proposed. 1592 Sven90 9 70 owbook bns BD78805 Machines and furniture- Fr. 10'000.-no 203 ibuA to 567 08 To cover the costs for the maintenance of the machines and to make minor bus furniture purchases, as well as to cover the costs for curtains in the IFBWW Secretariat, a sum of Fr. 10'000.-- is proposed. 111. Recebesenfens Insurances- Fr. 2'500.-o atd ni 17s Jns 10qmt per ajnemu ob ITA Gener Lary ons Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Fr. 60'000.-The sum remains unchanged. OS. To cover these costs a sum of Fr. 60'000.-- is proposed.bee bus a informative Miscellaneous- Fr. 2'000.-по En and 239225 book60 Last year Fr. 790.95 have been spent against a budgeted amount of Fr. 5'000.--. As the costs under this item should not specially increase, we propose Fr.2'000.--. The Committee of Aud Accounting- Fr. 5'500.-The amount of Fr. 5'500.-- is proposed. Conferences- Fr. 375'000.-lood to b 23 Congress- Fr. 250'000.-ome of St Dh the Gate Sec d took deq nje! no 29 edTfavourable bisoce sheet Ifr. 35.809.39. As previously we set aside a sum for the 16th Congress. Fr. 250'000.-- are approposed. 772 the 08.05.Sta ar. Other conferences- Fr. 125'000.-998 dr allocaThis year we propose the amount of Fr. 125'000.-- to finance the meeting of the Executive Committee end of March 1981 in Geneva. Mortgage( loss of change etc.)- Fr. 5'000.-The amount of Fr. 5'000.-- is proposed. 21.982.8E best Benefit Fr. 163'000.-be supported, in his for nod Steine get AG Bau голов 290600M sdrego VP91y to ees control 2bnuq b pa of the affiliation fee The addition thus leads us to a benefit of Fr. 163'000.--. The 20 John Löfblad bu ion education programme start Trade Union Confederation has co of Brother Stefan Windh der the sa@ vision General Secretary Jud 2005 9361692 t bettzogsb Jon 916 about 929T such to Article 10 of the St Geneva, 13th February, 1981 of ennoms, 169 325 mwone bnu 219226 enibioɔɔs but astitvijos fanorgan 943 03 beinet * Y& M bmSS no WW8RI 943 to 9933mm evitu9x39d 32 29 bu zetstvidoA isnotpЯ.S 9260 grit et 26 bnu estivi fenofe so yiggs anotsibo ama n .bhut.visbilo2 9d 107 125 Report of the Committee of Auditors of the International Federation of 2008 Building and Woodworkers on the audit of the book- keeping and cash holdings of the Geneva Secretariat on 13th February, 1981 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, President and auditor, Switzerland, and Kurt Georgi, member, FRG, examined the accounts 1980 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st December, 1980 and discussed the draft budget 1981 on 13th February, 1980. Brother Odd Isaksen could, because of 2 important affairs in his country, not participate and has apologized. All documents required for examination were made available. I. Financial Means Available The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on 31st December, 1980. Other 1. Daily cash on hand Liquidities on 13th February, 1981 2. Daily cash on hand educational programme The an Lelive 69 3261 Sfr. 28.997.20 21203 9 2A by 25200 Liquidities on 13th February, 1981 20 Sfr. A 12.088.-2. Bank assets 1218 290 под 1976 To co The following figures were ascertained with the aid of book- keeping cards as of 31st December, 1981 and compared with statements of accounts. Misce They concur. U2 6 Jez 9w vi ng 2A The BCC, Geneva; current account BCC, Geneva; current account educational programme Arbejdernes Landsbank, Copenhagen;( converted into Sfr.) RBCC, Geneva; account at fixed dated to Sfr. 963.886.46 Sfr. 612.176.60 Sfr. 64.940.15 Sfr. 500.000.-110 bng and Fr: 8'141 mo ent. The Las 3. Bonds and mortgages Bonds( bank bonds BCC) Mortgages be - Copenhagen, Ewaldsgade 5( converted into Sfr.) Geneva, 15-17, rue Necker cal II. Funds Ear med 6 of au Ban1. Solidarity Fund As Fr Grece Sfr. 20.000.-to Jnuoms T Sfr. 38.562.15 Sfr. 300.000.-be T proapsed Sfr. 22.628.69 ndot These funds are not deposited in separate accounts but are part of the bank Off assets of the IFBWW; however they are recorded separately. The Finland- Fund shown last year, amounting to Sfr. 14.248.97 has been transCapferred to the regional activities fund according to the decision taken by to the Executive Committee of the IFBWW on 22nd May, 1980. For 2. Regional Activities Fund Sfr. 20.323.40 The same conditions apply to the Regional Activities Fund as is the case for the solidarity fund. 126 -2. 3. Trade Union Education Programme of sideftavs vleen Sfr. 625.930.05 Programmed ibu to 9933 mm) old vifania These funds are recorded separately.ow anost do of 1922 b 4. General Fund( assets.) Sfr.1.250.996.67 The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the.svanse IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties. III. Receipts and Vouchers Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Secretary and his secretary, Miss Jeannette Angts, gave explanations requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and vouchers. 229 The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. They are relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to the requirements of a bookkeeping controllable at any time. IV. Balance sheet 1980 texa nimA 919 The Committee of Auditors examined the 1980 balance sheet which extends up to 31st December, 1980, discussed it with the General Secretary and took note of it. The balance sheet shows a deficit of Sfr. 20.317.59 against a budgeted deficit of Sfr. 422.500.--. The final accounts are therefore more favourable by the amount of Sfr. 402.182.41. Compared to the budget, the balance sheet shows a surplus of income of Sfr. 366.373.02 and less expenses of Sfr. 35.809.39. The surplus of income falls under the item" affiliation fees" with Sfr. 340.359.07 and under the item" interests" with Sfr. 26.013.95. Due to higher income under the item affiliation fees, the statutory allocation for regional activities has increased by Frs. 78.010.-- compared to the budget. The other expenses correspond to what can be foreseen in a budget, except the expenses for the European Conference which was held last autumn in Cologne. Thanks to the generous financial support of the IG Bau- SteineErden these expenses could be kept at a low level. As previously best attention has to be given to the affiliation fees control and to the reminder system. The General Secretary has as previously to be supported in his efforts for a correct payment of the affiliation fees by the regional offices. The trade union education programme started two years ago together with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation has continued under the supervision and the care of Brother Stefan Windh. The Committee of Auditors discussed also other administrative questions such as per diems, changes to Article 10 of the Statutes, payment of affiliation fees etc. 127 -3-SFinally, the Committee of Auditors notes that all vouchers and documents have been made freely available to the Committee by the General Secretary and his secretary. No objections were made. 929 T C6: of Br Geneva, 13th February, 1981 200733 try, not pa and All docum red, for ex ANA 6v- bns svsp2tpnA 93390069 22гM Ens 23q1939[ snevez o ano basFor the correctness: 1980 9099.III 16391592 atd bas buA to estimo es on 13th February, 1981 ish on hand Armin Frei President QU food b X06 6 Kurt Georgia 94618.9.20 Member d 90 321 03 088 docdwht seribaednesda088ad bepis 2103ibuA to. 9933 immo 1992 1639090_9d3( JTV 69220027b 08 on 38° Februar February 1981 isps ga.TE.OS 12 to stortsb sawore deera sonid T 9fdstuovati 2.808.262hp of ba odrbe anime Counts 2099 2291 bns S0.818.00.772 to smoont to zufquz 5 aworl Jfw" a997 no 1376" madt sdt robnu efst smooni to zufque SAT adaanbant" me93 9d319bnu bris 0.028.04.908.888.46 account educationa Str. 612.176.60%. dre 90 940.15 2000 25 29itivijos[ snolge 30.0000.000:-- dw o boq2900 29209xs verto T.Jspbud d sometno nasqus 10 292094x9 9 qoxs Jepbud s nt n9929101 9d na ed muus Eads bad as 2- use BI Bonds Mortgages 299) no136FF no to grogg Tever wol 6 36 3qex ed bfuob 29 ansqx9 929139b13 000. 12sd vlayoffs 2-562.15 rebnim od 6 BH- 000. ed to namys 3091100 S 107 2710719 2rd at betroqque ad ago7770 famolgen dyd 69y owd bed1632 9mm6100g notube notnu sbs HT Ne bi sit rebnu bsumido asd nordisbetno notnu sbsxT rabow? p.628.69 bmw m61s2 verton8 to 9160 9 bas unds are not deposited in separat accoun but are part of the bank NT VBq2933632 st to of sfotok of 29006rbamarbe 25 douz nd shown last year, amo 2991 activities fund according of the IFBWN on 22nd May, 1980. A trans decision taken civities Fund Sfr. 20 20.323.40 Th ferred the Execu e re 2. Regi The same for the nditions apply to the Regional Activities Fund as is the case lidarity fund 128 REPORT OF THE IFBWW BUILDING COMMITTEE INFLUENCE OF THE TRADE ROMAN RAUTNER Vice- Pres ATIONAL TRAINING IN AUSTRIA I cannot say whether the dictum that" Workers work better and produce than und part of the world. world. It is is a fact, Carolina University( USA) found that others because they were And that is hat it is al about: Simu cation with one's work and not to b red in hol for all North more, than It was at the Montreal ence in 1960 Reports of the The concept of" lifelong learning Adult Education Conf was put forward for of educational systems. For tra " lifelong learning" is nothing them, the must learn and keep ep on unions make it infinitely eas Further vocational training considerably gained in the value of school educatio the usual practice was for edu it is different. Today, furthe element in human development. Soc as a consequence, invests more ment policy. Thus the employme to do more than they did ment. Further vocational IFBWW Committees recycling ment to come to as in and pre trade es, have tia In connection with the one should of t the past eleven ye sts are active onists Austrian institutions. This abjectivesaset. that, for that tra trade Imost all other facilitates the attainment of the This paper pro influence of des a picture of training facilities unions in realtion to model for other countries depends. conditions in the country concerned and changes Vienna, 15th Blanuary 129 country and the Whether this can serve as a ntially on the internal to envisage structural Finally, the Committee of Auditors notes that all vouchers and documents have been made freely available to the Committee by the General Secretary and his secretary. No objections were made. Geneva For the correctness: 198 ed to Amain Frei President 29931Immo WWERI Kurt Georgi Member est 128 REPORT OF THE IFBWW BUILDING COMMITTEE S- INFLUENCE OF THE TRADE UNIONS ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN AUSTRIA ROMAN RAUTNER- Vice- President of the IFBWW 23 ni sb MOITOUGOЯTMI eut 2913107 6d onuoys to I cannot say whether the dictum that" Workers organized in trade unions work better and produce more than unorganized workers" holds good for all part of the world. It is a fact, however, that a study carried out in North Carolina University( USA) found that union- organized workers produced more than others because they were more interested intheir trade and were more ready to learn. And that is what it is all about: Simultaneously to create a personal identification with one's work and not to break off the learning process. oube fe as saer need The concept of" lifelong learning" ismore than just a slogan. It was at the Montreal Adult Education Conference in 1960 that the idea of" permanent education" was put forward for the first time and declared to be an essential component of educational systems. For trade unionists and trade union officials, " lifelong learning" is nothing new. In order to be equal to the job entrusted to them, the must learn and keep on learning. The courses offered by the trademo: unions make it infinitely easier to fulfil this demand. SPECIAL Further vocational training, and especially recycling and catch- up courses, have considerably gained in importance in recent years." Permanent education" shifts the value of school education in terms of employment within society. Up till now, the usual practice was for education to come to a stop on leaving school. Today it is different. Today, further vocational training is regarded as an essential element in human development. Society has become aware of this and, 990s T as a consequence, invests more in human beings, for example, by an active employment policy. Thus the employment authorities in Austria are legally bound bbs to do more than they did before to maintain full employment and prevent unemployment. Further vocational training is part of their duties. In connection with the above, one should not, of course, forget that, for the past eleven years, Austria has had a socialist Government and that trade 25q unionists are active in key positions in that Government as in almost all other Austrian institutions. This enormously facilitates the attainment of the fm6x9 objectives set. ot sub et Js be 29 This paper provides a picture of training facilities in our country and the influence of the trade unions in realtion to them. Whether this can serve as ad model for other countries depends, of course, essentially on the internal conditions in the country concerned and on its readiness to envisage structural changes. ddle br_001332 532 nimbs at Vienna, 15th January, 1981 qq to dhamoga infot 7fd12200903 10 307 0216 bns not363fuznoo Intot 131 -2INTRODUCTION 33TTIMMO 10JIU8 WWGRI GHT 30 TЯ0939 AIЯTZUA MI MIMIAЯT JANOITADOV MO 2MOTU ART TOURMI WWARI add to 309b1299-921V ЯЗИТНАЯ НАМОЯ From the late forties, just after the end of the Second World Mar, efforts have been made in Austria to reform the provisions ofthe Industrial Code in respect of the training of young workers. 20 21910 redw ysa Jonn I In 1951, the Austrian Trade Union Federation issued a proposal for a Law ted#row on Vocational Training, which was the subject of prolonged deliberations, q primarily on the part of the employers. สม 110160 Tom Stew vert 920609 2790 It was not until 26 March 1969 that Parliament unanimously adopted a legal bПA text. Regulations concerning the training provided in trade schools had already been adopted in 1962 as a part of general educational legislation. пор эт The Vocational Training Law defines the concept of a" trainee", of persons#TubA entitled to training, their rights and duties, all the trades for which trining is provided, the form and duration of training, the obligation to conclude a training contract, the need to pass a terminal examinationa and the identity and compettence of the examiners. no goex an .bnsmsb ahd .prim Iitfut o เริ After completing his 9- year compulsory schooling, the trainee enters a firm entitled to provide training and he signs a contract with those entitled to give the training covering, inter alia, the trade to be taught, the duration of training, attendance at the trade school and the remuneration to be received by the trainee. 120 9dd 229 00:03 [ snot Inom This agreement is registered by the legally authorized representatives of the employers and workers. During his training, the trainee is also covered by$ 26 additional protective legislation. 2913 modus Jnemy zudT P yofqmenu Jnsvenq bns Jnemyo Tome nism of 9101 bib ved modenom ob 03 All firms providing training must be run and organized in such a way that em the achievement of the training objectives is guaranteed. Instructors must have the appropriate teaching certificate. At the end of the course, trainees must pass a practical and theoretical leaving examination, the costs of which( tools, materials, etc.) are borne by the authorized training organization. The examination board consists of representatives of the employers and workers.112A erndinu do The fact that such a system could be established at all is due to the initiatives of the workers' representatives%; B that it works is due to 1960 T both the industrial partners because the employers have also recognized that well- trained workers are more productive, thus making a corresponding contribution to economic growth. .29p505 The Law provides for the possibility of participation in administration and joint consultation and also for the joint responsibility of the workers' re- sty presentatives in vocational training. 132 A number of import Federal Law of 1 Amending Act 1978) mainly capaci res -3THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM Toonca UNIVERSITIES TEACHERS' and INSTRUCTORS' TRAINING SCHOOLS 19 13. 18 12. AHS 53 9561 17 11. ( ms16 10. Higher Level BHS ava ר TRADE SCHOOLS Polytechnic courses S 15 9. ( 00) 14 8. so eleve AHS 23 N 13 7. MINIART MINIART Lower A ting a g ng 9 Level Level 12 6. the field of OV BHT MI 230339 SECONDARY SCHOOLS te mination About.90 rid yd benevop 27 en 1st and 2ndube 11 THE 15. Pa He Streams eaer ure and fo try subs MOITA 2199J 30 T49 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Higher levels 30 3HT SPECIAL SCHOOLS is 10 4. 9 290613 3.26 TI 8 2. 71 super balt6j9b 29b573 520d 30 doss at painted to Sub ub' bas bam1691 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS entni to zonelaviups bus SPECIAL d( Primary schools) ob SCHOOLS 20A nt 6 0. bnt add nt 29audslive onints13 belt3eb en ontmonoo anotarvong a) from the standpoint. :( obfidatur98) 29b67 7612 end to eninisd sdsupebs sensup of bengla9b anotarvon in themek daenit beve AHS= General Education High Schools( Allgemeinbildende höhere Schule) BHS= Technical High Schools( Berufsbildende höhere Schule) BMS= Technical Middle Schools( Berufsbildende mittlere Schule) ly dis 198 PRACT mtxsh the the dofdw ns bas not гло 8) from there 151321mmbs and painsɔno znorervonq.vanit ( oninisxT[ snolds30V no ab1608 vozFvbA bm6 2931110 sortsT) oninis13 ifications to requirements, and hence, in the possibility of fitting in the provision of too, we whould between training workers for their own undertaking; here, resulting from the direct realtionship 133 125 -5-8A number of important points in the Vocational Training Law were modified by the Federal Law of 1 March 1978( Federal Law Gazette No. 1978/232: Vocational Training Amending Act 1978). These amendments essentially came into force on 1 August 1978 and mainly concern the introduction of an" Instructors' Examination" to certify the capacity of instructors for the training of trainees, provisions concerning training regulations and the training relationship and new regulations concerning the authorities responsible for the training of trainees( Trainee Offices). THE TRAINING RELATIONSHIP Under the Vocational Training Law, 224 trades in which vocational training is possible are now recognized; these primarily include activities in handicrafts industry, trade, transport and tourism. The" Trade Training List" lists the individual trades in which a training relationship can be established, the duration of the training period for these trades( this duration varies%; it may be two, three or three- and- a- half years and, for dental technicians, four years), cognate trades and the relative equivalences of learning periods in cognate trades. There are also eleven trades in the field of agriculture and forestry. After completing a given training period, trainees are entitled to take the terminal examination. About 90% of trainees take advantage of this right. THE DUAL SYSTEM OF TRAINING INSTITUTIONS The vocational training syllabuses may be taught in two types of institution: Trade Schools and Training Firms; hence this method of organizing vocational training is known as the Dual System. duration o THE ADVANTAGES OF THE DUAL SYSTEM The most important advantages of the dual training system as opposed to other forms of training, e.g., the technical training given in middle and higher technical schools, lie a) from the trained standpoint: - in the extremely practical way in which knowledge and skills are imparted in the dual training system, because of the possibility of exercising practical knowledge and skills at the place of work, which is also the place of training, avoiding the roundabout route of school instruction; chnica in the heightened motivation thereby provided especially for those young people wh after nine years of compulsory schooling, are" fed up with school"; in the decentralization of available training places, because these- owing to the connection of the training with the industry concerned- are far more widely distributed geographically than is possible for the Technical Schools; b) from the employers' standpoint: in the possibility of fitting qualifications to requirements, and hence, - in the provision of a new generation of workers for their own undertaking; here, too, we whould emphasize the motivation resulting from the direct realtionship between training and practical work; 135 -6bom c) from the standpoint of the economy as a whole: bas atniog dnsyoqm to redmun A ( Eser jo entbnomA - in the direct and very close connection between the training and the employment sm systems which enables many problems of the transition from the one system to the other to be avoided, problems which undoubtedly constitute a major cause of the occurrence of unemployment among young people in many countries which do not practise this system. The basic principles of the dual training system are supported by all the participants; however, employers' and workers' representatives still have differring views concerning the various elements of a long- term strategy for adapting dual training to chaning social, economic and technological conditions. 2200 943 Most trainees in Austria are in handicrafts( 52%), followed by: trade( 22%), industry( 15%), tourisme( 8%) and transport( 1%). gd ad 11 ub 360poo nt aboiteq THE 2010 bas suffu hips to blait ad pt 295613 novele 0216 916 919T ENT OF LEGISLATION AND COMPETENCES.IN. ENCES.IN THE VOCATI NAL TRAINING OF TRAINEES add axed od be Vocational Vocationa Trade nsytp s gn 28 3 to XOP 10 Industry by the [ 6gimist Y2 AUG 3HT 60013600V SNT basic co R Berufsb. on uate Tourism T 26 wond al Transport MAVGA 3HT. Handicrafts opriba sy for the tra the le ( Traine es s concerning the Offices and Advi dministration infosneha zeve Boards on onal Training). nt( d .95n9d bns momentupe od znoids? fsup pisit to vidia200 ebnu nwo ten to 190 wan s to no gidano 3/69 Jabari mo palu 136 svitom de esteerime bluodw sw.003 how fotos q bas pains needed -7The Chambers of Workers NUMBER OF TRAINING FIRMS ve a copy of every training 26( 6 About one- quarter of the roughly 240.000 firms in the Austrian economy, with about 2.4 million employees, take part in the training of trainees. Xew- 3 101 920 TRAINING FIRMS AND TRAINEES BY SECTOR IN 1978 02 26( d Sector Training Firms Trainees inc Numbers 28 % Numbers % 2S Number of trainees per training firmompeti 1976 1977 1978 Handicrafts 34.918 54.8 99.773 52.4 2.7 2.8 2.9 Industry 3.058 4.8 27.672 14.5 9.3 9.1 9.0 Trade 19.758 31.0 40.920 21.5 2.2 2.0 2.1 Finance, credit and insurance 181 0.3 522 0.3 2.8 2.4 2.9 sub Transport 320 0.5 2.972 1.6 10.0 9.4 9.3 Tourism 5.301 8.3 15.249 8.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 Not organized in Chambers of Commerce and Industry 220 0.3 3.260 1.7 20.1 17.8 14.8 Che Totals 97) 28/3 63.756 100.0 190.368 100.0 3.0 2.9 23 23.0 STATUS OF TRADE SCHOOLS out of 3HT The trade school is an obligatory school which must be attended by all trainees within the meaning of the Vocational Training Law( Federal Law Gazette No. 1969/142) level to not bas The duration of obligatory schooling depends on the duration of the training pov relationship in the trade in question, i.e., from two to four years. how PREVIOUS SCHOOLING OF TRAINEES 219: To no 00046132 In the school year 1978/79, first- year trade school entrants came from the following schools: sbs no nu biT n6 fqm] 46.4% from Polytechnic courses 28.7% from High. Schools 0.8% from Secondary Schools 2.3% from Special Schools 4.2% from General Education High Schools 12.4% from Technical Middle and High Schools 3.4% from other Schools. 2931 16 29.03 2A TASKS OF THE TRADE SCHOOLS( 5th School Organization Amending Act, Federal Law Gazette No. 1975/323) The task of the trade schools is to provide persons subject to compulsory trade training with basic theoretical knowledge through a trade- associated, professionally relevant instruction, to extend and supplement their vocational training and to promote their general education. no13 fdrronq 943 pm ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF THE TRADE SCHOOLS Trade Schools for one or more trades may be organized in one of the following ways: to ake 137 BEF -8a) as all- year schools with at least one day or two half- days of instruction per week; or eno JuodA A.S tuods b) as schools providing separate courses with at least one eight- week course for each grade of trainees; or c) as seasonal schools with instruction concentrated in a particular season of 19/29 the year( as a rule, two days of instruction in a term per school year).92 The massiv massive extension of instruction given in the form of separate courses( 53.2% of trainees) has led to the reduction of seasonal instruction to an insignificant figure( 0.07%). 820.6 COLLABORATION BETWEEN TRAINING FIRMS WITH THE TRADE SCHOOLS I BYT The intensification of the dual training system requires collaboration between the two partners at all levels, but primarily between the individual trade schools and the representatives of firm- provided training. FINANCING OF THE DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM OSS to 219dms VidaubnI bre The dual system of vocational training involves separation into two areas; thus the costs of the trade schools are borne by the public authorities( Federal Provinces( Länder), Municipalities and Municipality Associations), while the costs of firm provided training are borne by the firms in question. THE ROLE OF THE WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS JOHD2 30A 30 ZUTATZ ar foodbz sb SrT The workers have a basic role to play in economic life. It is evident, therefore, that they should have a decisive influence on the conduct and form of vocational training, which is ensured by their representative organizations. T The workers' organizations regard the vocational training of qualified workers as the basis for the professional development of working people. They have therefore sought to extend the participation of the workers' organizations in the administration of vocational training activities, already furthered by the 1978 Vocational Training Amending Act, so as to prevent the domination of one- sided interests. The Austrian Trade Union Federation and the Austrian Chambers of Workers and Employees collaborate closely in the attainment of their objectives in respect of the promotion of vocational training. They devote considerable financial, human and intellectual resources to this end. 1.8S * 8.0 XE S As the legal representatives of the workers' interests, it is the duty of the Chambers of Workers and Employees: XS.A XA.ST - to establish Trainee and Youth Protection Offices - to keep watch over the observance of the labour protection and accident prevention regulations in the employment of young people and trainees, A.E 2X2AT to keep check of the working and living conditions of trainees and young people, edT - to supervise the technical training of the trainees, - to insist on the elimination of unlawful conditions, 2 - : 2V6N to nominate members to the Examination Boards for the terminal, instructors', master craftsmen's and other examinations concerning professional qualifications, to lodge complaints with the compettent authorities concerning the prohibition of the training of trainees or the employment of young people. JAMOITASIMARO besinag 186 vam ze som 10 900 101 food? b 138 219 131 -01- - 13 The Chambers of Workers and Employees also receive a copy of every training contract entered into and of every change in such contracts, including their premature termination or annulment. The data obtained therefrom provide the basis for an annual report on" Trainees in Austria". ChnonI In cases of social need, the Chambers of Workers and Employees provide training assistance in order to promote willingness to take up a qualified vocational training. For ghe advancement of qualified workers, the Chambers of Workers and Employees, in collaboration with the Austrian Trade Union Federation, organize annual professional competitions for trainees, including international competitions. Pupils in the compulsory schools get the opportunity to learn about the world of labour, facilitating their choice of a profession, at a large number of information meetings relating to the various trades. But the services provided by the Chambers of Workers and Employees also include the provision of information and advice to individual trainees, young workers and instructors. OF BUI 2Я38MUM By nominating representatives to the equal- representation Federal Advisory Board for Vocational Training, the Asutrian Trade Union Federation and the Chambers of Workers and Employees are ina position to participate in the formulation of vocational training measures by making proposals to the competent Federal Minister in the form of expert opinions for additions to the" Trade Training List" and concerning the training regulations and examination procedures relating to those measures. 280 In the equal- representation Provincial( Land) Advisory Boards on Vocational Training, the workers' representatives also have the opportunity to intervene in the implementation of decisions and to make proposals and suggestions concerning the carrying out of the tasks entrusted to the Trainee Offices. The right to participation accorded to the works councils and young workers' committees give them an influence on the implementation of vocational training measures at works level. ab These rights to participation by the works councils in matters relating to vocational education and training at firm level include: M3 23AU013 - the obligation on the part of the entrepreneur to inform the works council concerning measures relating to vocational education, training and recycling at the earliest possible date; ng the lified the right of the works council to make proposals and to suggest measures relating to vocational education, training and recycling in the firm and to discuss these proposals with the entrepreneur; ACE TOT 288.EA EST.PAT ght of t - the right of the works council to participate in the planning and implementation of vocational education, training and recycling in the firm; EupuA the right of the workds council to take part in negotiations between the entrepreneur and the Labour Office concerning measures relating to vocational education in the firm and to participate in official inspections; the right of the works council to take part in the firm's educational and bb training arrangements and to conclude agreements at firm level concerning the introduction, organization and termination of these arrangements.up bobbs 219x1our ontbl tud beyofamonu bas 21s/ ok T At the same time, the works council has the obligation to collaborate with the young workers' committee in questions concerning the training and employment of young workers. The young workers' committee is called upon, in particular, to make proposals concerning questions of the vocational training and further trade 139 -102n073 2по no enintareve to yooo s oviso91 0218 299yolqm3 bns 210x10 to 21sdma) eT training of young workers and to appoint a representative to take part in the relevant discussions between the works council and the entrepreneur. П5 10 21 tedd eds In analyzing the situation of trainee education in Austria, the Austrian Trade Union Federation and the Chambers of Workers and Employees also take advantage of the research conducted by the Austrian Vocational Training Research Institute( IBF). The Vocational Promotion Institute run by the Austrian Trade Union Federation and the Chambers of Workers and Employees organizes, inter alia: - preparatory courses for passing the terminal examinations of training courses preparatory courses for passing instructors' examinations and --- vocational and further training courses for specialist workers and instructors. 29 ent NUMBERS OF TRAINEES IN THE MOST FREQUENTED TRADE TRAINING COURSES IN AUSTRIA bas bTrade Number of Trainees Percentage of Total 1) Retail salesman to 32.424 2) Motor mechanic elszoqonq.p 3) Carpenter 004) Sales clerk 16.42 6x5 bns 2001 5) Electrician 6) Barber and Hairdresser 7) Bricklayer 8) Cook borne by 8.089 readingvade0a66.514 pnin 9) Fitter Jaappuz bns alszoqonq exism of bris 26.042 10) Waiter and cooke 9GREANTZANIORS bedau 5.806 2 8.21 6.38 1912701M 5.34 4.58 s 4.10 29688 3.62 3.30 to noidaan 3.06 add to fuc2.94 16.206 12.602 10.544 10.544 training invo 9.044 vbAe6baed) Misto 7.140 T bas 217 114.411 57.95 930986 160 03 Qualified building workers have a better chance of employment and remain unemployed less frequently and for shorter periods. Teval CALCULATIONS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE BUILDING WORKERS' LEAVE FUND'S FIGURES FOR EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED WORKERS( FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS) 1979 Month Total Labour Force* total unskilled other Unemployed Building Workers total unskilled other en January 929no razu 153.474 46.530 106.944 31.644 13.330 18.314 and 20.62% 28.65% 600V17.13% February 144.723 43.389 101.334 28.012 12.175 15.837 19.36% 28.07% 15.63% по August 161.968 52.106 109.862 1.462 subs 0.91% 813 550 649 1.57% 0.60% 29 September 162.154 51.628 110.526 1.413 nofsoube eks 0.88% 784 1.52% 629 0.57% The figures for employed workers( according to the Building Workers' Leave Fund) do not include painters and glaziers *) The figures for employed building workers excluding trainees( according to the Building Workers' Leave Fund) and unemployed building workers added together. tion guay to que bas.pn ott6q mt moqu baffs под at 9: 140mm pnvoy ed 219ow po ebs dut bas painters[ spoljnov gard to anordesup on m1950 220 9x6m of BET 138 -11BUILDING TRAINING SITES- INTER- FIRM TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS 3HT HAJATZ JAKOITUS EST The dual training system in Austria( the training of qualified workers in the firm and in trade schools) has also concerned itself in the past with the building industry, enabling highly trained workers to be incorporated into the industry. The rise in the technical level of the industry and the introduction of new technologies now call for considerably higher specialization in trade training and further training. The earlier trade training system gave trainees a solid grounding in their trade; but in order to keep pace with technical developments, it is no longer possible to do without specialists in many branches of the building trade. The further training required cannot always be provided in firms or even in trade schools. a thog subayd be distan 67900 ESTABLISHMENT AND FINANCING OF BUILDING TRAINING SITES 0216 tu not noijsvijoM Following negotiations lasting many years between the building and woodworkers' unions, the Building Industry Trade Association and the Federal Building Trades Guild, it was agreed to set up five Building Training Sites in Austria as additional inter- firm establishments in the various Federal Provinces( Länder). At these sites, the trainees would receive training additional to that provided in the firm or at trade schools.( The sites, however, were designed to train not only trainees, but also adults for the building industry). The sites are built by the Trade Association and the Building Trades' Guild. Financing is obtained through contributions of 0.2 of a skilled worker's hourly wage for every worker employed by the member firms of the Guilds or Trade Association. 90 This contribution is collected by the Building Workers' Leave Fund from the firms belonging to the Guilds and Trade Association and paid over to the latter organizations. This collection of contributions is provided for in the Law on Chambers of Commerce. These payments now have to be made by building firms that have hitherto trained no or only few trainees- mainly large firms belonging to the Trade Association. Small and middle- sized firms provided training for trainees, but were not always in a position, on conclusion of the training, to provide further employment for the trainees. The big firms needed the qualified workers, but because, for various reasons, they carried out no training themselves, they have hitherto made practically no contribution to the training of workers. Trainees at the Building Training Sites receive supplementary trade training amounting to 2 to 4 weeks per year, with a view to making good insufficient training. This helps to ensure that there is no shortage of practical training. In particular, these inter- firm training establishments provide trainee bricklayers, concrete workers and carpenters with the additional knowledge required for highly qualified work in the building industry. The training programmes of the Building Training Sites are worked out and decided in consultation between the representatives of the trade union and of the Building Industry Trade Association and Guilds. Gra completio the Gener 141 -1110 - 12- 18AT23 IMIART training of THE SECOND EDUCATIONAL STREAM the works zou 23T12 OMIMIAST MIGIUS Aub ent bea Adult Education, Vocational Training -on on The Third UNESCO World Conference for Adult Education in Tokyo stressed, inter alia, the following facts:" The Conference draws attention to the constant interaction between trade unions and education. Social and economic policies determine the form of the educational system that, in return, affects society. New educational objectives cannot be attained through education alone. They call for changes outside the educational system in society as a whole; at the abs same time, changing society requires a quickly reacting and flexible educational system". This clearly expresses the fact that adult education, and consequently also further vocational training, cannot operate in a vacuum. RIA Motivation for Further Training Trowbrow problem of wted 218 OMA T3MH21J8AT23 The central problem of adult education is to find motives for learning. In the first place, both the individual's economic position and his social status will be improved. This is, in itself, something positive; but it is insufficient for further social development. Though further vocational training is important, it is not enough unless there is a corresponding growth of general education. From the outset, adult education has always offered the opportunity to make good what has been missed in childhood. The workers' educational associations are a classical example of this and have been of great assistance both to individual workers and to society as a whole. Great efforts have been made to harness the mass media in the service of adult education: educational pro- A grammes on TV and radio(" the Open University"), language courses, periodical publications have been made available. We have, of course, no reproach to make against these educational activities, but on the other hand they cannot be expected to produce miracles. To mordo Top bs пог Creative Work or" Just a Job" m2. to 219d63 no 022A To develop his personality, a man needs a proper attitude towards his work. Thus, if it is not to operate in a vacuum, adult education needs a fruitful relationship with the world of labour. Generally speaking, school education prepares people for intellectual and physical production, but it offers little opportunity for creative activity. Many people are unable to regard their work as creative productivity. In general, work is regarded as a means of earning a living. There is little identification with the final product. In the second half of the 20th century, a man's job rarely gives him any satisfaction, so that many are compelled to seek some form of compensation. This is where adult education has something to offer, because it gives the individual the possibility to develop his fully human capacities. Adult education is equally important for workers and employees; it therefore deserves our fullest attention. figures! по 19291091 bms Only by independent thought and creative action can we advance towards the situation at which we aim: to make available to the working man the spiritual and cultural heritage of our country. TAL 142 - 13- AN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND FURTHER VOCATIONAL TRAINING The decade of the sixties marked a historical turning- point in employment policy in all highly industrialised countries. With the achievement of full employment, the former social priority of supporting and providing for the unemployed receded into the background. The new tasks of employment policy were largely economic and closely bound up with educational, structural, and regional policies. Selective measures had to be devised above all to match supply and demand on sectoral labour markets, i.e. to establish labour market equilibrium in seasonal, regional, and qualificational terms. Without incentives from employment policy, the market mechanism was not in a position, quickly and without disproportional wage increases, to solve these problems, exacerbated as they were by the rapid evolution of economic structures. NO.923 Employment Policy as Support for the Market Mechanism qme The Labour Market Promotion Law( Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesetz) imposed new and significant tasks on the employment authorities, so that it will be of a certain interest to present a number of extracts from it here: the Labour Market Promotion Law starts by drawing attention to the basic economic and social policy guidelines which set the tone of the Law as a whole. According to these guidelines, the employment authorities are called upon to make a significantly greater contribution than hitherto to maintaining full employment and to preventing unemployment. They will, however, only be in a position to perform these tasks if they can obtain an overall view of developments on the labour market and of the general economic situation. Employment offices( Labour exchanges) were accordingly made responsible for compiling the necessary documentation and keeping the records required to keep track of economic developments and of population figures. In addition, they were responsible for making forecasts in which the increasing representation of workers' and employers' organisations played an important role. 96 1970 vo Modiwe of Individual Contributions to Promoting Employment he Further vocational training for adults is an important weapon in an active employment policy. It plays a particularly important role in a number of fields and is of great value in smoothing out seasonal variations. There are substantial groups of workers who are employed during the busy season, but subsequently find no work or only part- time work. This provides opportunities for further vocational training to create alternating seasonal work, thus providing work throughout the year. This is of both economic and social importance, because it means ensuring a higher and, above all, a steady income for a large number of workers, who are thus no longer compelled, during a short period, to work and earn for the slack period of the year. TRAINING - - OCCUPATION- SOCIAL SECURITY noijasup nt Measures Pursuant to the Labour Market Promotion Law Yot yaziniM Issbs ent Vocational Guidance vbs of at varitd vbs zidd bns The first responsibility of the employment authorities in the educational system is that for Vocational Guidance. This includes help for pupils in the Eigth Grade of the compulsory school system, for school- leavers after the completion of compulsory schooling, for students in the two highest grades of the General Education High Schools and intermediate vocational training bob 219dmem 9910 143 092 ET - 14- institutions, and also for adults entering regular employment for the first time or seeking to change their jobs. 8 ba Vocational Guidance takes the form of information on the various professions and individual advice with a view to the choice of a job and the professional advancement of the guidance- seeker, taking into account his capabilities and the possibilities for their employment on the labour market. Guidance is purely voluntary and is available to all. Assistance taque stopal Under Section IV, paragraph 19, of the Labour Market Promotion Law, assistance can be provided in seeking a post or a training course or for safeguarding employment or training. This includes inter alia: 943 107 123 A) WJ quods anT bhe - providing facilities for training in a teaching profession; be ibns - providing facilities for initial training," catch- up" courses it is or recycling and help towards advancement in one's profession. and 309mvo Assistance can be provided for persons, 00 qmenor who are learning a trade, who are unemployed, 950 Edoxe gna pub - - who are seeking a more highly qualified or productive post, who have been working independently and who wish to be trained for a salaried occupation because they have been compelled by structural changes to switch over to salaried employment, Creat- who are subject to, or threatened in the near future by, the loss, reduction or conversion of their post, or be ex roved in the near future by, the subty dasm abs- who, owing to a diminution of their physical or mental capacities, cannot keep or obtain paid employment without such assistance. Thu Initial Training, Catch- up Courses and Recycling qme After consultation with the Advisory Board for Labour Market Policy, responsibility for the adoption of measures for initial training, catch- up courses or recycling and for advancement in a profession can be handed over by the employment authorities to appropriate firms or organisations, with their consent, if this seems likely to produce the results aimed at by the measures in question. ОИТИГАЯТ The Federal Ministry for Social Affairs has set up an Advisory Board for Labour Market Policy( Beirat für Arbeitsmarktpolitik). The Board's responsibility is to advise the Minister in the formulation of labour market policy and this advice must be followed in all matters of fundamental importance and in cases where this is prescribed in the regulations. The Board consists of six employers' and six workers' representatives, of two experts in the social and economic sciences and of one representative of each of the six Ministries concerned. The following proposals from workers' representatives for appointments to the Board are permitted: for three members and 144 - 15- three deputy members from the Austrian Chamber of Labour( Arbeiterkammertag); for two members and two deputy members from the Austrian Trade Union Federation; and for one member and one deputy member from the Austrian Chamber of Farm Labour( Landarbeiterkammertag). nI sdd to 92 to 9263 dj nl Similar institutions have been set up at the regional level in the Provincial Labour Offices( Landesarbeitsämte) and Skilled Labour Offices( Facharbeitsämte). Assistance to Teacher Training b06 291 Assistance may be provided for extending or safeguarding vocational training in a teaching profession if, without such assistance, the commencement, continuation or completion of the training is in doubt. The provision of such assistance must be economically valuable and in the public interest. nt Even when a vocational training course has already been completed, assistance can be provided for further training in a teaching profession if this is in the interest of professional mobility and of increasing employment. 27 Assistance for vocational training can take the form of grants towards the costs of training in a teaching profession: either as regular( monthly) payments or as a single lump- sum payment or, exceptionally, in both forms. mrt odd at moms p 232919 The assistance is designed to cover the costs of vocational training, e.g., board and lodging, travel expenses, etc. по The lump- sum payments are designed to meet costs which are incurred once only or only at long intervals, and also for the uncovered costs involved in attending trade training schools which work on a short- course or seasonal basis, together with the necessary travel costs. Lump- sum assistance can also be provided to cover the share to be met by the student of the boarding costs entailed in compulsory attendance at a vocational training college. Assistance to Trade Training entved slum 5 2A bluoda sons21225 Assistance for trade training can be provided with a view to promoting professional mobility and to safeguarding an employment or course of training. Initial training, catch- up courses or recycling, training in a profession other than a teaching profession, trial employment, preparation for a trade, on- thejob training and other measures leading to advancement in profession can be considered for the provision of assistance. -Rudiments. types; preparat The following types of assistance may be provided: MIART OHIOJIU8 pnibliu8 edT - assistance towards training and attendance costs; bns -ni wond[ sottos เวลา นี assistance towards travel expenses and board and lodging; assistance towards the increased living costs involved in the VJzub need to run separate households. 219) Isno bubs broose" beffso- 02 ahdT In principle, assistance for trade training can only be provided for the period required to attain the objectives of the training. Assistance extending over 145 ग -16eb a period of more than one year requires the consent of the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs. hot bas In the case of the provision of assistance to firms and organisations, the following training activities may be taken into consideration: Initial training, catch- up courses or recycling; training in a profession other than a teaching profession; trial employment% 3B preparation for a trade; on- the- job training and other measures leading to advancement in a profession. 122A rely vol 03 95 Firms and organisations to which assistance has been granted must undertake to train the workers enrolled for the purpose in the agreed trade within the training period laid down. The competent Labour Office must be granted appropriate facilities for checking that the assistance is being used for the purpose for which it was assigned. which it edT nt atfduq Firms which engage in training activities must pay workers enrolled for training at rates at least equal to those of the corresponding collective agreements in so far as they are employed by the firm undertaking the training.ong d ns3 32993 adj Firms which engage in training activities in their own interests can receive assistance of up to 50% of the training costs. 25.190 22A 21200 Generally speaking, the training of a worker is regarded as being in a firm's own interests when it is carried out with a view to employment in the firm concerned and the circumstances justify the belief that, after training, the HT worker in question will remain at the disposal of the firm. od In fixing the amount of the assistance, the benefit obtained by the firm from carrying out the training activity and its financial possibilities must be taken into account. With regard to the benefit of the firm, account should be taken of the fact that experience shows that, the more advanced the training, the greater the benefits and the less, correspondingly, the staff and material costs of the euda training. As a rule, having regard to the above- mentioned consideration, the amount of 2A assistance should be fixed at a maximum of 30% of the training costs. 22A Where special reasons relating to employment policy come into play, e.g., note where threatened posts are safeguarded by the training measures or where workers are put to work or if the firm can be shown to be affected by particular circumstances, such as a difficult financial situation, the assistance can be brought up to the legal maximum( 50% of the training costs). bns onthient dot .9006321226 To norarvoq sd YoT besbra BUILDING TRAINING SITES babiyong ad yam naza to 29qV off of adT The Building Training Sites( inter- firm training establishments) are not only expected to provide trainees with additional specialised training, these " inter- firm training establishments" provide adults with the theoretical and practical knowledge specially designed to meet the needs of the building industry. 92591 been This so- called" second educational stream" provides adult building workers with a form of vocational training in the following branches: 90 10 29V do Ar 146 ee memb THE FORMWORKER BAR BENDING CONCRETE POURING Aust ASPHALT ROAD CONSTRUCTION cigs CONCRETE ROAD CONSTRUCTION fo SEARTHWORKS eng DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION prepaPERMANENT WAY CONSTRUCTION tutioGALLERY CONSTRUCTION BLASTING Since the foundat <- 17- ROTARY TOWER CRANE OPERATION MOBILE CRANE OPERATION EXCAVATOR OPERATION CRAWLER LOADER OPERATION CRAWLER PUSHER OPERATION EQUIPMENT OPERATION ROLLER OPERATION the tive prend Feder Was to to CONCRETE PAVER OPERATION ASPHALT PAVER OPERATION BUILDING MACHINE OPERATION have been The Second Educational Stream in the building industry gives unskilled workers and also skilled workers in other types of trade who have been transferred to the building industry the opportunity of being trained for highly qualified building trades. This training naturally results in a higher income for the building worker on the building site. of the basic Syllabus and timetable at a Building Training Site for a training course in the trade group: earthworks equipment operator, excavator operator, crawler loader driver, pusher crawler driver, leveller driver. Length of course: 4 weeks, including 92 hours of theoretical and 48 hours of practical training. Aust Branch TOJSVE Subject U2 To ob 19 Weeks Hours Knowledge of materials ( Land) its of the scale by the cause the social life life a Knowledge of the properties of constructional materials for equipment: steel, iron, non- ferrous metals. Types of steel, strength, rust resistance. Knowledge of the properties of building materials to be placed and excavated: undisturbed soils, undisturbed rocks, sand, gravel, rubble, stones, limestone, cement, bitumen binding agents. 153 Rudiments of the storage of these materials The courses arbr and protection against causes of damage. fulfil thr three po Machines and equipment 2. to econom take: rpose 10 2 . 4 12 29vlsy notoudtverb bas fondo.20mg id Maintenance and handling of repair tools.ish to 1 Maintenance and upkeep of machines: chassis, 2 engines and drive motors, digging equipment, mechanical parts, hydraulic parts, electrical parts. 06 Rudiments of the types, preparation, storage and use of fuels and lubricants. You he Supervision of the lubrication plan, cleaning. 14 beic and must 842 for 12 econom This persons. One is to increase- idadeyl give workers' sa humatitute ms, to their bns 2eqofs 70 147 - 18- Branch Calculations pro other me Firms and org train the 239110W whi her 16up vino MOITAR3 Subject Rudiments of mechanics and the calculation of load, power, work, efficiency, stability. Rudiments of strength of materials: tension, pressure, bending and breaking stresses. Rudiments of hydraulics with examples of O calculation. Rudiments of electrotechnics with examples of calculation. Knowledge of machine performance and power consumption. Technical engage Reading of technical drawings and lists of drawing spare parts. Measurement and scale drawing of machine parts. Specialisation Types of excavators: crawler excavator, mobile excavator, wheel- mounted excavator, cable- operated excavator, hydraulic excavator. OW ests and the in question Types of surface excavator: loading ramp, worker in que 2106H 2399 scraper dozer, dragline excavator, In ixing the amount bulldozer, leveller. carrying outf the taken into as AT Weeks 12 Hours 6 4 10 and ҮЯЗІ НАД MIT2A8 undertake to Babbat Sh Irud ecl for tr4- 2 4VES 8 234 1219 24519 66 : 9211 1 To 2 ng 6 firm 6 48 he fire firm from sap befwon. afstam of the fact the the Construction of excavators: mounting unit, slewing ring, superstructure, motor, brake unit. « по with regard to the Attachments: shovel bucket, backacter bucket, that experi benefit training. the grab bucket, drag scoop. Construction of surface excavators: chassis, steering, motor, brake unit. Attachments: loading shovel, ripper, scraping. equipment, bulldozer and other blades, winch. assistance should Machine assemblies and components: Mechanical: As a rule Where thr ened ci internal combustion engines, steel couplings, shafts and bearings, gears. Hydraulic: pumps, control and distribution valves, cylinders, gears. Electrical: electric motors, transformers, fuses, resistances. Cables: construction, diameters, working life. Machine management: management instructions, acceptance, outage, writing off. Safety devices in danger areas: underground ducts or electric wires. to 920 ons Special jobs: excavation and relaying of grass and soil; excavation, loading and transport. over a short distance of earth and rocks of all kinds; digging of building pits and pipe trenches; placing of earth in embankments and spreading for ground storage; placing This so- called secon of anti- frost layers, of mechanically stabiwith form BUILDING TRAINING The Building Trab " inter practi dustry. know lized gravel courses and level base courses. Cutting of slopes and trenches. 148 amount of ce can be only and iners - 19- OS THE TRAINING PROMOTION INSTITUTE( DAS BERUFSFOERDERUNGSINSTITUT) 910m 9b51 The Training Promotion Institute was founded in 1959 on the initiative of the Austrian Trade Union Federation. As the central body of all workers' organisations, the Federation's first task, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs and the Workers' Universities( Volkshochschulen), was to ensure the coordination of all existing institutions. The next task was to prepare proposals for the curricula and for the management of training institutions. 21930 nsd 910M 21291 Since the foundation of the Training Promotion Institute, efforts have been made to ensure cooperation with the employment authorities and it has been possible to organise recycling and catch- up courses and also advanced vocational training courses in close agreement with the competent departments of the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs. 916 adj One of the basic principles of the Training Promotion Institute is adjustment to the requirements of the Austrian economy. The forecasts of the Economic Forecasting Institute for Labour Market Management are also guidelines for the activities of the Training Promotion Institute. population nce cons The following bodies and organisations are members of the Training Promotion Institute: the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, the Austrian Chamber of Labour, the Vienna Chamber of Workers and Employees, the Association of Austrian Workers' Universities( Volkshochschulen), the Austrian Trade Union Federation, and the 15 specialised trade unions. Training Activities The training courses run by the Training Promotion Institute range from short information courses to two- and three- year courses leading to a diploma. Many courses and training schemes have been organised in conjunction with the Provincial( Land) Labour Offices, taking into special consideration the requirements of the workers. The courses have been supported on an increasing. scale by the Provincial( Land) Governments through financial subsidies, because the awareness is gradually spreading that the Province's economic and social life are of the highest importance. 2990/ 61T 0801 vbu 2 The courses and training programmes of the Training Promotion Institute must fulfil three purposes: VOCATIONAL TRAINING 63 [ 2X] 79206 1. to provide further trade taining for workers who wish to safeThe dev guard their posts or to secure professional advancement; experts at th There 2. to provide recycling or catch- up courses for workers who for economic or health reasons wish to change their trade or to take up paid employment for the first time% 3 ment 3. to provide catch- up courses for employment seekers who have temporarily left the trade. 1. The rate of illiterates very high, sit developly The well- planned provision of efficiency- minded manpower is not only of humanitarian and education significance, it is also beneficial to a productive economy. This consideration equally applies to the training of handicapped persons. One of the most important tasks of the Training Promotion Institutes is to increase worker mobility and by increasing their qualifications, to give workers security of employment and make them more proficient in their The ori not 149 ella 20- trade, more self- reliant and more conscientious in performing their social responsibilities and, last but not least, to show workers and employees the way to self- realisation. экт 132UA The Austrian Trade Unions have been and are ready at all times to share in the responsibility for all the activities in which they take part. 160910 Well- trained skilled workers have a corresponding status in society and are therefore prepared to protect their interests more effectively than others. Qualified workers have better chances of employment than unskilled workers and are unemployed less often and for shorter periods. 10:03 12200 In this way, the trade unions are strengthening themselves when they guarantee the best possible trade training to their future members( i.e. the trainees) and to unskilled and skilled workers, through further training and initial, catch- up and recycling courses in the Second Educational Stream, thus harnessing initiative, their capacity for perseverance and their sense of responsibility. nl notjomo79 to 79dms_nst to no13610022A noin 9b61T nat Typ scraper doz Eostre be 29/ bod ontwolfo T taraneh studenI SOURCES and bms.nottsb vator, Federal Ministry for Trade and Industry Construction excava Jo" Training of young workers in Austria"( Lehrlingsausbilding eaten ad 169V- 99 in Oesterreich), Report to the OECD по 16 2003 Austrian Chamber of Labour 23 03 2921005 notismon tand bns 292 2907170 quod( bms!) Fstonivong ( bm6J)[ sroniyor end vd e1502 229091 93 92060 SW6 " Trainees in Lower Austria"( Lehrlinge in Niederösterreich), 97[ sto02 ormones. Study 1980 Machine пот les and ath ts: Me 46 2921 ngs, gears. Hyd Josef Eksl ps, control ar distr on ves 3d sbivong of 762 of dat " Trade training for adults"( Die berufliche Erwachsenenbildung). 03 10 Sa even onw 11: exca smun to vino tom ovitoubeniq s odpad ajutitan notomon ted at distoriog 03, ano area Cutting and trend vong of S mono39 volgime bisq qu exst under round 63 abŕvong 03.E jadinttel yfiseroqmet absq danns Tg- flow T getdoqube bns sti 03 and .ymone fed to 9n0 2009 -9269 03 ar 092 21910 9vre 20 150 62 douill 00 15 Task for the -Shoov 03 29lqgs oefs and be 10000 9 APPRENTICESHIP AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES nion concept The situation in Developing Countries " The real danger exists that a large part of the world population will still live in poverty in the year 2000. It is very possible that the world will be overpopulated and without doubt there will be growing urbanisation. Famine and destructive dangers will become more likely, provided that a new world war will not already have destroyed the foundations which we call world civiclization".( W. Brandt, Chairman of the North- South- Commission). lization".( W. Brandt, Chai Already today a large majority of the world population lives with hunger. According to a survey carried out by the United Nations more than half of the world population gets less food than medical science considers to be sufficient. In developing countries poverty iss the major problem. At present, 800 million people belong to the group of the poorest, who live below the poverty- date- line. Nearly 50% of the world population are illiterates q evi 06 29 up Between one and two thirds of the world population live under inhuman and unhealthy housing conditions. The still growing migration from rural to urban areas deteriorates the housing conditions further more. Mostly due to the recent oil- price increases, the non- oil- exporting development countries are on the brink of bancrupsy. 27 Unemployment and underemployment have reached alarming dimensions. Jaum The population explosion further increases the number of the unemployed. ces VOCATIONAL TRAINING. по " no The developing countries lack specialists. This entails that higly paid foreigh experts and adviseres, mostly coming from the former colonial powers, still sit at the switch- boards of decision making. bns nottom 190 Jom 19pm 25 25 There is also a significant lack of skilled labour, thus hampering economic development. This is caused by the following reasons: 1. TOW The rate of illiterates is very high. Even primary school levaers scarcely have a chance to find a job. 975 tw 29 2. The importance of apprenticeship and vocational training has not sufficiently been realised in many developing countries, particularly by the governments and trade unions. 3. The educational system still follows the old colonial patterns and is not oriented towards the necessities of the countries concerned. 151 -24. This also applies to vocational training. Vocational training is far too much oriented towards structures and methods prevailing in the donor countries. way Donor countries often compete with each other and try to pursue their ideas of vocational training. This often leads to confusions and misdirections in the The developing countries. ney 5. It happens that highly paid foreign experts do not train locals properly in order not to endanger their positions( counterpart training). and are ectively than others therefore 6. Normally, the training periods are too short. They are often shorter than in Qua industrialized countries. are unemployed ITV jduob juo ugon 7. Skilled workers often look for a civil service- or a so- called' white collar blow job'. Thus they are lost for the industry( skilled- labour- aristocracy). 8. Governments often leave the responsibility of vocational training schemes to cat the employers. The results are: lack of coordination and systematic vocational training programmes. Furthermore this type of vocational training can bypass the development needs. 03 fb 9. of atop On the job training is mostly the explanation of simple operational instructions. Many employers say:" They will never learn it". veb al Proposals for better vocational training in developing countries: 08 A 19v00 9dj 1. The education system should be directed towards the conditions and needs of the respective country and not towards foreign educational ideals. This requires an intensive preparation for the future professional life. Vocational sad advise for the pupils is necessary. This also requires the establishment of school- workshops, school- gardens, school- farms and the increase of scientific subjects, i.e. mathematics, physics and chemistry. 2. The responsibilties for vocational training must lie with the Government. However, trade unions should activly participate in the preparation, planning ans implementation of vocational training. The employers and foreign investors must be forced by law to train their employees. The Government should continously controll the quality of vocational training. Examination boards, comprising of representatives from Government, employers and trade unions should carry out the final examinations. 3. sef Eksl OMIMIAЯT JAMOITAJOV АЯТ A stronger motivation of the workers concerning the necessity of vocational Hp training is necessary. The trade unions must pursue a policy of" localisation". Therefore the local skilled workers should be given the same chances for promotion and income incentives as the skilled workers coming from outside. The longer term goal should be the replacement of foreigners by locals. term goal should be the r 4. 5. The number pf vocational training schools, technical colleges and trainingworkshops must be increased. must be increder Industrialized countries should concentrate more on vocational training programmes which are oriented towards the specific neccessities of the developing countries( well- construction, windmills, dam- construction). By doing so droughts a could be minimised. for af bn6 2019336 Istnolos bio arid zwoffot lite medevz isnot sɔube 9dT add to 2971122909 erit abswoj bainaio b9000 290 152 -36. Vocational Training - a Task for the Trade Unions at a a) Trade Unions should increasingly realise the necessity for vocational and log training of their members and pressurise governments to participate in the planning, coordination and implementation of vocational training prothis worgrammes. A Trade union concept regarding vocational training is inevitable. A Trade union o b) Vocational training should become part of the worker's education programmes, for instance evening- and weekend courses in subjects related to vocational The training should be organized. Furthermore trade unions should enlighten their members about possibilities regarding further education on the subject, ace e.g. correspondence courses, evening courses at the university etc. An blow and The IFBWW should increasingly involve vocational training in its education assoc programme. Experiences of participants coming from different countries should be exchanged and new ways and methods be discussed during IFBWWThe regional seminars. c) Trade unions should give vocational training more emphasis in their collective bargaining. Apprenticeship and vocational- training should be part of collective agreements. Trade Unions should pursue co- determination rights in vocational training. atisfact ind) Trade unions should increasingly involve themselves in the establishment of workers' co- operatives and commonweal enterprises( for instance building co- operatives). By doing this, they not only create employment and higher incomes, they also contribute towards the reduction of the tight housing situation and human housing conditions as well. With prices hous tutes In these" workers enterprises" trade unions can implement their ideas about vocational training in the best way( Paper about housing co- operatives). Furthermore a greater variety of vocational training could be realised. by so e) Women, being mostly in a subordinate position in developing countries, satisi should fully participate in vocational training. Particularly in their dual role as working woman and mother they could be an important multiplier the long regarding the vocational training of their children. & housin vidually It should be the task of the trade unions to implement equality of chances for the women. an e bom add to 125T pntzuon and dut Tes the possibil conditions, value tha decis however, exercised Housing cons dehands ofthods 093610 ose of prom bris b are often re with the drainage bis on mong to 02 sed s bns 153 DA 107 62 Biden02697 These yor fod parbitud entzuon era no nottsutre' 219dmom Housing construction and housing policy in the member countries of the IFBWW must be stimulated Isot V.a too much es deas The underlying principle for any housing policy should be that a dwelling is a social right not a mere article of commerce. All experience in the area of housing policy strengthens the view that only the joint efforts of the community as such and of the citizens composing it can give a social in orientation to housing policy, since the latter is basically a question of the distribution of society's resources. In the overall view, this means that a social housing policy calls for a more equitable distribution of than in the world's resources, and this can be achieved only through international co- operation and measures promoting a new international world order in conformity with the principles which have been defined by, inter alia, the international trade- union movement. bns be Housing problems and building problems cannot be viewed in isolation from the various countries' social and economic development. Living conditions for a large number of people especially in the developing countries, are completely unacceptable, and concrete measures must therefore be taken with all speed in the various countries to find solutions in the area of housing policy, for example. tions: Man collar the inal The present day's dwelling and building environments are the outcome of ( b investments made over many decades, so that it is not possible to achieve decisive improvements quickly. Population growth and changes in the population's location continue at a rapid rate and place unprecedented demands on housing and building policy. The construction of housing and the housing environment, and the consequent investments in such things as roads, schools, hospitals and the like, constitute a powerful driving force in a country's national economy and create employment on a broad scale. For this reason also, therefore, governments should make energetic efforts to satisfy man's need for housing a satisfactory dwelling environment, and investments in the infrastructure. med In this context it is also necessary to observe the importance of repair and maintenance work within the already existing housing. nning tors comAlso the possibilities of taking energy- saving measures by means of Ins should modernization and maintenance are to be taken into account in the framework of the housing policy. stronger mot ion con Tasks for the IFBWW member organisations when elaborating a national housing policy and ona tion" prorom outside. Against the background of what has been said in the foregoing, all member unions of the IFBWW should call upon their respective governments to elaborate forthwith a national housing and building- environment policy designed to satisfy everybody's need for good housing and a healthy environment at reasonable cost. Industrialized al traj proNational housing and construction policy programmes should be elaborated eloping in close co- operation with the parties and organisations concerned, and so droughts above all in close co- operation with the workers' organisations affected. By actively participating in the drawing up of a national housing and building policy the workers' organisations have the possibility of making many important skills and abilities available, and also of promoting the members' situation on the housing market. 154 -2E This participation of the trade- union organisations in elaborating housing policy and construction policy programmes should take places. at all levels, i.e. not only at the national level, but also regionally and locally. Above all, building workers and their trade- union organisations should, in view of their daily activity, be well suited to participate in this work on housing policy. Necessary elements of a national housing policy The following might be mentioned as examples of measures that should have a place in any national housing policy: 1. An active land- ownership policy designed to meet the need for suitable land at reasonable prices in connexion with housing construction and associated investments. .S A wod to Tud 203 2. The setting up of a system of low- interest State loans, loan guarantees and contributions to housing construction. gnivil to 3. Increased influence of the community as such in leasing, in granting the use of, and in the sale of dwellings. not 06 ni of to 4. Satisfactory rent allowances based on the family's housing needs and income. 5. The setting up of credit institutions designed to make satisfactory financial resources available for housing construction. bfgodz b06 With regard to the question of land, the availability of land at reasonable prices is of decisive importance in the implementation of a socially- designed housing policy. The private ownership of land on a large scale often constitutes an important instrument for increasing privately- owned wealth, and by so doing it contributes to the preservation of social injustice. If satisfactory control over the private large- scale ownership of land is lacking, its absence may constitute an obstacle to the implementation of a housing policy. The utilization of land should, instead, be determined by the long- term interests of the community as a whole and of its members individually. 115 edT no If the authorities are to apply an effective policy in the matter of land ownership, legislation must be adopted that defines the respective rights and duties of individuals and of the community. The community must also have the possibility of carrying out fair evaluations of land and, in certain conditions, of introducing a special system of taxation of increases in value that occur as a result of the general growth of the community and through. decisions taken by the public authorities. Communal ownership of land is, ing however, not an interest per se; it is justified only in so far as it is exercised for the common good. Housing construction places particular demands on financing facilities. These demands often be met only if special credit institutions are set up for the 03 purpose of promoting housing construction. In addition, special measures 21 are often required for meeting the demand for credits that arises in connexion with the communities' consequential investments in streets, roads, water supply, drainage, schools, hospitals and so forth. 92uod si bas neb 155 -3Tasks of the IFBWW Building Committee по 1. Elaboration of a general housing- policy programme sa zidT 2003 bns yol fog ont auod don 2level is 36 pdAxfool bns Against the background of what has been set out in the foregoing, it is bluoda proposed that the IFBWW Building Committee should be instructed to work ow zinj out a general housing- policy programme jointly with member organisations affected by the question. This programme should be elaborated with due regard for regional differences- between developed and developing countries, for example. The IFBWW member organisations in the various regions concerned should therefore participate in this work. 2. Social housebuilding nA.f Js bas! A matter that is of especial interest in this connexion is the question0226 of how social housebuilding came to be developed. The purpose of such building is to provide low- income groups with good dwellings at reasonable S cost. Social housebuilding can be made up of different components. One bos component may be low- interest State loans to ensure that the cost of living in apartments of the social- housing category is low enough to enable members of low- income groups to apply for such apartments. Other components in social housebuilding and in social housing policy may be the production and administration of dwellings at cost price by co- operative societies specifically established for the purpose. These components of social housing construction and social housing policy. should be specifically considered and mapped out by the IFBWW Building Committee, and information about these various circumstances should be circulated among the Federation's member organisations. 3. Building Co- operatives 8 p01 2000 16 29303 Human housing conditions are one of the basic needs of the people. Trade Unions can combat this problem by formation of co- operatives. Co- operatives are self- help organisations, in which workers pool their meagre resources in order to raise their living- standards. One alone is economicly too weak, only the united effort enables workers to embark upon economic activities. 21162 Б 16 ubry The first step are to votloq svij 03 916 WO The workers form a savings- and credit- co- operative and by saving regularly they accumulate capital. The savings regularly grow through the interest u bns on savings and loans. The savings can be lent to the members who want to 20 d build a house. The loans go into the building co- operative, which in turn constructs low- cost houses( low- cost housing site and service scheme). The suisv prices for plots are usually not very high in developing countries. orthwith26 96 swor ( 319X9 Instead of rent, the members pay back their loans to their savings- and 9275199 credit- co- operative in monthly instalments( repayment rates are usaully lower than the rents). After having paid the loan, the constructed house en 20H becomes the property of the member. During the repayment period, the houseb is secured by a mortage. ZuOH uq 915 The members of the savings- and credit- co- operatives can be insured against w death( life insurance) so that in case of death, the family has no additional b financial burden and the house remains with the family. 156 -4A similar scheme has been successfully carried out in Ghana. It can be a significant contribution towards eradication of housing problems and towards human housing. constru in the Furthermore, the IFBWW should arrange regional conferences on how co- operatively- owned building enterprises producing dwellings 3TML 3RT ( 32) are established, organised and administered. These regional conferences should have as their aim the promotion of co- operative housing production at the regional level with, as its starting point, the experience that has been acquired in this matter in certain of the IFBWW's member countries. 2.5. In do USA be to find ans ns dj tw nofanemib fenc in the implement projects available; amo and srebro groch wreathab illowb to ni 9J61900 of elds 03 elds ysbo sno obno 3.1. As the in distinolak any othawo Isto of technicians, ski Tibo los 3.2. So supinb contrast basis one 935upsbs to no 3.3. The above svab.com to vary co for a con The ratio is the different ow ebra betsfumu 25 to E.I To 139 2303776 I.S 3.4. Ino oborig attendrimit cam workers. How substantial countrieso tzn shdansalp.000 Chavani fuo is. bui from one one co 157 100 .S bal 03 THE INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MARKET AND THE PROBLEMS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SENT BY THEIR FIRMS TO WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES ABROAD 1. Introduction 1.1. Houses, roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, airports and railways are certainly less talked- about than such products as cars, oil and iron and steel products. Today, however, the building of edifices of these kinds calls for inputs of financial, technical and human resources on such a scale that, construction has become a key sector of activity today, at the international as well as at the national level. 1.2. During the last ten or fifteen years, in response to growth in both demand and supply at world level, the construction industry in the generally accepted sense of the term- that is to say, including not only the construction of dwellings but also that of public works, infrastructure and elements of regional development has taken on a truly international dimension with an ensuing spin- off which has affected related industries and service sectors, and has also had repercussions in the labour field. B 1.3. Generally speaking, it may be said that the greater part of the demand on the interntional market consists of orders from developing countries, while on the supply side we find the large firms in the industrialised countries, whose size and accumulated experience is such that they are today able to operate in the same way as multinational enterprises and to shift their operations from one part of the world to another. cons 1.4. The factors which have made for this development of the international dimension of the construction market may be briefly enumerated as follows: - the ability of the big firms to decentralise their operations into foreign countries; the development of new production and labour organisation techniques; - the development of means of communication which have rendered the transfer of production factors( including skilled labour) to foreign countries an economically viable proposition%; - - the substantial increases which have taken place in international exchanges, economic agreements and international cooperation and the creation of adequate political and economic instruments%; B and- the growing interest of the developing countries in launching genuine development programmes of their own in the building sector to satisfy the substantial needs of the local populations. on savings 2. The international construction market ings car constructs low- cost hous cost 2.1. The international construction market affects primarily the developing countries; on account of the backwardness of their economic and production systems, those countries do not have the entrepreneurial capacities and technical knowledge required to satisfy the growing needs of their populations in the construction sector. 2.2. In Great Britain there is one hospital bed for every 100 persons or thereabouts; in Sudan the ratio is 1 to 1'000 and in India 1 to 2'000. To enable India to reach the same ratio as Sudan, 2'500 new 100- bed hospitals would have to be built in that country. 158 -22.3. Two- thirds of the world's population live in developing countries; but those countries contain only 15% of all the dwellings and public works in the s world. This means that, for a given number of inhabitants, investment in the construction sector is 30-35 times as high in the industrialised countries as in the developing countries. n5 01 el ed 2.4. In 1974, the total value of the foreign contracts won by the major con- arv struction firms in the largest industrialised countries( USA, France, Great Britain, Western Germany, Japan and Italy) amounted to some$ 30 billion. The corresponding figure for 1976 was approximately$ 48 billion and that for 1978 more than$ 45 billion. bm6 bne zb [[ supe Jud je v 2291 915 2.5. In 1978 the total was divided up as follows: 47.5% went to firms in the USA, 12,4% to firms in the Federal Republic of Germany, 12.7% to French firms, to in 6.7% to Italian firms, 6.2% to British firms, 5.7% to Japanese firms and 8.9% to firms in other countries. The firm 36 2.6. The firms located in the industrialised countries do not all take part firm in the implementation of projects of the same types. There is a wide range of projects available; there are projects with a high level of capital intensity and of technological content( these include projects in the energy, military and telecommunication fields) and others with a lower technological content but which are more labour- intensive( roads, buildings, etc.). no Now, to to not3 12 3. Situation and problems of workers sent to work on construction sites abroads bluoda 60.ted no op to 3.1. As the international construction market has expanded, a separate and to ad ed distinct labour market has developed the like of which is not to be found in any other sector of the international market; it embraces hundreds of thousands of technicians, draughtsmen, experts, consultants, white- collar workers and skilled workers whose presence on construction sites abroad has become necessary. .supostb djupc to bns UT4019 vd ne 3.2. So far, no official estimates have been made of the numbers of workers involved. However, a rough estimate can be made on the basis of the value of the contracts awarded, assuming an average of one worker per$ 50.000. On this basis one arrives at a tentative estimate of over 1 million workers sent abroad for the execution of contracts concluded with foreign countries. ot 40 husenen bas effte fenyofams to nonqol Teveb 9d3 Not 3.3. The above figures may be considered as a rough estimate made in the absence of any reliable statistics. However, it must be emphasised that the ratio of the value of the contract to the numbers of persons employed is liable to vary considerably according to the nature of the project; thus the ratio for a conventional factory will not be the same as that for a nuclear plant. The ratio is also liable to vary on the basis of the production techniques and the different technologies used by the different contracting firms. 3.4. In estimating the aggregate numbers of workers sent to construction sites abroad by firms in industrialised countries we have so far confined our bes attention to experts, draughtsmen, consultants, white- collar workers and skilled workers. However, in recent years the labour force has expanded to include ad substantial numbers of unskilled workers, who are moved from one developing countries to another according to where there are operational building sites. This group includes workers recruited in a number of Asian countries, such as China, Pakistan, Thailand and Bangla Desh. It may thus be said that a demand is building up for unskilled workers available for transfer in large numbers from one country to another, and that a supply of such workers is building up t 159 -3in response to that demand; one might even speak of a multinational dealing in labour supplies. Jem 03 92013 TOW 3.5. Many problems arise in connection with the transfer of workers from one 103 country to another and their recruitment for the purpose. These problems may be legal or practical in character. The legal problems relate to the supervision of the firms which indulge in international manpower trafficking; the general and labour legislation applicable to the workers concerned during the process of transfer and while working abroad; the practical problems relate to contracts of employment, working and living conditions, protection against accidents and other hazards and future prospects. There are other problems, too, which are less immediately apparent but equally important, such as possible conflicts of interests between indigenous workers and workers brought in from other countries. 18 910M S 3.6. So far, no solution has been found to these problems, and the market 03 appears to be substantially uncontrolled; the firms involved seem to be concerned solely with gaining the maximum profit, while the different governments concerned seem powerless to act. 6v6 213900 4. Possible fields for action by the IFBWW bms 4.1. The consolidation of an international construction marked and the situation of, and the problems relating to, these hundreds of thousands of workers and their recruitment and their transfer from country to country are fields of interest to trade unions and calling for action on their part, and should be of special interest to the competent international trade secretariat. 1.E ib 70 3.8 4.2. The first field of interest is of a general character; it relates to the opportunities the subject offers for action to promote the development of anew international economic and social order, which the IFBWW supports within the framework of the action taken by the ICFTU and of the North- South dialogue. In practice, the big projects undertaken by multinational construction firms in developing countries are still, if not actually dependency- perpetuating, still ov excessively neutral with regard to problems of local development. These projects have not always contained the seeds for the development of subsequent cooperation or for endogenous, self- sustaining economic expansion within the countries for the development of employment, occupational skills and entrepreneurial ability among the local population. the9g ate .2.8 4.3. On the other hand, with regard to possible forms of action in the fields more specific to trade unions, the IFBWW could begin to make plans for certain types of concrete action, bearing in mind the three fundamental factors on the effects of which multinational enterprises in the construction sector speculate, namely a) the differences between the labour legislation of industrialised countries and that of developing countries, and between that of different developing countries; mida b) the absence of any international or regional standards or agreements on exow the subject of transfers and recruitment of workers; c) differences between the bargaining strength of unions in different countries, and in particular between industrialised and developing countries. OW zduz 4.4. Bearing in mind the foregoing, a programme of action to be undertaken by the IFBWW might be based on the following three main lines of action: 0 and mo 160 2-4- 10 a strengthening of the activities of unions in the developing countries in which the activities of multinational construction enterprises are mainly concentrated. This could be achieved by strengthening relations among unions, on a multilateral as well as on a bilateral basis, and by the promotion of trade union and vocational training; the drawing up of a Code of Conduct for multinational enterprises in the construction sector, which would deal in particular with the conditions of recruitment of workers and of their transfer from one country to another. A code of this kind should enjoy the support of supranational consultative bodies such as the ILO; the conclusion of interregional agreements on the supply of labour, providing for conditions which would be similar for the countries concerned and also compatible with general conditions in the host country. In such agreements the local trade union movement at the different levels- both national and local should be specified as concerned institutions the consultation and involvement of which is essential. 2710qquz WWARI AT 03 ong bas Day very based changes tafel 3: and the ffects on ed bluonz sinosed on bluoda nsm PPY to be break Tuona norj6vonni bns ibno pri how to Χρυσ 4. highly skil the se will 26916 9 V3 10 Jon et pofon b msn 3 sau of 96 onw 92003 vd ben hupos 1 cat Exod beonsvbs/ snom s Jud.vpofondo 92003 10 subThe is well for prod Resea 161 to com .2 THE EFFECTS OF CHANGING TECHNOLOGY ON CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT Principles New technology is rapidly changing conditions at the workplace, as well as the content of work itself. This is at least as true of the construction industry as of any other, but the effects of changing technology on the construction industry have received almost no attention until now. to The Resolution of the Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee of the ILO( July 1971) calls upon the ILO to" take appropriate measures to induce governments to draw up and implement practical measures for protecting workers against possible unfavourable social consequences of new technologies". This Resolution has never been implemented, however. Unions are too often seen as Luddites, simple resisters of change. This A view is untrue. Our role should not be to blindly resist technology but to mitigate its negative effects, while welcoming the increased efficiency and productivity that make our members more valuable. The IFBWW supports the following general principles: 1. The construction industry should not be blindly led by new technological 4.1innovation, but should actively seek to forecast and plan for future situa developments. and deve 2. Technological development should be guided and stimulated by the desire to improve the work environment as well as productivity. 3. The humanization of work should be a top priority of technological development. Machines should facilitate the work of man; man should not become the mere appendage to a machine. 4. New machinery should be screened for ergonometric, safety and health considerations before being cleared for general use at the worksite. hav 5. Technology should not dictate the speed of work. or for endogen ining For 6. The fruits of technological innovation should be shared by the workers, both through the improvement of working conditions and through distribution of the profits of increased production. name 07. In some areas of the world, expanding employment should be a higher ty priority at present than introducing labour- saving machinery. Technology should be appropriate to the society in which it is introduced. An intermediate technology is needed in many areas of the world. By inter_mediate technology we mean a technology that requires a relatively low a) the capital investment, that is relatively labour intensive, and is easily acquired by those who are to use it. Intermediate technology is not countraditional, pre- industrial technology, but a more advanced technology the that represents an improvement in working conditions for those in dethe veloping countries. the and and re 8. Technological displacement should not result in unemployment. The increased pace of innovation will require a corresponding increase in training and retraining. 162 -29. The emphasis of technological innovation should not be on" de- skilling"; that is, the process of fragmenting and simplifying work skills that led to the assembly line. This approach has proved to be a dead end in industry and should not be applied to construction. 900. 10. New materials and processes should not be introduced into the workplace without prior consideration of hazards to health and safety, and appropriate action to minimize such hazards. 11. The rapidly increasing cost of energy require the development of greater energy- consciousness in building methods. Energy- saving methods should aybe monitored and stimulated if possible. 191 12. Particular efforts should be made to introduce innovation that will lessen the effects of adverse weather conditions on construction. 13. New methods and improved building codes safeguarding buildings against the hazards of fire and earthquake should be adopted. Effects vidsdond II tw 20 oqmop bed 290 Tonert eng The technology of construction is rapidly changing and the accelerating pace of technological change is bound to have significant effects on the quantity and content of employment in the construction industry. Unfortunately very little has yet been done to assess the magnitude of future technologybased changes in construction employment, and virtually no action has been taken to prepare for such changes. It is likely that chaning technology will have the following effects on construction employment: க 970 1. changing technology will increase labor productivity, and thus fewer workers will be needed in relation to construction volume; to Tqmsxs nA 170 2. more construction will take place off- site, also reducing the need for on- site employment; 6J 3. new processes and techniques will break down traditional craft distinctions to some extent; 4. highly skilled new workers will be needed, often with more specialized skills than is now the case; at the same time, some work will be " de- skilled" by technology. Some current skills will become obsolete. Thus, the construction labor force may become more stratified, with a greater division between" specialists" and" laborers"; 5. many workers will need re- training. Examples 1. Chip and micro- processor applications it as onnt to, ab zbn5200 sms2ya on 03 to 101 bas 29297 The application of computerized techniques to construction management is well known. Computer- aided techniques, such as critical- path analysis, Project Evalutation and Review Technique( PERT), etc. have been in existence for many years. However, chip technology will also have an impact on work processes themselves. Research on this subject is now being undertaken in Sweden. 163 -3One area for the possible use of chip technology is in measuring devices. In conjunction with lasers, they may radically simplify surveying techniques in the near future. Processors are beginning to be widely used to operate strain gauges in heavy cranes. The crane operator can see a readout of the exact strain being placed on the crane by load. This is an example of technological development that both increases safety and decreases training needs, as a significant part of the crane operator's craft consists in judging the safe lifting capacity of the crane. constructi Indu Processors might also be used more extensively to monitor equipment( as it now monitors some mechanical functions in automobiles), thus assisting the work of mechanics and improving safety by warning of impending equipment failure. Processors could also be used in materials or process testing, providing faster and more effective quality control. 2. Increased Prefabrication .ST W9M.E[ Despite some setbacks, prefabrication will lower on- site labor needs, though perhaps increasing employment in the industrial and transport sectors. The handling and assembly of prefabricated components will probably require an increase in specialized training for workers on- site. The handling of large prefabricated components is also likely to increase safety hazards. 3. Increase in scale of construction machinery noon or 229225 of 9113 DAT 9050 nsup X19V The capacity of construction machinery has grown rapidly in the past 30 years. Many earthmovers can now move 50 cubic meters of material at a time, and cranes can lift as much as 1.000 tons. The increasing scale of construction machinery will further lower the requirements for on- site labor, since one machine often does the work that two or three did previously. Greater transport and lifting capacity has also spurred the development of prefabrication, or off- site construction, which again reduces on- site labor needs. An example of this trend can be noted in nuclear reactor construction. Larger and more complicated machines increase the need for operator training, although there has been a corresponding development and simplification of control systems. Safety training is also more important as the scale of machinery grows. 4. Improved tunneling techniques The high costs of tunneling has long been recognized as an important impediment to construction. Innovations in tunneling are being developed in many areas of the world. All of these innovations have in common the substitution of machinery for labor, but improved productivity may stimulate a greater demand for tunneling, which would somewhat offset employment lost through greater machine productivity. tal investmen 5. New materials and processes to aditional Indust .2 m6x3 Hundreds, if not thousands, of innovations could be placed in this category, and there has been no systematic analysis of the effect of the introduction of innovations on the workforce. Despite the almost total lack of relevant research, some trends are apparent. Many new techniques do not fall within a traditional craft, or combine elements of two or more traditional crafts. Dealing with such techniques demands new 164 -4forms of work organization and training. zaibod to notinedts add wand S 03 201 New materials, particularly plastics and chemically- based materials, are being introduced into the workplace without testing for health hazard. For example, the use of UF foam insulation has only recently been shown to be hazardous, due to the release of formaldehyde gas. The hazards of asbestos use were also long unknown. The breathing of toxic fumes and skin irritations are two increasing hazards caused by the introduction of new materials. Considerations for Construction Industry Unions 26916 yd steloado 1. New technology will certainly create the need for new training. One important Com question will be, who is to be trained in the new technology? Will it be 1199 our current members whose skills are becoming obsolete, or will their Ber work prospects be allowed to decline while new workers are taught new skills? Rog This issue is related to the struggle now going on in the U.S., as to whether construction workers should be broadly trained with many skills, Han or be narrow specialists. Pao Jaa Also, who is to be responsible for the training? The important role of unions in training is discussed at length in the document on vocational The training. It is noted here only that workers' income should be protected during training or re- training. One vers 2. Nations with construction unions divided along craft lines are certain to encounter more jurisdictional difficulties in the futre, due to the introduction of new processes and the growth of off- site fabrication. An early warning of possible conflicts could lead to consultation and avoid an increase in fraternal conflict. 3. Unions must take care not to lessen the solidarity between skilled and unskilled workers. amount of pension. 4. More hazardous materials are certain to be introduced into the workplace, This unless there is a vigorous program of research and control. Unions mustence he take the lead in this area, at least in stimulating government efforts wherever possible. eport 5. Unions should encourage more research into the effects of technological in trends, in order to be able to plan and prepare for future changes in the composition of the workforce, rather than being taken by surprise. the Conference 6. Unions need to develop better means to influence technical change. importan survey was So little is know about the employment effects of technological cahnge in construction that it is impossible even to assess the likely magnitude of impact with any degree of precision. Certainly, though, change will be significant, and to ignore its effects until it is upon us would be a dereliction of our duties as union officials. yment Actions that could be taken by the IFBWW 1. Attempt to stimulate research in this area, beginning with the exchange The of information among member unions. The primary responsibility for the curfunding of research should lie with industry and government, although unions should be involved in all such efforts. 165 -52. Draw the attention of bodies concerned with training, safety and health to the problems imposed by technological development. 3. Employment displacement appears to be a certain effect of technological development. Once the parameters of the problem are better understood, plans should be formulated to meet the challenge actively, rather than to respond passively. For example, a program to upgrade the skills of current workers in certain declining skill areas could be proposed. ธ sub 4. Declining skill areas, that is skills that are likely to be rendered now obsolete by new technology, should be identified if possible. Growing 2003 skill areas should also be identified. 5. In general, the IFBWW should stimulate the exchange of information between national unions, through reports, working parties, or conferences. Now ure pre 3. Incre The Many 40 215 upda ma ine of Terus ng capa also of off An exa of this tr The to co of for 2900 Ned 293 Arge in pub 019 03 2noinU E Xenu efnu 163 .910/ 2200 1999 19 neig of sfds ad of hebбnt 1mp oved edd 229225.03 nsve Опо int nu a ter demand 2063.00 00 Hu # 1[ idou 2309779 asi enompt of basinsoitinpiz alatortto notnu 26 29idub nuo to not if not thousands, of innovations could be and there has been no systematic analys of innovations on the workforce, Despite the almost. to resea? es 6915 273 2 ing bdT.zmotnu sdm Many of two in this category lack of rele of relevant." 12 03 93A 166 The percentage of the wood B REPORT OF THE IFBWW WOOD COMMITTEE perces on 2291p000 WH INTRODUCTION 03 23 bed is During this period the following countries were represented in the IFBWW Wood Committee: ns bejubno 189 bas ever to The Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland. 2UA A Working Group consisting of the following persons was formed in this Committee: Bertil Jonsson Roger Gerdin Kurt Georgi Hans Fischer - Sweden( Chairman) Sweden( Secretary) - Fed. Republic of Germany Austria 239 297 03 W mul Paolo Pellarini Jaap Bommand Tab - Italy and - Netherlands 10% and at edot to raditon T Jud The Working Group was occupied with the preparation of the activities. the additional One very important activity in 1979-1980 was a detailed survey which was conXducted among the member unions concerning the following: T - trends in the number of jobs, - working hours, b wages actually earned, sb siff P number of days of leave, - additional payment during leave, retirement age, - amount of pension. 30 This information was transmitted to the participants in the European Conference held in October 1980. The report for the European Conference also contained a brief summary of the survey. In 1980, the Working Group of the IFBWW Wood Committee was particularly active in the preparation of documents for the European Conference in Cologne. In a written report, which was included among the Conference documents, there was a detailed and expert description of the problems met with in the wood industry and in all of its important sectors. These problems were not only pointed out but also confirmed by the survey, which has showed how the downward curve can be changed into a rising one. In some The Conference has adopted a resolution concerning the claims of the trade union movement in order to reach employment and income security in the wood industry. This resolution is contained in the report of the General Secretary on the Conference. The problems and possibilities of the wood industry are contained in a new, current report which will be submitted to the Congress. 167 -2The Working Group of the IFBWW Wood Committee took an important part in preparing the resolutions for the Conference in Cologne. At the end of 1980 and early in 1981 the Working Group directed its activities to the 1981 IFBWW Congress in Madrid. TMI Bniqu book RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE In the middle of 1979 and early in 1980 the IFBWW Wood Committee conducted an extensive survey about the situation in the wood industry. OW A Besides the European countries, Australia also took part in this survey. With regard to employment, the wood industry is subdivided as follows: Furniture industry and handicrafts, lumber industry, particleboard and plywood industry, building carpentry, box and pallet industry and other kinds of wood industry. We can conclude the following from this survey: b M TUX ansH mod qast The number of jobs in the furnitre industry increased between 1969 and 1979, but began to drop in 1979. Unfortunately, this decline was especially pronounced in a few countries. oldw yavruz beli There was a particularly serious drop in the number of jobs in the lumber industry, amounting to between 1% and 25% depending on the country. 200t to admun 3 n abn The decline in the particle- board, plywood and fiberboard industry was less serious during this period, but with the exception of a single country, employment is decreasing. aysb to During the period from 1969 to 1979, the number of jobs in the industry of building carpentry remained almost the same. This is undoubtedly due to the increasing proportion of wood in home construction. 26W However, on the basis of sample surveys carried out in some unions in 1980, it is to be feared that there was also a downward trend in this industry in 1980. Because of the competition of cardboard and other packing materials, employment is falling off decidedly in the packing industry too, in spite of the upswing in the use of pallets. ubat book x9 bas bal A small drop in the number of jobs is also to be noted in the other wood industries. We can cite three causes for this general decline: higher productivity thanks to better and faster machinera- thus giving rise to structural problems which are aggravated by marketing problems. The decline in building activities due to the lack of a vigorous building policy is the reason for the critical business situation of the wood industry. In general, the number of jobs held by women in the wood industry is definitely เร็ว ก ว่ on the rise. It is not know whether the number of women trade union members has increased to the same extent. 168 -3The percentage of the wood industry out of the total number of jobs is definitely on the decline in one country. In no country has there been any increase in this percentage. Unemployment ( 16 200 In comparison with 1969, unemployment in 1979 in the wood industry increased considerably, in some cases more than threefold. The percentage of total unemployment accounted for by the wood industry remained almost the same because total unemployment itself increased to the same extent. Economic prospects in the wood industry The prognoses for 1980 made by the member trade unions varied between satisfactory and stagnant and decreasing and unfortunately proved to be correct. By the end of 1980 it had become clear that the economic slump would increase in 1981. The prospects for new impulses for an economic improvement are not hopeful. Paid wages and labour costs 100 916 1356 25 157 26 This survey was also aimed at gaining more knowledge about paid wages and the additional labour costs for the employer. In this connection, it was significant that the additional labour costs vary between 0 and 55% and that the gross annual income in 1978 fluctuated between 10'324 and 31'840 Swiss Francs. advantages. Income security in case of sickness and accident security in cas This survey clearly shows that the trade unions have achieved a great deal with regard to the level of incomes and the length of income payments in case of sickness and accident. Payments vary from 100% to 75% and length of payments from several months to 18 months. Payments in case of unemployment 200 2163X In general, the level and length of payments are less than in the case of sickness and accident. With regard to the slow- down in employment, as a result of which wage- earners are unemployed for fairly long periods of time, the trade unions are still confronted with big tasks. Weekly working hours SAT With the exception of Switzerland, all the countries which answered the survey have established the forty- hour week. In some countries, however, 1 to 4 hours of overtime are no exception. It may be assumed that the number of hours of overtime has been reduced in 1980 because of decreased employment. Leave days and vacations 006 We must not fail to mention the progress made in this field. By the end of 1979 vacations varied from 4 to 5 weeks per year. 169 -4zdot to Extra vacation money and a 13th monthly salary are being included to an increasing extent in collective labour agreements. Almost all countries pay either extra vacation money or a 13th monthly salary. Level of pensions and retirement age Con qmanu This survey clearly showed that the trade unions have become especially active in these two fields. Through legislation and collective agreements the retirement age of the workers in the wood industry has been reduced. In some countries it is possible to retire at the age of 60 and 62. There is an obvious difference in the level of pensions. Conclusion 162 270902010 T mono:] abem 088 10 2920mpong T This survey has clearly showed that the trade unions are more and more active in many fields. Through this survey one could also note that some countries are behind others as far as the trade union activities are concerned. industry The submitted data can help us to recognize these problems and to take the necessary measures. ad I brsq b6 9 bms ns 0 newded vis at ting to Between RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT and 25% de 006 bns 22972 12 to 9260 ni dec GENERAL The economic situation throughout the world is overshadowed by mass unemployment with which it is hardly any longer possible to cope. While during the last years a lot of countries have not succeeded in checking the rate of inflation, there has been partly a great increase in the rate of unemployment. ua ardT 6091 ΜΟΥΤ 769 BMS 2290 The danger of much greater and more lasting unemployment has thereby once more become acute. From a long- term point of view, it is possible to discern certain employment risks, caused by both market and structural conditions, which as a rising trend must be considered to present extremely serious problems. Mass unemployment and the factory wage cuts with their serious consequences which often go along with it have become the chief social problem of our society. The quantitative and qualitative lack of employment represents a heavy burden for everybody affected by it. In addition, it is a tremendous threat to the social standards of all wage- earners and makes it harder for the economy and society to develop further along humane and democratic lines. to better and faster machine vs There are roughly speaking two reasons for the drastic decrease in the number of jobs, especially in industry. This decrease is connected with the fact that in recent years there has been a considerable decline in the rates of economic growth. It can also be attributed to the fact that productivity has increased to an extent never known before, especially in the new industrial countries. However, it is no longer possible to find a solution for the employment problem in economic growth alone. Since it is impossible to expect such continuous economic growth in the long term, the traditional measures of anticyclical economic policy will no longer be enough. We are firmly convinced 170 ed ow -5that the future rates of economic growth will be too low to maintain a balance in the competition between technical progress and a commensurate demand for goods. 32 ECONOMIC GROWTH and entzuod Trade unions can help to speed up economic growth rates by means of their wage and salary policy. In doing so, the purchasing power of the working population must be maintained and strengthened in so far as necessary by an active wage and salary policy. It will be the task of the enterprises and the consumers to create new demand for useful products by introducing innovations and in this way to counteract any saturation of the market. These efforts can be supported by research projects. It will be necessary to provide the financial means for this purpose. 70 SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF TECHNICAL PROGRESS 192 What we lack at the present time is a sense of social obligation in technical progress- we can't simply let it race away from us any longer without any social safeguards. Jud.idp Employers are always apt to talk very glibly about increasing efficiency when they describe it as just a trend towards making work easier permanently. That may be true to a certain extent- but we should not close our eyes to the fact that these technical developments are accompanied by a host of serious disadvantages. PROBLEMS IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND THUS ALSO IN THE WOOD INDUSTRY Work in the building industry is falling off greatly everywhere in the world. in the b As a result, unemployment in the wood industry is constantly increasing all over the world. One might have expected that a lot of governments in a decreasing economic situation take special measures for the big housing shortage in order to stimulate social housing construction in particular, but few have done it. The building and building material industry is a motor for the whole economy However, if we scrutinize the figures for the last few years, we find to our great dismay that housing construction is on the decline. An increase in social housing construction could also prevent social tensions. adt Tog 039 bas w jsq I Moreover, almost all governments are taking the same measures, such as restrictions on public spending, less social housing construction, less highway construction and cuts in social assistance. The experience of the thirties are un fortunately forgotten. dust Since building activity is on the decline, the supplying industries, such as the wood industry, are faced with a severe reduction in their sales possibilities, so that many of their employees loose their job or work shorter hours. ing even Everybody knows that building activity in one's own country causes very little inflation and can hardly have an unfavourable effect on the balance of trade. It is therefore hard to understand why many governments do not provide financial support for housing construction and especially for social housing construction. 171 -6In the case of social housing construction, financial means must be made available at extremely low interest rates. Every government should take steps to make this possible. Such measures could include a special tax for social housing construction, loans at low interest etc. 003 It is obvious and necessary that social housing construction is definitely in need of encouragement. In this connection, it should not be forgotten that rents should remain reasonable even for low- income families. 51T One of our first and most elementary needs in life is to have an appartment, and the insufficient offer should not alone determine the rents. Increased building activity is indispensable for economic growth. Large parts of the wood industry depend on the building activity. JI xas. TW JI In addition, the furniture industry which is an important part of the wood 32 industry, is also very sensitive to the influences of the market. Little or no economic growth, i.e. no increase in real income, is inevitably followed by a slump in furniture sales. рог With the rise in gasoline prices, gasoline is still being bought, but unfortunately not so much furniture. It is not only in Europe that imports of cheap furniture are having a bad effect on sales of domestic furniture. The wood industry itself is in need of an active and progressive industrial policy. The maintenance of social and collective security is dependent on economic growth. Even higher growth is needed by the developing countries if they are to catch up with the rest of the world. 89 TOW The construction of wooden houses- one family houses- is a practical alternative when it comes to keeping jobs open in the wood industry. In places where building land is still available, wooden construction means a saving in energy, as wood, very fortunately, provides better insulation. We also have to ask ourselves whether, in the event of satisfactory economic growth, too high productive capacities and technical progress will not make it impossible to provide everyone who is willing to work with a suitable job. In part of our countries the opinion exists that only an active industrial policy creates growth and that thereby the problems of unemployment could be solved. These countries reject the shortening of working hours, more vacations and the reduction of the retirement age as means for an economic and labour market policy. 916 Other countries are of the opinion that they can counteract future losses of working places and unemployment with a suitable working hours regulation, like shortening the working hours, more annual vacation and reduction of the retire- ment age. And here we cannot overlook the problem of who is to pay for all this and how much. Even without economic growth, the bill has to be paid. 172 -78- 29 Economic growth is necessary if real income is to remain the same. For this reason alone it is necessary to stimulate economic growth, although environmental problems should naturally not be neglected. However, it should be clear to everybody that the failure to achieve economic growth will mean the following: Lack of progress, steadily increasing unemployment and a decline in real income. Economic growth is a necessity for the industrial countries and also for our wood industry as well. For the industrial countries it is also vitally important that the developing countries should make faster progress in raising their standard of living. In the long run, assistance to these countries means help for ourselves. One important question for the future is also the following: Can- and should- labour- intensive products continue to be manufactured in the industrial countries? internations) one notes. This is a problem which cannot be solved by the idea that rich countries should still manufacture only high- quality products. Jobs still have to be provided even in the rich countries. HUMANIZING WORK Technical progress has created the scourge of monotonous work patterns, concern about the loss of skills, the fear of wage cuts and especially the constant worry about keeping one's job. We certainly do not want to start any modern revolt aginst the machine, and by no means do we wish to condemn technical progress, but we are also most decidedly opposed to seeing people make light of, or completely ignore, all the defects associated with industrial efficiency. The important thing is to look at technical progress somewhat more critically than in the past and to pay somewhat more attention to the conflict between economic advantages and human disadvantages. To sum up briefly, the increasingly more technical development of our economy must go hand in hand with a proper regard for the human element. The problem of humanizing work in the wood industry is one which is very much with us today. Jobs in the smaller enterprises are injurious to health and not worthy of being described as jobs. When one thinks of the noise factor alone, it is obvious that much still remains to be done. Machinery designers are still designing machines which produce noise of over 80 DBA which is dangerous to health. We must attack the problem of noise at its very roots, namely in the place where the machines are produced. The way we ought to take is to make a universal approach to all our governments. jdin Disregarding the problem of noise, there are still problems with the wood dust, the chemical varnishes and glues, where one has to work with synthetic material of which nobody knows today whether they will be harmful to health or not. Going even today to smallwood industries, it is sometimes unimaginable in what dusty conditions woodworkers have still to work in 1981. A lot of varnishes produced out of several components are harmful to the health of the workers. Nevertheless, one continues to produce these varnishes and 173 uses them. -8imonoɔ] The situation is no better with the glues. Today there still exist a lot of glues. which are produced out of several components, nothing or little of which is known about their harmful effect on the health of the workers. mono: OH During the coming congress period the fight against these problems in the wood industry should be given priority. gled ansom 29 Inc is Indi for of the ndustry depend on th ding bluoda: ns- ns3 ve adat With th ly not se in Grices, gasoline ne is ле for ant boow ob and todd to by basb 632 STOT uods! red byd sdd nt nsvs unfortunate Now anISIMAMUH 903 to 22 en Juods on ob vints 90 ods: VYOW 32 pfove SAT evo to In poli Our co ereby ad001 y19v att is gaton to mal 12um W ysw art.bejubong 96 29ndom d es reject the the uction of These count policy. boow ar dztw otted my drw Show 03 26 900 95dw zouf Other pleados Frail the ble shortening ment age as dong fie s Tdoxq 010 01210 183.6in on, on to working pi and unemployment The working hours, no fdsnipsminu 290139m03 21 3,2913 502 03 V5 An the problem bnb 29021m6v 925 saubong of 174 vtaub sv to tol A now 963 To 05 of arer mon bos osef al 2011 THE WOOD INDUSTRY IN THE EIGHTIES bajosieg ni ba mo zphillowb to hedrull For the most part, the wood industry is composed of small and medium- sized plants. They are not integrated to any great extent; employment in many regions depends entirely on the wood industry. In the eighties a large segment of the wood industry will be confronted by far- reaching structural and other economic problems. The various branches of the wood industry have a number of common features. For example, most of them depend to a greater or lesser degree on developments in the construction industry, and in related activities such as renovation, transformation and sidebuilding( RTS sector). Although the different branches have many common features, there are nevertheless significant differences, especially as regards marketing. While the wood industry caters mainly for the domestic market, sawmills and panel producers have always posted substantial exports. In recent years, however, one notes a marked tendency to internationalize the production of wood. The wood industry has always been labour intensive. Investment in reasearch and development has been limited; on of the main reasons being that individual plants are too small to be in a position to raise the capital needed for a systematic research and development effort. In recent years a structural trend favouring larger production units has emerged. As units have grown in size and production has become increasingly industrialized, so multinationals have grown more interested in the industry. 16 129 990 260 0801 brs are new edT During the past years, technological progress has been especially rapid in sawmills and in the board industry. Most importantly, information processing technologies have been applied; moreover, a tendency to automate some production processes has recently been observed. I dug f If no other sat mech SAJ Rapid technological innovation is expected to continue in the wood industry. Certain segments are, to an ever greater extent, being considered as manufacturers of finished products. Furthermore, competition will stiffen on the European market now that the newly industrialized countries have moved in. Centrally planned economies and East Asian countries have resolutely stepped up their export drive to Western Europe. Governments must pursue active industrial policies if regular and secure employment, and therefore also greater security of income, are to be obtained for wood workers. At present, the construction of apartments, especially of rental appartments, is at a low level. Many countries already suffer from a housing shortage; others are being pushed in that direction. The renovation, transformation and sidebuilding( RTS) sector is neglected in most countries. In some countres the stock of dwellings is dilapidated. If governments were to pursue an active building policy, demand for wood products would be considerabley strengthened. Indirectly, construction and renovation activities would stimulate the economies of the various countries, and, amongst other things, augment purchasing power, which would, for instance, benefit the furniture industry.izuod ng At present there are no signs of excessive or non- essential use of wood products; on the contrary, consumption is too slack. 175 -2Number of dwellings completed in selected countries in 1970 and from 1975 to 1980( in thousands) 23ITH 13 GOOW 3HT Country 1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 goves ( provi sional) ( estimates) zubmi Sweden 109,8 Denmark Finland Taxeb Norway France 74,5 55,8 54,9 53,8 50,635,5 vs 39,2 aub 36,3ow 34,2 49,79 69,4 57,557,0 57,0 54,9 54,9 49,5 36,5 41,0 41,337,6 38,3 37,1 0471,5 514,3448,9 450,9 444,7 buc 55,5 51,5 30,5 20,0 V T 53,0 X0 38,1079dd Italy 129,2900 919 377,3291,6 184,3 149,4--147,0 120,0 Netherlands 118,0 121,9 108,2 112,6 107,4 90,0 90,0 100,0 29 26 Switzerland 65,6 33,3 34,5 Great Britain 362,3 Germany( FRG) 478,1 Austria 45,048,6 54,9 34,2 322,1 322,1 324,6 314,1 288,6 436,8392,4 409,0 44,645,4 51,353,0 m sjon 900 37,8 243,5 368,1 358,0 235,7 eftdW 389,0ubor -- эпо bas boow edT 003 918 Below, the problems and the potential of each branch in the eighties are reviewed, along with the demands that we, as trade unions, shall put forward. petrovst b The Carpentry Trade and the Wooden House Industry Srom awong evad 2160033Tum 02, 201 25 In recent years, the construction of housing has fallen back substantially in Western Europe. The decline between 1975 and 1980 has been estimated at twenty five per cent. The contraction was especially sharp in 1979 and 1980: particularly in Denmark, Sweden and Great Britain construction collapsed completely. In bns Denmark the number of dwellings under construction plunged twenty per cent in 1980. Even the continuous upward trend in the Federal Republic of Germany has been interrupted. vijzubni boow 9 ni sunitno od In the United States, too, housing construction declined sharply in 1980. In 1978, production peaked at two million dwellings; then a downward trend set in. Compared to previous years, construction has been about twenty per cent down. troqxs ad qu beqqata v 93 These developments have various cuases: high interest rates, cutbacks in public spending, the erosion of real incomes, and a tight money market. Overall, a continuing decline in housing construction is foreseen for Western Europe in 1981. boow tot bando JA On the other hand, one observes a certain advance in renovation and restoration activities, particularly in the Nordic countries. Furthermore, the average floor area of new buildings has increased; this being cuased, in particular, by the transition from apartment buildings to one- family houses. As a result, the demand for carpentry products per dwelling has risen. However, this does not come near to compensating for the loss in new construction. Depressed construction has ravaged the carpentry and wooden house industries. Overcapacity is widespread, and has led to under- and sever unemployment. nordsvong bns not ou Pud มอ ฟ The prospects for construction in the eighties are even bleaker than was the vis experience of the seventies. Housing policy is in danger of being downgraded do to an issue of secondary political importance. If present housing, industrial and economic policies are not modified, production plans and estimates point to a furhter downward trend in the building trades, which will hit the carpentry and wooden house industries head- on. The impact of the doldrums in the building no JA 176 -322 trades reaches well beyond that sector: not only are there the immediate social trades reaches w problems; in addition, the industry's own potential is jeopardized. The building materials industry is the main victim, but suppliers of the construction and building materials industries, too, are hurt. Many building materials enterprises, in particular those in the wood industry, operate distinctly small plants, which are, however, of great significance for employment in small localities in regions that suffer from employment problems. As in the seventies, adverse developments would probably worsen regional labour market problems and spur the trend towards greater concentration. For several branches of the building materials industry, the capacity to maintain returns on invested capital depends on a sustained volume of production. Profitability vanishes with reduced production- the existence of the enterprise is at stake. Research and development is also forgone when profitability slips; thus the basis for the future development of this important industrial sector is being undermined. Contracts from the formerly strong construction industry had played an important role in the industry's research into new construction processes. Indeed, no one would dispute the need to step up housing construction in order to prevent the trade suffering from severe structural problems. Measures to restore a reasonable level of construction must be adopted immediately. At present, the demand for new dwellings exceeds the number of housing starts. гл In many countries the stock of dwellings is seriously run down; a real effort in RTS is needed if these dwellings are not to degenerate into slums. In order to lower energy costs, greater use should be made of wood as a building material. The insulation of one- family houses has been shown to be significantly improved by the intensive use of wood components. If no other satisfactory mechanism is available, housing construction will have to be financed by the state. Projected construction has been abandoned or delayed because of exorbitant interest rates and the shortage of credit. In a number of countries the construction industry will have to be adjusted to produce a volume of dwellings that is higher than the current level, but is lower than the levels reached at the beginning of the seventies. 250 In any case, in some countries the capacity of the carpentry trade in all likelihood exceeds even the needs of a volume of construction that would be sufficient to avert a new housing crisis. In addition, we are witnessing technological edT innovations that enhance productivity and diminsh the demand for labour: the underlying trend is for jobs to be lost. ds nt 5X9 doug to bedz 29-1 adomoru 26 now, zqu Downward trends on domestic markets cannot, to any great extent, be compensated by exports to OECD countries- they all suffer from considerable overcapacity, especially as regards joinery. Nevertheless, there are some expanding markets% 3 nofor example, the Near East and Latin America, wehre specialized carpentry products in particular, but also wooden houses are in great demand. Drawing up international standards, essential to facilitate the sale of carpentry products abroad, would be one step in this direction. Of course, adapting production to foreign standards and tastes would be another approach. Government authorities should provide enterprises with effective assistance by harmonizing technical standards at the international level, by sharing risks, and by extending initial support in the form of export credits. 177 -4In view of the structure of the trade, state supported cooperation is required in the following fields: the development of production techniques, product development, and in marketing.ne 1936m Especially when compared with other trades, research and development is inade- id quate: here, cooperation would be an obvious way to enhance the efficiency of carpentry. In the long term, such efforts should, along with cooperation in marketing, ameliorate export opportunities, for example. nemyo The Furniture Industry Norway dedogg SM qo gme nt 2A Since the last Congress, the demand for furniture in most countries having IFBWW members has reflected the general trend of their respective economies. The industry showed relatively large gains in most EC countries, especially in the Federal Republic of Germany and in Italy, in 1978. In 1979 the market maintained most of its strength, although it showed a tendency to soften%; 3B it was stagnant in 1980. Aus 07 20 03 Among the Nordic countries, Finnish production has been particularly buoyant over the past years. Danish and Swedish production, too, has to some extent been maintained by substantial increases in exports. Nearly all the factors that determine sales point to a slack trend in volume during the next few years in most European countries. As a result, the share of cheap and medium- priced furniture is expected torise. The tight economic situation probably means that the demand for furniture emaating from public and commercial institutions from private enterprises as well as from the public sector will fall off. The falling share of personal income devoted to the acquisition of furniture calls for intensive and comprehensive measures to stimulate interest in interior decorating and furniture, and to make the consumer more aware of quality. upw Such measures should then be relayed by enterprises, individually or by cooperating on the market. on ti ed od Enterprises with only limited means to develop their own" profile" and an independent marketing strategy could opt for an active orientation towards the probably expanding market for components and manufacturing on licence. These dev Future changes in the structure of the retail trade will have an important impact on the development of the whole industry. There are still many retail stores in furniture, but their number will probably decrease considerably in coming years. The branch underwent radical restructuring in the seventies, resulting in greater integration into chain stores and purchasing groups. IKEA and cooperatives are examples of chain stores. One of the reasons for the growing importance of purchasing groups, such as Euromöbel, is the absence of a well- established wholesale trade in the industry. Some activities- not only ordinary shipping and stocking, but also product development, the coordination of assortments, and marketing- have been taken over by pruchasing groups. Consequently, the balance of power between producer and retailer has changed: for the moment there is reason to believe that the retail business chain stores and purchasing groups- has the advantage. A contributory fact is, of course, that imports are procured mainly by the latter organizations, which, therefore, having an alternative source of supplies, do not exclusively depend on the goodwill of domestic producers. Whether the furniture industry will, in future, be controlled by the retailer or by the producer remains to be seen. The present trend towards a limited number of large- scale distributors, and fewer 178 -52200 ut A: no ont od Jon af but more efficient vendors should, in itself, help to defend furniture's ut more efficie position in consumer spending more effectively than was possible in the traditional marketing system. Unless effective strategic measures are adopted, the furniture industry will have great difficulties in maintaining its position in the capitabl goods market. In view of the prospect of little growth in personal consumption, it is important that an offensive strategy for the capital goods market be built up, in order to maintain the industry's share of total demand. The furniture industry, traditionally a typical domestic market industry, is bturning to exports to an ever greater extent; one reason being the extensive elimination of tariffs and other trade barriers. In addition, some furniture enterprises have grown quite considerably and can therefore, at least to a certain degree, be considered to be large companies. Internationalizing the retail furniture trade has been accompanied by a boom in exports. This trend is expected to continue: the furniture industry, hitherto attuned to national conditions, will be more and more dependent on international developments. ent Furthermore, in the coming years, greater pressures from imports from the centrally in the planned economies are anticipated. Considerable exports from South East Asia, too, to most OECD countries are expected. Certain countries, such as Malaysia and Singapore, already possess production facilities and know- how; furthermore, their cost- levels make them very competitive. To- day, furniture from these countries is sold in Japan, Australia and the United States, but also in Central and Northern Europe. Their prices are well below what Western European producers can offer and, compared to the European average, they already hold their own in terms of quality and design. As in other industries, the international trend on the production and technical side of the furniture industry is towards more intensive automation in large plants. Electronics, computer- controlled production systems, and industrial robots are now widely incorporated in the new production equipment sold by the machine- tool industry in Europe. The costs of this equipment are astronomical and access to capital is a prerequisite for their installation; by the same token, they are often highly productive: sales requirements become more stringent calling for efficient marketing and product development. The furniture industry in smaller countries will- in view of their restricted domestic markets- be compelled to step up exports to obtain a basis for production series that are sufficiently large to justify investment in new technology. Capital and skills will be needed for such marketing efforts as well. More skilled personnel is required for marketing, technical product development and in production techniques. Only few technicians in the industry have an advanced training. In addition, further training for carpenters is needed to maintain and expand the present pool of skilled carpenters. The public and commercial sector has already been well developed. It is less price- sensitive than the private sector and is receptive to good design and top quality, and should therefore be well- adapted to the European furniture industry in particular. The public and commercial sector is a very broad term: it includes, on the one hand, public establishments like hotels, restaurants and waiting rooms; on the other hand, public administration, school and hospital buildings; furthermore, work places such as offices, workshops and laboratories. Many industries might be considered to have a partial interest in this market. Indeed, investments in private and public premises involve many industries; however, they could be of especial significance to the wood industry because they affect the entire spectrum of its finished products. 179 -6br A further possibility is not to limit the export market to individual articles only; rather, entire sets would be sold: complete rooms of furniture, including lighting installations, flooring or carpeting, wall fixtures, etc. 6 The furniture industry comprises mainly small and medium- sized units at once an advantage and a disadvantage. Smaller units are more flexible and are consequently able to adapt quickly to new customer demands. However, due to a lack of resources, small plants have serious deficiencies in, for example, marketing product development and export investments- areas where large enterprises have a decided advantage. Much points to a shift towards larger plants. Nevertheless, in the future, too, furniture enterprises will remain small compared to those in other industries; hence the demand that marketing and product development be harmonized. The Wood Panel Industry STUJ поэ ed In Europe, the consumption of panels based on wood made steady gains in the seventies. Growth was significantly more rapid during the first half of the decade, but after the sharp 1974-1975 recession consumption again advanced continually. In 1980 European consumption stood at 34.5 million cubic meters, the same volume as in 1979. An increase of 0.3 million cubic metres is expected in 1981. In the United States consumption dropped by 6.4 million cubic meters- about nineteen per cent to 28.1 million cubic meters. A gain in wood panel production of 3.6 million cubic meters is forecasted for 1981. The Particle Board Industry 200 zeb bro 2A While growth in the wood panel industry was very irregular, the particle board industry managed to increase volume continously throughout the seventies and was not affected by cyclical developments. The highest reates of growth were achieved at the beginning of the decade, but the advance was satisfactory in 1978 and 1979 too. The current recession notwithstanding, one hopes to do maintain the record figures of 1979. 93 003Tq ОБЛ bns 100 Despite the strong upturn from 1978 to 1980, overcapacity is thought to amount to 5 million cubic meters, because, in the early seventies, the industry's expansion outstripped the rise in consumption. Consequently, the particle board industry is now confronted by an overcapacity problem. According to ECE forecasts, growth in the next few years will be slower than in the seventies: volume to be up four per cent annually, which is still a very high rate. Particle board consumption should increase in both Western and Eastern Europe, while net trade is expected to remain low. The future trend of the East European particle board industry constitutes an imponderable. Up till now most of its production has been absorbed by the domestic market and, at present, there is no indication that exports will expand. Instead, particle board is being used for more highly processed products, such as furniture, and for joinery. Much points to these latter sectors being exposed more competition from East European countries. vbs However, one should stress the difficulty of predicting the rate of particle board consumption: particle board is a relatively new product that is gradually finding new applications. In order to avoid the senseless problems that closing down modern plants would bring to workers and the regions concerned alike, it is important that the industry hold out until the equilibrium between production capacity and demand is restored. 03 9355 Most particle board plants are modern and well equipped from a technical point d 180 -8-7920 Jame f6 Jud, Vidaubni onf. 920fulfeo add mot of view. It follows that the loss in capital would be substantial if presento short- term problems were allowed to lead to the closure of these facilities, In view of the uptrend anticipated on the market, closing down plants in the present situation would, in all likelihood, creat a production bottleneck in the eighties. sumpti averso The particle board industry will be faced by severe competition for raw materials as a result of the current expansion of the pulp industry. The development of the lumber industry might well bring about a decrease in the supply of the more appropriate long- fiber waste products, which could dramatically threaten the supply of raw materials for particle board. The expansion of the pulp industry has led to stiffer competition for pine and spruce. The most convenient solution would be to convert to the use of broad- leaved trees. The Fiber Board Industry Canadio vampire wod Tensq boow add to In the European Community, fiber board consumption peaked at 15.5 million cubic meters in 1973. During the 1974-1975 recession consumption slid off into a sharp decline, and remained at this low level despite recovery in 1978-1980. From 1975 to 1980 European consumption swung between 4.4 and 4.6 million cubic meters. Consumption of 4.6 million cubic meters is projected for 1981. In the United States, consumption stood at 7.4 million cubic meters in 1979; it fell by 2.1 million cubic meters in 1981; a small rebound is expected in 1981. by 2.1 million cubic meters in 1981; a small Even during the last cyclical recovery, capacity utilization was slack, notwithstanding the previous years' capacity cutback induced by completely or partly ow closing down plants. Capacity is expected to be cut back still further- there is about 1.3 million cubic meters of overcapacity in the European industry. ECE forecasts predict sluggish growth over the coming years. In contrast to the particle board industry, fiber board's difficulties are structural. The demand for the product is down, partly because of diminished building, but mainly because of competition from other materials, primarily particle board. To some extent, 6060 therefore, the positive outlook for particle board is mirrored by a negative outlook for the fiber board industry. The United States, the USSR, East European countries and Brazil have built up fiber board industries that are more modern, and consequently more competitive than many West European producers. Traditionally, fiber board trade in Western Europe has been characterized by large exports from the Nordic countries, led by Sweden and Finland- with perforated wood being 23 exported by Norway as well- especially to Great Britain, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, and to Belgium. In recent years, as a result of expanded production capacity, Southern Europe, in particular Spain, has become a net exporter of fiber board. Formerly, overall West European imports and exports were nearly balanced. Following a decrease in exports from Sweden and Finland to North America, and an increase in imports to Western Europe- mainly from Poland, the USSR, Roumania and Brazil - the slight surplus of the sixties was turned into an equally small deficit in the first half of the seventies. In the last three years, however, net imports surged forward. Brazil now has three fiber board plants: two with modern equipment. Available information indicates plans to enlarge both these plants with a view to exporting to, amongst other areas, Western Europe. Brazilian hard panels made of eucalyptus wood are of a quality to seriously compete with Swedish and Finnish products. Net imports are therefore likely to continue upward. Like the particle board industry, fiber board is exposed to ever increasing competition for raw materials; mainly 181 -8from the cellulose industry, but also from heating- installations that use wood- shavings. les. The Plywood Industry Toda Since 1975, European plywood consumption has increased continously, reaching an 5.6 million cubic meters in 1979, 1980 consumption is restimated to have remained virtually stable, with a gain of 0.1 million cubic meters in 1981. AT 25 US consumption of plywood has always been very high, amounting to 19.6 million cubic meters in 1979, about the same volume that was posted in record year 1973. In 1980 consumption droppped 3.6 million cubic meters, eighteen per cent. A relatively strong recovery is foreseen for 1981: according to ECE forecasts, up to 18.2 million cubic meters. bev oded blow Like the rest of the wood panel industry, plywood suffers from overcapacity: T the ECE estimates say 1.2 million cubic meters in Europe. About eighty to eighty- five per cent of production capacity is currently being used. nI Production is concentrated near supply points. The largest bulk producers of da plywood are the United States, Japan, Canada, the USSR, and the South East Asian countries. Brazil, with its abundant timber resources, has the potential to become a large producer. South East Asia experienced the highest rate of growth: capacity doubled from 1970 to 1975. It is likely that new plywood plants will be set up, especially in developing countries with timber resources and where plywood production creates more value added than does the xport of wood as a raw material Sustained expansion of capacity in the United States and the USSR, too, is anticipated. 1263 During the seventies, the South- East Asian countries' plywood industry strengthened its position on the European market. At present, Korea, Taiwan, sod Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are the largest producers of plywood, Also Canada and the United States increased their exports to Europe. The result has been stiffer competition for European producers on Western Europe's bulk plywood market. North America's supply of plywood to Europe, which depends on its domestic market will doubtlessly remain volatile. In the long run Europe is expected to increase its imports from this source. European operators, finding it more and more difficult to compete with bulk producers, have tended to switch into processing. However, the conversion has been slow because new areas of application have to be found; contacts with new customers established. Developing products that are more suited to customer needs and are therefore more profitable requires cooperation with the building industry. If the light construction industry progresses even to a certain degree- as it has in the United States, then there will be a good market for sheathing and panelling made out of plywood. Because of the plethora of small, inefficient plants in most European countries, the coming years will probably bring some structural adjustment to the plywood industry. Future prospects largely depend on whether new products are successfully developed, and on the degree of competition for raw materials emanating from the other wood industries. The plywood industry, too, could run into raw material problems, especially in respect of lumber. The Lumber Industry In 1980 the international economy slowed down significantly; so did the demand 182 be for timber. 2169 0909 -9-OT26d affimws2 at 2nordsaqo orasd to ypofondos do prup s ebsm 26d and blup and After the 1974-1975 recession, consumption expanded continously to reach a peak in 1979, when the consumption of lumber stood at 78.7 million cubic meters in Europe( without the USSR): about the level reached in record year 1973. Consumption was probably 1.2 million cubic meters- 1.5 per cent- down in 1980, and a further slide of two million cubic meters is predicted for 1981. In the beginning of 1981 stocks in export countries were very low. During 1980 importing countries built up their stocks to a certain extent, but less so than in 1973-1974. In North America, consumption slumped last year( 1980): by 18 per cent, or 19.5 million cubic meters, at a total volume of 86.2 million cubic meters. Thus the United States accounts for the largest portion of the decline in consumption. Both domestic production and imports from Canada contracted to about the same extent as domestic consumption. By stepping up exports to non- traditional markets, Canada limited the drop in its total exports to eight per cent. As has already been pointed out, the lumber industry seems to have peaked in 1979. The contraction expected for 1981 is not likely to be as marked as in 1975; on the other hand, in the present situation it its difficult to forecast the length of the recession. It will probably be shorter and less severe, because importers and exporters hold only small stocks. Moreover, new building does not have the impact that it once had, because the restoration and transformation sector is using lumber more intensively. And since an ever increasing share of exports goes to countries outside Europe- especially to the Near East- lumber supplies are less sensitive to the customary cyclical fluctuations in the OECD area. Finally, each cycle- recessions as welll as recoveries- is associated with a higher level of lumber consumption, which is boon for the lumber industry. The world's largest reserves of uncut pine forests are located in Canada and in the eastern part of the USSR. Exports from the USSR to Western Europe are, however, likely to decline as the USSR's domestic demand increases and its exports are progressively shifted to the Japanese market, which is closer. In the past years, the capacity of Canadian sawmills has been substantially expanded. Already Canada is notably more active on the West European market as a result of the recession in the US and high European prices. Canadian exports to France and Great Britain, in particular, have jumped, but intensive marketing is being pursued in other large West European countries. The pressure of Canadian exports will depend mainly on United States construction trends. In the long run, Canada is predicted to replace Sweden as the chief supplier of lumber for construction. During the coming years, the lumber industry should be able to continue to increase the volume of its production. One reckons with surplus demand on the international lumber market and therefore with rising prices. According to ECE forecasts, the volume of lumber will increase by 07. per cent annually in the ECE area until 1985. On the other hand, restricted access to raw materials will be the main bottleneck in a number of IFBWW affiliate countries. The situation is particularly tight in Western Europe; as already noted, especially in the Nordic countries. Therefore production in Western Europe is not expected to come anywhere near to keeping up with demand. Since in many countries the scarcity of raw timber prevents the capacity of sawin m mills from being increased, it is necessary to engage in processing and the pro- out duction of finished products in order to avoid a serious loss of employment in 183 -10the industry. The technology of basic operations in sawmills has progressed rapidly. Information processing has made a quick breakthrough in recent years. Tot Each new investment increases capacity, but goes hand- in- hand with a reduction in the number of jobs. To reorient the wood industry, marketing will have to be improved, products must be developed and readapted, and an effort must be made in technical research as well as in training in these various fields. Current research and development programmes are completely inadequate to the requirements of these objectives. 9 nt re As regards prodcut development, there should be general measures for the basic products: on the one hand, to become more competitive in present fields of lumber utilization; on the other hand, to enable a drive into new fields of application. That requires measures to upgrade the qualities of wood, and to eliminate its drawbacks compared to substitutes. Technical development work must be accompanied by greater efforts to market new products and to promote the innovations achieved through research. In a way, it's even a matter of convincing consumers to purchase products made out of wood in preference to other materials. Prefabricated 63 housesmade out of wood are a case in point. In Western Europe, only ten to fifteen per cent of one- storey houses are made out of wood. A large- scale transi2A tion to the construction of wooden houses would greatly enhance the opportunities of the wood industry to market its products. 103 2900 03 woo zestande the USSR. is an 26 27- 2611909 26 Iflow 25 200722009 slov Dur its position on on the. 23 1920f et doin г 19x16m 92906qs ed of be wordsqasiatal b6911A babasqxs vffstansteduz need and afftmws2 notbsns to Nor its lepoedsafre more ed to 9260king witbubenb ow snT Seek, poyewod 93 2169y stic absko] 608 36910 poper30 28 Trinu 6916 33 Becau of the plethora of s small, inefficient European bisbeing wacosteapbosabadjas been beatherpby dimu[ to es they stooges bepohibeonferas dobonense ly in respect of umber bne rit tw qu entqeel of Tweal oberta atreven admit way to one a 29 yard at sont2 -og sit bns pat 229307 at 905009 of 16229090 at 37 beassoni paled mont effim Inn195@ sometoa 2018 zuedosens brovadodomebaógntfzdombong bondhut the oddub 184 The 5V62 REPORT BY THE FORESTRY COMMITTEE JodA John Löfbladora Chairman T The composition of the Committee between the 1978 and 1981 Congresses was: 919 29ow vasm 10% bood 6 Sv. Skogsarbeterförbundet, Sweden Maaseutütyöväen Liitto ry, Finland Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, Norway, until May 1979 Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, Norway, since May 1979 Timber Employees' Union, Malaysia, since 1980 03 Sixten Bäckström Pekka Virtanen Knut Nakken b Sven Morgenlien Balan G, Nairns The Committee, like the other industrial committees, met each year on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Executive Committee. Close co- operation was established between the Forestry and Woodworkers' Committees, the members of each attending meetings of the other. The Committee had prepared a report for the IFBWW Vienna Congress in August 1978. The Congress approved that report which gave a summary of the Committee's views on the economic and structural conditions then prevailing in the world forestry inudstry and of working conditions in that industry. The Forestry Committee is today compelled to recognise that between the two Congresses practically nothing has occurred in forestry which could change the opinions of principle expressed in the previous report. The present report may therefore be considered as a supplement to that of 1978. It should be mentioned also that the Forestry Committee had presented to the IFBWW European Conference in Cologne, from 28 to 31 October 1980, a report which has been included in the General Secretary' s report. That Conference issued a resolution concerning forestry. This is included in the documents for the Madrid Congress. For a variety of reasons, forestry occupies a special place in the economy. One of the two reasons is that the forest is an invaluable and renewable natural resource which plays a major role in the environment, ecology and hence human existence. to an eas The other of the two major reasons is that this invaluable natural resource has not in many respects been neglected; indeed sometimes to an extent not far short of scandalous. We shall not dilate here on the usefulness and importance of the forest. Information on that subject is available elsewhere for anyone interested. Forestry is a science which has not by any means been fully developed. What it most lacks is a recapitulation of experience and the will to be guided by it if it existed. If permitted to reproduce, the forest is an inexhaustible source of raw material. over- exp Forests exist almost everywhere, although they are unevenly distributed throughout 185 -2the globe and conditions of their exploitation vary considerably. rapidly. mation processing wick brea About a third of the land or 4,000 million hectares- is forested, 2,800 million hectares being dense forest and the rest meagre woods, savannah and copses. to be improve products must b The northern forests of the northern hemisphere are slow- growing but generally of very good quality. With long- term planning and maintenance they can give a good yield, even better than might be thought at first sight, constitute a pillar of a country's economy and provide employment and a livelihood for many workers either directly in forestry or in industries transforming or using in various ways the raw materials it provides. utilization: Yet there is considerable inequality between countries in which conditions are m comparable. In none of them is forestry perfect. It might be said, nonetheless, that what is called large- scale exploitation- i.e. by the State and the timber industry meets the demands which can justifiably be made in a country such as Sweden. To ted Generally speaking, forestry in the Nordic countries, even though not perfect, is of a higher standard than elsewhere. Moreover, nowadays, there clearly appears to be some relation between area planted and the degree of exploitation, and this d is accentuated by mechanisation. It goes without saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult to implement a profitable long- term programme in small scattered areas. V1329107 bl To MU2: 5 9V60 q nod 3b003[ 635 bns ɔtmonos en no In many parts of the world where there are northern- type forests it is still usual for forestry to be no more than exploitation to the death, by felling so long as it is profitable and completely neglecting fresh growth. When reproduction is neglected, stunted fresh growth occurs with disastrous consequences. 29TD For planning and good reproduction after felling, strict legislation is required. It is in countries with such legislation that forestry is relatively satisfactory.. The more the forest is protected the greater will it benefit the country, not only economically but also in other ways. A well- kept forest is one of natures works of beauty, but a forest which is not well- kept is a scar which takes a long time I to heal. Joob ed 25d In tropical regions there are even more alarming trends in forestry. Although these huge wooded tracts should be considered as extremely valuable resources, it is surprising to see how poor they are in natural access and in employment prospects even though they are often well populated. The tropical rain forests and the to damp forests of Central and South America, central Africa and South- East Asia 029 a few years ago covered 1,500 million hectares, i.e. more than a third of the total world forest- land and more than half of the economically exploitable forest. ten eldsulavat atd 360 al 2002591 They are shrinking visibly as a consequence of abuse. It is estimated that 20 million hectares of rain forest are decimated each year, resulting in an annual loss of 1.3% of their total area. These expanses of forest are sacrificed, with all the serious consequences that such ravage entails for the environment. As replanting is seldom undertaken after felling, the exposed earth is soon eroded. по пот W beqofovebyffut need an69m vas vd ton esd эт 02 6 In developing countries dense forest accounts for only 50% of the wooded areas, as against 80% in the industrialised countries. This makes the wanton exploitation of tropical forest all the more serious. Behind such exploitation there are ge-nerally multinational corporations. Venu 915 186 9v9 320d6327x9 2329107 -3There are other reasons to take the state of forests in poor countries seriously. 29 In regions where the wood is not used in industry the ravages are different. De92veloping countries use only 20% of their wood for industry. Almost all the rest- expect that used for the building of huts- is burned. This is positively fearful in view if the rampant erosion and shortage of wood, good and bad alike. Voices are beginning to be heard saying that this is the start of the real world energy crisis. Disasters in these regions are predicted and they will certainly affect every unfavourably the industrialised countries too. bn This trend is of course alarming first and foremost for those who live by forestry. 906We know that the forest can be protected and exploited differently for the benefit of all mankind. At the same time, we can only watch a shortsighted exploitation for financial gain which, if continued, can only lead to a fresh crisis. Forestry workers need, and nowadays demand, measures which will provide them with jobs. What is happening now will inevitably lead to a situation in which there will be fewer and fewer forests to be felled and exploited. future. The IFBMW has been seriously disc A sound forestry policy should give impetus to a good cycle of regular progression in profitability and employment. fortuna acknowledge the 159 To It is in that general context that the demands of forestry workers must be considered. ( Jabhe7) 9 More so than other workers, those engaged in forestry are aware of the close links between ownership and management of forests on the one hand and the security of their income, working conditions and social status on the other. forest all over Better exploitation of forest automatically means better preparation for improved working conditions and employment prospects in forestry. 600V to That is why the northern forestry workers have been trying for decades to influence forestry exploitation management. Proper exploitation is the key to improved conditions for those engaged in it. Forestry must be seen in its world context. sive But the difficulties encountered when seeking to obtain a hearing for demands on a world scale should not be forgotten. The obstacles are many and complex. SAT Expect in very few industrialised countries, forestry workers' trade unions are 9 far from strong, so that they do not easily command respect for their demands be for reforms in working and living conditions. Often forestry workers are exploited evsto an almost incredible extent. In most developing countries their situation can no longer even be considered human. To an employer a beast of burden or a machine is much more valuable than a man, since money is required to buy it and it is therefore in the employer's interest to look after it and keep it as long as possible. Not so with the worker: if he breaks he can soon be replaced. comply decisi ILD timber There is no lack of examples of such exploitation of man. The forestry workers for large felling operations in the jungle are recruited under short- term contracts, often of only three months, for a meage salary of perhaps 65 dollars a month. It is not surprising that labour turnover is large and that the workers quit of their own accord at the end of their first contract. In this way the forests permit the over- exploitation both of raw material and of labour. Obviously such a state of OJI affairs cannot go on for long and must give way to another. 187 -4As we have said, the forestry workers' trade unions in most countries are weak. It may even be said that they are completely inexistent in most developing countries. This stems, of course, from the fact that it is practically impossible to organise a labour force in the situation just described. bas boop noda bas This is a vicious circle from which we must escape. 090X9 สาว The ILO does to some extent concern itself for the plight of workers in the forestry industry, and naturally the IFBWW has tried over the years to impose its views and demands direct at the ILO and at meetings of the Tripartite Industrial Committee for the timber( forest) industry organised by the ILO. Two such meetings took place in 1958 and 1973, and another is planned for 1- 10 December 1981 in Geneva, immediately after the 16th IFBWW Congress in Madrid. TO 107 in none The agenda includes: Fedot S1.de General report dealing with: be 1 ad of 06 news? ed a) measures taken in various countries on the basis of conclusions and resolutions of earlier tripartite technical meetings for the timber( forest) industry; atau asi ng b) measures taken by the International Labour Office to carry out the studies and research proposed by the last tripartite meeting for the timber( forest) ezindustry, and other measures taken by the ILO in that sector; zan In for 93 c) recent events and developments in the timber( forest) industry. profitable and comp neg 2. Protection and health at work in the timber( forest) industry 3. Creation of jobs and vocational training in the timber) forest) industry, especially in developing countries. The following countries have been invited: beauty.but prest which is not well- ke COM tb Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Gabon, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast. Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Sweden, USA, USSR and Yugoslavia. huge woodest quibb hos cropho 69 The IFBWW willm as usual, attend with observer status. The agenda covers a good number of the problems facing workers. At the time of the IFBWW Congress we shall be well informed about the content of the reports submitted to the ILO meeting, in the drafting of which the IFBWW Forestry Committee will have co- operated. We shall deal with the industrial and economic aspects of forestry which are of most interest to the IFBWW. consequ on ng is At the request of the ILO the IFBWW representatives met those of the ILO on 19 T and 20 Januray 1981 in Geneva in order to discuss preparations for the tripartite meeting. The IFBWW was represented by Sixten Bäckström and Roger Gerdin, Sweden, G. Balan Nair, regional representative for Asia, and John Löfblad. Experiences were exchanged at this meeting on developments relating to items of the agenda. Points of view were fairly unanimous but there were some differences on certain questions. At that meeting the IFBWW confirmed its commitment with a view to the ILO technical meeting. The IFBWW insists on the raltionship between forest administra188 -5tion and husbandry on the one hand and the prerequisites for decent wages on the emother. This point of view is not completely in line with ILO and FAO directives which would exclude forestry from the meeting's work. It should nevertheless be possible to stress the importance of forestry during the meetings. We have, moreover, clearly expressed our desire to do so. This technical meeting will provide the IFBWW with an opportunity to set forth to the highest international body its views on the problems confronting the timber industry and its workers. On Monday 30 November 1981 the IFBWW will, as usual, - convene the delegates of its member organisations to a briefing. This ILO tripartite committee is ad hoc and its meetings have been few and far between. In fact, from its first meeting in 1958 to its 1981 meeting, it has met only three times. по The ILO Governing Body has decided to set up a standing committee for timber and forestry. That was the means of providing for a keener awareness of these questions at the ILO in future. The IFBWW has been seriously discussing this initiative with the ILO for years. -adu2 260 29bsosb wet 326f and nevo We must unfortunately acknowledge that ILO action pursuant to the decisions of previous technical meetings has left much undone. been for employ dou The 1973 meeting adopted no less than five resolutions of vital importance to our members engaged in forestry, i.e.: 1. Resolution on measures to be taken by the ILO to obtain information on the Conliving and working conditions of forestry workers all over the world. emo Bn2. 2. 3. 4. Resolution concerning multinational corporations engaged in forestry. the long Resolution concerning medical care for workers of logging companies. evfovni bas Resolution concerning measures to be taken by the ILO with respect to forests. ive in condit 5. Resolution concerning forestry and the protection of the environment.ind We are compelled to admit that although more than eight years have elapsed since the meeting in May 1973 in Geneva, practically nothing has been done pursuant to these important resolutions. It is disquieting to see that the ILO has no means of giving effect to decisions, and to see that governments of various countries, even though they have been informed of these decisions, ignore to such an extent an organisation such as the ILO. It must therefore be agreed that the trade- union organisations in the countries concerned, if they exist, should exert pressure on their governments. If not, bu things will no more change in the future than they have in the past. Yet it is n necessary that the ILO exert greater pressure on the governements to get them to comply with the decisions of the ILO timber( forest) committee. .2931192 oels dud nofingvang boog In addition, the IFBWW must contribute as much as it can to the strengthening and structuring of trade- union organisations of forestry workers in regions where they are weak or inexistent. This work, too, can be carried out in co- operation with the ILO. bas 0x9 The IFBWW is already active in this field. The programme of trade- union training for forestry workers in Asian countries may be cited as an example. Preliminary 189 -6studies have been conducted by Enar Burman, Sweden, and the result of his work dow was an agreement between the ILO and the IFBWW on a large- scale training programme managed by IFBWW in various Asian countries. The resources for the implementation of the programme have already been proposed by LO- TCO, Sweden, but the detailed arrangements for doing so have not yet been fully worked out. is a vicious circ st escape There is a great deal of work facing the IFBWW in forestry. We must however keep in mind our possibilities and limits. Activities in the period to follow between congresses should be the direct followup to current activities, and we shall apply ourselves especially to the enrichment needs of our experience, inter alia in co- operation with the ILO. 200 The committee will endeavour to obtain documentary material on forest management throughout the world and on forestry, living and working conditions which are often deplorable compared with those of workers in other industries. Work in the forest is still characterised by physical effort and danger. measures taken in rious countries on the 9dT 07 In industrialised countries technical progress over the last few decades has substantially modified that character and intensive mechanisation today makes every worker more productive. Aken the Inte It is true that the income and social condition of most forestry workers have caught tudies. up with those of workers in industry, but the point of view may be sustained that the large profits which technical progress has brought to forestry have to a large extent by- passed the workers. Forestry as carried on today in industrialised countries is a far cry from what is was thirty years ago. In mechanisation and productivity, the change is nothing short of revolutionary. 707 Nevertheless, the trades involved in forestry are physically hard and involve a high risk of accidents. Technical development has eliminated some dangerous phases of the work, but it has given rise to others. Accident frequency is one of the highest in all industries. Many accidents are fatal. These comments apply both to the industrialised and to the developing countries. 92903 03 By its very nature, work in the forest is dangerous, due to falling timber, to em the variety of transport whose dangerous phases cannot always be predicted ,, to the use of dangerous tools such as powered saws which, like that of many other machines, requires considerable skill. JI Much of the risk can be avoided by the construction of less dangerous machines and by proper vocational training covenring accident prevention techniques. But the trade will, in spite of everything, remain dangerous and involve a heavy responsibility for the safety of workers and supervisors. Workers demand not only good training in accident prevention but also well- organised first- aid services. Improved vocational training is also a high priority demand. In the developing 12 countries equipment is worn out unusually quickly as a result of labour's being s inadequately trained. This is especially the case with heavy and costly forestry machinery. Such unnecessary expense is detrimental to wages. ve 190 ILO -7In the long run, good vocational training means goos prospects for the worker. It improves their qualifications and self- confidence. It is a greater incentive to an employer to recruit good workers. Training in forestry trades is often under- developed and primitive. That elephants working in the forests of some countries are given vocational training, but not the men, is not a joke; it is a sad fact. It shows also that the animal is valued more highly than the man. The exploitation of forests, especially in tropical regions, is still so primitive that no rapid change can be expected. Any improvement, therefore, must be a long- term project and we must support the founding of trade- union organisations for forestry workers which will be able to lead the struggle for better conditions. Full employment is an objective also for forestry workers. Employment in forestry has always been fluctuating and uncertain. It has always been affected by economic setbacks and the whims of the seasons. In amny countries working conditions have unquestionably improved during the last few decades. Especially for forestry workers in those countries has the trend been for employment to become permanent and for piece- work rates to give way to monthly remuneration. Nevertheless, even in those countries where working conditions for forestry workers are the equal of those for workers in industry, the unemployment rate is disproportionately high among the former. Consequently, even in these advanced countries, a forestry policy which ensures better and more secure employment must be applied. This could be achieved by insisting on good forest husbandry with clearing and reafforestation after felling. In the long term this would be a good investment, both for forestry workers and for society in general. In the developing countries, the situation is quite different. The forestry workers live in conditions which are inhuman.. It will be a long time before a solution is found. Yet we must struggle at all levels against unbearable situations. Much of this work should be directed towards the regulation of the activities of multinationals, for it is they who are to a great extent responsible for the destruction of tropical forests by exploitation. There must be a reaction against such exploitation so that they stop it. To that end the IFBWW should work through the FAO and the ILO, influence its member organisations, and endeavour in various ways to arouse the trade- union conscience of forestry workers throughout the whole world. 191 There Acti in the throughout often depl and bre at on on tud sv at Temins er the direct followTent spnsdo bias on 36/3 bas atong met- gnof are amyofoms flut is need few has subs video tou 03 evie raq smooed o myploms not need the la extent by- passed the wo 291209 di Forexdrbevet 03 18 VS 101 ауто 29vnt boop boop# sd Neve less, the tr es involved in forest rb strup at nol Ive& munnt 916 it evil Technic developm has Some it and 232970 fety the use of dangero Much of the and per voca the trade wiTT. responsibility lity fo good tra to to n odw such as p er 2 dmam pment is also a high priority demand. out unusually quickly tely trained. This This is especially the cas machinery. Such unnecessary expense is detriment heavy to wages 10per Reports on IFBWW Educational Activities Guidelines for the Futu General Introduction IFBMW's activ At that time spe financial bs from to dif But it was an org By joint was possibl In 1972, ano office and and th ILD. The under er ed to IFEV time: ance Educational activities of the IFBWW mes rent countries funds the tr The new sources overg This po feare these is was like ILO, etc. there This situ inte bilities The though progratume The need was big mul it was a organisati Before the up a working experiences from The union poin These recommen st co face the Exec Latin Ame 193 of until Eer OL TUG TEBMM Eqncsгious] 9CIATI Reports on IFBWW Educational Activities during the Congress Period and Guidelines for the Future no General Introduction On Janu 930572 IFBWW's activities in the field of trade union assistance through educational activities goes as far back as the history of the organisation itself. tong At that time special contributions from affiliated unions provided the financial basis for seminars and eventual scholarships that were granted to different organisations affiliated to IFBWW. But it was not until the beginning of the 60ies that this assistance took an organised and permanent form and the area in focus at that time was Africa. 915 By joint efforts and contributions from IFBWW, affiliated unions and ICFTU it was possible to start an assistance programinė in Southern and East Africa. In 1972, another programme started in Latin America by the set- up of a regional office and the execution of an educational programme in co- operation with ILO. The activities in both Africa and Latin America have continued over the years under different forms from time to time, but they have all aimed at strengthening the trade union organisations within IFBWW's jurisdiction in the respective areas. The new thing from 1972 and onwards was the fact that activities and programmes could be carried out by IFBWW, but with financial assistance from external sources such as grants from different countries' funds for international aid, overgovernmental bodies like ILO, etc. This possibility has been there earlier in different forms, but the organisations feared that their integrity and independence was threatened, so it was not until these matters were cleared that the assistance could be accepted. 26d This situation gave the international trade union movement and IFBWW new possibilities to have another dimension on the trade union assistance. 60 The thought was born to establish a kind of permanent trade union assistance programme in different parts of the world, partly financed by external sources. 509 03 The need was obviously there, and in a time when the international trade routes and big multinational companies threatened the interests of the workers world- wide, it was a question of necessity to increase the regional activities if the organisation should be able to face this challenge. Before the Congress in Vienna the Executive Committee of IFBWW decided to set up a working party to work out a guideline for the future, based on the experiences from Africa and Latin America. The working party made an analysis of the situation in the regions from a trade union point of view and gave its recommendations. These recommendations stated that finances from external sources could be accepted 195 -2if the following provisions were secured: vttoA fenotsoub no 231009 tua 1. Assistance funds should be allocated to a particular project and not take the form of a general donation 2. Assistance should be for trade union education and not for basic trade union activities W87I 3. The donating body should not interfere with the planning and execution 6 of the projects. adj bebivotq anotnu bedst 17 emi Jord A 4. The only obligation towards the donating body should be a financial statement showing how the money was used. I The reasons for the above are naturally that the organisation should be able to define their own needs without any outside pressure, and themselves decide how these needs are to be satisfied. bas anotnu batsts WWER fot xa It was also proposed, since IFBWW's regional activities were already reaching such dimensions that from now on strict planning and budgeting would be necessary. qu nedtons Ster I dw nord go bns 7170 2169 The orientation and scope of the activities would have to be carefully analysed entre and weighed. Their adoption and planning as well as definition of priorities 269 will have to become a permanent feature. 2 In order to fulfill these recommendations the working party suggested that the Congress should request the Executive Committee to provide a new committee for regional activities within the IFBWW and that this committee should be charged, between Congresses, to determine the directives for IFBWW regional activities. 20 The working party also proposed that a regional office be established in Asia Thand that a continuous trade union education programme be developed on the basis of a flexible 5- year plan. 26W The educational activities of IFBWW would with such a programme necessitate a programme administrator based in Geneva and charged by the General Secretariat to manage the regional training projects. edT It was also outlined in the document that the policy for the education projects should be to enable the unions involved to develop methods to educate their bns a rank- and- file membership in basic trade union knowledge. The projects should be carried out in such a way that the unions involved could carry on the activities out of own financial and organisational strength, once the project was over. These recommendations and proposals were discussed at the Congress and approved as guidelines for the future. Report on Actions Taken 10% 5 qu Immediately after the Congress was over, the Executive Committee appointed nu members in the IFBWW Regional Committee which was to determine the directives Be of IFBWW regional activities. 011 29 196 -3This Committee came to consist of: A. Buys, President IFBWW 9931mm03 bi toq eblas J. Löfblad, General Secretary IFBWW suba To U. Asp, Svenska Byggnadsarbetare förbundet now The Committee started immediately to look for a project administrator to be based in Geneva and to draw up guidelines for the future work. On January 21, 919W 1979, Stefan Windh was employed by the Management Committee as Project gentle Administrator and his first assignment was to start an education project 9 in India in co- operation with Building Mazdoor Union in Bombay.. bns 29mms 290 TA Now 26, Fiew 25 During the period from November 1, 1978, to the end of 1980, the Regional en Committee had 9 meetings. It immediately started to execute the decisions taken by the Congress. On January 1, 1979, a Regional Office was established for Asia and the Pacific in Kuala Lumpur and Mr. Balan G. Nair from the Timber Employees Union was appointed. Regional Representative on a part- time basis. ircle Tye Discussions were initiated how to support our Regional Office with an organisational base in each region, since the representatives otherwise could easily be isolated in their function. A set- up of Regional Committees, one each for Asia, Africa and Latin America, was proposed. There was also a proposal that every three years each of the regions should have their own Regional Conference, so that during one year there were two Regional Committee edo meetings and one Regional Conference. The next year, the region that had had m 0 its Conference only had a Regional Committee meeting and another region had 99 its Conference. 950 With such a system there would be one Conference or two Regional Committee meetings in each region during a Congress period. Both these proposals were accepted by the Executive Committee that met in May, 1979, and forwarded a work programme for the IFBWW Regional Committee which contained the following 6 points: 1. Establishment of Regional Committees for Asia, Africa and Latin America SAT he Ofsed Revil2 edT rom 2. Drawing up of work programmes for the regions after consultation with the regional representatives and drawing up of a budget. 3. Drawing up of a 5- year programme for training and project descriptions, dis wor as well as budgets for the training project. WW87 mont 4. Search for the existence of real trade union organisations within the framework of the IFBWW jurisdiction and possible contacts with suitable organisations for the preparation of assistance if the situation made this possible. 62 5. Organisation or regional seminars by way of preparation for training projects bis according to the 5- year programme. pedtand fnin. 6. Listing of infringements of human rights with the help of regional offices no and also of trade union freedoms and relevant action to be undertaken by the ICFTU, the ILO and UNO. ong not 197 ⚫ wen nevez boteq 229 2003 en gni beaflsatt bas bedelqmo need 26 ano bns to doss mont drogen teind s 2wolfot 91H ser -4-Beside these points there was a need for a more elaborate and precise description of education policy which should govern the direction of the projects. The Committee worked out a proposal for such a policy and put it forward to the Management and Executive Committees in May, 1980, together with a proposal for an organisational structure and methods. Along with this development the administration routines of the office in Geneva were developed as well. Bookkeeping systems, periods for reporting, time- tables, guidelines for what to include in an activity report, etc., were worked out by the Committee, as well as work programmes and budgets for the Regional Offices. PandFeed and ser add 03, ster.I nadmevoй mont boln ad pr In December, 1979, the Regional Office for Latin America was closed down since the Regional Representative terminated his employment and no suitable successor could be found. The Regional Committee for Latin America was charged with the task to carry out his work until a new representative would be appointed. to The Regional Representative for Asia was employed on a full- time basis in October, 1980, and Mr. Balan G. Nair remained as the Office responsible. bluos The Regional Committees held their first meetings during the fall, 1979.500 The first meeting took place in Singapore from 14 to 15 September, 1979. It was the Asian and Pacific Regional Committee that met and discussed future activities together with work programmes and budgets for the Regional Office. The second meeting was held by the Regional Committee for Africa in Nairobi from 4 to 5 October, 1979. The first Regional Conference took place in San José, Costa Rica, from 14 to 16 November, 1979. The Conference nominated members to the first Regional Committee for Latin America and these nominations were confirmed by the Executive Committee in May, 1980. The second round of meetings took place during the fall, 1980. The first meeting was held by the Latin American Committee in Panama from 8 to 10 September, 1980. The second took place in newly independent Zimbabwe at the Silveira House college. A bns. soiA 2A 101 2093 mA ni The first Regional Conference for the Asian and Pacific area was held in Australia at Wodonga Trade Union College from 19 to 22 November, 1980. During the meeting of the Executive Committee in May it was also decided that the Caribbean area should be considered as a region and be equipped with representation from IFBWW. Since the area is big, but the population small, it was decided that a Regional Co- ordinator should be appointed instead of a Regional Representative. He should provide services wherever necessary and be provided with a small budget for his activities. Mr. Ottiwell Simmons, Bermuda, was appointed Regional Co- ordinator for the Caribbean. 23 q to to yew vd 21692 Tsno The IFBWW Regional Committee also followed the ongoing educational activities and started to implement the adopted 5- year plan. In the beginning of 1979, there was only one project running. It was the project for Latin America that was started in 1977 as a follow- up programme on earlier activities. bas During the Congress period seven new education projects started or were initiated, and one has been completed and finalised. Here follows a brief report from each of them: 198 -5--Education Project in Latin America 1977-79 Sinc there Soybe This project started as a follow- up activity on an earlier project in Latin America conducted by Ake Wedin. It was started in January, 1977, and the new project leader was Eduardo Montes. He was assisted in his work by the Regional Representative Enrique Montero. its goal d- 111e educatio 9/19 The educational activities covered the following countries: Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras and Bolivia. during Maysbaebustamba and During the period 23 seminars were held with 607 participants. Over 450 study circle leaders were educated, but unfortunately only 24 of them were considered as active. During the whole period from 1972 until 1979 68 seminars were held with 1871 participants. Out of them, 1131 were educated as circle leaders. The total number of participants in study circles over the period was 740. The project faced many serious obstacles during the period. The area to cover was too large and proper follow- up activities could not be carried out. The Executive Committees of the unions were not really aware of what was expected from them. 919 The result of this was that the educated circle leaders were very much left alone no to carry out their task. 1979 and 1980 in Malays to In spite of these difficulties the project had had a good impact in certain areas, especially in Panama and Costa Rica where the way was paved for more concentrated efforts in the future. 25W 335 03. The unions also greatly benefitted from the participants educated in the various seminars. They became an asset in the every- day work of the unions. Even if the so- called" multiplicator effect" was not achieved to its full extent, many rank- andfile members still benefitted from the project. The project was finalised in November, 1979, with an evaluation seminar held in Costa Rica with participants from the unions involved, IFBWW Management Committee and LO/ TCO. officially recognised The Project Office was closed down in December, 1979, and Eduardo Montes finalised his contract on the 31st of December. Education Project in India, 1979-80 The education project for India had been initiated upon request from Building Mazdoor Union( BMU), Bombay, in 1976. Due to the lack of funds and planning facilities nothing could be done until 1978. A project description was then worked out and a donor agency was found. politicala edT The project started in mid- January, 1979, and Mr. Stefan Windh was assigned the atne task as project leader. Since he also was employed as project administrator in Geneva, it was not possible for him to be present all the time. An assistant project leader was appointed. This was Miss Christine Nathan from BMU. May. That The project was organised according to the new guidelines adopted by the Congress, i.e. that the project should be organised in such a way that it could be taken 53 over and run by the union itself in the future. The education was organised in 3 levels: imm 199 DOS 1. education of study organisersed 2. education of circle leaders -6--23. education of rank- and- file members teostamilan doston ditubon irection in of quewo ts. The Committee Six different and independent unions from the State of Maharastra were involved. Three of them were construction unions and 3 were forestry and woodworkers is unions. develage During the year 1979 22 study organisers were educated to carry out their task. They educated by themselves on the local level 162 study circle leaders. foto_ybute 024, 1901. To dw bied bn 26 These circle leaders educated 1288 rank- and- file members. Altogether 1472 people were educated. werk safthe VBJ edmun This good result was due to massive assistance and involvement from the unions concerned. Especially the officers of BMU were very active in different follow- up activities which led to the success. med mo Jon new 003 sdw to 916SWE nu wild to 29933mm During 1980 Christine Nathan became full- time project leader and 11 new unions were involved in the project. The project was structured in the same way with education on 3 levels in order to achieve the multiplicator effect. The statistics from 1980 are as follows: was the Regional Cont For the year 1980, this project was diversified not only in the State of Maharashtra, but also to Andhra Pradesh and New Delhi States. In 1980, 11 study organisers, 95 study circle leaders and 760 rank- and- file members were trained under this project. Jo 25W The fi 889 House use collage bev by the tribs 29 cober to. tee e bel160-02 tw.ever hadmavoй mopsesM WW11, bavlovni eno od Panace from 8 to d no 135 Report on Education Project in Malaysia 1979-80 Regional Conference for the Asian add- exeral The initial planning for this project was done during 1978 together with the Timber Employees Union in Malaysia. Four other unions within the timber and woodworkers industry were also affiliated to the IFBWW and involved in the project. from bexnow The project was supposed to start in July, 1978, but due to the Congress preparations and lack of suitable project leader the project was postponed one year. In June, 1979, the first seminar was held in Kuala Lumpur with 20 participants. The unions had decided that they wanted to conduct a weekend training programme. In order to do so, tutors had to be trained. betaobs These tutors were then supposed to train local trade unionists how to conduct weekend seminars for rank- and- file members. Up to the end of the year 90 such local trade unionists were trained for their task. ven.new new education projects started or were initiated and finalised. Dur the Congress and has been com Here follows a brief report from each 200 108 -7900 viets bemmi ed vedmejq92 to dtnom add vd onswato8 mt beftje2 26w yfishit d man vd eanb asw aid sidmeni eno bas new2108 эпо Due to some internal problems within 2 of the unions the education programme was delayed for some time. Since there was no full- time project leader employed, Jriemy be there was no one to deal with these problems. The problems within the unions were solved, and a new set- up of executive committees were appointed in April/ May, 1980. 606W23! new con They then decided that the programme had to be restructured in order to achieve its goal- rank- and- file education. A project leader was appointed in May, 1980, and preparations started for a reconstruction of the project. In the meantime the activities were carried out as planned earlier. 15 weekend seminars took place during May to September and another 10 were planned up to the end of 1980. On In October a new planning seminar was held with Timber Employees Union and its To Executive Committee. 25W по TO OV no fit It was decided at that seminar that they should try to implement the study circle system within their union. The reasons were many, inexpensive, large number of people to reach, easy to administrate, etc. These plans were also presented to the other unions involved and they had their planning seminars in December, 1980. Altogether about 700 persons were reached by the educational activities during 1979 and 1980 in Malaysia. It is our hope that this It is our hope that this will become much bigger with the new structure that will be implemented in 1981. pnome not The project has also achieved to lay the foundations for a construction workers union in Malaysia. 2FAT bru - One study organiser has been employed full- time by the project in order to educate and organise the construction workers. The new union the first of its kind for By construction workers - was officially formed in September, 1980, when it was officially recognised. At the end of 1980 the members of the union are estimated to be very close to 1000 workers. This new union will continue to receive our support until it is established and has its own financial base. Report on Education Project in Southern Africa dms re edT In the original 5- year plan this was a project supposed to cover 5 different countries in Southern Africa. After a fact- finding mission that took place in April/ May, 1979, three of these countries were left out. These countries were Lesotho, Zwaziland and Namibia. This was due to the present situation. politically and trade union- wise. The countries selected were Botswana and Zambia. and had ag to The starting date for this project was July, 1979. A project leader was recruited in May. That was Mr. Muchenje from Silveira House in Zimbabwe. He was at that time a refugee in London, but had earlier been in charge of the trade union education of Silveira House( a Christian institution supported by various international bodies in Europe and Canada). There He was sent to Botswana in July, 1979, but was not granted work and residence permit immediately. He then went to Nairobi to our Regional office and prepared for the first phase of the project. bsonds og bn6 29 us Tsoo not 120q yad- wol s 9x83 03 bebrosbasd 201 yev add nl montanoidsbnamm009 not Itsw bas 1 SOS -8When he finally was settled in Botswana by the month of September he immediately organised 2 planning seminars, one in Botswana and one in Zambia. This was done by the end of December, 1979. Unfortunately, his wife who lived in Zimbabwe, was in the meantime declared a terminal cancer case, so he had to terminate his employment 919 and go back to his home country. At that moment the political situation allowed 08er him to do so. bms not The project was restructured in February, 1980, and it was decided that in Botswana there should be a weekend training programme and in Zambia there should be a study circle project. No other project leader was appointed, since it was considered unnecessary with this kind of programme in these two unions. 29 6:19 The Botswana Construction Workers Union had about 200 members in the beginning of 1980. It was still only an embryo organisation and the Executive Committee was unexperienced and untrained. ebroeb 26w I bluoda In May a seminar was held for the Executive Committee of this union. Material was produced and the union started a series of weekend seminars. 9rld of 69092910 0801.19dm9090 At the end of 1980 the union had over 3500 members and registered 11 branches were divided into 3 regions. A fourth region was still to be organised. son PaysSM AT 08er bns exer Thus, with respect to the impact on the trade union, the project has been successful. However, the administrative side of the work has not been to the entire satisfaction, but we have to have an understanding for the level of education among these workers. Few of them know how to read and write. This created another problem in July and onwards during 1980. There was a disagreement within the Executive how the project should be carried out and at about who should be in charge of the project property. not botx 237 to 903 noinu wen Now neu ed Inspo bns This problem was solved to everybody's satisfaction by our Regional Representative be L.C. Kawesa who negotiated a settlement between the two fractions of the union Executive. The work will continue in 1981 with similar activities since it has proven to be successful in terms of membership and organisation. 291b0 the qua The situation for the Zambian part of the project is quite different. no In July, 1980, the first 2 circle leader seminars were held in Kitwe and Lusaka. 221m putbn1-9367 About 40 local trade unionists participated. 2-8W bas 919W Mr. Sapre from the Indian project in Bombay was sent over to Africa in order to share his experience with our African colleagues. The seminars turned out very well and the motivation among the participants and the present trade union leadership was high. 36 26 M But still, after one and a half years of constant efforts, the Reserve Bank of Zambia has not yet granted IFBWW or the union to open a bank account. No funds have been transferred and the work has come to a standstill. meThis is according to some sources a consequence of the disagreements between the ruling political party and the trade union movement. Other indications in the same direction are the fact that some top trade unionists have been forced to leave their passports to the local authorities and cannot go abroad. In this very sensitive situation IFBWW has decided to take a low- key position and wait for recommendations from Zambia. 202 -9--01 Report on Education Project in Central America 1980 inns8 yos The Latin American project ended in December, 1979. Based on these experiences and the evaluation seminar a continuation was worked out. It was agreed that the new project should concentrate on a few countries so that follow- up activities could successfully be carried out. 2tH It was decided that the project should start in Costa Rica with a study circle programme and that some assistance should be given to Panama to enable them to produce a study circle booklet. The study circle system as such was already implemented in Panama during the previous project. dec From the 1st of January, 1980, Mr. Sergio Loaiza was employed on a full- time basis as project leader. He is General Secretary of the Public Works and Transport Union, UNATROPYT, in Costa Rica. The first part of 1980 was considered as a planning period and a period for setting up administrative routines. discuss to be In May, 1980, the first seminar was held for study organisers. It took place in San José and 7 trade unionists participated- one from each of the regions in the country. 2319 From June to December, 1980, 40 study circles with approximately 250 anj Juods participants were carried out. The experience from this system is very positive 109 within the executive committee of UNATROPYT. $ 293 0 Since they are now familiar with the system, they will escalate the activities during 1981. lemented on 11 levels of our repland 26W NO Hon They plan to have 60 study circles during 1981 of which IFBWW will only sponsor 40. The other 20 the union will sponsor itself entirely. The money be saved in this way will be used in El Salvador for a couple of seminars. 25W 2td vd The union in Panama received some financial assistance to meet the expenses for a new study circle booklet. Juo This booklet was ready for use in the circles by September, 1980. Report on Education Project in the Caribbean 1980 The adopted project should have started in July, 1979. A planning seminar was planned in Dominica in July, 1979. Because of political problems in Dominica it was not possible to hold the seminar and it was deferred till September, 1979. At that time, hurrican David devastated the island and the seminar had again to be deferred. It was not possible to hold the seminar until November, 1979. In November 1979, it finally took place in Bermuda. A resolution was adopted whereby the IFBWW is asked to start the programme according to the guidelines worked out by the planning seminar. be takeh New difficulties arose in connection with the appointment of a project leader. There are many capable people in the area but the person whom the federations recommended, hat not yet made up its mind in late 1979. The federations in the region preferred to await a definite decision and we had to respect their viewpoint. 203 40S When he -10-eas settled in Bot by the of Sept September he immediately one by organised 2 p In May 1980, Roy Bannis was appointed project leader upon recommendation from in the federations. He comes from Dominica Waterfront& Allied Workers Union where he is Vice- President. tong wan in Botswan His first assignment was to establish a project office and work out detailed project descriptions for each of the unions involved. elding 03 6m6n64 03 90 By the end of 1980, all descriptions and budgets were ready for adoption. The th soubor of Caribbean Islands involved one, Dominica 2 unions, Antigua 1 union, St. Kitts 1 union. The first eduational activities are planned to be held in early 1981. The Botswane Construction Union had about Report on Education Project in West Africa 1980 of 21. 019 26 This project started in April, 1980, by a fact- finding mission to West Africa. The countries visited were Togo and Ivory Coast. was produced The party consisted of Mr. Björn Carlsson, potential project leader for West Africa, Mr. L.C. Kawesa, IFBWW Regional Representative, and Mr. Stefan Windh, Education Officer of IFBWW. The party was informed by the local trade union leadership and other field experts about the trade union situation in French- speaking countries in West Africa. The situation proved, however, to be so complicated and unclear that a special project was formulated only to study the situation in this part of Africa and to do test seminars in Togo in order to work out appropriate booklets. to work out appropriate book This created 975 Mr. Björn Carlsson was appointed project leader in October, 1980, and started his job with preparations in Stockholm and an extensive refresher course in French. 1020002 He then participated in a seminar for project leaders active in Africa, organised ve by LO/ TCO in Arusha, Tanzania. mber he was On the 10th of November he was instaked in Togo. W9n 6 By the end of December, 1980, the detailed work programme and budget was worked out in co- operation with OATUU and the National Union of Building and Roadworkers in Togo. The educational activities are planned to start in February, 1981. About 40 loce ted 26W 160m92 poin6lq eter nt bajisja 9vsd bluoda toejong betqobs 9dT tog to save eser viutat nt bennslq erer 00193092 03 nisps bad pontme2 add ons baslat 9 593832BV9b bivs0 nomi3 353 JA นก eref The semina egasdavo biod of pjdrazoq on a beste ed gb was 29ntisbrug ent 03 pab100 950019 91632 01 b9x26 27 WW871 93 verw But still, after one and half years of code PPR Zambia has no yet granted.IFBWW or th on to open.a Bank tands t 2001 9 mod noe and Jud 96 97 91909 sq 6915 t and ni enottenebat sdT.ever 936f nr brim att qu ebsm tex jon This ruling politicht party and the trade union movement. direction are the fact that some top trade unionists have been their passports to the local authorities and cannot go road, two peo m 95 919HT babamos the same In this very sensitive situation 204 WW has decided to take a low- key position and wait for recommendations from Zambia. 202 -11- STProject Leader Seminar in Geneva IsnotpeЯ quo is b926d ad fliw neqx9 OJI NA The regional and educational activities of IFBWW were dramatically expanded during this Congress period. Staff has been employed all over the world and been given the task to execute the intentions and policies of IFBWW through various activities. Regional representatives, project leaders and administrative support staff employed by IFBWW on a full- time basis is at the and of 1980 13 altogether. Others that are not employed by IFBWW, but get salaries from an education project and are employed by his/ her union are about 30 people altogether. With such an organisation there have to be administrative routines and policies to guide our decisions. any doors for ture develop Opplent 05 dj tw bed2id8329 919W 23 ad The Executive Committee therefore decided in May, 1980, that a seminar should be held in Geneva for all whic people that IFBWW employed in our regions. Policies, organisational structure, methods, and administrative routines should be 09 discussed at that seminar. been test A 25W The seminar took place in the ILO building in Geneva from July 27 to August 3, 1980. The seminar had 13 participants from our regions and 5 from the secretariat and the management committee. The seminar was necessary and successful. That is proven by the of increased smoothness in reporting on activities and finances. The policy is 23 also better understood and implemented on all levels of our regional organisation. and apprec Education Projects Planned to Start 1981 9713 Kenya 36 T This project has been developed outside the 5 year plan. Our Kenyan affiliate has for a long time requested to be assisted in the field of workers' education. A small- scale project has been outlined in co- operation with the unions. Trep thod. A The project was planned to start in July, 1980, but due to the upcoming trade union elections the unions requested us to postpone the project until early 1981. It is a 2- year project and the aim is to introduce the trade union method. beans besid ILO Project in Asia 03 This is a follow- up project on the SIDA/ ILO Project from 1978 when a survey was made by an expert in workers education. The mission was to identify needs and problems of forestry workers in Asia and work out proposals for actions to be taken. to the The result of the mission was that a series of activities should take place in Asia and the Pacific area aimed at educating the rank- and- file workers. A project description has been worked out which aims at the following countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. 205 30S -12An ILO expert will be based at our Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur and assist IFBWW in our efforts to bring basic trade union education to forestry workers in these countries. nub Domi Union where he The project is planned to start in 1981 and run for two years. he is Brazil project eden vd 9d The biggest country on the Latin American continent has for a long time been cut off from international trade union contacts. Brazil represents the biggest potential on the continent with approximately over 5 million workers in construction industry alone. up During 1979 new contacts were established with construction unions in the Porto Alegre area of Brazil. A request from the unions was put forward for technical assistance for a workers education project. 030 A fact- finding mission took place in November, 1980, and an outline for a project was made. Begfo The first planning seminar is planned to take place during spring 1981. 08er Philippines exerts ect The trade union situation in the Philippines is very complicated compared to European standards. There is a split in the trade union movement which results in serious conflicts between different unions within the same industry. is job with preparations in Stoc ench Efforts are being made of bring the unions together so that instead of riding each other they can protect the interests of the workers. Our Regional Office has put forward a request for an educational programme which will ain: at two things: First introduce a method for rank- and- file members education and secondly within the project find a form for closer co- operation between the unions. A project description has been outlined according to these goals and has been discussed by the unions involved. A planning seminar is organised to take place in March, 1981, where the final details will be worked out. The project is for 3 unions in the forestry and wood- based industry and planned to go on for three years. out 25W( 9V2 6 ns of anot16 not 2162000ng fub now bms staA nt ed ni 93610 91st bluoda 291tivi336 10 291192 6 tad asw noizzim add to 279Xow sit- b06-06 90 onitsoubs 36 bets 695 1069 93 bas. steA testamos ontwolfot and is amis doidw Juo benow need and not qiz 69nfüǝ well sugs bms ebms[ a] nomoloz prtretesnobni, bris fant 204 80S. 206 -13IFBWW shall be training of ing act by encouraging trade union dut ad not not3s2n600 bas vario This IFBWW Future Activitiesing trade union pe bob wh onal o Introduction the arious ich the FDM Executive has nu to no 162106010 w- bliow how s 23092een dotdw WWBRI Tomos937 2.03 29vijostdo 26 26 29ind zubnt bead- boow bns ProjecThe organisation and policy model that has been developed on the basis of the decisions of the Vienna Congress have been functioning during x Train 1979 and 1980. Goals and In 00 03 26 92903 to 900.9mi 9062 963 35 220077 The That model must be considered as a first outline which helped us as to fe guidelines during our most expansive period. Its greatest assets were that it did not close any doors for future development and adjustment. un be and Over the past two and a half years IFBWW has gathered a lot of experience inter concerning the way in which to run education projects in different regions. ed 2290 9269 bms The Several models of organisation structure, methods and administrativenom routines have been tested and scrutinised. accep future for trade union training union We can say that the past activity period has been a pilot period whose 0x3 findings and results we have to use as a base for our decisions regarding When guidelines for the future. on projects w examp If we shall draw any conclusions of the past it would be the following: soube not aixe 36dd abgen 1. The target group for the educational activities, which consists of the rank- and- file members or potential members of a union, is justified, correct and appreciated. The training patte Th 2012. The purpose of the project, which is to introduce various methods and basictechniques for basic trade union education to rank- and- file members at a in such a way that it can be taken over by the unions involved and run by themselves in the future. This part is ideological and financially The necessary and correct. Another policy in this matter would probably do which more harm than good in the long run. help because concept: zaoltbno potwoffot gilt abnu 3. The most frequently used method, the so- called study circle method, has The proven to be enough flexible and understandable to fit various conditions servein different countries and continents. IFBWW has, therefore, used this canb 4. The organisational set- up in each project has been of various types and acco of various success. The one that is found most efficient is the one um with separate project office and full- time project leader employed by IFBWW. Each union involved has then itself appointed a local or national education officer in charge of the activities with the union. The IFBWW possesses a 5 year plan 2tne 5. Projects that have taken place in a region with a full- time staffed This regional office that has taken part in the development and execution of a project have worked better than others due to the constant support the vidifferent project leaders have gained.( The list could be longer, but these are the main conclusions on which we can base some proposals for the future.) 207 BOS -14Policy and Organisation for the Future Educational Activities IFBWW and Trade Union Assistance assist workers in UR WW8RI IFBWW which represents a world- wide organisation of unions in the construction and wood- based industries has as objectives to strengthen international solidarity and to fight, both nationally and internationally, against exploitation of the workers. evad grit to anotetosb ed $ 0 the to This fight has to be fought on several fronts at the same time. One of these fronts goes right through the trade union movement itself and the name of the enemy is" ignorance". 1x9 20m TUO Porto dnom zutbs bas tnemqolaveb squtu? not anoob vns 920fo tom bib Jon bib ft 36d Ignorance in that sense that workers do not know and realise their own potential strength as part of a well- organised collective- a trade union.cal 0 of doldw at yow add m Therefore actions must be taken in order to increase the consciousness among the large masses of workers and this process must be an integral ve2project and natural part of the every- day life of a union. Exchange of information and knowledge about various trade union education methods is an important part in the international trade union solidarity work. IFBWW's own financial resources are, however, not sufficient to meet the needs that exist for education projects in different countries or specific unions. Therefore, IFBWW has accepted assistance from outside sources, but only under specific circumstances. st ferent unions within the same fin ets Over the ten past years, IFBWW has received considerable assistance to different education projects in different continents. The impact on activities and membership has been very positive and IFBWW has been strengthened in an indirect manner. ions at IFBWW must even in the future continue these activities and also try to raise the necessary funds for the financing. But these funds can only be accepted under the following conditions: ecord วิกรม ก รา E A. Assistance funds shall be allocated to particular projects and not take the form of general donations. B. The identification of needs and how these needs are best to be satisfied must be made by IFBWW without any outside pressure or interference. C. The donating body shall not interfere with the planning and execution of the projects. not subs D. The only obligation towards the donating body should be financial statements showing how the money was used and the effect of the programme.no 90 roqqu2 J200 9nd of sub 219d30 ns 1939 E. All projects funded by outside sources shall be in the name of IFBWW only. (.9qudut 9d not al 02 9260 nw no 916 20 208 TOS -15- ZarIFBWW shall be taking actively part in this work by encouraging trade union training of affiliated and potential members. ns noi This shall be done by organising trade union projects in close co- operation with the national or local unions in various regions which the IFBWW Executive has designed for assistance. Project organisation CP noted 993] mmQ] tees to rebsal astong sit be soitto dostong an notujant golv se bas 907002 SH Difensbet er din mont WWI sd Training Projects Goals and Intentions The goals and intentions of IFBWW training projects shall consist of assistance to federations which will enable them to develop methods for basic trade union training for their rank- and- file members. Thereby the federations will be strengthened and can develop democratic institutions within the union itself and society as a whole, which will increase their ability to protect the interests of the workers. The projects shall be developed in such a way as to make it possible to accept the methods and structures elaborated and to make it possible in the future for trade union training to become an integral part of daily trade union work. 962 When a training method has been developed and introduced in a trade union, other projects with differing aims can be discussed. There could be for example a project in which the method is used to disseminate information on work environment, safety, and health, etc. 099 Training Methods по 03 bas kbnos ONS The training policy of the IFBWW is designed for the rank- and- file members. It aims at finding methods which would enable the trade union to furnish basic trade union training for many people in a relatively short time and at a cost which the trade union should be able to defray itself in the future. 150 The training project must not establish artificial structures and methods which make it impossible for the trade union to carry it out without outside help because of their size and concept. The study circle method is one of the methods which, with modifications, can serve as an instrument for the achievement of the training project goal. The IFBWW has, therefore, used this system as a basis for its methods. Modifications can be made from this basis jointly with the trade union in order to take account of local conditions and requirements. National Level The IFBWW possesses a 5 year plan which enumerates those federations which the Executive has considered for possible assistance during the next few years. This plan is renewed each year and is based on requests for assistance it received and on recommendations by the IFBWW Regional Committee. 209 OFS -16- arWhen a draft proposal for project description and budget has been discussed between the federation and the Geneva office, and agreement must be reached.613 The project description and the budget as well as the agreement must be a T accepted by the executive of the organisation concerned and the IFBWW Management Committee before they become valid and before the project can be started. The project office and the project leader or assistant should be considered as the source and service institution which have been put at the disposal by the IFBWW from which the federation can obtain assistance for the execution of goals and intentions in the project description( the help can be either technical or financial). 03 03 The project office and the project leader are for all practical purposes dependent on the IFBWW Management Committee and the project leader must sign an employment contract with the IFBWW. The project leader must also deal with accounts and those must be separate from the federations'. He/ she must also submit 3- monthly activity reports and submit a financial report each semester. This because of the financial obligations of the IFBWW towards the national federations which have furnished the finance for these training projects and to facilitate IFBWW's planning and supervision of the same. 901 trade un International level nt bas beqoisy 9dT.be barb ad n6ɔ amis pr ditv tw 23 6.nedW The IFBWW shall be carrying out training projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. A project shall last 2 years or more according to local conditions. A local project organisation shall be developed in order to keep permanent contact with trade unions concerned and the governing bodies of the IFBWW. Over 200 This will enable us to reach experience on different conditions and to keep contacts which will strengthen the International. It will also serve as an ad instrument for the evaluation of projects and afford us the opportunity to 6 adapt methods and policy so that more federations can be helped and to see to it that the real needs of young trade union movements in developing countries are safeguarded. Ow ns esta To T ed gled The organisation model for IFBWW regional activities, of which training projects are an integral part, has been drawn up in such a way that a maximum of information and a minimum of costly administration can be exchanged with the federations concerned. 60 pro by erfere the 3000336 sri nordw ano 169b1 920) 291619mune dofdw m6lq 1696 292292200 WW871 T D. TREGON 93% gated golubarbiedredagshot behebencocas V3009x3 shobiegndar226 noteatas pousad beasdhalebfiecare basobowenemeal n6fq atdT sett immo][ snorpeЯ WW871 sd yd anoidsbemos no bas bevi projects funded outside sources shall be in the name of IFBWW only. 210 the cat Jn91970 Comm 16 25 -17ORGANISATIONAL MODEL FOR THE IFBWW REGIONAL ACTIVITIES on vshou van ew J* xs ent 05 med 29 vit 90x9 CONGRESS b9jub DECISIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE dong onim nad 038 no 6a ed bax Forest Committee Wood Committee Building Committee Europe Committee DECISIONS IFBWW Regional Committee 199 Long Proj.adm. vbodem Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Latin America TO anotte Asia TO Africa Regional secr. Regional secr. Regional secr. proposals Study Region A Projects 1 and 2 Study Region C Project Leader Projects 4 and 5 Project Leader Project Assistants Study Region E Projects 9 and 10 Project Leader 2291000 Study Region B sms Project 3 Project Leader Study Region D Projects 6,7& 8 Project Leader Study Region F Project 11 Project Leader INFORMATION AFFILIATED MEMBER UNIONS AND INVOLVED TRADE UNIONS 25 Toq 200 2919 1 10 20013 29x6m AU 966 1692 6V8 211 29201 STS brs 29 SHT 03 -182 MOT Today the educational activities carried out by our project offices and our regional activities by our regional offices are treated as two different and separate kinds of activities. From a financial point of view it has to be so even in the future due to the difference sources of financing. as The educational activities of the extent we have today need, however, the constant support and supervision from our regional offices if we expect them to function according to our policy and intentions. Today the dominating activities in our regions are the educational activities. Most of our projects are executed in close co- operation with IFBWW affiliated unions. In an education project certain relations are established with these unions which are necessary to be safeguarded and maintained. When minor problems occur and when there is a difference in opinion on how to interpret agreements or policies, the presence of a regional representative is of utmost importance for a project and for the union concerned. 2M0121330 IFBWW's educational activities in various regions have therefore to be looked upon as an integral part of our regional activities. The co- ordination between IFBWW Geneva, our regional offices and different project offices has to be ensured by the same body- the Regional Committee of IFBWW. By supplying reports and documents to this Committee an overall view of the activities can be achieved and a better planning and execution will be the result. The following organisation model with explanations shall serve as a model for IFBWW's future regional activities: How the Different Levels are Linked to the Regional Activities ntacts witch The Congress decides on the goals and global organisation of training activities. des on the goals and 91 see The Executive Committee meets once a year and controls the execution of congress decisions. It decides on the scope and national organisation of training activities. It draws up a 5- year plan and revises it each year in order to remain flexible in the light of political and social changes which might have taken place. feder cerned The Management Committee sees to it that decisions by Congress and Executive Committee are applied. It adopts agreements, project descriptions, budgets and appoints project leaders. It decides on current questions of policy of training activities and endorses requests which are forwarded to the various financing bodies, mainly national trade union centres in developing countries. The IFBWW Regional Committee is set up by the Executive Committee and consists of appointed members. The Committee consists of the IFBWW President, the IFBWW General Secretary and one elected member. The Committee makes recommendations and proposals for the Management Committee. It decides on current regional activities and projects in the light of political and social goals adopted. The Project Administrator is an official in the Geneva seat. He remains in contact with the project leaders and the federation concerned and supervises 212 210 -19--OSthe carrying out of the project agreements and descriptions, the fact that the budget is not exceeded, and he must prepare material and proposals for decision by the IFBWW Regional Committee. His job is secretary to the IFBWW Regional Committee and technical adviser on projects. 22935mm 929 : 906 mon The Regional Committees for Asia, Africa, and Latin America must keep up with political, economic and social changes in the respective region and draft reports thereon. They must make proposals for activities in the region and submit recommendations to the IFBWW Regional Committee in Geneva. They make proposals on the revision of the 5- year plan and make known their viewpoints on the scope of the projects. The Committees consist of 5 appointed trade unionists of the region and the Regional Representative. Special rules for the Regional Committees are worked out and submitted as appendix. 9vf36 JHp. 16m The Regional Representative is the IFBWW representative in each region and is employed full- time by the Executive Committee upon recommendation of the Management Committee. He is the secretary of the Regional Committee and responsible for all IFBWW activities in the respective region, including the 163 educational activities. He maintains contacts with project leaders and relevant federations and submits to the IFBWW Regional Committee in Geneva all draft decisions. 602 Study Regions: A study region is a country or a group of countries within a region where IFBWW is executing or planning to execute educational programmes. 169 Each region can consist of several study regions that are from a cultural, political or linguistic point of view related to each other. How many and which countries shall be included in a study region is determined by the Executive Committee every year. afs The Project Leader is appointed by the IFBWW Management Committee and in oro charge of the fact that approved educational programmes in his/ her respective study region are carried out according to the policies and guidelines of IFBWW. The project leader is at the service of the unions concerned so that goals of the project description can be achieved. The project leader must regularly submit activity and financial reports as well as other documents according to procedures established by the IFBWW Regional Committee in Geneva to which the project leader is responsible. Project Assistant: A Project Assistant's function is to serve the locally involved unions and the project leader in such a way that the aims and objectives of approved project descriptions can be achieved. bms 23 The Project Assistant is appointed by the project leader and has to carry out the work according to instruction from the project leader to which he/ she is responsible. The project assistant also has to regularly submit activity and financial reports to the project office according to procedures set up by the project leader.o nexisted of 29 26 160 T The Trade Union concerned shall contribute to the fulfillment of the goals of the project in the light of agreements reached and within the limits of its possibility. It should facilitate the project leader's work and render active assistance in order to enable him/ her to fulfill his/ her tasks ow which are enumerated in the agreement or project description. 213 AIS -20--er9d3 5d 13 bns 2309ms ed to juo any d nora Roles and Functions of the IFBWW Regional Committees beb 39gbud derent Name: These committess will be called" regional committees" ammo Members: The regional committees should consist of 5 or more members from member federations of our regions and shall be appointed by the not regional conference and re- confirmed by the IFBWW Executive b Committee. Officers: The secretary is the officer of the Regional Committee. ties Secretary: and font * The regional representative of the region is the secretary of the regional committee. In case there is no regional representative appointed for a specific region the IFBWW Executive has the right to appoint a suitable person for this task. S Jns Chairman: The IFBWW member of the Executive for the region shall be chairman SVR of the regional committee. If more than one member of the Executive represents the region, the conference shall appoint a chairman from among the Executive members of the region. Executive vbuj2 Session: a. The regional committee shall normally meet once a year, or when asked by the Executive to do so.. 063 b. The secretary and the chairman of the regional committee jointly with the secretary general are responsible for the calling of the meeting. * The President and the General Secretary or other IFBWW officials who have been appointed by the Executive Committee are ex- officio members of the Regional Committees. ybujz. 21600 02 ben to Role and Functions of the Regional Committees tro 36 2 19 ong add to congress Tsmo In order to render the work of the regional committees in our regions formal and well- defined, the following proposals were drawn up: 29vf3 1. The regional committee will be a consultative committee. เหตุ 2. The main function of the regional committee consists in an examination of the IFBWW work in the region, a study of the members' requirements, and recommendations to the Executive on programmes and activities for the region. 3. The committee should strive to fulfill the IFBWW goals in the region, and in particular examine the observation of human rights and trade union freedom in the region, as well as the strategies to be taken by the IFBWW for the protection and defence of these rights. To 4. The committee shall advise and support the regional representative in his work in the regional office. conta 214 ETS -215. After consultation with the secretary general, the committee shall also have the right to invite people to its sessions and functions in order to support, explain and advise. 6. When carrying out its work, the regional committee shall always observe the policy and principles of the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers. 7. The regional committee participates in the preparations for the regional conference which will take place every third year in the region. 8. The regional committee shall propose working programmes and budgets every year for the regional office. 215 217 Officers- no V19V3 219obud ud bn6 290 Secretary The The of calling Role and Functions dent of th the nisiqxe.oqqua nerW.a the Fanotpen anT.8 tive cive Ight Hairman. oint a of the se the icials x- officio Comm the w al Formal ahd. The The the the consultative program freedom 1FBWW for region. prote fulfill the examine the observation of hum as th the strategies to ze of these rights The advise and apport the the regional office. ars 214 and REGIONAL REPORTS Intr The world is. di is divided into into two fronts On one hand there is the the East- West confl tense dis indigent developing However, eyes of Much of Regional Reports areas there as will being kill indiffere of of die Yet there is unrelated The results life expe are the eve destroye In tes in the in the ent" nations The population. In faning high infant mortality rates and a lower Between one thi are living bene the devel any standards of digni Any attempts further handicapped oil have level educa loping countries with of the developing or complete are cy. Exploding to the verge of ruin Sett of mar of the has thus become cru for the survival Willy Brand as follows: " History has ciously hunger ver 100, has follows in wake of war, but we are lasting peace. If wa in chaos! a banned, ma 217 волосая потеря FIS The number of sharpest dwellings. Th REGIONAL REPORTS in th in public Introduction ly built dwellings will be lower almost ev the construction of council housing. a old housing will rema main reason for the drop in capita The world is divided into two fronts. the zed) on building ced first The hig by cuts rates 390AU3 On one hand there is the confrontation of highly developed industrial states in en the East- West conflict. On the other hand there is the North- South conflict, the ave tense disparity between highly developed industrial nations in the North and the ot indigent developing countries of the South. However, reluctant the Soviet bloc countries may be to accept the fact, in the eyes of the developing countries they, too, belong to the" affluent" nations. to brend bimon 053 Much of mankind is already suffering the pangs of hunger. The population in famine areas is increasing faster than the production of food. With every year that passes there are more deaths from hunger than from war, and" there is no moral difference" as Willy Brandt puts it," between someone being killed in war or condemned by the indifference of others to die of hunger." Europe Yet there is enough food in the world to feed everyone. In the highly developedmenu industrial countries food is sometimes even destroyed or used for completely unrelated purposes. Buoy bas nemok mow.eter of evit of 900 educed: Working hours .Jnemyofameru vd w be The results of poverty are bad health, high infant mortality rates and a lower life expectancy. JM92910 swod 1116 Between one third and two thirds of all the people in the developing countries are living in unhealthy conditions, beneath any standards of human dignity. Any attempts to improve the economic situation of the developing countries are further handicapped by the low level education or complete illiteracy. Exploding oil prices have brought the developing countries with no oil revenue to the verge of ruin. V92 03 sub vd Settlement of the North- South conflict has thus become crucial for the survival of mankind. to nt venom vd.becube.ed vino mo atiftsb Jepbud J9Y.besuber yfzu09063 fumta Willy Brandt, chairman of the North- South Commission, has summed the problem uposled as follows: dnsmyofqmenu medpin " History has shown us that famine follows in the wake of war, but we are less consciously aware that mass poverty can itself result in war or end in chaos. Where T hunger prevails, there can be no lasting peace. If war is to be banned, mass po- 35 verty must also be eradicated." 916 9 at tt ner sfdstuovatnu 910m 167 at sqonunt abs13 ontbitud sd not doofquo'sd 2001 s 16v by56wnwob no browqu tretia vino aseneri sfodw s as monos s 10 zysftuo nt entfoeb Jont3ztb s Joubong Tonoton 22010 edd not betsqrotins 916 neswded to 290 2016v 9d ni enotsudou do fw, betɔ9qx9 at modundan no 219 loss Xa bns XS REGIONAL REPORT EUROPE Introduction -22T0939 JAM nobl .23not ow odni babivtb at blow.edT no The European Conference held by the IFBWW in Cologne from 28-31 october 1980 was overshadowed by the deteriorating economic situation in Europe( unemployment, inflation, high interest rates, precarious monetary system). oleveb n Economic conditions have continued to deteriorate since the conference in most European countries, with the building trade particularly hard hit by the recession. 03 p enoted.003 Economic trend 292260 sd TO 2919 fuqoq en magnud to aproq silt on nud to 200sq srld eninettua ybsenis at batonism to douUM PW.boot to no to noltoubong added 193267 gmt mont at 25916 Economic activity in Europe is plunged in deep recession. Flagging growth rates, high levels of unemployment and inflation characterize the economic situation in Europe. repnud 25 fbnt Unemployment has risen to a total of approximately 11 million people, i.e. almost 30% more than at the end of 1979. One in twelve employees in Europe is out of work, compared with only one in five in 1979. Women and young people are most severely affected by unemployment. b6d 916 y 70 21fw29 T Despite the high level of unemployment, however, most European countries continue to pursue a restrictive economic policy, although the present downtrend in econolowoffected by Jnstnt nghd 91 9NT 98 mic activity will inevitably result in sharply rising unemployment figures. vil as ving fb nomud to abysbasta ya disemad anot 915 This so- called monetarism which severely restricts the amount of money in circulation and maintains high interest rates, has admittedly succeeded in slightly curbing inflation, but at the expense of employment. Many countries justify this monetary policy by the need to provide capital to bridge the gap in the balance of payments due to increasing oil prices. to to 1392 There is a widely held opinion that inflation can only be successfully combatted by restructing the money in circulation if the deficits in public budgets are also simultaneously reduced. Yet budget deficits can only be reduced by improving the balance of payments, increasing taxation ans slashing public spending. This w approach, however, results in lower public and private investments and consequently higher unemployment. 2003 229 916 9w Jud to sxsw s This basic tendency to stabilize prices and reduce the balance of payments deficit at the expense of unemployment can be found to a greater or lesser extent in almost all European countries. Hardest hit by the restrictive economic policy in 19 Europe are the building trade and the steel industry. Building prospects in Europe The ourlook for the building trade in Europe is far more unfavourable than it is for the economy as a whole. Whereas only slight upward or downward variations are anticipated for the gross national product, a distinct decline in outlays on construction is expected, with fluctuations in the various countries of between 2% and 6%. ers 220 -3The number of newly built dwellings will be lower almost everywhere, with the sharpest decline in the construction of council housing, i.e. state- subsidized dwellings. The renovation of old housing will remain a source of stability for the building trade. The main reason for the drop in capital expenditure on building lies in the governments' savings programmes, reflected first and foremost by cuts in public housing and civil engineering programmes, The high interest rates are another substantial deterrent to any increase in building activity. builders union, has been Trade union proposals for employment policy in Europe The European Trade Union Federation has demanded an employment programme for Europe, containing the following six key points: 1. The governments must intervene actively in the economic process to promote un a substantially higher level of investment. Investments in energy( the developproment of alternative sources of energy other than oil) will be one of the key factors in economic progress and the provision of employment in the years to Lascome. ins be The action taken by private enterprise alone is consequently no guarantee for full employment and price stability. The state must on the contrary play an active part in influencing economic development This is the only way of esta1blishing a democratic economic basis for full employment and price stability in Europe. 2. More jobs must be created; educational and training facilities must be improved; bits ans goʻq 3. Working hours must be reduced; 102 4. Development aid must be increased; .be 10 is to 5. There must be an equitable distribution of the burdens imposed by this policy; 900 303 6. Inflation must be combatted by specially adapted measures, which simultaneously take social factors into due account, and not by unemployment. X120 ence".025d07 bapher nemyo 101 29 doua to Tavel bre ppt 1601 blow vd begoso abaraino, 170 9413 mo su ( AREA to have Seeg rai b9163-02 9, 20 2003 ss top10 30smqofsveb Tenordment dw motsnodeffco nl Isnotpen vd Tonano intot abu ameidong is 90 od brent won" quor maddi- s0* -qolayeb bns bed 320.29tiqquà venene nottomoniq qxs nt nords1900-05 .92inqretne 93 sving to them normu 9b61 T vigbtw 21971tb m69dd60 sd be: 59A 36 at anotnu obsted to noistaq ed Jamesons to notis19103. nottuɔ9219q mort pntons.19dJons of y no mont -nt ponds evad ved nevewon.entis9q2 yllstens@.23nemmayop svjq29 9dvd ever 03 sub bos, 219yofqme no- viispalli no visgelonico 95 had sw bed/ 2014 ylineups anco 206 23nemmevoo vnam yd be1691 916 qu .Tondoo napninda o bajos de mad 221 S -4zdu2-93 - er diw.99wy199 20mls swol ed Iftw apniffswb 3Ttud vlwon to edmun edT $ 2901602 MONOGRAPH SOUTH AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN The Chio To to not svona s.zontflowb enrbitud no shut Fbnsqxs fsiqo nt gomb and Yot nozs69 niem eNT.sbend pnibftud 9 bis it bette evop ent Economic situation- Employment policy- Trade union position- Reagan Administration policy 2l620000 T Although the South American and Caribbean countries are so very dissimilar in their economic conditions and developments, they still have a certain common denominator. The governments there, mostly authoritarian in structure, have hitherto failed to build up a strong middle class of wage earners, artisans and salaried employees. In their attemps to modernize the national economy, most countries have developed a modern sector over a very small geographical area, implanted on a broad traditional basis characterized by low productivity. This in turn generates the recurrent political instability in many South American and Caribbean countries. and ibbean countries are so very dissimilar ins 9003 The depressed state of the world market and the energy crisis have largely counterbalanced rising economic figures and unduly increased the balance of payments deficit in this region. A general increase in per capita incomes is reduced in effect by inflation and the actual decline in purchasing power. Thus the per capital gross national product fell as drastically in the latter seventies as did increase in food production. pe Rural depopulation in turn results in serious social and economic problems and rising numbers of jobless or underemployed. 2Tuod .S. Population growth lower mortality rates due to improved health care and the greater number of women in gainful employment mean that growth in economic activity is absorbing an increasingly lower proportion of the population. Unemployment is estimated at an average level of 20%, whilst the underemployed account for one third or more of the gainfully employed population. Whereas Latin America at least has exploitable mineral and agricultural resources conducive to favourable economic progress, the Caribbean countries are distinctly handicapped by their lack of such resources. Apart from Trinidad and Tobago, their economic expansion and level of employment have been severely affected by the oil crisis, declining world market prices for agricultural exports and reduced revenue from tourism. The resultant price spiral has engendered political unrest and frequent changes of government in several countries. the In collaboration with international development organizations, the so- called " Caribbean Group" now intend to get their problems under joint control by regional co- operation in export promotion, energy supplies, the tourist trade and development of private enterprise. The trade union The position of the to a by the of the trade unions in Latin America and the Caribbean differs widely from one country to another, ranging from persecution, toleration or encouragement by the respective governments. Generally speaking, however, they have a strong influence- whether are operating legally or illegally on employers, and due to the social set- up are feared by many governments ans consequently proscribed, hampered or subjected to stringent control. exp 6%. 222 of between -5The importance of the trade unions in Peru has increased sharply, for instance, since Belaunde's election victory. More than a million workers have regained the right to join a union. Some 60% are members of the Communist CGTP( the strongest separate metalworkers' and builders' union), financed by Moscow; the pro- government CIP is financed by the USA. the urban In Argentina a general trade union federation, the CGT, which also includes the builders' union, has been formed despite a government ban- its members virtually have one foot in prison. In Chile or Brazil, for instance, the unions are likewise working on a semi- legal basis without offical governmental authorization. Although the composition of these unions is politically heterogeneous, with the declared intent to confine themselves to" representation of the workers", they are feared as a power factor and restricted in their activities. For these and all the other trade unions in Latin America the solidarity and support of the international trade unions can only have the effect of strengthening their position, and may serve to prevent interference with union members. tion Lastly an umbrella organization, the CSN, has been founded in Nicaragua at the insistent request of the ruling Sandinist Front, and is very clearly a standard bearer for the govenment's policy. The CSN is, however, less explicit about the fact that it has for a long time been a member of the Communist World Trade Union Federation. Individual unions, on the other hand, are still affiliated with the IBFG, and it remains to be seen whether and to what extent a distinct pattern of ideological tendencies will emerge within the CSN. Trade Assessment of the Reagan Administration's Latin American policy A 9d to vnsM 03/29/18 Generally speaking, the main objective of US policy is to prevent or discourage Communist influence in the region by various means, such as providing economic aid or exerting pressure according to their assessment of the political situation, or by the more cautions approach of a gradual rapprochement with conservative regimes. Criteria such as the" preservation of human rights" no longer seem to be the overriding principle. The Because of its important economic links, Mexico is regarded as a" key" for US relations in Latin America. America hopes that Mexico will have a" moderating influence" on its neighbours, and at the same time seeks to persuade the right- wing regimes( above all El Salvador) to veer towards an internationally more acceptable policy( more democratic freedom). The US attitude towards the leftist regimes ( Nicaragua, Cuba) is admittedly negative, but not yet final. Chile has been invited to take part again in the Pacific manoevres, and the Export- Import Bank restrictions have been raised. 132 29103 OUT the and or 16: Ar ties 223 hegabat vievitsle 2 915 -6AFRICA sonstant not viquede baa69 on 25 0199 at anofnu oben sitt to sonroqm 9NT 45 970Modalv nolle z'ebmusTe8 sonta emo2.noimus ntot of ide 219/ 1owlstem 90516092 27913 390 AdministraA nI General Review 20M OM vd Most of the African countries are at the base of the development and incomes pyramid; 20 of them are among the poorest countries in the world with an annual per capita income of at most 250 dollars( the oil producers Nigeria, Algeria and Gabon are exceptions). Although there are regional variations, 61% of the population in Africa still go hungry, and 74% are illiterate. The African countries' exports are limited to one or two raw materials. Most of the continent still consists of single crop economies. tnu J The swinging pendulum of world market prices jeopardizes their already precarious economic stability. The Lome Convention admittedly guarantees stabilized prices for a number raw materials, yet the soaring oil prices have brought many countries to the verge of ruin. bs7 9781 The number of qualified personnel is very limited, likewise the physical infrastructure. food emA Many of the African countries are compelled to spend their scant foreigh exchange Ansese so nema 2922A reserves to import food, because they are unable to feed their population with their own resources despite the fact that the majority of the population are a engaged in agriculture. 103 10 The African countries without oil revenues of their own have very little chance of adjusting to the changes in the world economy because of the steady deterioration in the terms of trade. The rate of development will remain stationary in the next few years, and may even decline. Armed conflicts and political, racial or ethnic persecution have resulted in an exodus of more than five million refugees. For the countries of asylum it is a virtually insuperable task to feed and integrate them. About two thirds of the African countries are military dictatorships. The rest are mostly single- party states of varying ideological orientation. Only a few ( e.g. Nigeria, Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe) still have democratic parliamentary institutions or systems of government. Caribbean now intend to get their problems control 9309 091 The unions are still relatively independent wherever democratic structures still prevail. On the whole, however, they are either prohibited or have to fit in with the objectives of the respective political parties or powers that be. trade union The Organization of African Unity( OAU) has hitherto failed to unite the diverging idoelogical trends and thereby formulate and implement an effective all- African policy. ents: Generally On the trade union leval the Organization for African Trade Union Unity( OATUU) has been founded and represents the African trade unions both within Africa and on an international plane. ringent control in224 -7The potential labour force in Africa is estimated at around 150 million people. The unemployed account for a proportion of between 15 and 20%, whilst about 3040% are underemployed. resista The underemployed consist to a certian extent. of casual workers belonging to the urban proletariat, but mainly of the rural population, many of whom are engaged in little more than subsistence farming. Moreover many of them just about have the bare minimum to survive. Although development needs have been recognized and policies designed accodingly p( geared to the statisfaction of basic needs and rural development projects alongside hindustrialization and the transfer of technological known- how), rural living condivotions have tended to deteriorate. The inadequate infrastructure, a shortage of schools, vocational training centres and medical facilities, and above all the lack of employment result in the migration of the rural population to the cities. The vicious circle of poverty closes in steadily expanding slum areas and an alarming rise in juvenile unemployment, paralleled by a corresponding rise in the crime rate in African cities. " Merely to maintain the present standard of living of a population which is doubled every 27 years, all investments- according to estimates- in housing, ports, emo roads, railways, etc. would have to be more than doubled, and three times as many schools, hospitals and factories would ne needed"( Freie Gewerkschaftswelt- Free Trade Union World, No. 1/81, Brussels, page 7). phase cause problems for the syste The steadily growing population( 3% p.a.) will confront the African countries, which are already unable to satisfy the basic needs of their populations, with insoluble problems. pnt vs Juods# 20mo ba Estimates show that seven million additional jobs would have to be created in industry by 1995. This seems Utopian in face of the world- wide recession and increasingly acute energy problems. The problems raised by this steadily growing horde of hungry, illiterate and jobless Jo people can only be solved devising and applying special policies for family planning and the creation of employment. Little has been done in either respect in most African countries up to date. Threeyear or five- year programmes giving distinct priority to economic expansion leave limited scope for future considerations of social welfare of the provision of employment. Furthermore the transfer of modern technology has hitherto tended to ing bypass labour- intensive projects. The promotion of agriculture and small- scale " cottage" enterprises is still rudimentary- after years of large- scale development thinking they do count as prestige projects. no Ifa svods bendr bns Due to inadequate school facilities, frequently outdated educational systems and the lack of vocational training centres, there are vast numbers of unskilled workers and a crass shortage of skilled labour. The training of local staff to take over from the white consultants and qualified personnel is only conceivable on a medium or long- term basis.to [ string was of baltine Jon 03 hu jad 03 20 21 bns Family planning, the second pillar for a better future, is still too alien to the African mentality and often conflicts with long- standing traditions. If included at all in governmental planning, family policy comes last in the scale of priorities. labour as it in accord ce wit 225 cy. As African -8Yet increased emphasis on employment policy and family planning will mark a vital step forward for the future of Africa, and is absolutely indispensable for the economic and political stability of the continent. Gener bepsons sa mortw to vnam.notdaluqoq REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA- MONOGRAPH tatanoɔ bevoTqmensbnu T and to vinism Judassion du d nidu ar them are among the omest co mua per A census taken in 1980 showed that there are approximately 23 to 24 million Blacks, some 4,5 million Whites and about 3,3 million Coloureds, Indians and Asians living -bin South Africa. These figures are diametrically opposed to the political, economic and social set- up in this apartheid state. The main protagonist of apartheid policy is the National Party( NP), which has been in government since 1948 and only lost votes for the first time in recent years among both right- wing and left- wing followers.E - Tuqoq The general elections of 1981 reflect the growing intransigence of attitudes on both sides, whether in favour of or against apartheid, and the failure- at least for the time being of Prime Minister Botha's reform policy, cautions though it be may be. Botha and the moderate faction of his party want to reduce apartheid insofar as it is proving an obstacle to South Africa's economic expansion, thus mainly in the working world( e.g. by rescinding the job reservation laws to overcome the acute shortage of skilled labour;( cf. review of trade union situation). By training a coloured and black middle class they intend to create a kind of buffer against the political extremists. Until now, however, the" reformers" have come up against fierce opposition from the pro- apartheid factions in the party, and particularly among the White labour force and White trade unions, which are wary first and foremost about any curtailing -au of their privileges. bluow 123 The failure of Botha's reform strategy seems to be due among other things to the fact that there is too little accepted scope for relevant reforms in the apartheid 229 system, and that the blacks' and Couloudeds' steadily growing demands cannot ne ent satisfied, neither in what they want nor in the time they allow for it. The concept put forward by the White opposition party proposing a White South African willingness to co- operate and renounce their economic and political privileges seems - equally unlikely to succeed. TO 159V The political awareness of the blacks and couloureds( most of whom no longer allow themselves to be exploited by the system) in increasing along with rising unemployment, mass poverty and high infant mortality rates in the so- called homelands.d Black resistance is concentrated in the social environment of the urban conglomerations, and centred above all on the unequal apportunities provided( schools, jobs, social conditions), the discriminatory laws( passeport legislation, the Immorality Act, etc), and the homeland policy, which allows black South Africans 219 to be compulsorily expatriated once their tribal homeland has been proclaimed t " independent". bns. The homeland policy is one of the lynchpins of the policy of separate development and is used to justify the fact that urban blacks are not entitled to any political rights. To overcome the resistance of many tribal leaders against an" independent" homeland, Pretoria recently promised to introduce an additional" associated South African citizenship" and a new economic policy in the homelands. 226 2913 - -9--1The radical blacks and coloureds have long since abandoned their moderate ideas of a share in government and are now out for full power. The forceful suppression by the police state of any Black political formation has resulted in forceful resistance in the form in increased guerilla activity. bas nu Sub 1. The African National Congress( ANC) has built up fully operational offices in exile since its proscription, as well as guerilla organizations in and around South Africa. It demands a radical change of power, but its basic political programme is moderate in its principles.ed yet it( like Namibia ci spotlight or 2. Black Consciousness has widespread support within South Africa, but as yet little representation in exile and guerilla forces with no great reputation. " Black Solidarity" is its counter slogan against the ethnic heterogeneity of bev blacks in South Africa. 3. Inkatha was reorganized by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi in 1975 as a political party and advocates non- violent action to attain liberation within the system. Since it is based in tribal elements, Inkatha is in keen competition with ANC and Black Consciousness. In view of the ideological and ethnic lack of unity within the black resistance movement and the realization that a change in the South African set- up can only s be accomplished from within the country and by the blacks themselves, a new political power has come into being since about 1980, namely the black workers' owd movement. Since it already has the makings of a mass movement, even in this early phase, it could cause problems for the system ranging from economic or poT ns obs litical pressure to actual militant action. Labour legislation and trade unions in South Africa 23 Aztbew2 2181 To at UTA209 The recommendations of the Wiehahn Commission and the government White Paper on the reformation of labour legislation have left so much leeway for interpretation that it is hard at present to give any clear analysis. Opinions uttered by the various South African unions range from" cosmetic changes"( FOSATU) to" extending beyond Id social reforms"( conservative unions). x9 237 Two The White Paper specifies the general aim of the reforms in the labour sector as being" optimum education and training, employment and maintenance of the country's potential labour force regardless of race, colour and sex". The principal points es to are: tion, ing the whi апо OS) 10A2 quods to notistebetno neɔtytA Juo - Is the admission of all South African black workers to unions capable of concluding collective wage agreements, and the abolition of legal job reservation under the industrial Settlement Act of october 1979. asunto 200 nt bodinoz0nq) UTJA2 anoinU sbsxT to 229 ines Juo2.2 governmental consent for the training and subsequent employment of black apprentices in white areas. In the unified legislation on training anticipated for the next legislative period trade union training( industrial relations training) is to be placed on an equal level with other forms of vocational training. Various newly formed commissions are to advise the Labour Minister on questions of training, financing and coordination. Elimination of tribal rivalries and creati These and other reforms do admittedly constitute a certain amendment of South African labour legislation, dualistic as it in accordance with apartheid policy. As yet 227S -10however, the degree of actual implentation has varied. An exceptional decree by the Minister of labour provides, for instance, for homeland South Africans also o to be entitled to join registered trade unions- but registration of the individual unions and thus their ability to negociate wage agreements or call strikes is subject to the consent of the Minister of Labour and can also be vetoed by the already registered( including white) trade unions. Five black parallel unions have beeen registered up to date, but applications by independent trade unions have been rejected. Although multiracial organizations( such as FISATU) are officially undesirable, allegedly 40 unions have meanwhile been registered. at em census taken in 1930 show q Jacks There is a similar descrepancy between legislation and actual reality where jobg reservation and racial equality for apprenticeships are concerned. Although job reservation has largely been abolished, agreements still exist between employers and employed, reserving work in certain occupational categories for members of ost a specific( white) trade union. With the White Paper's vague formulations regarding apprenticeships, there is a danger that like the educational system- there will in practice be" second class apprentices" and that integrated vocational training will remain the exception, rather than the rule. both side in favour st There are at present some 700 000 white, coloured and black workers registered in 167 unions. About 70 000 of the ca. 6.5 million black capable of gainful employment and several thousand coloureds are organized in 26 independent and as yet unregistered unions, whilst 30 000 blacks are members of parallel unions. Approximately two thirds of the registered and non- registered unions have combined to form four big umbrella organizations: EX 1. Federation of South African Trade Unions( 13 predominantly black unions led by Un white Secretary General Alec Erwin; for this reason it is rejected by the big th black liberation movements ANC and PAC despite its acknowledged big influence. to FOSATU is backed by the International Metal Workers Federation and by Swedish ad and British unions).evop arid bas bns noi mmc dant nor nquent not yswss! noum 02 379 gvsd edT 2. Consultative Committee of Black Trade Union( 7 unions, competes to a certain forextent with FOSATU, has less influence but better contact with ANC and PAC202d sy owing to its exclusively black leadership). isfied, neither in what they want nor 3. Trade Union Council of South Africa TUSCA,( 60 unions, some 300 000 members, any two thirds of them coloured; has adopted a standpoint against independent blac< ee unions and has lost in significance as a result). 916 4. South African Confederation of Labour, SACLA,( 20 unions, ultraconservative, low patbu regards itself as the standard bearer of apartheid; tendency for more liberal factions to break away). Black concentrateder 5. South African Congress of Trade Unions SACTU,( proscribed in 1965, continues -Asqin exile, but its influence in South Africa is meanwhile considered slight). en grid 10 bedsqiotins painted no mordsfeigsf batt beɔsiq ed of at( pntored anoisie ist zubnt) pntata noinu send pobreq pntnis The homeland policy- petohetarianortnowptos 2010th edidiffevin and is used to justify the fact that urban blacks are not entitle nemosent political badantesait epsbatstadtbouth homeland, Pretoria recently promised toota African citizenship and a new economic policy in the homelands 2003 657A JU02 to inembrems nist1936 9Judidano ylbett imbs ob enote 19d30 bis 29nT 93 Joy 2A vor fog bred sqs daw sonsbro ni dh 26 of all sub nott612ipel quods! 228 S -11-ST2 929 pm vfqz to adeqzon- prof no boop avail of beebiznos at sdspuM Jado .votfoq dipterot bns Ismistni mt 2013053 anottuso ein tw sunimo ar tame/ dong bas vildsde[ sottifoq fament amoɔ 9 no zb9qbylegs nutut atH siti bluow 193270M smix9 a'swdsdmis.addw odd to noliego- 03 mono and no sxtf eming MONOGRAPH- ZIMBABWE atis 9 yaonoce ads medtement of notnu abst beitinu s ebent 9thdw sno bas anotnu Istostslum no dosi quot z z'aw noi obnu Zimababwe the young African state which has emerged after more than ten years of civil war from the former white- governed Rhodesia, is only one year old, and yet it( like Namibia) is in the spotlight or world interest. For Zimbabwe's development will not only have repercussions on the future of Southern Africa, but is also a potential element of stability in the East and Central African region. By its example Zimbabwe could also show whether a system based on parliamentary democracy, a social market economy and a pluralistic society is viable or even successful in Africa. Robert Mugabe, who was still regarded as a strict Marxist before his election as head of government, is pursuing a very realistict policy in Zimbabwe and is trying to come to terms with his erstwhile comrade- in- arms Joshua Nkome and his tribe and with the white administrators and farmers who have remained, seeking to integrate them in the country as a whole. Until now he has managed to avert the dreaded tribal war and keep white emigration within bounds. By opening up his country to the West he has succeeded in obtaining a massive boost for the economy of thousands of millions pledged by aid donors in Europe and overseas. Despite this successful start, Zimbabwe and Mugabe's government still have big problems to solve: - - - - Reintegration of a total of 1.2 million refugees( 20% of the total population) in economic and social life The need to ensure adequate supplies of food in the country economically weakened by civil war. This should be possible on a medium- term basis if the 6 000 white farmers can be kept in the country and backing given to the approximately 75 000 African peasant farmers. Short- term bottlenecks can be overcome by importing foodstuffs. - The development of an efficient governmental and administrative apparatus. Social and political reforms to fulfil the expectations of the black population, without inducing the whites to emigrate( e.g. land resettlement) Job creation, above all in farming, but in industry and mining as well - Housing and infrastructural development - - Co- operation of the white population, which controls more than 80% of the production capacity Reintegration of the guerilla troops in the army - Literacy programmes, reorganization of educational and training systems - Social and economic emancipation of the black population - Elimination of tribal rivalries and creation of a racially and ethnically pluralistic society 229 -09 -1440-12Robert Mugabe is considered to have good or long- term prospects of solving these problems if he continues with his cautions tactics in internal and foreigh policy. His future largely depends on the country's internal political stability and on the economic co- operation of the whites. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister would like a unified trade union to strengthen the economy. Preliminary talks are already under way with Zimbabwe's four black or multiracial unions and one white trade ve union federation. und The due de card at blow no I it now liviɔ 라 gusb ud news day as P te ent Thed will iał postaude dal sebovat trainibusmode absen 92, bs iw 219 bns 210 Mw od njiw bas edi 78 Fagarbabsabogdant and sdtem? ter two thirds of the regis bi to 99 rm four sexop 2'sdagul bns swdsdmis 167 fut 1. Federation of South African Trade Unions( 13 predo Onfsto : 9vfoz of ameldonq unions Ted by Swedish black liberation movements ANC and PAC despite it FOSATU is backed by the International Metal Workers Federation andydatmonost ni boot to 29tIqque et supebs swans of been anT ti 2726d mid- murbem s ho sidiazoq ed bluoda airT now fivio yd bangsew 2110022000 owing to its ex sively black leadership), attutaboot creat two thirds of them colou coloured; has adopted a sta black ( Jasms 1929 bas! 0.9) 936pm 0 29thdw sitt entoubat Juodjiw.nois 4. South African Confederation of SACLA ions, factions to break away). 5. South African Congress of Trade Unions SACTU,( proscri insdd to 08tne tajno dobo oldsfugo bo and oh 965; continues bong vins add nt aqoond Thoup srl to nois ag amedaya printent bas fotsoubs to moldesin600929mm noidsfuqoq xosid end to motsqfonams monoos bas[ 61002 Vilsondte bns VITAłosy s to noise bns 29 fevin Tsdit to nortonimt 13 230 vefooz oftailsufq REPORT FROM THE REGIONAL OF PART I INTRODUCTION It is hardly aggeration to state that this continent come more an more consciou of the IFBMW existence dur The tribute goes to the St Secretariat for their increased Region. This also bers at the Sec of this Region Management steering to the co Des Regional Acti office act fail to be 1980 sing Reports them is a this to in condespite deserving the African junction the of tre This conscious ctally, the Region. This There heavily The two meet create has been y an Also it ca blish LFBWM IFBWW has put up full time off cer 1 tireless wor He has offices, To many, the any other may compar hardship. To from the the inch Regional Offices unity as as a per sensible in the ers tainty, communicat starvation is employment and poverty: illiteracy still dwells for this continent, leave alone ibutes a lot sa Factually, it is difficult to tell what one will be or do the of the economic and political uncertainty. It also remains a pr the mass in need, simply because this mass is situated in areas cation problems are the order the day. In addition, it is a force in our midst that, no qui information is exchanged as one cause of illiteracy and languag people do understand one comin tional prob the alarming have a moment to distribution, big unskille No doubt, viduals, on this of work. s bethat ms. It is rare in most cou Starvation is yet another pain in hungry man is an angry man who annot anced econo to paid still and most are in the urban areas. heir leaders 231 -12Robert Mugabe is considered to have good or long- term prospec solving these problems if if he continues with his cautions tactics in internal and foreigh policy. largely depends on the country's internal political stability and ration of the whites. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister would like to strengthen the Zimbabwe's four black ck or already liminary talks unions and one white trade federation. 231099A edt mott 2901770 IsmolЯ Івпотрея 230 93 23 REPORT FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE IFBWW IN AFRICA 1978- 1980 PART I- INTRODUCTION It is hardly an exaggeration to state that this continent has increasingly become more and more conscious of the IFBWW existence during this congress period. 27mb 907170 The tribute goes to the Secretariat for their increased energy to deal with the Region. This also goes to the newly created Regional Activities Committee members at the Secretariat, who have guided our office activities on the activities of this Region with good sense. Same cannot fail to be extended to the IFBWW Management and Executive Committees for their excellent recommendations on steering the work here. The Committee of Auditors have contributed quite a lot to the construction of these feelings, to pay sincere tribute to them is a deserving action by this Office. Last but not least we extend our tribute to the African Regional Committee members who have always worked so well in conjunction with this office, attending the meetings without any absentism despite the problems of transportation in Africa. This consciousness has been magnified by the increased activities here, especially the creation of the regional committees, one of which operates in this Region. This committee meets annually and this makes the IFBWW contribution here heavily felt with more sense of unity as a very lively global Federation. The two meetings held during the congress period have proved that the idea to create these regional committees was sensible and bright. Also it cannot pass without mention in these first lines that the idea to establish IFBWW Education Department at the Headquarters is one of the things that IFBWW has put up which undoubtedly pumps a lot in its activities. To employ a full time officer in this department is welcome and this officer has proved a tireless worker and he has experienced physically the problem facing the regions. He has sensed the political grumble that has only been reported by respective offices, without the Secretariat's physical participation in the field. To many, the African Region sounds as an area of operation may be just like any other area. Some may have exaggerated ideas of its toughness, while others. may compare it with some well balanced areas of operation with reasonable hardship. To us in the field, this is a complexed area, a basket full of uncertainty, communication problems, where illiteracy still dwells amongst many, starvation is becoming a trade mark for this continent, leave alone lack of employment and poverty; all this contributes a lot to the problems in our work. Factually, it is difficult to tell what one will be or do the next day because be on do the next of the economic and political uncertainty. It also remains a problem to reach the mass in need, simply because this mass is situated in areas where communication problems are the order of the day. In addition, it is an irritating force in our midst that no quick information is exchanged as one wishes because of illiteracy and language problems. It is rare in most countries that people do understand one common language. Starvation is yet another pain in the alarming traditional problems, for a hungry man is an angry man who cannot have a moment to listen. Because of the unbalanced economic and social progress distribution, big mass have turned their will to paid jobs, most of which are unskilled and semi- skilled while others are under- employed in the urban areas. while others are loyed in the No doubt, this has increasingly contributed to untold exploitation by the individuals, local or multinational corporations. This still retains the workers on this continent in a state of lack of trust in themselves or their leaders. 233 - 2- It is under these conditions that IFBWW has continued its services to eliminate these ailments to any possible extent. Through co- operation at all levels this work should be made possible. MOITU00ЯTNI- I TAA - PART II OFFICE WORK and a 93532 03 no619006x9 ms byd at I borisq 229pno zidd pub son927x9 WW8I add to auofano enom bn6 9rom 9mo ( i) Office Administration 9d3 03.290p studied s The Regional Office address remains the same. It is a pleasure to report that now, unlike before the last congress, we have had a full time office secretary. Though the staff remains meagre compared to the work we are supposed to cover. Sacrifice is the only tangible token to offer in a work like ours. For independent democratic organisations, each has to maximise its contribution and it is always a pleasure to see this being done. 03 9judra bo bns3x9 9W 3269 ( ii) Communication) Now zyswis sv 93102016 Juodity ap 06A 903 1770 ard yd 336 tw nottɔnut dog t During the period, contacts by our Nairobi Office have been, internationally, healthy. Through this, we have managed to contribute in a rich way to publicise the IFBWW existence in the Region. However, increase in transport fare is alarming and this curtails and minimises our contributions in many areas. Tisto погрея 919d ( iii) Press Cuttings nu to 92092 910 6901 913 3 DV q even bote 22900 er g rub bled agnijom owl edT To ease the passage of information about matters pertaining in our field of Is. 92 1 916910 activities, we created during this period a system to submit press cuttings to the Headquarters giving outlines of paper reports for the Headquarters' assessment of the situation in certain matters. At the time of drawing this report, we had not been able to find out how useful the system has been to the Headquarters. To us it seemed that the use of this method is an excellent move, since it delivers messages in a professional form. Our Office also appeals to all concerned to send us such news for our own use or disseminate same for the 9H necessary consumption. o6qorq 16: Jauf sd vam no 36190 to 6916 05 26 zbauoz noteЯ A synem OT PART III- FIELD WORK att to 259bi baJ61906x9 9v5d y6m 9m02 69% 19dto vn elden02691 dj tw nortonego to 26916 bechsfed few emo2 dd hw dr 9sqm yem At the beginning of this period, the operation programme here had been based d on a sub- regional basis:[ lite to# 561 763 abst s phimoɔed at not3V15J2 1. East Africa ent of tol s 293ydin zit is evoq bos naryolqme 92 2. Southern and Central Africa 900 rw fod 03#Tuotb ei dylleu ว ธรา 3. West Africa Anglophone 4. West Africa Francophone. -9d 28 yanstonu sortloq bas olmonoɔs and to at 22sm and azusɔed vfqmiz, b99n nt 225m 9 ysb 9 to 1960 9 916 ameldong nat ± 6ɔ tnt Яbiup on 6 Jabim quo at 900t After one year of activities from the congress time, the the IFBWW Executive Committee through the Regional Activities Committee issued guidelines to this Office drawn out of the discussion held on February 23, 1980 between the IFBWW Education Officer and the Regional Representative. The guidelines are as follows: 915 25( i) ( i) Establish guide lines and plans for a recruitment campain in the region which should bar costs. may detailed information on schedules and 219 TOW 9j dT.an duob of no 1630f 21subiv 219b59 19 to 29v9amad ni taunt to do to 93632 6 nt Jenido aint no 234 - 3- ( ii) Divide the existing federations in West, South, and East Africa( 1) into the following: Sec a) active members, b) non- active members 1979JUTAO c) potential members, Pross d) weak federations, Anothe and send a report to the seat in Geneva. end to Je the( iii) Visit Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Uganda and Botswana in order to trip and establish contact with various federations. " ato8.ub to Jam Als( iv) Prepare and start the training programme in Kenya and support Educ the federations and project leaders concerned. had( v) Supervise the training project in Botswana and Zambia and 2. 1601 send reports to the Geneva office. ( vi) Prepare and participate in missions and seminars in those countries where training projects are planned. This applies to the Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Upper Volta and Uganda. ( vii) Gather and disseminate information to affiliated and potention. The tial members on the IFBWW activities in the area. Durell to the I ( viii) Suggest suitable participants for courses in Israel. Special attention is bestowed on such countries where we have trainThey reing projects. sid late( ix) Investigate the situation in Uganda and send a report to 2 Geneva. ( x) Prepare and organise the session of the regional committee. Febru with( xi) Regularly submit financial and activity reports in the light of requests by the IFBWW regional committee. our dd 22922691 03 6029 62 of bal n002 919 Since these guidelines came after the resumption of our activities from the aty congress, this report will first deal with the set up guidelines and where. some countries have not been covered by these guidelines will be reported separately. 30 101 bosda ud.ed 1. Visits: Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Uganda and Botswana 2001 ( i) Liberia nu absit bns enjons vsq of beb bebjoeb bever be ad bluo On December 8, 1978 visited and organised an educational seminar which took place from December 13 to 16, 1978. vd.b 979W เก รวม 209.199 bsd Our affiliates in Liberia have, for some time, been requesting our office for a representative from the Federation to go and re- organise their union membership. This has been backed in the two subsequent Africa Regional Committee meetings. However, it has not materialised due to circumstances beyond the Regional Office ability. bad the 082 When the trip to West Africa with IFBWW Education Officer, Brother S. Windh and Brother B. Carlsson started, a decision was made to visit Liberia on April 23, 1980 for feasibility study before starting the recruitment campaign. However, 1980 this did not work out. For when we were still on this trip a coup d'Etat took place in Liberia. 235 - 4- A ( ii) Ghana these alimen nitaixa a abivia( tt) December 1978 visited Ghana and attended the Ghana Construction Workers Union 5th Delegates Congress which took place from December 1 to 3, 1978. Another trip to Ghana took place on April 25, 1980 on my way from the West Africa trip mentioned above( i). This second trip was intended for consultation on the establishment of the West Africa IFBWW Education Project. During this trip held consultative discussions with our affiliates; also discussed with the OATUU Secretary General Joseph Denis Akumu and his Assistant Samuel B. Lungu about the establishment of the West Africa Education Project. ( iii) Benin For quite long, the" Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Bâtiment et du Bois" ( SNTBB) has been on our affiliates list without much to be heard of them and totally no response to our requests. 02 On April 30, 1980 visited Cotonou to check on this affiliated union. This trip led to find our that this union had lost interest in our Federation and that the Cotonou Government was more bent towards the Communist orientation than the free labour movement. This was reported to the Secretariat, recommending to remove this organisation from our list until the situation changes. This has also been fully discussed during our last Regional Committee Meeting in Salisbury. ed no 21 sq sids ( iv) Uganda activ 697 sto9q2 1961 22 23 12900 eppu2( rity) bd of 1979 was the year when Amin's Regime was overthrown. By June 7, 1979 made a trip to this country. During this trip the hopes were high in every respect. On this trip, met with the then new Minister of Labour, now the country's Vice President, other Government officials and trade union officials. However, soon after this trip some changes came when the post- war first civilian President Prof. Yusuf Lule was overthrown. .993mm( snorpet WW871 sdd. vd 2329upe In November 1979 made another trip to reassess the situation. During this trip visited Tororo Cement Industry with the General Secretary of our affiliatentz Bro. E.K. Hall to assess the liberation war ruins. Also at this period, the union submitted their request of assistance. 19o need ton ted their request of assistanc этог 160 On February 14, 1980 on learning that Mrs. Gunvor Ngarambe, the Director of the Study Circle system in Kenya, was leaving for Uganda with her husband, I decided to pay another visit to make a joint trip to find out with them what could be achieved for our affiliates. During this trip a number of meetings were held with various officials from the Government and trade unions. 19 Later in April 1980, the IFBWW gave Sw. Fr. 3,000.-- to assist the affiliate in Uganda to buy essential office equipment. But before this offer, discussions had been encouraged by the Friedrich- Ebert- Foundation Representative, then colleage Dowe. In a meeting held on February 11, 1980, he had promised our office that if our ITS agreed to pay half of the fund needed, his Foundation would pay the remaining half. ups 6 apnt This was passed on to the IFBWW Education Officer and a meeting took place on 10 February 23, 1980 in this respect. Oral agreement was reached to pay Sw. Fr. 3,000.- and DM 3,000.- by our ITS and the Foundation respectively. Astonishingly, when our office chased the matter the FEF Representative told us that they had withdrawn their offer until after Uganda's political elections scheduled to take place towards the end of 1980. new 101.Juo Now Jon brb atd 9191 236 -5( v) Botswana 90162 OT 1801 S During an April/ May 1979 fact finding mission taken up by the IFBWW General Secretary, Bro. John Löfblad, Education Officer Stefan Windh, the then proposed project leader Southern Africa, Edward Munchenje, and myself with the exception of the General Secretary who had stopped in Zambia and returned to Geneva for other pressing work, the group visited Botswana from May 4 to 7, 63 1979. This trip was intended to establish an IFBWW Southern Africa Education Project. Another trip was taken up by me from September 14 to 16, 1980 to find out how. the project was operating. One week seminar was in process at the time of this trip and I participated in this seminar. in this semina 193 Also from November 10 to 14, I visited Botswana again on the directive of IFBWW Education Officer, who wanted me to go there to look into some problems that had come up between our APL and some union officials. This was satisfactorily settled and an Education Committee formed. ettled -5919/200 2[ stot770.notou.add.vd bewolfat.219dmam n 2. Prepare and Start the Training Programme in Kenya bne tyto add to anot 03 zidd[ IA.am afe. [ 8@[ During the April/ May 1979 mission to East and Southern Africa, a meeting was held on April 27, 1979 with our affiliates in Kenya in connection with education. The Kenya officials explained how the 1978 programme which we had been running was very difficult to implement due to numerous problems that faced its operation which could not allow the unions to continue with the programme. They requested to have residential seminars at least once every month. Consideration to organise an education project was given, but be confirmed at a later date. We received a positive response from Geneva by February 1980. After consultation with the After consultation with the Kenya Director of Kenya Study Circle system on February 1, 1980, we produced a memorandum paper to base on our discussion with the unions. For the purpose of speeding the starting of this seminar, T our office presented an advance project diary as follows: ed [ sno] Stage 1- April 1980 xen 03 - Stage 2 May 1980 Nairobi seminar take place ed Selection of a project leader zhd to be grit zbrow Stage 3 - Two months May and June 1980 250 290 Joint preparation of the study circle material 101 by the project leader and his assistants. [ dtezoqmt This cou- Material sources Documentation data were expected from IFBWW, COTU, the unions and Government Labour Act. 293 10 brs Stage 4- August 1980 Cour Project leader to prepare invitations, etc. for the first study circle leadership training in Nairobi. 70 700 Stage 5- September 1980 First training seminar taking place in Nairobi.m Stage 6 September and October 1980 -199m Follow up and supervision of Nairobi group leaders work, organising groups in their respective work places. Stage 7 End of November 1980 Thi - 20 2282 WT ffs vd yd bsbn the end of March Proceed to organise another project leader seminar in Mombasa. 237 Stage 8- - The Year 1981 Stage 9 May 1981 - 6- To organise same kind of seminars in the smaller( v) municipalities Nakuru and Eldoret. Evaluation seminar. 191392 In this connection series of meetings were held in February 1980. Then the Education Officer joined us in Nairobi on February 22 to 23, 1980. More meetings were held with the respective general secretaries of our affiliates to discuss the project, the education proposal paper and its budget. er 79 Later another prescribed draft memorandum was sent from Geneva as had been promised at the meetings. This paper was discussed between the union officials ant and myself. The budget was provisionally finalised. The budget was later completed with the Education Officer in April 1980 while on the trip of West Africa. Finally this was discussed with the unions and submitted to Geneva by May 1980. This budget has since been approved by the respective IFBWW authoritative committees. b3 ed qu'emo bad However, hitherto this project has not taken off due to the simultaneous elections of the civic and the parliament members, followed by the union officials elections. All this took place from late 1979, the whole of 1980 and part of S 1981. Since COTU and some union officials elections had not been completed until the beginning of 1981, the money intended for this project has not yet been used pending the problem of elections getting over. Full reports have bler been periodically sent to the Secretariat. Short 10 200 19V 25W เกม It is imperative therefore that another project diary will be drawn up, but this will only be appropriate when the unions have declared that the existing difficulties have been cleared. 19b72 3. Participation in Seminars Ivory Coast, Togo, Upper Volta and Uganda JA Though visits have been made in Ivory Coast, Togo and Uganda, no seminars have been organised yet. For Ivory Coast and Upper Volta fall under the West Africa Project, whose commencement has not yet been clear to our Regional Office. Nevertheless, since we believe that this project could not take off until towards the end of this congress period, much shall be received in the next reports. 0801 snub bns 90632 addnom ow For Uganda the situation was still in deem focus since the war and, due to the promised general elections which took place towards the end of 1980, it was impossible to carry on any activities under such circumstances. 4. Gather and Disseminate Information to Affiliates 08 90512 Our Office has seriously put emphasis on this subject. During the last two regional committee meetings discussed intensively on dissemination of information and resolved to introduce a Regional Bulletin which will start soon. 5. Regional Committee Sessions neque bns qu woffo HOW Saquone ontainspo Tow Two regional committee sessions have been held. The first took place in Kenya, attended by all its nominated committee members and two observers. This meeting took place from October 5 to 6, 1979. Attendance was as follows: towards the end of 238 - 7- Members: J.W. Murugu( Kenya) Charles Attah( Ghana) Lawrence A.T. Oyebola( Nigeria) et bevře97 901770 700 Jean Maurice Rangasamy( Mauritius) Observers: Patrick Nzima( Zambia) David Matheru( Kenya) jal bender snow yard sisi bevrees need potved am The Secretariat Headquarters was represented by IFBWW General Secretary, Bro. JOHN LOFBLAD. 03 26W 229 The Regional Office was represented by LAWRENCE T. CHANCY- KAWESA, Regional Representative and Miss HARRIET SSENDI, the Regional Office Secretary. the affi beir appl The second Regional Committee Meeting took place in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, from November 3 to 4, 1980. All members attended. Murugu and Attah are the committee chairman and vice chairman respectively while the committee secretary is Chancy- Kawesa with the following observers: the Patrick Nzima( Zambia) Durin Edward Njekesa( Zimbabwe) AfricS.W. Mabasao 18 domsM to be rid of 08er A3HTO 11 take N.M. Murindagomo April M. Wakoya II Apri ed by The Secretariat Headquarters was represented by Bro. STEIN LINDHAHL from Sweden, who is also a current member of the IFBWW Regional Activities Committee at IFBWW Secretariat. 6. Afro- Asian Institute Israel 25 The IFBWW paid for air travel fare and the Institute maintained the students throughout their study at the Institute. a) 39th International Course dest WW8R1.atis enimmel no This course was attended by the following candidates: 16092 93611117s of anoinu Durin 943 03 Jep Jon bib emot mor ± 60 1. Bro. Harrison Chruru Mwangi from Kenya Timber& Furniture Workers Union 219X1 2. Bro. David Kamara from Sierra Leone Artisan Union This course started from August 15 to November 11, 1978. b) 42nd International Course On. ne 20, held ons and This course was attended by 5 candidates, namely: 099d stil. Ignatious U. Igobah from Nigeria Construction Unionem no 2. R.C. Osanwuta also from Nigeria Construction Union Gener 3. R.A. Yussuf from Nigeria Furniture Union 03 br4. Joseph W. Muchiri from Kenya Construction Unions non medionA Desmo to. 5. Philip M. Mwamela from Kenya Timber Workers Union This course started from December 28, 1979 to the end of March 1980. 32 239 -8c) 44th International Course se san Our Office received the forms a bit late in June 1980 and hurriedly passed out the forms. The forms were returned to Geneva with nomination of Miss Asime, the female organiser from Ghana Construction Union, and Edward Njekesa, General Secretary of our Zimbabwe affiliate. The forms having been received late they were returned late too, and the registration had been closed. Later Bro. Njekesa was admitted but Njekesa cancelled the call due to the trade union congress which was about to be organised. It was too late then to get alternative candidates, so none attended this course. d) 45th International Course This course was attended by the following: Geneva 19dmsvoй Bro. Sylivio Arekion the assistant secretary and the treasurer Bro. Silven Paullay, both from our Mauritius affiliate" The General Construction Manual Workers Union" were admitted at this French speaking course starting from 29th December 1980 to the end of March 1981. ons. union offici ed fo OTHER ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE GUIDELINES 1. West Africa- Nigeria and Sierra Leone 993 of JHAHOMI MIT ( i) Nigeria Our affiliates in Nigeria, the former Amalgamated Union of Building and Wood Workers, emerged as two unions due to the then Military Governments' decision to restructure the trade unions operation in this country, namely: 2001. Nigeria Union of Construction and Civil Engineering Workers been 2. National Union of Furniture, Fixture and Wood Workers. ect, whose commencement has not On learning this, IFBWW fresh application forms were forwarded for the two unions to affiliate separately. Unfortunately, the Construction Union application forms did not get to them. The Furniture, Fixture and Wood Workers Union The Furniture, Fixture and Wood Workers Union applied for affiliation immediately. sed genera: impossible any In April 1979, this office was requested to recommend or not for its affiliation and our response was positive. Their application was admitted in May 1979. on was admitted in May 1979. August 15, 1979 went to Nigeria, visited the two organisations and held meetings with the respective officials of these Unions. This was the time I came to know that the application forms sent to the Construction Union had not been received. On my return, other forms were submitted and they applied for affiliation. The IFBWW's Executive Committee Meeting held in May 1980 accepted the Nigeria Construction Union's application to affiliate from July 1980. Another Union that falls under our jurisdiction is" Precision Electrical and Related Equipment Workers Union". August 28, 1979 sent them application forms to apply for affiliation. I had left the Constitution behind with the Construction Union for them during my trip to Lagos. 240 -9By March 1980 we received a reply that, though they wanted to affiliate, they had not seen our Federation's Constitution. We sent them another Constitution by April 1980. No reaction yet at the time of this report. Another attempt to visit Nigeria was scheduled on May 3, 1980, but did not materialise because of the airways workers strike that took place at the same time as the trip schedule. 08.8 ( ii) Sierra Leone -2tb VITUT 1933.6m 27 nd even o to HT." noinU 27910W F6 0291 96 6 At the time of our last congress, we had one affiliate in Sierra Leone," The Sierra Leone General Construction Workers Union". By November 1978 one other union applied," The Artisan, Ministry of Works Employees and General Workers Union", for the affiliation. Their application was accepted by the IFBWW Executive Committee in May 1979 for affiliation from July 1979. December 19 to 21, 1978 visited Sierra Leone to organise the new and the old affiliates. Had fruitful discussions that led to getting another affiliate in the country. stoms) nt 20 03 During this trip, we discussed and agreed to hold sub- region seminar in West Africa to be organised in Accra from 26 to 31 March, 1979. This could not take place as this was the time arranged by Geneva Office to take off with the April/ May 1979 West Africa mission. The latest visit to this country was from April 20 to 25, 1980. The IFBWW sponsored US$ 3,000.--, part of a seminar fund held on October 20 to 24, 1980. Another Union," Plantation, Forest and Allied Workers Union", had applied for affiliation. Our Office was requested to investigate. The investigation revealed that the Union was no longer functioning and that it was only formed on ad- hoc basis during a strike to settle the workers grievances at Rakapo Forest and did not spread to other areas. Though it was registered, it did not stay in operation for a long period. A report to this effect was made to the Headquarters recommending to withhold their application for affiliation until later, should a successful reinforcement in the union activities take place. 2. East Africa - Seychelles and Mauritius ops 2159 02 ( i) Seychelles 03 During this congress period not much has been done in the Seychelles. h By June 18, 1980, however, a telegramme was received with information that the National Secretary of our affiliate, Bro. Francis Bonte, was coming to Nairobi arriving on the following day, June 19, 1980. On June 20, held discussions and in this brief meeting it was established that more contacts were needed between this office and the islands. ( ii) Mauritius 1107 Juo Bar OT 132 General Construction Manual Workers Union Despite whatever economic problems, our affiliates in Mauritius have continued to fulfil their affiliation obligation. One of our Regional Committee current member comes from this island and is an active member. Not much has been done 241 - 10- for this affiliated organisation, though they have registered their requests from time to time. This has been so beyond our own ability due to time and fund limits. fontis forms Application for Affiliation ned be now zyswnis arid to me, the tonA Presently we have had another application from the" Mauritius Artisans and mi General Workers' Union". This application was made on November 8, 1980. In reply we mentioned the resolution of our Regional Committee Meeting that urged for a trip to Mauritius. We therefore promised to have this matter fully discussed during this trip. redo ano 8ter edmevoйv@ 21.04.090 3. Southern Africa ( i) Zambia - SJA [ 698 909 61972 A" Tags notnu Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Republic of South Africa nsati eter v6M n Ju9x3 176 During the already famous trip in this report April/ May 1979 fact finding mission, the group of four spent four days in Zambia assessing ways and means to start education programme in Southern Africa. During May Day Celebrations, which found us right there, met a number of personalities and discussions were held with various groups and officials. 17A In 1980, the project was started. However, it is still difficult for this office to effectively report on its progress, because our office has not been supplied with constant reports concerning its progress. However, this will be streamlined in future to get progress reports from our projects to the Regional Office. Tags bsd" non 290W betTTA bns 329107 ( ii) Swaziland 26d NA 176 The Kingdom of Sobhuza II is very sensitive and very much concerned about the activities of black visitors than the whites and worries constantly about the so called communist trained agitators entering the Kingdom to sow discontent. This was the observation of an independent observer of the American Newsweek, Jensen Holger, when he attended the King's 80th birthday celebrations some few years ago at Lumbuba, the Royal Capital. So it was under these circumstances when, in 1979, we visited the Kingdom. During our trip we could not meet any trade unionist though letters had been dispatched to pass information to some known trade unionists. Unfortunately, it was not possible to see any of them. We have information of some traded unionists whom we can now manage to approach as well as some appropriate employers organisation personnel through whom we can approach this country to present our services there. bns enor 23b OS snut no 0821 9W en We should render our service to the workers of this country because it is needed. To find out that it is needed, we examine the reported spontaneous strike which took place in 1979 when sugar- cane workers went on strike for higher wages. Unenlightened as they were on workers( trade union) relationship caused a total destroy of about 40,000 tons of sugar and the fate of the estimated 4,000 workers is not clear to our office. noo Essence It is obvious therefore that the people of this Kingdom want trade union education since they would like to change their traditional Kingdom bondage of treatment. off bas basfat art mont 29 242 - 11- ( iii) Lesotho The fact finding mission which sailed up to Lesotho from May 9- 10, 1979 was an additional trip to the one I undertook in 1977. During this second trip found out the cause that led to the split in the Lesotho Labour Movement. However, after the second trip not much has been done but we expect revitalisation of our activities there in approaching future. ( iv) Republic of South Africa In February 1979 received a letter from the above union with information that they received our address through the IFBWW General Secretary. They requested to know from our Regional Office how we operate, also sought for educational assistance. Though their letter was answered and posted via Geneva in March 1979, no reaction has been received from them. for PART IV- OBSERVATIONS Taking another look at the proposals by the Regional Activities and the Activity Programme of the IFBWW for 1979-1981 which was worked out from the report presented to the 15th Statutory Congress in Vienna on August 21- 24, 1978, the report which contained proposals for the future activities, I would like to make the following observations: By ana 1. Creation of Special Committee within Management Committee for Regional he question This to us is among the pillars which have allowed this office to do what has been possible for its contribution during the period. We hope that by regular consultation between this committee, the area offices and the regional committees we shall continue to witness prospects in the regional and central activities. 2. Creation of Regional Committees coun uq 092 100 As already said at the beginning, this was a sensible and bright idea. We, here in the office, observe how this has so far inculcated in the affiliates of this Region the spirit of togetherness and the feeling of more responsibility in the IFBWW activities in the Region. As per the forecast in the proposals, this idea has consolidated the Regional Office activities locally and centrally, as well as contributed to improved proposals and information to the Secretariat. strike the 3. Long Term Programme Though, as already stated at the opening of this report, this continent( Region), among other problems, is full of uncertainties in many ways, it is paramount however that long term programmes should be encouraged. It is imperative also that strong precaution should keenly be taken to preclude any problem likely to cause delays or break downs of such well structured programmes. quo to 20 9W 973 915 9w TA end 36d3 651 A 29o 937171362 01 bfnow it to s 93 243 829w6X 3.J 4. Southern Africa - 12- fund As proposed at the congress by the Nordic Federation of Building and Wood Workers, that the IFBWW make in the frame of its regional activities an inventory of existence of genuine trade union organisations within the jurisdiction of the IFBWW in the countries of South Africa, realising that some more work has been done in this area during this time other than it has been in the recent years since the turn of this decade. It should not be forgotten however that in the giant Republic of South Africa and Namibia, due to the usual obstacle, not much of the organisations there is known to us. When letters are written through Europe, in most cases there is no reply. Nevertheless, there is a consolation of mind in this very respect, since now Zimbabwe is free and we have already managed to hold our 1980 Regional Committee Meeting there. In order to facilitate and revitalise our activities in this area, free Zimbabwe should be honoured with our tangible performance. For sure this will serve aver lot to find and make proper inventory of existing genuine trade union organisations within our jurisdiction in the areas that we have not reached in South Africa. to 03 THAS sp fn, Sou Africa. Duri vd Leono 101 WW87 Day. Celebrations 5. Human Rights vores 26W Our office has remained vigourant on this question of honouring human rights in the world and on this continent. It would be remembered that, during the last Statutory Congress, in my oral contribution to the Congress, I talked bitterly about dictators put on their subjects, then this continent. Because of the supression they resist to entertain any outside influence, especially the trade union movement, globally organised like the ICFTU, WFTU, etc. This in our field creates a lot of suspicion by some regimes likely to cause personal risks and risks to the organisation's security. 2 of 2 risks Ter Though little has been done by the affiliates here to supply information in 91 this connection regarding such countries whose leaders feed on this bitter pill of oppression. In many cases, we still manoeuvre to a possible degree to secure the observance where it does not exist. We also dispatch information on such activities to disclose such oppression. It is a pleasure moreover to report here that, after the congress, the year 1979 which followed, was very much against many of the African despotic dictators who individually had vowed to remain life rulers of their respective countries- thus IDI AMIN of Uganda, NGUEMA of the Equatorial Guinea and Emperor BOKASSA of Central African Republic. During that year, their tyrannical conduct got ceased, eliminating the precious life of one of them, NGUEMA, who was executed for his evil deeds. PART V- CONCLUSION It is about two decades since IFBWW started its activities on this continent. IFBWW was a pioneer to establish full time office on this continent, heading other ITSS. Its activities and awareness on the continent have progressively onT grown from strength to strength. IFBWW here is great because it realised much in advance that the working class has no boundary especially in similar trades. How our Federation was right has been proved by the actions of many other ITSS falling suit to the idea. Of course some have come in a more vigorous way but we are the pioneers and should remain proud of it. It is our sincere belief that the African workers of our jurisdiction despite the mixed Government policies on this continent will no doubt look at our Federation as a co- ordinating and fraternal organisation prepared to sacrifice what it has, to assist the workers in this tender part of the world! L.C. Kawesa Regional Representative 244 In many of given to organised, du 6 nt bas te INTRODUCTION REPORT FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE JANUARY 1 1979- DECEMBER 31 1980 The Asian and Pacific region is a very vastly flung one, encompassing not less than 35 countries stretching from the Middle East to Japan in the West and Australia, New Zealand and other South Pacific island nations to the South. The IFBWW began to pay more serious attention to the Asian region only over the last couple of years, initially, by organising a regional seminar for forestry, timber and construction workers in Kuala Lumpur in 1977. This seminar can be termed as an" eye- opener" not only for the IFBWW but also to many trade unions in Asia and the Pacific region. The recommendations of this now historic seminar were adopted at the 15th Statutory Congress of the IFBWW, which paved the way for the setting up of an Asian and Pacific regional office in Kuala Lumpur in January 1979. PROBLEMS Building and Construction Industry By and large, in most countries, the building and construction workers are not organised. With the exception of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Fiji, the health and safety of construction and building workers are extremely bad and much neglected. In the building industry, wooden scaffoldings tied together with ropes are most precariously utilised. Accident rates are very high. Many lives are lost every year in this industry. It is stated that a construction worker going to work is like going to war and that his work- site is the battlegroung. The construction worker leaving his home in the morning for work is not sure whether he will return in the evening. The reason cited by many governments, trade unions and national centres in these countries are that this category of workers are difficult to organise. They are mobile, piece- rated and contract workers hired on project basis. Building workers are seasonal and migratory. They live by the building sites with their families under very unfavourable housing and health conditions. Except for a very small proportion of the skilled workers, the rest are employed on project basis and thus open to easy employer exploitation. But, if trade unionists ourselves, could come to this conclusion, how would these hazarduous precarious and exploitation- rife situations and conditions strike the ordinary layman? With horror, disgust and sympathy, of course. It is, therefore, the bounden duty of all in the collective movement to devise and apply the necessary remedies. The IFBWW, particularly this Asian and Pacific regional office, has encouraged National Centres to organise the construction workers. We have taken this matter with a representative of the government. But, regrettably, the response has been no more than lukewarm li- service. With the help of the IFBWW, the Construction Workers Union of Malaysia was successfully organised. The union held its first inaugural general meeting on September 7, 1980. antm922fb 63 3 jettua 2290010 s at 977uz bluow ano dhaoq qida 245 Tředj - 2- 301390 JAV ЈАНОТЭЗЯ Forest and Timber Industry IS Я3 OMA MAIZA SHI MOA TA0938 - ever I YЯAUMAL Forestry in Asian countries hold vast potential sources of employment and in a number of countries, the export of forest produce rakes in large volumes of revenues and where workers' organisations are poorly set up and this situation retards the process of raising the economic and social lot of their members. There are many cases where it is extremely difficult to organise forest workers in the region. First of all, they operate away from urban areas. They are subjected to frequent mobility from one area to another and most of them are employed on a contract basis. Contract and temporary workers are paid very low wages. They are not covered by social security schemes or medical benefits. asl And they are a badly exploited lot. edmi A large proportion of the labour force among the workers is made up of people from the agricultural sectors living in shacks adjoining the forests and drawn from rural tribal population. Most of them are landless and are conspicious by the low productivity and lack of skills. They work under the most arduous, unsafe, difficult and hardy conditions. Human Ri The overall standards of health and safety are very often low among the forest and timber workers. Forest operation machines are poorly maintained and are inefficiently operated. Employers do not provide safety measures such as helmets, protective clothing and footwear, etc. obre en blind an bns va The few unions that exist for the forest and timber industries in this region are, by and large, weak due to their weak numerical strength, poor financial d conditions and lack of good leadership. The very high rate of illiteracy among the workers is also a contributory factor. PROBLEMS OF THE REGIONAL OFFICE 015 290 it atnd of 1699 1201 915/ 29vil op 19 top med vow The regional office, after its inception, had to start from scratch. Although there are unions in the forestry, timber, construction and wood industries, T only few are affiliated with us. Even these affiliated are facing numerous problems, mainly the lack of funds. Therefore, they do not pay full membership fees. There are many unions in this region who have not heard of international Trade unions, particularly the ITS's. It has been a great task of the regional office to make them understand the international trade union structure. Голоз 21 bluow wodnotu a od smoo bluco 29vfsznuo 21atnofnu The governments in this region do not favour the ITS's operating in their countries, their reasons being motivated by political expediencies. . Ju8 Since a vast majority of construction workers are not organised, it is a problem for this regional office to identify workers' leaders in this section of society and to encourage them to form trade unions. There are labour laws in these e countries which preclude certain categories of workers, particularly building workers from joining trade unions. The leadership provide a low profile to workers/ trade union education. In most cases, this is due to the attitude of leaders who feel that education is not important and therefore, a waste of money. In other cases, where leaders recognise the value of education, they are reluctant to disseminate education to the fear that their leadership positions would suffer in the process. Regional Represent PAS 246 - 3- In many of the developing countries, in spite of labour laws, no protection is given to contract workers. In some countries, like Malaysia, they cannot be organised due to the legislative restrictions. In a number of instances, religion, local customs and traditions are in the way of the development and upliftbement of the forest and construction workers. Again, in most of the Asian countries, Human and Trade Union Rights are curtailed and ILO Conventions 78 and 96 remain unratified. adj bne nram oT This regional office, though in its infant stage, is not yet in a position to meet the demands that are being put forward by the unions of various countries for assistance, funds, materials, etc. The regional office is short of manpower, finance and materials and therefore has to prudently prune its priorities. Fangidan owt prigolavab to 229 WHAT THE REGIONAL OFFICE CAN DO AND HAS DONE nt.WW871 soube The IFBWW has a great task ahead to assist the workers by helping to build stable and viable workers' organisations. Due to many constraints and varied restrictive factors, it is left to tackle problems systematically and on the basis of stringent priorities. bms vd It is discovered that the most effective mothod to assist forest, wood and construction workers is to provide them with education. The regional office can also provide assistance to unions to organise unorganised workers. Right now itself, we have received many requests for assistance in organising, notably the construction union in Malaysia and the Timber Industry Workers Union in Fiji. As the region is wide and far flung, efforts made by the IFBWW to assist the workers are not noticeable and do not offer an immediate impact. With limited resources, IFBWW can only implement programmes according to priorities set on the advice of the IFBWW Asian Committee. wage of 03 The IFBWW regional representative, Mr. G. Balan, undertook a number of missions to Asian countries in the last 1 years to study and assess the local conditions, to advise affiliates and to make new contacts with the forest/ construction workers and their organisations. As a result of such missions, the influence of the IFBWW in the region is making itself felt. bas v163 T Last year, the All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions of Pakistan and the Christchurch& Greymouth Federated Furniture and Related Trades Union of New Zealand, affiliated with the IFBWW. This year, the Building and Woodworkers Federation of Bangladesh and the Korean United Workers Union of Korea affiliated with us. We expect many more affiliations next year. Contacts have been established A with unions in Japan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Jiji and the Philippines and it is anticipated the number of affiliates in this region would take a leap in the not- too- distant future. visunst mo The IFBWW enunciated and implemented two national education projects; one in India and the other in Malaysia. In both the projects, selected leaders were trained as trade union education instructors and the instructors in turn will train a number of sub- instructors who will then go on to train ordinary members in their localities under the Study Circle method. T6M 237 bewolf6 .9V ± 63092 247 - 4- Through this method and the resultant snowballing effect, education is carried down to the mass of grass- root level members. In the Indian project, 1,288 workers were trained and in the Malaysian project, about 1,000 workers are expected to get education when the project ends during the latter part of this year. Next year, the third national education project is expected to be launched in the Philippines. To maintain effective and continuous contact with the affiliation in the region and to disseminate and exchange information, the Asian and Pacific regional office has launched a periodical Newsletter. It is anticipated that this service will be further developed so that it could act as a" clearing house" for the affiliates in this region. IFBWW, in collaboration with ILO, is in the process of developing two national education projects: one in Thailand and the other in Indonesia. TAHW The IFBWW Asian and Pacific regional committee which met last September in Singapore, reviewed the problems of immigrant workers in the Middle Eastern countries and decided to seek the help of ILO. In this respect, the regional office had already undertaken to draw up a set of questionnaires to be answered by the workers who have been to the Middle East countries from the Asian and Pacific region. Based on these questionnaires, a final report will be concluded and appropriate steps will be taken through our headquarters in Geneva. 132 0216 The IFBWW first Asian and Pacific Regional Conference scheduled for November 1980 will be reviewing the progress and on- going activities in the region. New proposals to raise the economic status of the forest/ construction/ timber workers will be on the agenda at the Australian conference including subjects on Human Rights issues and themes. b06 Jon 916 21 TOW The recent offer by our Australian affiliate, the Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australasia to sponsor two participants per year from the developing countries to the Clyde Cameron College for a trade union leadership programme, augurs well for regional co- operation and development. The National Union of Building Workers of Israel is also requested to provide two or three scholarships for leadership training at the Tel Aviv- based Afro- Asian Labour Institute. 10297 119237 ar no Yow noff The keen interest shown by Mr. John Löfblad, the IFBWW General Secretary and the Executive Committee of the plight of workers is most welcome as it was a neglected area in the past. The appointment of Mr. Stefan Windh as the IFBWW Education Officer and his interest and advice in the educational activities in the region is indeed paying high dividends. counte ACTIVITIES ITS fw bej Vitam$ 390x9 9W Vám Establishment of the Regional Office This regional office was formally established on January 1, 1979 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in conformity with the decision taken by the 15th Statutory Congress of our International in Vienna, Austria, in 1978. 25 At the request of our International, the Timber Employees Union, Peninsulart Malaysia, agreed to house the regional office in their premises and also ed allowed its General Secretary, Mr. G. Balan, to be a part- time regional representative. 248 proce cess. -5On May 1, 1980, the regional office was moved to another building in Petaling Jaya, New Town Centre. This decision was taken as the office of the Timber Employees Union Peninsular Malaysia was too small and devoid of space to accomodate the Workers' Education Project Office. Furthermore, the Timber Employees Union Peninsular Malaysia was also expanding and they, too, require more space for themselves. Staff $ 299 I nsdmtT A dow tau 29 T The regional office was administered by a part- time regional representative from January 1, 1979 to September 30, 1980. On October 1, he was appointed on a full- time basis. He is assisted by a full- time secretary. to notnu isnots( ET Scope and Functions of the Regional Office book to not f ( AT This office has and will undertake, among other things, the following functions: The a) assisting affiliates to strengthen their organisations by exchange bef of views and experiences, education seminars, conferences and member other Workers' Education programmes; Secre were b) assisting potential affiliates in this region and thus encourage and promote affiliation% 3 notnu 219 This c) assisting workers in the unorganised sector of our industry to constr organise themselves; project d) to promote social, economic and cultural aspects of workers; Force) to promote in general the aims and objectives and policies of the IFBWW. tiofr bej Affiliates from this Region as on December 31, 1980 Educa+ at As on December 31, 1980, there are 17 affiliated organisations from nine countries. They are: This tati a) Malaysia East countrie 1) Timber Employees Union, Peninsular Malaysia; 2976)[ 177A Ternejo Second R 2) National Union of Public Works Department Employees; 3) Union of Forest Employees; 4) Timber Graders' Union; 5) Paper and Paper Products Manufacturing Employees Union. b) Thailand add to Not pro held atdT 3,1 dins 2522 6) Thai Plywood Workers Union. -909 239 zubnI not c) India bns U ent- znatnu entgq zponu enfqqtidЯ ow 9 22A has to mor no : neqel to noinU ( UTAM) 200101 Uni 7) Building Mazdoor Union; 10 2010 ed 8) Indian National Building and Construction Workers' Federation; and 9) Indian National Building Workers' Federation.Asian and Pacific region. 249 - 6-- 01 beyom 2EW. sgolpen add.08er I. veit. no 18 d) Australia 10) Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australasia. 929 e) New Zealand 11) New Zealand Timber Industry Employees; 12) The Christchurch& Greymouth Federated Furniture and Related Trades Union. f) Israel eedT rust th 3- flut 6 Tut s vd betareas at H 13) National Union of Building Workers; 14) National Union of Wood Workers. g) Bangladesh 68852 Iftw bm6 250 90777 Septembe 2tdT Eastern 15) Bangladesh Building and Woodworkers' Federation. off by h) South Korea be пон souba From answered fan and cordluded 16) Korean United Workers Union. по The i) Pakistan 17) All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions. agenda at the The Executive Committee of our International which met in Geneva on May 22, 1980, de- affiliated two organisations in this region. They are the United Lumber and General Workers of the Philippines and the Spbutul Gasbiindo of Indonesia. The reason for de- affiliating these two organisations is that there is no communication between the headquarters and these two organisations.roCurrently, we have good communication with the United Lumber and General Workers of the Philippines and this organisation has assured us that they will re- apply for affiliation soon. Potential Affiliates ry and There are many potential affiliates in this region and most of them are in the forestry and wood- working industries. Since construction workers in this region are not organised, not many affiliates are expected. 2A This regional office has made many attempts in this region and has established many contacts with the leadership of the various unions which come within the ambit of our International. There has been some successes in affiliating new organisations in this region. We expect many more organisations to affiliate in the next few months, notably the two Japanese unions the Japanese Federation of Construction Industry Workers Union and the National Forest Workers Union of Japan; the two Philippine unions the United Lumber and General Workers of the Philippines and the Mindanao Association of Trade Unions( MATU). The National Union of Timber Workers of Fiji and other unions are expected to affiliate with us shortly. - sen 250 - 7- Asian Regional Committee The Executive Committee of our International which met in May 1979, appointed a six- member regional committee to supervise the work of the regional office. They are: ($ 413 m) b ope K.A. Khan 2 G. Balan behidm pens Mordekhai Amster Minhat Hj. Sulaiman K.R. Prabhudesai 9 Ken F. Carr Duen Chairman 200 grid to n pub- Secretary To? edf mt - Member Member - Member 19 231 1903- Member. 22) at Xm68 nemo favs0 ns 2A s " 6 03 169X First Regional Committee Meeting The regional committee meeting for Asia and the Pacific took place on September 14 and 15, 1979, in Singapore. Brother K.A. Khan, the Executive Committee member for Asia, chaired this meeting. Brother John Löfblad, our General Secretary and Brother Stefan Windh, the Education Officer of our International, were also present. This meeting discussed various problems facing the workers in the building, construction, wood and forestry industries. It reviewed the Workers' Education projects in India and Malaysia. At this meeting, were also discussed the human and trade union rights, health and safety in the Building, Woodworking and Forest industries. The meeting also adopted the resolution on Workers' Education. It is notable to mention here that our Australian affiliate, the Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australasia, at this meeting offered the IFBWW two scholarships per year for Asians for trade union studies at the Clyde Cameron College. This meeting also decided to lodge a complaint to the ILO regarding the exploitation of immigrant workers operating in the building industry in the Middle East countries. 906 Second Regional Committee Meeting in 8 to look The second regional committee meeting was held in Sydney on November 16, 1980. This meeting was chaired by Brother Mordekhai Amster of Israel. This meeting reviewed and adopted the minutes of the first regional committee meeting held in Singapore and discussed the various matters arising from the minutes. 9100spat2 This meeting also adopted the regional representative's report from January 1, 1979 to September 30, 1980. The regional committee also reviewed the future activities of the regional office, budget and nomination for the regional committee. ( 8.12) bnetan bns( not fi 8ver to bag 129361 At this meeting, Brother K.R. Prabhudesai informed the committee that he wishes to step down from this committee as he is no more with the Building Mazdoor Union in India. The committee took note of Brother K.R. Prabhudesai's position and thanked him for his service to the committe and the Asian and Pacific region. 251 - 8- Economic Performance of the Asian Countries The economic performance of nearly all the low- income Developing Countries( DC) was significantly below the overall average performance during the decade of the 1970s. The economic situation of the DCs in 1979 compare unfavourably with that of 1978 in the following aspects: 1) their total production of food grains was lower; 2) the rate of inflation in most countries was higher; 3) their combined balance of trade deficit increases; and 4) the rate of growth of their total output in real terms declined. The Asian Development Bank in its report traced the sluggish growth of the Third World countries last year to a" deterioration in their terms of trade" or the inability of developing countries' exports to buy enough imports to feed the population, supply raw materials and machines to industry and store up enough oil. According to the Bank, the account deficit of non- oil producing Third World countries last year rose to$ 47 billion from$ 36 billion in 1978- a 30.5% leap. Most Asian DCs last year had GNP growth rates well below those of 1978 with a few exceptions. Bank statistics show that Bangladesh GNP's growth dropped to 4.4% in 1979 from 1978's to 7.6%; Taiwan's to 7.3% from 13.4%; 9592 Indonesia's to 4.9% from 7.2%; Korea's to 7.4% from 11.3%; Pakistan's to 5.9% from 7%; the Philippines' to 5.7% from 5.8%; Sri Lanka's to 6% from 8.1%; Thailand's growth rate fell to 6.5% last year from 12% in 1978. 103 torq bos em SinT 329107 bas boow noit A handful of Asian countries actually improved their GNP growth rates last year: Burma's rose from 6% in 1978 to 6.3%; Hongkong's from 10% to 11.5%; Malaysia's from 7.4% to 8.1%; Singapore's from 8.6% to 9.3%. Executive Generally, however, the Bank's report observes, except for Indonesia and Malaysia- which are net exporters of oil- and Burma, whose stagnant economy is dedicated to self- sufficiency, the" economic performance of all these countries during 1979 was adversely affected by increased oil prices". of our International whi Jzubni J29 Sinois owj 00 почем The slower growth rates in Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, it says, largely resulted from a decline in the growth rates of their agri- T cultural sectors, while in the other countries, they were largely due to mojs slower growth in non- agricultural sectors. Because of this reduced production and higher oil costs, inflation soared in developing Asia last year with the overall average inflation rate reaching 11.6%- nearly double the 6.5 coverage in 1978. br0392 ny in The eighteen DCs that incurred trade deficits last year had a combined trade gap of$ 19.7 billion; 33.6% higher than the total$ 14.7 billion of the 20 DCS with deficits in 1978. Six countries- Hong Kong( trade deficit:$ 1.98 billion), Korea($ 5.08 billion), Pakistan($ 2,04 billion), the Philippines($ 2.28 billion), Singapore($ 3.4 billion) and Thailand($ 1.87 billion)- accounted for 85% of the total trade gap. - To finance the huge excess of imports over export earnings, DCs resorted to massive borrowing raising debt service ratios substantially in 1979. The latest available figures show that at the end of 1978, DCs held outstanding public debts of$ 66.7 billion, up from$ 56.4 billion in 1977, while the overall debt service ratio- the amount of foreign exchange income used to repay loans- à rose from 6.6% to 7.6%. 1870 9ton 2003 99337mm0 no HT mid besnsd bm6 norpsy 252 -9Against this backdrop, Asian Development Bank's loans last year showed a net increase of only 8%- from$ 1.16 billion to$ 1.25 billion. About 67% of last year's loans($ 835) came from Ordinary Capital Resources, for which a higher interest is charged with the$ 416 m. balance from Special Funds. The Bank stresses in its report, however, that" one- third of loan commitments in 1979 ($ 413 m) were made on concessional terms to the bank's poorer and less developed member countries, At this point, all indications are that ADB loans will become increasingly expensive, Indeed, the Bank raised its lending rate to 8.1% on January 1980 from 7.6% in August 1979 and 7.4% on January 1, 1979. AT Missions to Various Countries bas po and obi IPBHM new nfd During the period under review, this regional office undertook thirteen missions to various Asian countries. They are Thailand, India, South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Fiji and the Solomon pines, Singapore, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. th 016 Tha) All these visits were undertaken by the regional representative, Brother G. Balan, except for the mission to Fiji and the Solomon res Islands which was undertaken by Brother Ken F. Carr, the member of the regional committee. 929 First Asian b) In all, there were four missions to India alone, in February 1979, -6010 August 1979, February 1980 and October 1980. This was to superCollage vise the education project in India and to discuss with Brother K.A. Khan the functions of the regional office. vitic) The mission to Japan from October 23 to 31, 1979 was at the invitation of the Japanese Federation of Construction Industry the the Workers Union( KENSETSU DOMEI) to their first Annual Delegates and days 0 Conference. The regional representative accepted this invitation on behalf of the IFBWW. He addressed the first National Conference of the Japanese Federation of Construction Industry Workers Union( KENSETSU DOMEI) and the 21st Annual Delegates Conference of the National Forest Workers' Union of Japan( NICHIRINRO). The d) The purpose of the other missions were to establish contacts bed with unions in the construction, building, forestry and woodworking industries, to get acquainted with their leadership and also the National Centres, to study the trade union situation at large, laws and regulations in that country and to look into the possibilities of affiliating unions within the ambit of our International, to look into the possibility to assisting unorganised workers to organise themselves into trade unions or if trade unions are already existing, find ways and means to affiliate them. as sr2A 0824 çes -под Be DE bay bmI he MRHA 18 As a result of the visits, we were able to establish contacts with practically all trade unions existing within our ambit in this region. Four of these organisations have already affiliated with our International. The others are in the process of doing so. .2290002[[ 6 90191093 29d27w.bnsd sdo d 253 - 10- Construction Workers Union in Malaysia sve0 ms/ 2A, gombosd add dentsQA Hird 12 mon7= 28- vino to 92695 ( 282) 2009 With the assistance of MTUC, a construction union was registered on November 6, 1979 and the Malaysian Trades Union Congress then requested the IFBWW to assist this union in its organisational work. an ( m ETA2) mam beqof The IFBWW responded to this request and with our assistance in organising, this union has organised a substantial number of construction workers. The first inaugural annual general meeting of this union was held on September 7, 1980 at the MTUC Conference Room. The regional representative, Brother G. Balan and our Workers' Education assistant project leader, Brother Nor Ghazali bin Wan Chik, were present at this meeting and addressed the conference. This union later moved a motion to affiliate with the IFBWW. Australia- Miss Christine Nathan Leadership Australia AsTan Des Tast year had GMP g the elow those of Miss Christine Nathan, our project leader in India, earned herself a most deserving scholarship, sponsored by our affiliate in Australia to undergo an advanced trade union training course at the celebrated Clyde Cameron College in Wodonga. Miss Nathan has been closely associated with trade union studies and has organised trade union study projects on a wide scale in India. She has been involved in organising and lecturing on education topics in a very wide area of India. 9d3 6 25w ever rɛ of ES vedo 50 - azim 96T( 0) Krisada Chaona- 44th International Course in Tel Aviv, Israel, from August 14 to November 29, 1980 Brother Krisada Chaona, the President of the Thai Plywood Workers Union attended the 44th International trade union course organised by the Afro- Asian Labour Institute for Co- operative and Labour Studies from August 14 to November 29, 1980. Brother Krisada Chaona was sponsored by Histadrut through a scholarship granted to the IFBWW. This is the result of our first regional committee where such a request to Histadrut was made by our International. bns 2ws 02 12th ICFTU- ARO Regional Conference in Bangkok, Thailand from May 21 to 23, 1980 DC Brother Minhat bin Hj. Sulaiman, General Secretary of the Timber Employees Union Peninsular Malaysia and concurrently, a member of the regional committee for the IFBWW for Asia and the Pacific, attended the ICFTU- ARO Regional Conference held in Bangkok from May 21 to 23, 1980. Delegates from 26 organisations in the region took place in the three- day deliberations. 91.6 2A 116 The ICFTU hierachy to the meeting was led by its President, Dr. P. Narayanan. Its ARO was led by its President, Mr. C.V. Devan Nair and the General Secretary, Mr. V.S. Mathur, both of whom were re- elected for a fresh term of office. ervice of foreign hange income used to Mr. C.V. Devan Nair, who chaired the conference, expressed his gratitude to the Thai Premier who had declared the conference open. The Prime Minister, on the other hand, wishes the conference all success. 254 -11The conference adopted effective strategic programmes for the 1980s, taking into account the priorities for the decade. with the IFBWW Project Leader Seminar in Geneva, Switzerland, from July 28 to August 3, 1980 SV 10 A seminar was organised by the IFBWW for its project leaders and assistant project leaders of the IFBWW Education projects in the developing countries. Participants from Malaysia, India, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Zambia and Botswana were invited. The regional representative of the Asian and Pacific region and the regional representative from Africa were also present. This seminar discussed the aims and objectives of the IFBWW Education projects, the various methods employed, the union's participation, administration, accounting, etc. This is the first seminar of its kind and the participants who attended, did contribute a lot to the seminar and also have learnt a lot from the seminar. The seminar also gave an opportunity for the various IFBWW employees to meet their colleagues and counterparts in their various continents. ng no First Asian and Pacific Regional Conference from November 28 to 21, 1980 Thirty- one participants from fourteen countries assembled at the Clyde Cameron College, Wodonga for the first Asian and Pacific regional conference. The Management Committee of the IFBWW including the committee for regional activities were present. The conference itself was divided into two sections; the first two days of the conference were set aside for the seminar to discuss the three major issues facing the trade unions in our industry and they are 1) Violation of Human and Trade Union Rights, 2) Industrial Relations, health and safety standards, and 3) Workers' Education. The participants were divided into three groups of about ten each. Each group discussed one topic for two days. At the end of the second day, each group prepared their respective reports. The conference itself was held on November 20 and 21, 1980. Mr. Bob Hawke, the former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions was present to grace the occasion. Brother Abraham Buys, the President of our International, declared open this conference. The conference discussed the report of the regional representative and the three workshop groups, reviewed the work of the regional representative and adopted the work programme for 1981. The conference also adopted the budget ow for 1981 and nominated delegates for appointment in the regional committee. Before the conference began at the Clyde Cameron College, all delegates were asked to present their country reports which many did, and it was re- distributed to the delegates for future references. ab Brother K.A. Khan, the Chairman of the regional committee for the Asian and Pacific region was absent due to some problems with his own union and, therefore, the conference was chaired by Brother Ken F. Carr, in his capacity as be a member of the regional committee and the representative from the host country. по 255 - 12- At this conference, five resolutions were adopted, that is: with 1) on the Violation of Human and Trade Union Rights. In this Stavou resolution the conference recommends the participating this uni unions and/ or the regional office and/ or IFBWW in Geneva to take the series of action as may be necessary to protect the workers' interests in countries where Human and Trade Union Rights are denied. The 2) The second resolution is on the occupational safety and health standards including industrial relations. Here too, the resolution suggests and recommends certain measures to be taken by the regional office and the IFBWW Headquarters. and addressed Balan and bin Har 200900 919 9dT spo 100 vember 6 082T 160m92 at T 3) The third resolution is the resolution on Workers' Edu- em zwoł16v 963 236 cation which sets out the Workers' Education policy of een cent of Lezde ved in the IFBWW. The Education policy suggested by this reso- b9b936 orw lution is the same as the IFBWW Education policy. 160m92 92 sild mont Therefore, this resolution is an endorsement to the existing policy of the IFBWW which is being implemented in some countries in Asia and could be implemented to all education projects in future by the IFBWW in this region. 8S redn mont 90 16M 19w 29 jiy bms nsteA Ja Miss 4) This fourth resolution is on the building and construc- and has orgation workers. In noting the vast majority of the building and construction workers are not organised in trade unions, particularly in developing countries of Asia, 9dd an the resolution recommends that the IFBWW Executive Ja 2200 Committee give due consideration for a regional seminar aysb owd dent? to find solutions to the problems of the building and construction workers and also calls upon the IFBWW to babivib seek the ILO assistance to arrange a similar education project as arranged for the forest workers in Thailand and Indonesia. Kris Bro dedigi Labour ber 5) The fifth resolution is that it recommends that all application for affiliation to the IFBWW be sent to the Brothe regional office for processing first before they are to be accepted by the Executive Committee in Geneva. The regional office feels that this procedure has already been practised right now and that we could carry on with this procedure. reques 12th b06 91609291091 1601 br Workers' Education Projects 991 93 to nott nottsfory( T 612 vi xists bas 62 Novoq bets[ ob India for ab Lon The aims and objectives of the project shall be to assist the unions in order to enable them to develop methods to give such basic trade union educationstud to their members. The project shall be carried out in such a way that the developed method or education structure can be adopted and in the future will allow trade union education in general and rank- and- file education in particular, to constitute an integral part of the every- day work in the union. Pr the of 256 - - 13- The trade union education programme for the construction and woodworkers under the Pilot Project was started in the month of January 1979 and was concluded with the Evaluation seminar held in September 1979. This basic trade union education was given to 1.288 ordinary members, perhaps the largest number under any single education project. At the intermediary stage of the education programme, 162 workers have been educated as study circle leaders, also" the pillars of the trade union movement". Above all, 22 study organisers will be the main source of strength to the workers who have been trained under this project. For the year 1980, this project was diversified to not only in the state of Maharashtra but also to Andhra Pradesh and New Delhi states. In 1980, 11 study organisers, 95 study circle leaders and 760 rank- and- file members were trained under this project. Malaysia No change This Workers' Education project was started on June 1, 1979 with three unions participating. They are the Timber Employees Union, the National Union of Public Works Department Employees and the Union of Forest Employees. The aims and objectives of the project shall be to assist the unions in order to enable them to develop methods to give such basic trade union education to their members. The project shall be carried out in such a way that the developed method or education structure can be adopted and in the future will allow trade union education in general and rank- and- file education in particular, to constitute an integral part of the every- day work in the union. ding a large number of union leader The first stage of this project, 20 study circle leaders were trained to conduct weekend seminars and the second stage which was carried out in three phases, a total of 83 study circle leaders were trained. They, in turn, have trained 727 rank- and- file members till December 1980. G. Balan Nair Regional Representative be SIG repa 11 be expect to free at of BRAZIL that mineral financi insurgence aga the democratic elec which had the country 257 ver, it is my anaole of Tabou ensnowboow bas, noista ld not smspoiq nordsoubs notnu ba T baburanos 2BW bns exer visunst to nanom sit n bez bew Jo9t019 Jolig d notu sb pasd a HT erer admatge2 at bied genimse notteufsv3 sdt dj w abu 190 129phist 2190 mamian18 88S10 nevi w moiubs Se recommen 01 horsoube olente vas ce and/ or IFBWW Th Geneva unfor -9vom norng econd re health sto been adj JA 115 bus2 2s betsoube tw 2192tnsgro ybuda SS.Ifs evodA." Jnsm edevachedw 219 now and ns. Here atd.98 1sex s 107 3d 61326/ 156M Jetong air rebu is the cat the IFBWW. The Educ Tut 2007nu send resolution Markers Edukers Educati policy of sted by this resois the same as he IFB Ed icy se 08900465b3 219xhow at T 190 axnow of Iduq projects in future by the IFBWW in this sbro ni- ampiau and Jetzes of 9d fisna doston and to 29vidos do bus amts 9dT not subs pothu obs13, 5tasd douz svig of abortem qolaveb od med 9fd6n9.0 This fourth resolution is on the building and construedmem herd of tion workers. In oting the vast majority of the building 10 borjem begofaveb srd 930313205 give due solutions to the -000 03 9913. 9v6d Thailand and US ธาร nsp at not soubs and 2 % eps12 jati? T DAJ probe shy be sims2 bredsaw doub SHY 919 219915503 EB to Tsjo s.2928dq seadmed IT andmem 911- bas- 06 TST bents re 5) The fifth resolution is that it recommends that all application for affiliation to the IFBWW be sent to the regional office for processing first befo ccepted by the Executive Committee in Geneva. 63929109Я[ notЯ onal office feels that this procedure has already been practised right now and that we could carry on th this procedure. Workers cts Твпотрая India The to the edu and objectives of the project shall be to assist the unions in order le them to develop methods to give such basic trade union education project shall be carried out in suc a way that the developed method or on structure' can adopted and in the future will allow trade union k- and- file education in particular, to constian integral part of the eve day work in the union. in general and PANAMA 091933602 nt verbspot is now seeds REPORT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS IN SOME LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES BY: Juan Herrera, Caracas, Venezuela, June 1981 EL SA DOR 31632 glasb smoa to an aved fi 70 2197 As is well known, certain countries on our continent have undergone changes in government since 1976. the ARGENTINA th be No change has taken place since 1976, when the President was overthrown and the military. dictatorship set up in her place banned all trade union activities, including those of the Confederacion General del Trabajo( General Workers' Confederation) and its affiliates such as the UNION OBRERA DE LA CONSTRUCCION DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA( UOCRA)( Union of Building Workers of the Argentine Republic) which, in turn, was affiliated to our International Federation. Very rudimentary tradealsunion freedom has been allowed recently, but this certainly does not mean that workers freely exercise the right to organize themselves, form trade unions, strike, negotiate and demonstrate. Although a committee of labour leaders( known as the TWENTY- FIVE) does exist, there is no indication as yet that the military Government is getting ready to introduce the rule of law. Both Amnesty International and organizations such as the ILO have charged the Government with responsibility for the disappearance of thousands of citizens, almost certainly including a large number of union leaders. BOLIVIA of A In like fashion, it is well known that when Bolivia was preparing to move towards democracy after the election of a President and other State authorities, a military takeover led by General LUIS GARCIA MEZA( one of the many members of the armed forces in the service of the Bolivian oligarchy and anti- democratic movement) had bloody consequences for the labour movement, some of whose leaders were assassinated. Although the building industry has never been highly developed in Bolivia, there is no doubt about the existence of union activities in the tin mines, that mineral being one of the mainstays of the national economy. The miners' unions at CATAVI, SIGLO XX and others were disbanded by the military Government, which has stated repeatedly that it will be a very long time before the working class can again expect to enjoy the public freedom to exercise all its rights. Many of the military officers who unfortunately preside over Bolivia's destiny at the present juncture have been accused by political and trade union leaders of having vested financial interests in the drug trade; this is one of the main reasons for their insurgence against the democratic electoral process which had taken place in the country. BRAZIL This large nation has a powerful building workers' movement. However, it is my view that up to the present time there has been no team of leaders capable of 259 -2bringing these workers together in a single organization. They are scattered throughout this vast country and have not yet been able to present a broad front in order to fight for better living conditions. Indeed, the present conditions of employment of building and woodworkers are so precarious that there has recently been a steady flow of immigrants from the industry to Venezuela, particularly with a view to seeking work on the" RAUL LEONI" DAM construction project in the Guri region of Bolivar State, where their conditions of employment and wages are quite different from those of the Venezuelan workers. SUC Y8 The military rulers of Brazil have recently shown signs of some desire to start setting on foot a democratic system through the constitution of a government elected by the people. However, these transitional measures are being taken very slowly and it will be a long time before the workers at large enjoy full freedom to organize themselves and exercise all the rights proper to a democracy. COLOMBIA АИСТИЗОЛА This is another country in which the building industry is not very highly developed. Nevertheless, it has to be recognized that the existence of a system of civilian government is conducive to the enjoyment of civic rights, even though we cannot overlook the fact that the region faces a number of problems, both internal( activities of various guerilla, communist groups) and external( claims currently made by Colombia in respect of its territorial boundaries). As some of the building unions in the country, as well as others representing the producers of raw materials for the industry, are affiliated to our International Federation, it is up to them to provide information on the activities developed by the Regional Committee with a view to strengthening the affiliates in question. exs bob( 3VI126 08 at од COSTA RICA W 26 db A to 193 Ja The same applies to this country, since the Standing Secretary of the Regional Committee, brother LOAIZA, is one of the leaders of a union affiliated to the International Federation. dia ATVIJOS ECUADOR von o p asw stv* fo@ new tert word flow a 1632 6. 7o 2900 There has been a very encouraging move towards democracy in this country, with the establishment of a civilian government after the holding of elections. Despite the relative weakness of the building workers' movement, I believe that the International Federation, through the Regional Committee, should draw up a programme of activities to promote the organization of building workers in Ecuador, because conditions exist at the present time for the exercise of public freedom.sno pried bas XX 0JBI be MEXICO 6 22610 ent* Ow 9.10 03 921319x9 of mobsent off duq and votne od Josqxs In cannot make any comment on this country because we have no communication whatsoever with the workers there, our only existing contact( with a union of the SM Durango region) having been discontinued as the result of a decision by the Executive Committee of the International Federation. However, I believe that an effort should be made to resume any contacts which the International Federation may have had with the building workers in Mexico, having regard to the existence there of trade unions which wield considerable power at both the organic and the economic levels. 19V now parbitud fut 6.26 I therefore wish again to stress the need fo the Executive Committee to draw up a programme of activities in this connection. 260 -323 PANAMA 3 30 23800AGABART 30 M MOT betgo 3HT 30 2238V and yw 20 The Chairman of the Regional Committee set up in Costa Rica is a building workers' union leader with whom we have constantly maintained contact, either by correspondence or through visits to Panama by members of the Federation's Executive Committee such as brothers JOSE BORGES and JOSE JESUS CABRERA. I hope that the Chairman of the Regional Committee himself will submit a full report on the present situation of building workers in Panama. EL SALVADOR 2906W 269 16.21.29 This small Central American republic is currently in the throes of what may be described as an undeclared civil war between the Civic- Military Governmental Junta and extreme right and left- wing groups. In these circumstances I believe that the Regional Committee's activities must necessarily have been very limited in scope, although this does not mean that efforts have not been made to perform tasks for the benefit of the Mexican Building Workers' Union and, in particular the organization affiliated to the International Federation, which has received visits from members of the Regional Committee such as brother JOSE JESUS CABRERA, after the assassination of brother UMANA who was a member of the Regional Committee and a leader of the union in question. Nevertheless, it cannot be said that the Salvadorian building workers have a very strong labour movement, despite their aspiration( as I understand it) to set up a building workers' federation together with the other union of the same professional branch in San Salvador, whose Secretary General FELIPE ANTONIO SALDIVAR was assassinated before brother UMANA. VENEZUELA Until almost three years ago, the situation in this country could be described as one of full employment, particularly for building workers; indeed, many firms were obliged to import foreigh( mostly very highly skilled) labour for large- scale projects and our Federation was consulted regularly on these occasions. In the first half of 1979, however, the activities of the building industry began to slow down as a result of the new policy of" COOLING OFF THE ECONOMY" applied by the Government elected in 1978. The outcome was the interruption of large projects in the public sector started by the previous Government and the failure to undertake any new ones to maintain the pace of activities which had been followed up to some three years ago. Furthermore, this policy has led a drop of more than 60% in private investment in the building industry and, not surprisingly, a constant and alarming increase in unemployment. ount In 1978 some 256 000 building workers were employed in the public and private sectors, excluding those engaged in the production of raw materials. According to the rather imprecise statistics provided by our affiliates, the current situation is that some 122 000 building workers in the public and private sectors have lost their jobs. The same applies to other activities. In 1978, approximately 6 000 small and mediumsized companies throughout the country were receiving funds from an organization called" CORPOINDUSTRIA" set up by the previous Government, the credits in question being intended to promote the extension and development of some small industries and the creation of others. Of these 6 000 concerns, which were using labour three years ago, more than 2 000 have now had to close down for lack of outside incentive. The organized labour movement holds the view that the economic situation in our country is in a state of suspended animation, for the phenomena described above are accompanied by a constant increase in the cost of living and inflation. This 261 -49933 is why the VIIIth CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERACION DE TRABAJADORES DE VENEZUELA АМАНАЯ ( Venezuelan Workers' Confederation), to which we are affiliated, adopted agreements and resolutions strongly urging the present Government to draw up a new economic policy enabling solutions to be found to the serious problems which have arisen. The most recent report published last June by the official body responsible for nord economic issues, the BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA( Central Bank of Venezuela), indicates that the cost of living increased by 23% in the second quarter of 1981 whereas wages remained stationary. Although the President of the Republic contends that all wage increases must be obtained through collective bargaining, a great deal of resistance is encountered in the labour inspectorates where the agreements are registered, and all sorts of ploys are used to issue summons to employers and contractors particularly in the case of agreements relating to Government departments, State enterprises or autonomous institutes. , 90032 However, we have now started to negociate a new collective agreement with the private sector of the building industry, where the recognition of a government body, the INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION EDUCATIVA( INCE) Institute of Educational Coo- d peration), has been obtained for the Venezualan Chamber of Construction which groups most companies and our Federation, with a view to setting up vocational training SCHOOLS for young building workers in order to provide the skilled labour which is so sadly lacking in our country. This then is the situation of building and woodworkers in our country. As may be als imagined, they are faced with serious economic and social problems which we are struggling to overcome. ba Cararas, June 1981 Vituoɔ zrnt nt not 91632-9 The same ap Committee Resan 9006 2159 99 320m/ s Itt U 29 pntbftud not visfuosq.nemyofqms( fut to 900 25 quodef( belfixa videti vsv vid 20m) p9107 10gmt of beptido grew 16 Pu AIZA, is one of the leaders of a un affiliated to the 200FF08 to estivitos 93 19vewor eter to 115d 2117 9dj nI nd bet Tags" YMOM HT 000" to vt fog wen grid to flu29 6 25 mwob wol of EVA Best to notquist 9 26w smoɔduc sT.8 ef nt beto919 nemo s vd of snuffst add bas Jnammavod zove dj yd bet632 103092 duq 9 t 2359t B the rega nation of 210155 MEXIN2 Omoa 83 Page use 6m was to notdoubong ad mi bepsons 9z0dt ontbufox9 5.296tfits two vd bebryong aralds2 92159qm 1936 Jaol eved 21092 806ving bns bilduq er 21910 pntbftud 000 SSI emoedt er In cannot make any comment on this cry because we have not com unica soever with the worker there, existing contact( with union of -mu Pos 66 a lobovaranje 18 SAT obSS AS Jurgon 29sqmo besta nort 29up nt ansm insavo auteng and vd qu 392" AIЯT2UGM109900" 691f69 Pub From Box 581 of 8 Beneshented POVGS RF ROFPV for anemevom pods! bestnapo ed evods bedro29b 6n9moned 9dd Tot.nottsmins babneqzu2 to 91632 s ni af vin up a programme of activities in this connection 262 9269 0335 916 nav els REPORT OF THE IFBWW EUROPEAN COMMITTEE 200 I During the most recent reporting period the membership of the IFBWW European Committee consisted- as it still does of the following persons: Is Chairman: Bram Buys, President of IFBWW should be 1903 fre Roman Rautner, Vice- President of IFBWW John Löfblad, General Secretary of IFBWW A. Vanden Broucke, Belgium Rudolf Sperner, Federal Republic of Germany B. Whinberg, Sweden J. Ducos, France F. Portner, Switzerland eds The European Committee of the IFBWW was established in 1968, at a time when the federation was an almost exclusively European organisation. During the late 1960's the trade union activities of the federation were directed mainly towards European problems. Since then the situation has changed considerably. The federation is now firmly established in North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa. It is, however, the case that development in Africa had already begun during the 1960's. Since 1979 there have been regional committees in Latin America, Africa and Asia. However, the European Committee cannot be considered on the same footing as the new regional committees. It should be remembered that a good 80% of the contributing members of the federation are affiliated to organisations in Western Europe. It is only natural that this substantial block of members should wish to see account taken if its special interests at international conferences for the sector. Nowhere in the world is the free trade union movement so strong as in Western Europe. It was in that region that the trade union movement expanded considerably during the 1970's, not only as regards membership but also in organisational terms. During be the period 1969-79, according to membership statistics published by the ICFTU, the number of workers in trade unions rose from 24,467,353 to 36,577,119- an increase of 12.109,766. One of the principal factors in this increase was, of course, the affiliation of the Spanish UGT, which in 1979 had a membership of 1,800,000. However, there were also significant increases in countries with a longestablished tradition of trade unionism as well. In Great Britain the membership of the TUC increased between 1969 and 1979 by an impressive 3,139,768 from 8,725,604 to 11,865,390, this notwithstanding the fact that during that period the population increase was very small, while the nonumbers of persons employed in industry actually declined. Unfortunately the IFBWW did not derive any direct and positive benefit from this welcome development; it has only one affiliate in Great Britain. In 1979 the central trade union organisations of the Nordic countries taken together reported a total of 6,293,465 persons who were IFBWW members. The Federal Republic of Germany reported 7,751,523 members, Italy 2,900,000, Austria 1,628,803 and the UGT in Spain, as mentioned earlier, 1,800,000. The above figures refer to the largest ICFTU member organisations in Europe. In 1979, the ICFTU had 70 million members in all. However, this total apart from 263 19 Jau its Europan components - -2is not completely reliable; for instance, the figure given for Argentina is 5,5 million and that for Colombia 3,5 million. Lions, strongly resentapr In the European context, it must be recognised that the membership of trade unions not affiliated to the ICFTU has also increased. Alimol The substantial growth which has been achieved by the trade unions in Western Europe naturally implies that they are playing a more important part in economic and social life in tehir respective countries and that a strengthening of their influence is becoming apparent in many fields. of resistance is encounter It can be affirmed that, in the countries of Western Europe more than in any other region, it has become necessary to take the strength of the unions into account in the political decision- making process. tw2 It may therefore be assumed that the unions are to an increasing extent achieving a position in which they are able to represent the interests of the workers in T direct negociations with the employers; this development, notwithstanding the recession of the last few years, is having positive effects on social development and on the living and working conditions of workers all over Europe. There is evidence that the degree of unionisation is increasing among building, woodworking and forestry workers, notwithstanding the steady fall in the numbers of persons employed in these sectors during the 1970's on account of increasing unemployment and the mechanisation and rationalisation which took place throughout national economies. wan In Europe there are two major regional trade union organisations with which the IFBWW conducts regular exchanges of information, namely the European Federation of Building and Wood Workers( within the EEC), with 2,2 million members, and the Nordic Federation of Building and Wood Workers, with some 700.000 members. Not all the members of the European Federation are members of the IFBWW%; but the st statutes of the Nordic Federation specifically state that all its members must t belong to the IFBWW. at-25w dinem ab16pe 26 vino on 12'er 25 Within the OECD there is a Trade Union Advisory Committee( TUAC), which has acquired enhanced importance during the last few years. With the passage of time the links between this organisation( which has its headquarters in Paris) and the IFBWW have become closer. tw Isno bed 2925910 943.92100 WOH 0,000.008 The tasks of the European Committee of the IFBWW have never been defined in resolutions and in documents. For a number of years developments in Europe in the sectors covered by the IFBWW have been continuously monitored in so far as they have not been covered by the activities of the three industry committees of the federation, which deal respectively with building, woodworking and forestry. The European T Committee has sought to obtain a general idea of the preconditions for co- operation among unions in the sector covered by the IFBWW on a European plane, and has 1 prometed co- operation among member organisations in Europe. 9/10 The Committee had primary responsibility for the preparation and conduct of the l the two European conferences of the federation, the first of which took place in January 1974 in Geneva and the second in Cologne in October 1980. to 000,008,9nse benorinam 26.ni6q2 nt TBU The Committee has had neither the material resources nor other pererquisites for the detailed study of specific problems. Relevant material on European problems T is available to other bodies besides the Committee. Any detailed investigation of a problem is liable to give rise to a considerable risk of repeating 264 -3the contents of other documents or viewpoints which have already been reported elsewhere. The fact that the trade union movement in Western Europe is not particularly homogeneous makes it particularly difficult for a committee of this kind to propose solutions acceptable to all. However, since Spain was freed her former dictatorial regime, all Western European countries have been able- possibly for the first time in history- to agree on a common principle namely that all of them are democracies and that trade unions should be able to constitute themselves and operate without let or hindrance. Unfortunately, a small qualification of this general affirmation must be made. In Turkey which may to some extent be considered to be a European country- these freedoms creased to exist following the coup d'état which took place during the autumn of 1980. Ragardless of whether one considers Turkey as forming part of Europe or of Asia-in which the greater part of its territory is situated- the increasingly virulent terrorist campaign going on in that country had for some years been giving cause for concern. Unfortunately, developments under the military regime are also giving cause for concern. The present situation in Turkey does not appear to be transitory in character, and military authorities are strengthening their grip on the country. The role of the unions is being steadily whittled down. The European federation of building and wood workers in the EEC is a sizeable organisation; in terms of contributing membership, it is almost as large as the IFBWW itself. This is to be attributed primarily to the fact that the British building workers' union is affiliated to the EEC organisation but not to the IFBWW. The same is true of the CGIL branch of the Italian federation of building and p wood workers. boop 30 nwon This organisation was established shortly after the inception of the EEC. Although until recently it had no permanent secretariat, it nevertheless succeeded in doing extremely important work within the Community. One of the reasons for its success lay in the fact that the EEC had created the conditions under which concrete objectives could be pursued. Within the Community framework there is a need for a body which can represent the interests of the workers in a variety of circumstances. Over the years the IFBWW has derived considerable benefit from the work of the new body, particularly on account of the care with which it works out the basic principles governing its activities. It may be expected that this body will become even more active in future years. The co- operation between the new federation and the IFBWW has been consistently close and excellent. Our General Secretary is regularly invited to meetings of the executive body of the new federation and to most of the principal meetings organised by the trade sections for building and wood working. The Nordic Federation of Building and Wood Workers, with a membership of over 700,000, is also a sizeable organisation considering the fact that it comprises only the five Nordic countries- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden- with a total population of 20 million. It is interesting to note that the corresponding Nordic organisation for the metal trades has roughly the same number of members. But we are of equal strength in the North only; everywhere else the IMF is stronger. The IMF has over 12 million members, as against the 3 million of the IFBWW. This is the size ratio encountered in a number of individual countries, even though building workers make up a proportion of the labour force equivalent to that accounted for by workers in the metal trades. 265 -4The Nordic federation( NBTF) is a different kind of organisation from the EEC federation. The NBTF, like many other occupational organisations in Northern Europe, derives its raison d'être from the desirability and necessity of co- opera9219 tion at a regional level within its own specific area- which may be defined as Northern Europe considered as a geographical, economiy, cultural and social entity. During recent years the NBTF has been expanding its activity in a number of fields, and in particular in that of aid to the developing countries, A secretary has been appointed on a half- time basis to deal with this subject. 29 00 6 The affiliates of the NBTF include organisations in Denmark- which is a member of the EEC- and organisations in the other Nordic countries, which are not members. However, this situation does not seem to have had any harmful effects on Nordic co- operation. The Danish affiliates are members of both the NBTF and the EEC federation and play an active role in both organisations. In 1972 the European Trade Union Confederation( ETUC), comprising most of the non- communist trade union federations in Western Europe, was founded. ed 2169 V163 The new organisation is one of considerable importance and has taken over part of the work formerly done by the ICFTU in Europe. There is no institutionalised co- operation between the IFBWW and the ETUC, but the two organisations exchange information and plublications. 161 26 edT 16820 WW831 The second European conference of the IFBWW, which took place in Cologne on 28-31 October 1980, was conducted in a highly satisfactory manner and was an unqualified success above all thanks to the very substantial assistance provided by the German IG Bau- Steine- Erden. All the delegates who made their views on the conference known to the IFBWW nothing but good to say about it. 0.70 NT The two principal subjects discussed by the conference- job and income security for all and the condemnation of the practice of loaning workers- reflected the problems to which our member organisations in Europe are giving priority attention at present. This choice enabled the Conference to proclaim the demands of 290 union members and to express their views on current problems. tdo 19V0 Attention was also drawn to the fact that the causes of the current economic crisis were deep- seated; that the trade union movement had proposals to make concerning ways and means of overcoming it; but that it was unbelievably difficult to induce employers and politicians to consider those proposals. One was therefore forced to the conclusion that the economic crisis would continue or even worsen- an extremely disquieting prospect for trade unionists. Mrs. Thatcher, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, had rapidly succeeded in proving, even to her friends in her own party, that monetarism was not a solution, either for Great Britain or for the problems of other countries. On the contrary, her country's problems had rapidly become worse during her term of office. 6mn90 9nT .000.00 It is even doubtful whether her policy can be considered to be primarily monetary in character. It is too unrealistic and resembles rather a mixture of moral indignation over the lack of will to work among the people and the belief that this state of affairs can be cured by comminatory sermons on the evil influence of such bodies as the unions. All this is a rather fantastic performance against the back ground of the present complicated economic problems and shows how irrelevant such a social conception is compared to the real development. ed to not 266285 29b611 -5Now President Reagan, who came to power on the basis of appeals similar to those made by Mrs. Thatcher, is working a miracle in the USA similar in general to that worked by Mrs. Thatcher. But the negative consequences of this policy are gradually becoming apparent, even in the USA. ed A deterioration in the economic siuation in the USA will have a directly prejudicial effect on the siutation in Europe. This is certainly a disquieting prospect. However, it is highly unlikely that the Western European economy will collapse completely during the next few years. It is a far cry from the present crisis- serious though it is to the paralysis of the Great Depression of the early 1930's. None the less, the outlook is far from bright. - The fragmentation of the trade union movement is not a major problem in the context of Western Europe as a whole. However, it clearly can be a problem in individual countries. This is particularly the case in France, where the disagreements are so radical as to constitute an obstacle to the growth of the trade union movement and to effective action by it. Eventually the fragmentation of trade union movement in certain European countries, such as Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, will diminish and cease to be the major obstacle to trade union development which it has been in the past. The future path of the trade union movement in Western Europe will be determined, as in the past, by pragmatic considerations. This does not, however, man that the movement will become less combative; the opposite is more likely to be the case. The foregoing is a brief description- which lays no claim to completeness of the trade union situation in Western Europe. What line will the IFBWW follow in the European context in future years? First of all, the federation will have to keep the European Committee in being to discuss the questions which I have outlined and to plan co- operation with the organisations I have referred to. It is essential that, notwithsanding the high degree of concentration of its membership in Europe, the IFBWW should be aware of its world- wide nature. This aspect of its character it must beware of losing, since one of the most important aspects of the work of the international trade secretariat is the promotion of contatcs between trade union movements in different parts of the world. At the same time, regional activities, or the support of third- world unions in their struggles, is one of the principal aspects of our work. However, it must be assumed that, for the next few years at least, the IFBWW will recruit the great majority of its members in Europe. Given that assumption, it is essential that that majority should feel sufficiently motivated to belong to the IFBWW and to support its fundamental objectives and activities. One prerequisite for this is for the IFBWW to have an active European policy% 3B that policy should be worked out in the European Committee. This brief report should be considered as a description of the problems and the subjects which the European Committee of the IFBWW has been considering since the last Congress and since its inception in 1968. 267 -6absm Another summary report on its work, and on the European conference held in Cologne in October 1980, will be found in the report of the General Secretary. In conclusion, it may be said that the European Committee of the IFBWW will also have an important role to play in future years, as will the regional committees for Africa, Asia and Latin America. the 19 Esto The continued existence of the Committee, and an increase in its activity, are ber of fields, justified by the growing and invariably complex economic problems of this heavily populated continent, the increasing scale of the problems of workers migrating from one country, and the need for co- ordination of all these activities in which a number of unions are involved. pot Federations in Wes eff ΠΟΥ 25 squ3 193 30199W to ag af aidT.es aidTest des Torben 02 สมอ ว dosite od brs There is 9v3 Pons[ sput109.ntsq2.vistl 26 dou adt, nt need asd 3 dbidw nam Taveb noinu obs13 of 91563200 the IFBWW and the ETUC, but Co ed to sq suju adT siq yd$ 26q en n 26 smoded EF Themevom w was an 580- Ste erence kr own to the -Erder good to say it. 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