CM- IFBWW eu 18TH CONGRESS SINGAPORE 4-7 DECEMBER 1989 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 SECRETARÍA DOCUMENTS DU SECRÉTARIAT DOKUMENTE DES SEKRETARIATS 1 Z 8254 DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECRETARIAT FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRAVAILLEURS DU BATIMENT ET DU BOIS INTERNATIONALER BUND DER BAUUND HOLZARBEITER INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOOD WORKERS INTERNATIONEL OCH TRÄAR FEDERAZIONE IBBH IFBWAN IBTU NADSONEN FITCM NALE FITBB DEI LAVORATORI EDIL! 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LSON IHE ГЕСКЕЛУНУЛ 223 or Tar CONTENTS DRAFT AGENDA..... WWERI erit to zelfivil A lonoipeЯ FOR THE 18TH ORDINARY CONGRESSO tonoipes ont mont shoge OF THE IFBWW ..... seolto Draft Agenda for the Congress.......... ear Ope Openi Draft Standing Orders... 2681 pointA ndo.... nolдeя bilo brp piaA Proposals for the Composition of the Congress Committees... 18th Ordin dinary Congress of the IFBWW 13 A nito.J 15 Committee Reports of the General Secretary...... 17 Committee Report 1986-1989.......... 5. Secretary Activities Report 1985.......... Activities Report 1986.. 1000 Activities Report 1987..... Activities Report 1988........... 51 22375 19 33 43 the IFBWW Industrial Committees Accounts and Audits........ _ 57 Forestry Con Accounts 1985......... ....... 59 Report of the Committee of Auditors.. trade union educ 68 Accounts 1986........ Report of the Committee of Auditors 178 71 80 Accounts 1987..... 10. Report of the Committee of Auditors నిజ 83 92 the Statutes Accounts 1988.......... Report of the Committee of Auditors..... 104 28 95 11. 12 Reports of the IFBWW Industrial Committees........ Wood and ForestryCommittee Building Committee..... Place and date 19th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW 14. Closure of the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW 107 109 ..... 129 9 2TMBTMOO Regional Activities of the IFBWW......... Reports from the Regional Offices Africa ET Asia and Pacific Region Latin America..... tar ST ES 88 та ка .... 157 167 169 183 193 Violence? liene ent to shoqe 0801-8801 hoqe 2801 hoge zeitivitoA 0801 hoge zeitivitoA 1891 hoqe zelfivitoA 8801 hoge zellivitoA atibuA brio atnuoooA 85 IT 08 SP AOT 28 88% 38 ΚΟΙ 2801 atnuoooA atotibuA to settimmo erit to hoges 0891 atnuoooA anotibuA to eettimmo ent to hoge 1891 atruoooA notibuA to settimmo ent to hoge 8801 atuoA aotibuA to geftimmo edit to hoges asettimmo lohtaubni WWER! erit to ahogeя eettimmo Oyitzen brio booW settimmo onibliu8 10 DRAFT STANDING DRAFT AGENDA 18TH ORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE IFBWW FOR THE SINGAPORE Opening of the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW and visitors bsen of the the minutes of the 1. 2. Adoption of the Congress Agenda an be resp for the 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 necess Cessa 6. a) Financial reports 1985-1988 b) Auditor's report purpose. An Anybody 7. c) Report of the Committee of Auditors subject. He cind 5 minu the time the d from the considering it ved each e be close No 2 minutes on ded for ak shall use se the slips provided Report of activities of the IFBWW Industrial Committees the e of pro a) Building Committee b) Wood and Forestry Committee the Secret on the second C the riting. and stating activities and the trade union education y, sign 8. Report on the regional programmes 9. Regional reports DCISIS hand and a) Africa b) Asia and Pacific onisations shall be for 10. c) Latin America Motions and proposals fees are a) Changes in the Statutes b) Resolutions day fees for the second half from the payment of the affiliation ding. Committee shall be submitted to the opening of the afternoon session. Election of the Executive Committee officia the Cong shall be the following: English, on, G German, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch 11. 12. Election of a) General Secretary b) President c) Vice- President d) Committee of Auditors 13. Place and date of the 19th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW 14. Closure of the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW 11 Regional Rep www.АGMBOA TASC ЭНТЯОТ WWER HT30 22 YяAMOSO HT8T ЗЛОЧАНИЕ 157 167 WW erit to pro vioribio r181 erit to onineq 100 Affic Asia Latin America obnega zegno erit to noitqobA. 183S nebio gribnota zegno erit to noitqobA ent to noite( o 193 eettimmo aloitnebe eettimmo settimmo pritibia erit to noltbel( d nollbel ent to noitoel( o vpterge? pened edit to hogell a 8801-2801 ahogen lolonion ( o hoqen ahotibuA( d erotibuA to esttimmo erit to hoge( asettimmo lohtubal WW8RI erit to zeltivitop to hogeЯ settimmo pribliu8( D eettimmoƆ yitzero brio booW( d 8 noitpoube noinu eboit erit bno zelfivitop lonolpen ent no hoge semmoigong shoqen lonoipe ponta( o ९ top brip pizA( d bohemA nito.( o alpaoqoiq bro anoltoM .or zetutp12 erit ni zepnor( p anoifuloze ( d eettimmo evitusex? erit to noitoel to noitel Yiptense lotertee( p thebize19( d 1 thebize19-90iV( o ST notibuA to eettimmo( WWERI ent to 2201pno vionibo der erit to etob bno sop19 ET WWERI erit to zegno vioribio rit81 ert to eluzolo A 10 DRAFT STANDING ORDERS ive Committee for composition 1. The Congress is not open to the public. Representatives and visitors a) are are to produce admission cards. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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 Conress. The sessions commence at 9.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. 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 second and the third time. The chairman may, if considering it necessary, suggest a further reduction of the time allowed each A 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. Pacific An Po 6. egion Represe Region Initiative proposals, with the exception of proposals for amendments Jor of the statutes, 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 Am vote. 8. Venezuel Only unions which have paid the affiliation fees for the second half year 1989 or which were exempted from the payment of the affiliation fees 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, Scandinavian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch ( passive). 13 2 GMAT TRAя anotisiv bnp zevitofnetenge olduq edt ot nego ton al azon erT abibo nolimbo souboiq of exp ent to soncedo erit nl.thebige19 erit yd evo beblaenq al zero enf lorio erit exlot llore treblee14- eoivent ineblae19 edit to zetunim erit not aldianoqze ed lloria Vioteipe? loiene erf en A .m.q 06.S bnp.m.o 00.0 to eɔnemmoo noizzes erit eH.toejdua yno noqu zemit eerti norit exom xoega llora exeqz oИ erit etunim e bnb emit fait erit etunim of norit exom not xoege ton lloria ti gnhebianoo ti yom nomiodo erT.emit birit erit bro brodes dope bewollo emit erit to noltouber erthul p treoque pen оM.besolo ed stodeb erit torit trepque oelp yom bad expe no zetunim S not exom not 10 sono norit enom Xpeqa lipria expeqs not bebnetri eoblq ert mort> loeqe feum expeq?, nebio to tnioq yop bebivong agila edt eau llora Mpege of prhizeb ybodynA.980quq torit .980uq torit not etnembnemo 101 alpaoqoiq to noitqeoxe erit ritiw.alpeoqoiq evitoitini testol erit, gnithw ni violence? erit of bettimdua ed lloria zetutota erit to erit pritote bro levom erit yd bengia.yob 2291gno bпoces erit no pnite qe ai en noinu erit to empn not bellpo al etov bipo pazelnu abnor to worla yd ed llore anoizieb IIA erit no betoubrico ed llora etov o rou?.noitoainogio befoilmo yno yd edmem 000' nieve 107.bioq bro eub seet noitoilmo taol erit to zizod eno tapo of beltitne ed lloria anoitpainopio betpillo toeiert hoq 10 .etov flor broses ent not seet noitollito erit bloq evori roinw anoinu vino noitpilitto ent to themyoq erit moit betqmexe enew roirlw 10 989 10 enitov ni hoq expt of bewollp en zeet erit of bettimduz ed llora eettimmo aloitnebei erit to hogei erT noizzez noomefto ert to gnineqo edit to yob tait erit ze d 8 railona oniwollot erit ed lloria azenono erit to regougnol lolomo ed or notud bnb eeenoqol dainoq2 nome noivonibroo done .( eviɛapq) Proposal of the IFBWW Executive Committee for the composition of the following Committees a) CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE Horst Morich, Federal Republic of Germany Bent Larsen, Denmark John T. Joyce, USA Johann Köteles, Austria Jan Schuller, Netherlands S. Santhanasamy, Malaysia Odd Isaksen, Norway President b) DRAFTING COMMITTEE Anita Normark, Sweden Jürgen Koch, Federal Republic of Germany Loekie Hendriks, Netherlands Michael Collins, USA G. Balan Nair, IFBWW Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific Pablo Arosemena, IFBWW Regional Representative for Latin America Charles Attah, IFBWW Regional Representative for Africa John Löfblad, General Secretary c) ELECTION COMMITTEE Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Armin Frei, Switzerland José Borges, Venezuela Edward Carlough, USA Horst Morich, Federal Republic of Germany President 15 17 noitizamos edt 1ot eettimmo evitusex Waalert to losogon 29eftimmo paiwollot edit to FETTIMMO 2 Co thebize19 ynome to olduqe liebe.dohoM taoH หา ว mned neao ined A2U eoyol.T niriol pintauA, zeletö> noriol abripherieMjellur nol playploMympeporno2 2 yowoй.nealpal bbo ЗЗІММО ИЗАЯЯ( d nebew2 homoй ptinА ynomies to bilduqe liebenbox negi abпphedeй, alhbneHebleo A2U anillo leproM onlop en bro DizA 1ot evitotneage Ionolge WWE. Пlб8. bohemA nito. not evitotreene lonige Wwal.premes01A oldoq pohta not evitofnezeiget lonoigeЯ WWE.riottA tehor Vioteipe? loterie boldtol nrol ar thebiz919 SEIMMO MOTOR( O nebeweglednirlW lhe8 brohestiw2.lo nimA pleuseneVeegio8 èzol A2U.dpuolio biowb le ynome to bilduqe( piebs.dbhoM taoH Report of the General Secretary The Gen be b the education Committees. During this pe activities within the IFBWWW The regional Initiation stage. They activities of the IFBWW. The Kuala Lumpur( Malaysia) Africa and in Panama City( P committees for all regions activit in the regions contacts bety bilateral These activ REPORTS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY un Progi but the is simple: poor is gettin people profits. National governme giant multinationals who mergers no g profits the poorest countrie The have not he their own way fo 1917 БЕБОВІЧ ОН IHE СЕЙЕВУГ ГЕСВЕТУВА Report of the General Secretary 1986-1989 suppose ducated. They wi The General Secretary's report for the last congress period 1986-1989 will be brief since the activities for every single year are already existent in the various reports: the General Secretary's reports, the reports from education and regional activities and the reports from the various Committees. wet tabl ent more noqu anoitoalter emos eiew ezedT During this period has taken place a stepping up of all the various activities within the IFBWW which really now is a world organisation. The regional activities with three regional offices are no longer in their initiation stage. They are now a completely integrated part of the activities of the IFBWW. The establishment of the three regional offices in Kuala Lumpur( Malaysia) for Asia and the Pacific, in Lomé( Togo) for Africa and in Panamá City( Panama) for Latin America with regional committees for all regions has meant a steady continuation of the activities in the regions circling around these offices with highly improved contacts between not only the unions in the regions, but expanded bilateral contacts between all the member unions all over the world. These activities are more clearly in detail reported in the special report to the Congress. The improvement of the educational activities must not be underestimated. In a longer perspective they will certainly contribute to the strengthening of the trade unions in the Third World. But they have a long way to go. The obstacles in the way to progress are many. The worst obstacle in the way to creating viable trade unions and economic progress is the extremely difficult, not to say catastrophic economic situation. The majority of the workers and their families live under such deplorable conditions and with such meager incomes that it is impossible for them to set aside money for union dues. Adding to their difficulties is the still widespread illiteracy which also is being used by the employers in order to keep them available as cheap labour at as low a cost as possible. In the Third World one is often shocked by the sharp contrast between the incomprehensible wealth of the very few seen against the equally incomprehensible poverty amongst the majority of people. Here lies the great tragedy of our times: the unfathomable social injustice that we have in our world. Not much is being done in order to change the situation. Will there be a solution? Progress is certainly being made even in poor countries for some segments of the population but the number of poor is getting higher every day. One reason is simple: rich people make profit from the poor, incredibly big profits. National governments and employers are in coercion with the giant multinationals who grow bigger and more powerful by the day through mergers and profits. High technology is present everywhere, even in the poorest countries, but the benefits are reaped by very few. No en Aberyday bang The totalitarian socialist states have not been able to solve their own problems in their own way which they claimed was the way to OS 19 paradise. 9891- 8891 violence? Join ent to hoge 2881 Glasnost and Perestroika have to be welcomed, but what people need there too is a better standard of living which will bring them real freedom. But the economy of these countries does not improve, instead their economic crisis is deepening.plonolge: bno noitpoube eettimmo по These were some reflections upon developments during the last few years. llo to quoniqq o ecolq next apri boheq airit onhu 0010 bhow pa won ville doidw WW erit ninitiw zeilivitop Let us, however, go back just a little bit longer in history. Not long in time and not long in words. como lonic lonolge rit ritiw zeitivitop lonoipen erT dt to to hog b etonpetni vietelamos vletelgmoop won six yen eppta not noitoitini I was elected General Secretary of the IFBWW at its 11th Ordinary Congress in 1966 in Oslo during an extremely beautiful Nordic summer week. My services to the IFBWW are now coming to an end. The 23 years we have behind us constitute a short historical period. But it is as an average a third of a lifetime. However, the short span from 1966 to 1989, has been quite a remarkable time in history. so many things have happened and such rapid developments have taken place that it seems like a much longer period. The world population has about doubled in this short period. It has been very difficult for the world to adapt to just this fact, a colossal change has taken place. The Third World countries had just come out of colonization. Singapore, where we go with our Congress, became an independent country in 1965. it was then just a backward underdeveloped, poor, tropical country like so many others. But look at Singapore today. It belongs to the highly developed countries, that has the second biggest seaport in the world, maybe the most comprehensive housing programme ever developed in any country in such a short time. erf noltoutle olmonge om doua ritiw brio enoitiono eldpolgeb roua habnu Japan, located at the Eastern end of Asia, completely ravaged by war has developed into one of the strongest industrial and economic powers of the world. eldbllovo merit qeex of hebio ni aevolame erit yd erit yd beso aleno bhow bridT erit nl.eldizzoq ap 1200 p wol co In 1966, the whole world was just about to recover from the terrible disaster of World War II. The world started to go into a new phase. There were many serious conflicts in Vietnam, Middle East, Central America and many others. Still, the world was changing completely. dtotnu Snoituloe p ed exert W.noitoutia erit eprorio of isbio ni enob onied The situation was complex. Western Europe had risen from the ashes of World War II. Still fascists ruled with iron fists in Spain and Portugal, and the colonels took over Greece in the spring of 1967. In the Soviet Union, Brezhnev had taken over after Khrushchev and it was like Stalin had waken up from the dead. oo lonoitoИ.etitonq pld И.etitong pid vidibenoni alonotonitium thoip edit ditiw noi noite ni with immense problems, poverty and tae1ooq erit ni neve etertwyjeve treten wet viev yd beqpei The colonial powers who really had oppressed, abused, bloodsucked the colonies said goodbye and left their colonies without any infrastructure for developments. There were hardly any nom, prip dw The Third World was faced illiteracy were the worst. et 20 schools, because the natives had not been supposed to be educated. They were supposed to be cheap labour, slaves and servants to their masters. There was no industry in spite of rich natural resources. And the population was increasing very rapidly, doubling in 25 years. Hospitals, doctors and medical equipment were nearly nonexistent. Infant death was rampant, otherwise the population would have grown even more rapidly. Still there were rich people in the poor courtries. It was a fantastic chaos seen in retrospect. It is a wonder that worse catastrophes did not occur in the wake of the ending of the colonial times. Ahriftmo What is the size of the guilt of colonialism? What harm has it done to future generations? Impossible to say, but great harm has been done, harm that might forebode the end of the world. The future belongs to the Third World. This we have learned. The majority of the world population will be found in Asia, Africa, Latin America. The people are young there. The Europeans and the North Americans are aging. Nothing will change the trend that now is gaining momentum.eg rit an The big bulk of the world population will live in the warm belt and this will change the face of the world. All politicians, employers and unions must remember this irreversible fact. activities ai flite bnp- zow Nabt In the years that have passed the people in the Third World have found their place in the network of international organisations and this will soon bear fruit. In some developing countries the economic and technological advancement is remarkable. inued to ority for the IFBW To build a base for industrialization of the Third World seems, however, to be an unsurmountable task. Maybe not unsurmountable but difficult beyond comprehension. The human race has overcome many crisis before in the history of mankind and it will hopefully overcome this as well.or zel ert gler If the environment will continue to deteriorate the human race will have no possibility to survive on the earth in a couple of hundred years. 20 years ago we did not hear much talk about the problem of saving the environment. Only increased production was being seen as the salvation. Certainly, there must be increased production in the world but not very, it is big already now. And production cannot be increased anymore at the cost of a destroyed environment. There must be a combination of increased production within the framework of a safe environment. rod end enob ev evor ew 19 ortw ni ew for ovenes During this period, the multinationals, the economic conglomerates have become a formidable phenomenon, commanding nearly all power under the sun. No enterprise is big enough. So even the biggest has to buy up the next to the biggest. The concentration of economic power is of course the most serious threat we face to industrial democracy. And where trade unions are weak they are almighty. And SS 21 - from where unions are strong they move away. rit eauboedeloods ban sevole quadol gperio ed of bezoqquz enew yedi betpoube Anti- union activities and union busting has become a big industry- and- most profitable. Successful for the employers and negative for the unions- and the workers. Speculation in currencies and shares has also become a growing business. Fortunes are gained over night- and sometimes lost. Many millionaires are being made without moving a finger. There was a crash on Wallstreet in October, 1987 and the world seemed to go under. But the stockmarket bounced back and those who kept the cool and bought when shares were cheap were soon rich. A crazy world and a terrible problem for the trade unions. of enob ti Smailo tllup ett to esiz erit al tortW During the last congress period the IFBWW has dealt precisely with the problems that have been magnified during the last 25 years. The end of colonization meant an end to a number of things. Humanity was no more cut into two. But the job is not finished. It has only started. M When I was elected General Secretary in Oslo in 1966 I held a little speech and I said that the most important task of an ITS, of the IFBWW, is to assist the Third World and that we see trade unions as the only institution that really without condition have been created to improve the conditions of and to protect those who are unprotected, poor and underprivileged. The Third World is exactly where our most important task was and still is. We deal with environment, we deal with technology, but all what we now do must be set in relationship to the developments in the Third World. Set It is my opinion that the IFBWW as a leading star has had to not only support but to increase the cooperation with the workers in Asia, Africa and Latin America. oyed Smids lutegor lliw ti bo balinom to viotairi erit ni enoted With time details in our activities become less significant, the important thing is that we in whatever we have done have tried to help the less privileged. How op zibey John Löfblad ow noltouboja beapetoni vinotnemotivne General Secretary bid betben PromoPynd.adiovide giedniono tremnotivne Geneva, 14th March, 1989 wo Theoremblends baseado O ItID Widen Union เอง nonemoneng sldpbimot p emoped avpd taeppid erit neve 02 ripuone pid al eehqetne oй.nua erit ebnu monsents hostinnocentebident of perpomp qu vodopad BA1 938 om en befobelo apowerq BKXBrew evlenebbit berbera poolbomeb E TS 22 -3-SReport of the General Secretary of 1.1.1985- 31.12.1985 92 bnb We live in a world of chaos. The scale of economic and social problems is unimaginable. Political and ideological positions have become more acutely contradictory. There are some political groups if, indeed, they can be described as such, whose guiding principles are incomprehensible; I am referring to the different kinds of terrorist groups whose utterly ruthless operations occur all over the world and whose objectives people who are involved in political and trade union activities on a regular basis simply cannot understand. This report is being written a few days after Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead on the street in the centre of Stockholm after having been to the cinema with his wife and son. This outrage came as a particularly violent shock to the world as Palme was one of the world's foremost advocates of peace and champions of social justice. He probably understood the complicated issues of our times better than anyone else. And he wanted to get the grips with them. Most politicians cannot be bothered. This makes Olof Palme's death at the hands of a despicable assassin a particularly cruel blow, whatever may have motivated the deed. In 1985, many innocent people have died as a consequence of cowardly violence perpetrated by terrorists. Terrorism is a feature of our times. Not even the most open and democratic of societies can hope can hope to escape it. This depressing fact had to be mentioned in an introduction to this brief report on the activities of a trade union international since it undoubtedly also has a bearing on our work. During the past year, several trade union activists have lost their lives as a result of terrorist activities. 23100 qu2 903 TO 9023 Cooperation with the ILO 15 bhs 2no1jsvisado o patylqs bas 2379QX3 The close cooperation with the ILO has continued to be of the highest priority for priority for the IFBWW in many fields. at 29263 pntwolfot add bsjef qe nt In the field of Workers Education the IFBWW has received a number of travelling grants for participation of delegates from affiliates in Asia, Africa and Latin America to various IFBWW seminars about health and safety, economic and social problems and trade union rights. The overall ILO activites are of great importance for all International Trade Secretariats and we have an obligation to work closely with the ILO and support activities because there are forces who have an interest in weakening or changing the course of activities of the ILO which have as their goal to promote the cause of the working people and nothing else which was expressed in the programme of this UN agency from its very beginning.seb need bad dołdw 2nordul0291 o b9jqobs Огоя The 71st Session of the International Labour Conference was held from 7th to 27th June, 1985 at Geneva. 20 10000 The following officers were elected: - President: - - - Government Vice- President: - Employers' Vice- President: Workers' Vice- President: Jamit MI 99 26W Zonagnsb to szu 903 to Juo Mr. Mohamed Ennaceur( Tunisia) 19djonA Mr. Vladimir Grekov( Byelorussia) Mr. Charles Smith( United States) 9d1 Mrs. Shirley Carr( Canada) Vos AS 23 -2Gerd Muhr and Oscar de Vries Reilingh were elected respectively Chairman and Secretary of the Workers' group of the Conference. The Conference approved a US$ 253 million programme and budget for the years 1986-87. The Conference adopted four new instruments: a Convention and Recommendation concerning Occupational Health Services; inu bne fottifoqi boyfovni - a Convention and Recommendation concerning Labour Statistics. odw 16 A first discussion was held on Safety in the Use of Asbestos with a view to the adoption of a Convention and a Recommendation next year. пог 900 26W 9mi69 On the basis of a general discussion in the Committee on this subject, the Conference adopted a resolution and conclusions concerning action to be taken at the national level as well as by the ILO. to abmsd gr The report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations was adopted by the Conference without a vote. The Committee noted 41 cases of progress in the application of Conventions. It also noted requests from Ecuador( Conventions Nos. 87 and 98), Honduras( Convention No. 87) and Paraguay( Conventions Nos. 87 and 98) for direct contacts with the ILO.obou nie( spital notes The report of the Committee includes 27 cases concerning 24 countries, in which the governments appeared to encounter serious difficulties in the fulfilment of their obligations in respect of the supply of reports to the ILO, submission of new instruments to the legislative authorities and replying to observations and direct requests of the Committee of Experts. Hord ed bj beuntino 28 DJI 943 iw nofts19q000 92015 enT With regard to the application of ratified Conventions, the Committee listed the following cases in special paragraphs: has had ly Guatemala( Conventions Nos. 87 and 98); 169 107 231[ levan Haiti( Convention No. 105); 200116 of 6571emA ni36J bas 607A, staA Islamic Republic of Iran( Convention No. 111); ba Yemen( Conventions Nos. 87 and 98). 9308 TO 916 29 frie 0 On the basis of a general survey carried out by the Committee of Experts, the Conference Committee also discussed the problems related to the implementation of the Conventions and Recommendations concerning labour inspection. ow ant to 92uso en sjomoro 03 Isop 19 25 to smmsypong at nt b922919x9 25w doldw 9219 The Conference adopted two resolutions which had been dealt with by its Resolutions Committee. The first resolution concerns the most urgent problems of Africa and particularly food security. The second resolution was originally submitted by Worker delegates from ICFTU affiliates and deals with the promotion of measures against risks and accidents arising out of the use of dangerous substances and processes in industry. Tot ent Another ICFTU- sponsored resolution( concerning working conditions and occupational health and safety in the rural sector), which had received the fourth priority in the Committee, could not be dealt with due to lack of time.sb663) 12.2M ES 2.24 -3The Conference adopted the report and conclusisons of the Committee on Apartheid concerning action to be taken by governments, employers' and workers' organisations, and by the ILO itself. OW The Conference voted on a proposal made by the majority of the Credentials Committee( employer and worker members) to invalidate the credentials of the Chilean Workers' delegation. This proposal was based on an objection submitted by the ICFTU. The result of the vote was as follows: 184 delegates in favour of invalidation, O against, with 127 abstentions. The quorum of 252 not being attained, the proposal to invalidate the credentials of the Chilean Workers' delegation was not adopted. ta Ri On the basis of the majority opinion in the Committee on Structure, the Conference decided to place on the agenda of its next session all the questions concerning the proposed amendments to the ILO Constitution without the condition of having a consensus on all the questions of structure still outstanding. TAT e dug ne8 From 9th to 18th September, 1985 the ILO arranged a Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Construction. Experts from IFBWW affiliates participated in the meeting. They were Brother R.O. Sanyaolu from Nigeria, Brother Munjit Singh Gill from Malaysia, as well as Brother Jürgen Koch from the Federal Republic of Germany. The IFBWW was represented by several observers as Brother Joe Adam from the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Brother Ulf Asp, Sv. Byggnadsarbetare förbundet( Building Workers' Union), Sweden, Jan Olof Olsson, Blikkenslager-, Sanitet- og Rorarbejderforbundet i Danmark ndob ( Plumbers' Union), Denmark and John Löfblad. The participation of the IFBWW representatives was very important and irritated eventually the employers' members to the degree that the observers' participation was restricted. The 19 0.99% NofroM 3210H report from from the experts will be valuable for for the future considerations of the Workers' Group in the field of Health and Safety in Construction. It is expected and has been emphasized by the IFBWW that such expert meetings will continue to be part of the ILO activities orkers( Niger in the future. 993 immo. on 16th and 17th Activities of the Industrial Committees of the IFBWW Membership of the industrial committees during the year was as follows: nsbew2) Jobm Building Committee sToH- 68 Konrad Carl, IG Bau- Steine- Erden( Fed. Rep. of Germany) President Juan Herrera, FETRACON,( Venezuela) Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetare förbundet( Sweden) Ad Janmaat, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV( Netherlands) Marcel Hupel, Force Ouvrière( France) 2993303 add 280 017 paiiqz 17 Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter( Austria) 151b10 Juan Fernandez, La Centrale Générale( Belgium) Roland Roost, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz( Switzerland) Mordechai Amster, National Union of Building Workers( Israel) Ed Carlough, Sheet Metal Workers Internat. Association( USA/ Canada) as 25 -4-EAbraham Buys, President of the IFBWW yoga ad bajoobs, gane John Löfblad, General Secretary of the IFBWW 16 praysono bisnisqA anoidseinsp10 219 TOW budget for the Working Party Konrad Carl, IG Bau- Steine- Erden( Fed. Rep. of Germany) mm0 216tineban Juan Fernandez, La Centrale Générale( Belgium) fed to 2f6d9b9 Werner Rupff, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz( Switzerland) imduz nottet.do e no Michael Collins, Internat. Union of Operating Engineers( USA/ Canada)[ o Jürgen Koch, IG Bau- Steine- Erden( Fed. Rep. of Germany) Ulf Asp, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet( Sweden) John Löfblad, General Secretary of the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee 20130932ds ad, 936btfsvnt .bsjqobs a view. To arasd er no President sup the Use of AshesED soneps on no 90610 of beh Bertil Jonsson, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet( Sweden) Bent Larsen, Snedker- og Tomrerforbundet i Danmark( Denmark) Luis Seebacher, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter( Austria) Ben Rubner, FTAT( Great Britain) die Max Zuberbühler, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz( Switzerland) 92 Horst Morich, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff( Fed. Rep. of Germany) A.L.M. Kamp, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV( Netherlands) Esko Suikkanen, Puutyöväen Liitto ry( Finland) Jean Auboeuf, CFDT( France) 4181 THIP 19d308 it daox nepub vd. 5930929 Arne Johansson, Sv. Skogsarbetareförbundet( Sweden) Svein Morgenlien, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforubnd( Norway) st022A Esa Ihalainen, Maaseututyöväen Liitto ry( Finland) Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter( Austria) 8-2 Abraham Buys, President of the IFBWW John Löfblad, General Secretary of the IFBWW and Working Party 9v 2sw 29 admu ngen WW83I ed to notisqq. T Bertil Jonsson, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet( Sweden) 90 Horst Morich, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff( Fed.Rep. of Germany) Roger Gerdin, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet( Sweden) Johann Fischer, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter( Austria) b G. Balan Nair, IFBWW Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific t John Löfblad, General Secretary of the IFBWW European Committee 90x9 douz the Co 299 Roman Rautner, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter( Austria) President Abraham Buys, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV( Netherlands) aubni Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet( Sweden) Juan Fernandez, La Centrale Générale( Belgium) François Portner, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz( Switzerland) Konrad Carl, IG Bau- Steine- Erden( Fed. Rep. of Germany) Bernard Petit- Jean, CFDT( France) Manuel Garnacho, FEMCA- UGT( Spain) sappy8x2 most urgen During spring 1985 the Committees finished their reports for the 17th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW which took place from 2nd to 5th December, 1985 in Geneva. Cmute occupation heal the fou Lty 63905 \ A2U) nordst5022A.J6m19JI 2190W[ 539M J99d2, dquof150 b3 as 26 -5--The regional offices for Asia and the Pacific in Kuala Lumpur, for Africa in Nairobi and for Latin America in Panama were active during the whole year. Jhore Juods 2X The regional committees had the following composition: tod Nord I bms bms WW831 add to y1032d 9dd Regional Committee for Latin America 2169 TUOT 328 President Secretary nT José Borges, FETRACON( Venezuela) Boobs 919w Pablo Arosemena, IFBWW Regional Representative mo3 Felipe Delgado, IFBWW Project Leader( Brazil) Hector Blanco, UNATROPYT( Costa Rica) mo) evl SMA Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific b9b9905 9H President tot Idugs Secretary ev92 193 K.A. Khan, Building Mazdoor Union( India) G. Balan Nair, IFBWW Regional Representative namo K. Ahmed, All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions 2 ( Pakistan) κα 1st de 2nd Country Group Titular member: 1st deputy Jaime T. Rincal, National Association of Free Trade Unions( Philippines) Yoshio Suzuki, KENSETSU- DOMEI( Japan)[ 16] boX Jns Mordechai Amster, National Union of Building Workers 302 450 Lain( Israel) adol represen S. Santhanasamy, National Union of P.W.D. Employees ( Malaysa) A2U.dp dpuofa63.6 byswb3 Regional Committee for Africa ad pm Charles Attah( Ghana) s: 1 repres representative V6 David Matheru, Kenya Timber& Furniture you David Workers' Union( Kenya) Israel L.C. Kawesa, IFBWW Regional Representative Patrick Nzima, National Union of Building, Jednsub Engineering& General Workers( Zambia) President Vice- President Secretary nebew2d basin v0. Gueye, SY.NA.CO( Senegal) Couns 16m90 yuqsb bmS Ayivi Messan Têvi, SYNTRAGAVO( Togo) R.O. Sanyaolu, Nigeria Union of Construction and Civil Engineering Workers( Nigeria) The regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific met on 16th and 17th October, 1985 in Manila, Philippines. The IFBWW regional Committee was represented by Abraham Buys and John Löfblad. nd The regional Committee for Africa met on 25th and 26th July, 1985 in Lomé, Togo. John Löfblad attended. nsut Yedmem Tut The regional Committee for Latin America held its meeting on 29th November, 1985 in Geneva, just prior to the 17th Congress. The IFBWW regional Committee was represented by Abraham Buys, John Löfblad and Ulf Asp. Communication between the regional offices and the head office in Geneva functioned well. 8S Titular member: Chanisanda 2008 1,6 bennox hade nebr3- snis 2- us8 019fedox on 8 n9b13-907932- u68 01,1xzwobnowed silto su Vuqab J2I : vjuqǝb bnS 27 President of the IFB S -6--2The 17th Ordinary Congress, Geneva, 2nd to 5th December, 1986 open T 903 patrub eV 306 9Y9W Gm6069 69mA nis 10 bms dos at 67A A special report will report will as usual be prepared about the Congress and therefore the remarks about this event will also be short. polttaogmop pntwoffore bed, 29933 mmo fenolper NT It was the biggest Congress in the history of the IFBWW and I think that it organisationally and politically went well. There were lively but realistic discussions. The activities' reports from the past four years were adopted unanimously and 7 resolutions were being adopted. 2979 X16391592 Amended statutes were being adopted and the Management Committee and the Executive Committee enlarged. 908TANU 18 NoH Wood and F Abraham Buys retired as president after sixteen years of service in that Beposition and was elected Honorary President for life. He was succeeded Beby Konrad Carl from IG Bau- Steine- Erden, Federal Republic of Germany. Roman Rautner, Austria, retired as vice- president after seven years of Be service. Max Zuberbul TTA Ho The Management Committee now consists of the following six members: Konrad Carl, FRG Juan Fernandez, Belgium John Löfblad Sy Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Es Edward J. Carlough, USA Ro Manuel Garnacho, Spain raham 2M3X President Y Vice- President General Secretary Norway) beiter( Austria) sortA 101 9933 hmmm03[ snotpeЯ sastle) 63 A 29/663 The Executive Committee has the following members: JJA J9bf2919 Country Group Nr. 1: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden: 919- V ( SVHS 2 representatives Bertil Jonsavienotge, H 1928 V16791392 Ho Titular member: Bertil Whinberg, Sv. Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Sweden Rd 1st deputy: Bertil Jonsson, Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Sweden 2nd deputy: GeHeikki Peltonen, Puutyöväen Liitto ry, Finland an Nair, IFE opa) Titular member: Bent Larsen, Snedker- og Tomrerforbundet i Danmark, ( 67190M) 219oW pinsonim3[ tvi Denmark dT Eur1st deputy: ttee Poul Christensen, Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark, J bos no Jem ortos9 adj bns 612A 101 9933 immo Denmark R2nd deputy: Svein Morgenlien, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, 00 msnsidA vd Norway Ab Bouw- en Whinberg, Sv. Sv. By ( Sweden) Jur Country Group Nr. 2: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg: 2 representatives Francois Portner, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz babatte bendroj ndol.opo, moj KonTitular member: Juan Fernandez, La Centrale Générale, Belgium 26W Bet 1st deputy: E. Schelstraete, La Centrale Générale, Belgium pedT May 2nd deputy: 29 Eugène Bausch, OGB- L, Luxemburg/ enent 2801 edmsvoй TU bns bald ndoayu msdsrdA vd bejn929109 2 9933mmo Tanot pay DurTitular member: Jan Schuller, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV, Netherlands 17492A Ord1st deputy: ress Ad Janmaat, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV, Netherlands to 5th Des 2nd deputy: to Ad Kamp, Bouw- en Houtbond FNV, Netherlandsrumm .Ifew benottomut Country Group Nr. 3: Federal Republic of Germany: 2 representatives Titular member: Konrad Carl, IG Bau- Steine- Erden 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: TS Bruno Köbele, IG Bau- Steine- Erden Lothar Lewandowski, IG Bau- Steine- Erden 28 -7-81st deputy: 2nd deputy: Titular member: Horst Morich, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff Peter Riemer, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff Willi Schulze, Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff Country Group Nr. 4: Austria, Switzerland: 2 representatives. [ 609092.03 and Titular member: Johann Köteles, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, st 1st deputy: Hubert Wipplinger, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und nn Lo1blad, Genera Holzarbeiter, Austria 2nd deputy: inance Ernst ub, Sec Titular member: 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: Austria bmS Johann Driemer, Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter, taryn6qst 13 232Яusu oldY Austria François Portner, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland Roland Roost, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland Max Zuberbühler, Gewerkschaft Bau- Holz, Switzerland Country Group Nr. 5: Spain, France, Portugal: 1 representative statis Titular member: Manuel Garnacho, FEMCA- UGT, Spain J.2 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: Marcel Hupel, FO, Francew Jean- Jacques Peyre, CFDT, France T tyduqab Jal bas 91 279XTOW Country Group Nr. 6: Great Britain, Ireland: 1 representative Titular member: Ben Rubner, FTAT, Great Britain 63 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: J. Kooyman, FTAT, Great Britain E. Goodall, FTAT, Great Britain 0176fut bnS Country Group Nr. 7: Israel, Turkey, Cyprus: 1 representative Titular member: Anis Bar- Yosef, National Union of Building Workers, 1st deputy: Behzat Akdogan, Yol- Is, Turkey Israel 2nd deputy: hn Andreas Klitou, Cyprus Construction Workers and Miners Federation, Cyprus Country Group Nr. 8: North America: 2 representatives evotne Titular member: John Joyce, International Union of Bricklayers and u8 edT William Duval, International Brotherhood of Painers and 70. edmuns Ashwood boop notteyebarbon d 1st deputy: Allied Craftsmen Allied Trades 2nd deputy: Marvin Boede, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada Titular member: Edward J. Carlough, Sheet Metal Workers' International 19owboo Association Larry Dugan, International Union of Operating Engineers Charles Pillard, International Brotherhood of Electrical 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: das Aug Workers Country Group Nr. 9: Africa: 2 representatives Titular member: Charles Attah, Ghana 08 29 -81st deputy: 2nd deputy: 29 David Matheru, Kenya Timber& Furniture Workers' Union, yucKenya Patrick N. Nzima, National Union of Building, Eng.& Sand General Workers, Zambia t Titular member: Ousseynou T. Gueye, SY.NA.CO, Senegal k 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: and think that R.0. Sanyaolu, Nigeria Union of Construction& Civil Tout Engineering Workers, Nigeria Ayivi Messan Têvi, SYNTRAGAVO, Togod Country Group Nr. 10: Asia and Pacific: 2 representatives Titular member: Yoshio Suzuki, KENSETSU- DOMEI, Japan 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: your years tugab jal tugebabd Sthe Jaime T. Rincal, National Association of Free Trade That oh sa Unions, Philippines He wuqabctelded Abu Kassim Indon, Construction Workers' Union, Malaysiany after Titular member: Khurshid Ahmed, All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions, Pakistan 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: S.L. Sharma, Indian National Building and Construction Workers Federation, India yjuq9b jel Mamun Ur Rashid Chowdhury, Bangladesh Building and Wood Workers Federation, Bangladesh I: bm bnsfennta Country Group Nr. 11: Latin America and Caribbean: 2 representatives untry Group Nr. II: Latin America and Caribbean representatives T Titular member: Juan Herrera, FETRACON, Venezuela 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: 9V Titular member: 1st deputy: 2nd deputy: : yfuqab jal : yuqeb bns Hector Blanco, UNATROPYT, Costa Rica Edvino Plizzari, Construction Workers' Union, Brazil nal: : 2 Juan Mario André, UOCRA, Argentina way, Sweden: Ignacio Guerra, SITRACE, Mexico 68 atmA edmem sTuttT Ottiwell Simmons, Bermuda Industrial Union, Bermuda of työva qab, breden and Cooperation with other international organisations The IFBWW enjoys a good cooperation with a number of other international organisations like the ICFTU, Amnesty International, the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers, the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers, as well as other ITSS. No John Löfblad continues to be an associate member on the Executive Board of the ICFTU as well as on the ICFTU Finance and General Purposes Committee. berm Titular member: Juan indez, 60trale Généra It has been decided that a closer cooperation will take place between the IFBWW, the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers and the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers. 21998 2nd de YNJ Netheweb jal apvetherxtugeb bas FNV Netherlands X X X X X X X X X X Country Group Nr Nr. 3: 12. 1st de deputy: Bruno Köbele 2nd deputy: The Bulletin appeared in 1985 with two complete and one double issue. I Bau- Ste Steine- Erden Lothar Lewandowski, IG Bau- Steine- Erden es 30 28 -9-01The Executive Committee of the IFBWW met three times: 25th and 26th April, 1st December and 5th December, 1985. rodende The Management Committee of the IFBWW met on 25th February, 24th and 25th April, 9th October and 30th November, 1985. isions ken by predn On 31st December, 1985, the staff of the IFBWW Head Office was as follows: John Löfblad, General Secretary Jeannette Angst, Secretary to the General Secretary and treasurer for the finances of the IFBWW Ernst Laub, Secretary Camilla Jelmini, Secretary- Translator Béatrice Zahler, Secretary Angel Ubach, Office Employee Silvia Rieben- Lee, Secretary- Translator dev X X X X X X X X X X like and such unsol Representation at Congresses and International Meetings for found Federacion de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construccion y la Madera de Venezuela: XIth Congress, 26th- 28th March, 1985 in Caracas, Venezuela: John Löfblad ORIT, XIth Regular Continental Congress, 17th- 19th April, 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico: John Löfblad European Trade Union Confederation, 5th Statutory Congress, 13th- 17th May, 1985 in Milano, Italy: John Löfblad but ated Bouw- en Houtbond FNV, Congress, 22nd- 24th May, 1985 in Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Löfblad engineer Since ther the public ILO, International Labour Conference, 7th- 27th June, 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ernst Laub few Wome NBTF, Congress, 12th- 13th June, 1985, Lahtis, Finland: John Löfblad 9th World Forestry Congress, 1st- 10th July, 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico: John Löfblad 63rd Convention of the Building and Construction Trades Department, ALF- CIO, 6th- 8th August, 1985 in Chicago, USA: John Löfblad better ahead Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, Congress, 18th- 21st August, 1985 in Oslo, Norway: John Löfblad now very di Snedker- og Tomrerforbundet i Danmark, Congress, 25th- 31st August, 1985 in Odense, Denmark: Bram Buys, John Löfblad to Fastighetsanställdas Förbund, 11th Ordinary Congress, 25th- 30th August, 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad SE 31 -10to. 94T Svenska Bleck- och Platslagare förbundet, 24th Ordinary Congress, 23rd- 27th September, 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad 27th September, 1985 in 9935mm thems SM edT IG Bau- Steine- Erden, 13th Ordinary Congress, 7th- 12th October, 1985 in Hamburg, FR Germany: A. Buys, J. Löfblad, B. Whinberg A. Buys, J. Löfblad, B. While no 16th Constitutional Convention of the AFL- CIO, 28th- 31st October, 1985 in Los Angeles, USA: John Löfblad Maaseututyöväen Liitto ry, Congress, Tammerfors, Finland: Ulf Asp John Löfblad General Secretary GAVO, Togo 9df 18391592[ 679090, bs/ dtö ndo 6th- 8th December, 1985 in WW811 903 to 295nsnft 943 Japan 1992, dus tem3 X739159219Td6 95698 COMET 1-1639159299]-nadat 2 ederation of Trade Unions 1st Building an Geneva, 18th March, 1986 2nd Workers Fede Jano Ton India sol bns 2920 Pakistan Construction Workers, Federation.Bangladesh 1 x moto2003 of 9b stadzubni s 90 2910bstadsiT sb not199 Titular baldto not susenV FETRACON CON, Venezuela Pepping up d# IX TIЯO tx9M Co 2nd deputy: d& bre? 1st deputy: Igna 2nd deputys Ottiwell Sim dustrial.. msbistamA at 2801.v6M d Indu VISIONsTM nt 2801 GM b SS 2291003 09-wu08 baldtöl ndo: abs/ 139 Con807 dus denbeldtö ndol: b611932 The IFBWW enjoys a good coo 2801 number of other orga Fe tion. of Bu ing kers, the No 1585 se bsidio adol: 00FX9M John Löfblad continues to be an associate member on the baldto nilot: A2000sf at 2801 32uQUA Com ht the IFBWW, the European Federation of Bui14 000 Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers tabnom po 1992 JeupA 21 AJ2S 229003 sm60 bsfdto ndol, ayu8 ms18: smne0.9209b0 nt 28er Ea JA d108 at Ibnud107 26b1f5326293257 bsfdföl ndo nebaw2mforoot2 nt 280.JaupuA The Bulletin appeared in 1985 with two complete and one double issue. 18 32 -SGeneral Secretary's Report 1.1.1986- 31.12.1986 295mhts acad 60$ 2 The year of 1986 has been the first year after the 17th Congress of the IFBWW which took place in Geneva during the first week of December, 1985. So the year 1986 became the initial year for implementing the decisions taken by the 17th Congress. increasingl This It was established during the Congress that the member unions were dealing with many difficult problems especially in the form sof increasing unemployment. Some time during the Congress period the unemployment in construction had reached dramatic figures especially in North America and European countries. The situation, socially and economically, in the developing countries had deteriorated during the last period. One of the reasons for this was and unfortunately continues to be the unrealistic and catastrophical foreign debts that the developing countries had taken and which now were for them a big burden when they were en route to solving their economic and social problems. At the same time the developing world has an increasing population with a high demand for investment in the social structure like schooling, health and welfare, pension and such things. These problems will probably increase and remain to be unsolved as long as the incredible problem of foreign debt cannot be solved. No formula for solving that problem has been found yet. id. in th ear sooner or later. One way to supp The IFBWW will devote itself to dealing with related problems, problems of social nature of concern to its members, the unemployment, but also improvement of the standard of living in the form of increased salaries and improved social security of any kind. There seems that during the past year the employment situation has undergone some improvement or stabilization in many countries which is at least to be seen as some progress compared to the last ten or twelve years' period under which the situation in the construction, woodworking and forestry field deteriorated slowly but always deteriorated. The improvement must be seen against the background that a very high number of people now have left the industry never to return. Since there always is demand for construction in civil engineering, in the public sectors, in housing and so on, there must be a time when the construction industry sort of must come to a stop regarding increased unemployment. The technological developments, sophisticated machinery, fewer men and women employed, also contribute to the problem that was unforeseen twenty years ago. It is still the opinion of the IFBWW that very few governments pay real attention to the importance of stability in the construction industry. It should be of a national interest, not only of a worker's interest to keep stable employment in the construction industry even if it is impossible to keep it absolutely constant. Even if some economists try to give us the impression that better times are ahead and that everything is quite good for most of us, it is difficult to foresee that the future really can be bright. Many think now that the good days as it has been put, are over and will never come back. It is very difficult to foresee that a change will take place where we will come back to a situation where full employment is a natural thing. Governments, employers and unions must work hard in order to keep employment high. Otherwise the unemployment will start to increase again which would be catastrophical. But it obviously takes some time yet for the governments especially to see their responsibility in organising the economy in a way that unemployment is kept to a minimum. bns 20012 48 33 -2The national finances in many countries also start to become very strained because of the very high unemployment and what it costs in form of support to unemployment insurance and support directly to the families of the unemployed. at 936[ q good dołdw WW87I Philippines 02198800 vd nexs anotatɔ9b I'd also like to express here our satisfaction at Ms Corazon Aquino's election as new President of the Philippines on 26th February, 1986. Finally democracy won over Marco's dictatorship. There is no doubt that the democratisation process- though still fragile b is opening up Philippines society and offering entirely new spaces of freedom to broader sections of the community, including the labour movement. With a view to consolidating the gains achieved so far, the trade unions should take full advantage of the existing opportunities to play their role in the continuing reconstruction process. This in itself should be seen as a contribution by the trade union movement to the stabilization of democracy. Of particular importance in the Philippines context is a speedy implementation of the pledges made by President Aquino in her 1 May address, i.e. a revision of the Labour Code through rectification of all restrictions on trade union rights of the past, including the public sector. fos dong Joy bnuot need 26 meldong amsdongame[ dong bats OJ 1/9237 stovsb fffw WW8 The war in Afghanistan has raged for seven years already. Heavy losses on all sides were registered during this time. Some 10 000 Soviet soldiers have been killed and 20 000 wounded. Therefore the Soviet Union has been showing signs in the last year that it is eager to extricate itself from what has clearly become a no- win military situation. The mujahedins have rejected all Soviet proposals because they do not offer them real guarantees. Thus the fighting in Afghanistan continues to be unusually heavy. The Government's military forces have stepped up the bombing and shelling of suspected rebel strongholds.sd 107 bnsmsb 21 ayswis ement Afghanistan gb of WWERI SAT 01992 of bat on tel Despite nearly five years of sporadic negotiations the United Nationssponsored talks have so far produced no settlement. The only obstacle to a break- through is the timetable for withdrawal. The Kremlin talks vaguely of a 4- year schedule while the Pakistanis, who represent the interests of an estimated 5 million Afghan refugees and the mujahedin insist on a 4- 6 month time frame. However, there are some signals that the Soviets are about to serve up a new compromise. The formula could include an agreement on Moscow's part to a firm time table for pulling out of Afghanistan, contingent on Washington's agreement to end all aid to the guerrillas. Given the fact that the United States might well balk at cutting off the guerrillas without a prior Soviet withdrawal, such a proposal would seem to have little chance of success. 1 zu gvip of Jin 982910 dt 26 aysb boop 93 6d wo South Africa 90 to 320m not boop 9tfup 27 pod vysve V9 vasM.dpind ed nso vffsen 9uJu 9 at di smo even[ ffw bms 190 916 Juq need 25d 03 xosd. gmo fffw gw 915dw 936fq 9x63[ ftw spnad 6 36 992910 9xst The political situation in South Africa has undoubtedly reached crisis point. Neither the state of emergency, nor talks of reforms have been able to quell the wave of ever- growing unrest and violence, illustrating the black population's abhorrence and total rejection of the apartheid system. The state of emergency resulted in a record of arrests and detentions, killings and rioting. The independent black trade union Σε 34 -3movement continues to be a major target for South Africa's repression. The violence reached a new peak in June. There have been numerous arrests of trade unionists under the Internal Security Act, which has been extended to ban indoor meetings called to discuss stayaways, boycotts and strikes. One of the main problems of the independent black trade union movement in the present climate is that of maintaining its structures in face of an increasingly militant membership. This has resulted in an understandable radicalisation on the part of the leadership. The Congress of South African Trade Unions, and the Council of Unions of South Africa and other independent black trade unions are being pushed into the mainstream of" community demands" and have to struggle to maintain their independence as trade unions, servicing membership. This situation has been further complicated by the recent inauguration of Chief Buthelezi's United Workers Union of South Africa ( UWUSA). Inkatha's armed" impies" have already physically attacked workers belonging to the independent black trade union movement and fears of UWUSA's divisive potential are widely expressed. A big collection has been carried out in order to get funds for activities in the Republic of South Africa. The IFBWW has one affiliate in South Africa. The money collected will be used for support to this union to develop through organisational and educational activities. It is certain that the shameful regime of apartheid in South Africa must disappear sooner or later. One way to support the workers there, make them stronger in their fight against apartheid within the country where they have to bear the blunt of the fight themselves, is to support the trade union organisations. The coloured workers of South Africa are already incredibly now able to carry out a lot of genuine trade union work, which may be hard to understand for the rest of the world. The IFBWW has always been in the forefront of the fight against apartheid and will continue to be so.12 add abnu Ju8 Chile Sw bel vino svs: 2310779 In Chile, basic human and trade union rights continue to be flagrantly violated. The Labour legislation seriously curbs basic trade union rights, in particular the right to collective bargaining and to strike. Early 1986, numerous repressive measures were taken by the authorities against trade union leaders and members. 26 reve The Pinochet regime has lost the support of all sectors of Chilean society with the exception of the major employers and the military. It is obvious that it is only the support of the armed forces that keeps the dictatorship in power. Nevertheless, some sectors within the Armed Forces have demonstrated their opposition to Pinochet's policies and have dissociated themselves from any programme which would imply his remaining in power after 1989. on bos The economic situation continues to deteriorate steadily: high levels of unemployment and underemployment and low purchasing power of the workers. Connect The struggle for democracy in Chile is going through a difficult but decisive phase. The deterioration of the economic and social situation and Pinochet's refusal to agree to dialogue has resulted in the uniting of forces convinced that popular pressure must be increased. Since 1st Ulf Asp, is working king at the 35 -4-ENicaragua A The Sandinista government in Nicaragua has seemed reluctant to allow a process of democratization in the country. In the past years, most basic freedoms have been severely restricted in Nicaragua. The opposition parties, the trade unions, the press, the church are not allowed to express their views or carry out activities. ms to so67 mt 29 132 zont Abed As ICFTU sources indicate, the situation of trade unions affiliated to the ICFTU in Nicaragua reflect the over- all absence of democracy in the country. Trade unions are harrassed by the authorities, in particular P since the declaration of the state of emergency on 16th October, 1985. bTrade union organizations are threatened by the authorities and trade union leaders are summoned by state security services. Trade union bulletins are declared illegal. In February, 1986, rural trade unionists were arrested and detained for two weeks without any charges brought a against them. In March, 1986, a regional headquarters of the CUS ( affiliated to the ICFTU) was forcibly occupied by government- directed s groups. Matsides enb. AB. 219 now st 356. All such measures imposed by the Sandinista government on the country have led to isolation from the inside of Nicaragua, but also from the outside. A dtuo2 mt to sm 21 que of vow 900 1936 10 190002, 1690062tb Nicaragua is politically and diplomatically isolated from the rest of Central America and is a source of tension and potential danger to neighbouring countries, which are making efforts to come to some kind of modus vivendi with the only marxist- oriented country in Central America. The Contadora group and the Tegucigalpa group have met several times over the past years in an effort to work out a plan to bring peace and stability to the region. But under the strong pressure of the Reagan administration, these efforts have only led to disagreements among the countries as to the possible solutions. bombing and she ing o rebel stron Recently, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EEC, Central America Dand Contadora countries met in Guatemala. But the meeting ended in a s failure to reach any kind of consensus. Nevertheless, all of this pressure is maybe finally having an effect on Nicaragua. Virgilio Godoy, leader of the opposition Liberal Party, has just recently confirmed reports that the Sandinista government is approaching exiled opposition leaders. He" feels more optimistic than a year ago". According to Godoy, there are positive signs: talks with political opponents in exile, promises to release 800 prisoners, land reform to stimulate production, opening a dialogue with the church, statements about elections. Godoy hopes that these are serious efforts and not merely gestures to improve Nicaragua's deteriorated image in the world. to zla Now only time can tell if the Sandinista government is willing to start a real process of democratization in Nicaragua. 219X10w The undoubtedly reached cris teake arbbe be system. The$ 5569ft detentions, killings and and ri ng. The independent black trade union 28 36 -5--8Activities of the Industrial Committees of the IFBWW The 17th Congress also decided to reorganise the work of the Committees. The Committees are now composed of smaller groups with substitutes in order to make the work in the Committees more practical and efficient. Membership of the industrial committees during the year was as follows: Building Committee 25915 929 Titular members Oriw 9203 not bad qmo od nave bns edib mem ruo not nottsutta Totoo ad ve nwo adj yd beau 2910269m 16020 gr gd Jonns Juan Fernandez, Belgium Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Werner Rupff, Switzerland Michael Collins, USA Johann Köteles, Austria Roel de Vries, Netherlands d no brs abo President John Löfblad, General Secretary Wood Industries Observer: John Joyce, USA for Wood and Forestry Committee equence in meet Titular members ivil Eng Substitutes 001039 Marcel Hupel, France Odd Isaksen, Norway Roland Roost, Switzerland Juan Herrera, Venezuela 1 representative from Italy Eugène Bausch, Luxemburg ing, 291 in April, 1987, it means an unusual industry enor that par sainspo fsnot inspo[ snost Substitutes President be ve the other hand th Bertil Jonsson, Sweden b Bent Larsen, Denmark Horst Morich, FR Germany Manuel Garnacho, Spain E. Schelstraete, Belgium Arne Johansson, Sweden for the in 6190000 Heikki Peltonen, Finnland Anton Solheim, Norway Hat Hubert Wipplinger, Austria Man Jean Auboeuf, France and Ben Rubner, Great Britain It has been for safety an fety Max Zuberbühler, Switzerland John Löfblad, General Secretary Svein Morgenlien, Norway Michel Buchs, Switzerland 22TI Both Industrial Committees did not meet during 1986. Only small working groups met to prepare the meetings that took place in January, 1987. Regional Activities - 695 56 High priority was given to the work in the regions with the regional offices in Kuala Lumpur for Asia and the Pacific, in Lomé, Togo, for Africa and in Panama for Latin America. At the end of the year, the regional office for Africa was closed in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Lomé, Togo. The regional representative Brother L.C. Kawesa was replaced by Brother Charles Attah. The IFBWW has stabilized its activities under the year 1986 especially in the regions. Connected to the regional activities are the educational activities. Considerable assistance is now being received by the IFBWW from various donors especially from LO/ TCO Sweden, from the Friedrich- Ebert Foundation and from various affiliates, especially in Denmark and Holland. tud Fog. sqmo: 15 Since 1st August, 1986 the new education officer of the IFBWW, Brother Ulf Asp, is working at the headquarters in Geneva. 88 37 -6--2 It must be realised that the educational activities undertaken in a very difficult social environment have been successful. The IFBWW has a very specific structure in that the building, wood and forestry workers in North America and Northern and Middle Europe have a good social situation and can be considered as quite well paid compared to some other groups of employees. In the developing world the members of the IFBWW the construction workers, the woodworkers and the forestry workers live in the most miserable social conditions, many times difficult to describe and even to comprehend for those who have not seen it with their own eyes. The social situation for our members in these areas cannot be described by the usual measures used by sociologists or economists. The workers in the woods and on the building sites live from day to day. They work for salaries that are incomprehensibly low compared to what it might cost in those countries to keep a family alive and it is enigmatic that the workers can be able to survive under such fantastic conditions. This is one of the problems that the IFBWW has the obligation to point out to the world. In these conditions, study circles are being organised. The interest for education is very strong amongst b6 OJ nnot the potential we have in these areas, amongst our unions. the Sa AB The education officer will prepare a detailed report on all regional and educational activities. 993. 03 229107 bms boow Nicaragua 16 Cooperation with other international organisations from the rest of ome kind The IFBWW has pursued the good cooperation during 1986 with other ITS, with the ICFTU and with the ILO. ITSS ng ni tomuñe 50 Taunsin It goes by itself that the cooperation with other ITS has its own limitation. It would be desired to have more cooperation with other ITSS, but this is very difficult because of the financial limitations that all ITSS have. Also there is little affinity in the substance of work and the trades represented by various ITSS. An International Trade Secretariat has come into being because it is there to look after the interests of the workers that are represented in the specific trades of the affiliated unions of the ITS in question. Therefore several ITSs cannot be mixed together in their practical approach to industrial activities. The Transport Workers have their own very specific interests to look after, they represent the transportation workers of very different kind and they are more international in a sense than most other ITSS because the members they represent travel the globe. They represent the airline employees, the sailors, the truck drivers and the railroad workers who are crossing the borders, while in some other ITSS like the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers we represent by and large domestic workers.cratization in Nica qua. SOUDS 90 916 293tvijos Tsnotge edt ot betɔenno] The construction workers, the woodworkers and the forestry workers represented by our International are mostly domestic workers. They do not travel to other countries to work even if some of their employers are multinational companies, but that is another story. The building workers are highly dependent upon politics in their own country because 1931110 HOTJBubs wen en obel JaupuA 121.95012 6V9093 mt 2191supbsed et ts pnbow at.q2A TU 38 Γε 931 Your -7--8investments and loans to buildings must be approved by governments. And it is always in the highest interest of the building workers' unions to demand that the government makes public investments, public loans to construction in order to create employment, employment that is productive for the rest of the society, public and private and then also gives employment in the woodworking industries, sawmills, furniture making and in the forestry industry. Therefore most of the ITSS must carry out the industrial activities that are related to their own membership. secre ILO he its kers ral The ILO has set up Tripartite Technical Industrial Committees for various industries and these have indeed increased in numbers over the years. More and more ITSs have demanded from the ILO that such new Committees are created by the ILO. Within the jurisdiction of the IFBWW, but not the IFBWW only, come now two ILO Industrial Committees, namely the Tripartite Technical Committee for Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works and the Tripartite Technical Committee for Forestry and Wood Industries. We are very satisfied that those two industrial Committees exist and when the Committee for Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works will meet for the 11th time in Geneva in April, 1987, it means an unusual high frequence in meetings for that particular industry. 22 On the other hand the IFBWW is very worried about the financial situation of the ILO, the fall in value of the dollar means that the budget for the ILO must be very strained and it must also affect the frequency of the meetings for the industrial committees. It must affect any type of ILO activities. It any type of ILO activities. It has been planned that smaller meetings, regional meetings, meetings for safety and health within our sector should be held, but it would be unrealistic to believe that the ILO can carry out exactly what it intended to carry out a few years ago when the financial outlook was a little bit different and more encouraging. 1498 However, the ILO is still there, a mighty agency of the United Nations. We must understand its possibilities and its limitations. It was there to look after the lot of the workers and it is still there to do that and we must, like we do within an ITS, continue to support the ILO, use its conferences and use its meetings to carry over the message of the workers represented by our International to the world forum that we have in the ILO. The IFBWW participated in the 72nd Session of the International Labour Conference which took place from 4th to 25th June, 1986. This year it was extremely important for the IFBWW, since the Conference finished its second year's work on a Convention regarding the use of asbestos, a problem of highest concern for the IFBWW and its members. The final wording of the Convention on Asbestos is maybe not so satisfying but it is still an important step forward and with years people will more and more understand the danger of the use of asbestos. Asbestos is equally dangerous to everybody, to employers, politicians and workers alike and the scaring information we have now about the danger of exposure to asbestos certainly contributes to the to the new view on handling this hazardous material. nottoveb gno ww to 21606 OA 39 -8--1The ILO is in the midst of activities now which are of concern to the IFBWW and construction workers. This summer, 1987, it will start working on a new convention for the construction industry which will carry on into the 1988 Labour Conference and the IFBWW is in constant consultation with the ILO regarding the preparations for these meetings. In the field of workers education, the IFBWW has received a number of travelling grants for participation of delegtes from affiliates in Asia, Africa and Latin America to various IFBWW seminars. for our K rs in these areas ICFTU t res us by soc og the ts I live from The During the last year, the IFBWW had on various items the usual good cooperation with the ICFTU in Brussels and in Geneva. John Löfblad continues to be an associate member on the Executive Board of the ICFTU as well as on the ICFTU Finance and General Purposes Committee. Others bлs 2x .29113zubal boow The IFBWW has started cooperation with the European Federation for Building and Woodworkers and the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers in accordance with a decision taken by the last World Congress and when time has developed we are quite sure that this kind of cooperation will be found very useful. It means that all resources available for the three organisations will be used for the same purpose and that overlapping activities will be avoided. 1959 sug 90 Jaum 0J1 and 101 topbud The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers is in itself a very large organisation. The President Juan Fernandez is Vice- President of the IFBWW. It represents about 2.5 million workers over Europe. The Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers is also also a big organisation taking into consideration that the area it represents has nearly 700'000 members. The President of that organisation, Bertil Whinberg, is also on the IFBWW Management Committee. on the IF It has been decided that cooperation shall be organised between the secretariats of the three federations, the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers, the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers and the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers. The Transport, N Obituaries Abraham Buys X X X X X X ic, interests Unfortunately I have to report that the former President of the IFBWW Brother Bram Buys who was elected Honorary President of the IFBWW at the 17th Congress had a stroke on 30th September, 1986 and died in a hospital in Amsterdam on 4th January, 1987. He had devoted his life to the labour movement. During the war, he languished in many concentration camps as a young man for his belief and he will be remembered in the annals of the IFBWW for his lifelong devotion to the ideology of dep eir workers use ec 3840 -9--01Isolidarity, equality and international cooperation as well as for being a militant fighter for the working class. Mordechai Amster 092 19 93 94 03 WW811 grit to 29 1092 13 Brother Mordechai Amster passed away on March 28, 1986. Born on 25th October, 1917 in the town of Sanok in Poland, he emigrated to Israel in 1935. He was a building worker and in 1943 was elected secretary of the local building workers'union. In 1946 he was named to the executive of the National Building Workers' Union with headquarters in Tel- Aviv and in 1968 he became its general secretary remaining at that position until his retirement in 1984. Mordechai Amster was elected to the IFBWW Executive Committee in 1969, where he remained a member until the 17th Congress of the IFBWW. Anis Bar- Yosef apd 93 b06 2923 16 no Brother Anis Bar- Yosef, Brother Amster's successor, passed away on 3rd July, 1986. Born in Irak he moved to Israel in 1950 and worked there in building and construction. After becoming a regional officer of the National Building Workers' Union, he was elected to its Executive Bureau in 1960 as representative of members in development regions. On 4th July, 1984, he was named General Secretary of the Union. Brother Anis Bar- Yosef was elected to the IFBWW Executive Committee at the 17th Congress of the IFBWW in 1985.. Jim Kooyman 22970000 190 Jim Kooyman, Assistant General Secretary of the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union of Great Britain, passed away on 2nd March, 1986, shortly before he was scheduled to go into well- deserved retirement. Brother Kooyman was first substitute for country group 6 on the IFBWW Executive Committee. Ignacio Guerra Vázquez 22 Brother Ignacio Guerra Vázquez, General Secretary of SITRACE, Mexico, was assassinated on 4th December, 1986 in the city of Cuernavaca. Ever Brother Guerra was first substitute for country group 11 on the IFBWW Executive Committee, TIRONAU Own X X X X X X X X ormono] T120- UTRI The Bulletin appeared in 1986 with two double issues. 500 ev The Executive Committee of the IFBWW met once on 23rd April, 1986. wa In pa The Management Committee of the IFBWW met three times on 25th February, 22nd April and 7th November, 1986. 198786 On 31st December, 1986, the staff of the IFBWW Head Office was as follows: ng. SA 43 41 -10--2John Löfblad, General Secretary Ulf Asp, Education Officer Janotism 2513 Jeannette Angst, Secretary to the General Secretary and treasurer for the finances of the IFBWW Camilla Jelmini, Secretary- Translator Ernst Laub, Secretary Marie Pugin, Secretary Silvie Rieben- Lee, Secretary- Translator Angel Ubach, Office Employee Béatrice Zahler, Secretary 60 193 6: 18 08 9H.380 ni 19612] of mrbrud Tool add to y16397052 of Ismos 9d to svitu.exe edf 237 90639ded 8301 nat bas vtvA- IST nt x3 WW871 sild of X X X X X X X X X Representation at Congresses and International Meetings ITS General Conference: 8th 9th January, 1986, London: John Löfblad Bermuda Industrial Union: 9th Biennial Delegates Conference, 20th- 23rd March, 1986 in Hamilton, Bermuda: John Löfblad 12000 UGT: 24th Ordinary Congress, 2nd- 6th April, 1986 in Madrid, Spain: John Löfblad ELA- STV: 6th Congress and 75th Anniversary, 11th- 12th April, 1986 in Bilbao, Spain: François Portner SALF: 24th National Congress, 24th- 25th April, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad Fédération Générale Force Ouvrière Bâtiment, Bois, Papier, Carton, Céramique: 13th National Statutory Congress, 8th- 11th May, 1986 in Reims, France: John Löfblad Blik- og Rorarbejderforbundet i Danmark: 31st Congress, 25th- 26th May, 1986 in Helsingör, Denmark: John Löfblad Tubed Svenska Elektrikerförbundet: Congress, 1st• 6th June, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblade text FEMCA- UGT: 9th Statutory Congress, 10th- 13th July, 1986 in Madrid, Spain: Konrad Carl, Bertil Whinberg, Juan Fernandez Dansk El- forbund: Ordinary Congress, 24th- 30th August, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark: John Löfblad Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark: 41st Congress, 7th 8th September, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark: Bertil Whinberg Malerforbundet i Danmark: 26th Statutory Congress, 8th- 13th September, 1986 in Odense, Denmark: Odd Isaksen Norsk Elektriker- og Kraftstasjonsforbund: 18th Statutory Congress, 19th 20th September, 1986 in Oslo, Norway: Bertil Whinberg ICFTU- ORIT Economic Conference: 20th- 25th September, 1986 in Buenos Aires, Argentina: John Löfblad Gewerkschaft der Bau- und Holzarbeiter: 12th Statutory Congress, 1st- 4th October, 1986 in Vienna, Austria: Konrad Carl ben John Löfblad arx President of the IFBZ General Secretary January, Geneva, in March, 1987 he lan ed, in ny the lifelong long de to the 42 -5The General Secretary's Report 1.1.1987- 31.12.1987 1987, the second year in the four of the Congress period, has been a very busy year, full of activities in two of the IFBWW's priorities: education and industrial activities. The latter within the framework of the two industrial committees: the IFBWW Building Committee and the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee. The industrial activities of the International have been having a close and important cooperation with the ILO. For the reason of saving space and cost, I wil abstain from giving an over- all view of the world situation, because this has to cover many fields and give many details if it shall be meaningful, and also because the world situation is well known to the members of the Executive Committee. However, it might be worthwhile to state that we still live in an unstable world and that some very important events have taken place during the year. We live in a world of tensions and political conflicts leading to violence and even worse in certain areas of the world. The world is also poverty- stricken and the continued crisis in the developing countries has contributed to worsening the situation in these countries. the the One important event is the new policy introduced by Chairman Gorbachev of the Soviet Union which is supposed to lead to internal reform within the Soviet Union and to lessening of tensions between East and West. We certainly have to wait and see what this can lead to because so far what is coming from Mr. Gorbachev are mainly general declarations. We will have to wait for the effect given to these declarations. One can only hope that the promises can be held, but there are suddenly strong elements in the Soviet Union who are not so interested in these reforms because of their personal interests and, therefore, it can be assumed that there are also tensions in the Soviet Union. Hopefully, the pressure from the people for reform will lead to a change, but the economy of the Soviet Union, very strained as it is by armament costs, is difficult and it will be difficult to improve the standard of living for the working people, something that the Soviet people are now waiting for. Events in Poland have not been encouraging since Solidarnosc which now is affiliated to the ICFTU is not free to operate as a free trade union and its leader Lech Walesa was prohibited to participate in the ICFTU World Congress in Australia, in March 1988. The other Super- Power, the United States of America, has problems of its own with a weakened presidency and what happened on" Black Monday", 19th October, 1987, when there was a new crash on Wall Street, in some ways even worse than the one that took place in 1929, because the crash that now took place happened very quickly while the crash of 1929 actually was a longer process continuing with a very deep depression in the world economy. In the wake of the crash of Wall Street of 1987 followed the same pattern on the money market around the world and many enterprises and fortunes went down. The Western economy is feeling the crisis and it is still too early to know if this crash will be followed by an even deeper ther with ICFTU be Ived AA 435 -2depression. We certainly live in a time of depression already now with high unemployment in most countries, with very few exceptions. The situation is not exactly like in 1929, since there is now in the industrialized world a net of social protection for the unemployed, those who are in economic difficulties, but it is uncertain if the present social security system that we have in many countries can hold for an even stronger crisis. n99d கா The situation gives reason for concern. The development of free trade unions is strongly affected in many countries. Unions are loosing membership and the employers are continuing the anti- union practices certainly with considerable success. The anti- union practices vary from country to country depending upon political systems, economic standards and other things. But certainly, the anti- union activities will continue and it is most likely that the free trade union movement will face a future with a bitter fight for survival all over the world. One of our great worries is that under these circumstances it is very difficult to develop a strong and viable trade union movement in the developing world, one thing that really would be needed in these countries in order to balance the strenght and heavy- handedness of ruthless enterprises and governments, who simply do not like the trade unions to intervene in their running of economies and countries. 291 Corruption is widespread over the world, specially in the Third World. And the drug trafficking is more and more becoming an important industry. It is estimated that the value of drug sold in the world every day corresponds to the value of food sold in the world on the same day. This shows the proportions of the drug industry and the terrible negative effect the drug trafficking has on the economy of the world, where the drug barons are able to buy governments and heads of state and involve them actively in their operations. 29 All of a sudden, we see a more and more complicated pattern of social behaviour and economic operations in the world that creates problems, specially for the hard- working people and, obviously not the least, for the trade unions. w 31 bms The ICFTU together with the ITSS has created a Committee to work with anti- union practices and try to work out a strategy for fighting to regain lost ground and strengthen the trade union movement. This must be a long- time strategy and it is really a big challenge to the trade union movement. The fight continues already now on the local level in so many countries and at the nation level. It also continues at the international level in the ILO, with bitter fights with the employers. over resolutions, wordings of Conventions and policies to improve the lot of the working people. The hardened attitudes of the employers at every possible level means more work, more difficulties and hard times for our movement. Jsi no et nend 920 99 r moveme 1987 was a year during which we could make certain new observations about these realities we have seen. Specially during 1987, a year which has been harder than the year before and the year before that, in every field for the trade union movement. But the situation is not hopeless. The trade union movement can work out a strategy for the challenge it has to meet, but it will have to go into the future fighting. 193369 ent wob new 290t ons 2121 neve ne yd bewoffot ad fftw de615 etdi it wonx of 169 003 fitta EA 44 42 -5-3This being said, something can be reported about the activities that we have had with the ILO. In 1986, the ILO adopted a Convention on Safety in the Use of Asbestos. In 1987, the ILO Conference started its work on the revision of Convention 62 and Recommendation 53 regarding Safety and Health in Construction. This work will be completed at the 75th ILO Conference in 1988. Thus, four years of ILO Conferences have had on their agenda very important matters of concern for the construction workers. The IFBWW has done its best in cooperation with the Workers Group, under the capable leadership of its Chairman, Brother Muhr of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Oscar de Vries, Secretary of the Workers Group, from the ICFTU. In order to try to contribute to achieving the most during these four years, it was a step forward to get a Convention regarding safety in the handling of asbestos. We hope that it will be possible to achieve a new revised Convention for Safety and Health in Construction, and we consider these four years as the busiest in the cooperation with the ILO in the field of construction. Also it ought to be mentioned very briefly that the 11th Session of the Tripartite Technical Committee of the ILO on Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works took place in Geneva, 1st to 9th April. This also meant a great deal of preparations for the IFBWW, which as usual had to prepare the work of the workers' representatives participating at this Conference. We think a good work was done at this Conference by everybody representing the IFBWW from the staff and better than ever cooperation and activities could be be registered from from qualified participants in all the mentioned meetings from member states of the ILO, and the unions from all over the world. He contribu The educational programme has expanded over the year and all three regions with regional offices in Panama for Latin America, Togo for Africa, and Kuala Lumpur for Asia and the Pacific, have been maintained over the year. The Central Department for Education in the Secretariat in Geneva has been maintained with Ulf Asp as responsible for that Department. A special report is given regarding the regional and educational activities. It can only be said in this report that the IFBWW is a real world organization with activities all over the free world and that the regional offices have after some difficult years stabilized their activities. Even if it has to be remembered that the trade union work in Latin America, Africa, and Asia cannot at all be compared to the trade union work in the industrialized world. Therefore, the same results and growth cannot be expected as it was when the trade union movement expanded in other areas of the world. Specially in the framework of the regional activities and education, more and more attention has been given with some success to human and trade union rights. But the more we work, the more we see how human and trade union rights are being violated in a shocking way, specially in the three regions. We have had, for which we are grateful, a very good cooperation in this field with organizations like Amnesty International, the ILO and the ICFTU. 1600 ow With growing poverty and the continuing depression also the violation of human rights is growing, childwork is a growing phenomenom all over the world, even now in industrialized countries and this is to be seen against the desperation of families to survive under the most deplorable conditions. as an 50 The year 1987 was declared United Nations Year of Shelter for the Homeless and the IFBWW has together with the ICFTU been deeply involved 8A 45 -4in this work together with the HABITAT Office in Nairobi and its dynamic administrator for this problem, Mrs. Ingrid Munro. It goes without saying that the contribution of an organization like the IFBWW can only be modest, but we have been pushing our unions to participate in national programmes. We have participated in important conferences and this big programme, which has as a goal contributing housing for the more than one billion homeless in the world, is certainly something that was not an activity for 1987 alone. The year 1987 was the manifestation year. It will certainly have to continue over decades and we can hope it will be an instituted programme for every country in the world to help improve the shocking housing situation that we have in the world. The Industrial Committees of the IFBWW had during the year the following composition: IFBWW Building Committee Titular Member 011 Juan Fernandez, Belgium Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Werner Rupff, Switzerland Michael Collins, USA President Johann Köteles, Austria Roel de Vries, Netherlands John Löfblad, General Secretary At own costs: John Joyce, USA IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee food Substitute Marcel Hupel, France Odd Isaksen, Norway Roland Roost, Switzerland Juan Herrera, Venezuela 1 representative from Italy Eugène Bausch, Luxemburg Bertil Jonsson, Sweden 26 Bent Larsen, Denmark மான் Horst Morich, FR Germany Manuel Garnacho, Spain President in th Eddy Schelstraete, Belgium Arne Johansson, Sweden Max Zuberbühler, Switzerland John Löfblad, General Secretary Heikki Peltonen, Finland Anton Solheim, Norway Hubert Wipplinger, Austria Jean Auboeuf, France Ben Rubner, Great Britain Svein Morgenlien, Norway Michel Buchs, Switzerland Ar can say Already has been mentioned the good cooperation, and we institutionalized cooperation, we have with the ICFTU in Brussels and Geneva. John Löfblad continues to be a joint member of the Governing Body of the ICFTU as well as its Finance and General Purposes Committee. It has been decided by the last Congress that the IFBWW should find a closer cooperation with the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers and the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers. During the year the IFBWW has arrived at a concrete cooperation with these two organizations, specially is this the case in the field of preparations of the two important conferences that the IFBWW will carry out in 1988, namely, the IFBWW Environment Conference to be held from 3rd to 5th May, 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden, and the IFBWW Technology Conference that will take place from 29th November to 2nd December, 1988 in Miami, USA. It might be added that preparations for these two Conferences and not 193f9d2 to 159Y. 20 bevlovnt yfqeeb need UTI 9d bstinu bersi5sb 25w 180 19 T ab SAT djw retspot as WW8RI art bos 229Temo 2A 46 -5-8have taken a great part of the work of the IFBWW even during this year. The Management Committee has also decided upon a proposal from the three Nordic painters' unions, that a special conference for health problems for painters shall be held during the first half year of 1989. This is to be seen as a follow- up of the successful conference that was held in Geneva in 1976. Since then, many new problems have arisen for those who are painters and, therefore, a follow- up is needed. Preparations have already started, specially in consultation with a representative of the medical profession who assisted us last time. The Conference shall be opened to painters' representatives affiliated to the IFBWW regardless of the name of the union, since many painters are organized in other unions than just painters unions. Geneva Sw Obituaries Jiems von omo X X X X X X X 5W, H Jens Peder Jensen soube to som Webtv192[ 6gt Congress, de Const net du Bois CEDT The President of the Danish Woodworkers' Union, Jens Peder Jensen, passed away on 31st March, 1987 at the age of 60. From early in his youth, he showed keen interest in trade union work and politics and was throughout his life dedicated to the trade union movement and to his colleagues. In 1981 he was elected President of the Woodworkers' Union. He contributed much to making his organization what it has become today. Union Educ Trade Union Rig Juan Mario André HWW871 : zwolfot Juan Mario André, member of the IFBWW Executive Committee as well as of the IFBWW Latin American Regional Committee, was killed in an automobile accident on 21st June in Argentina. He was 56 years old. Brother André had been active in the UOCRA building workers' union for the past 25 years, as well as in the Argentine CGT labour federation and in the Peronist political movement. He was an officer of the San Lorenzo local, in Santa Fé province, as well as being in charge of international activities for the UOCRA union. He had been elected to the IFBWW Executive Committee at the 1985 Congress, and to the Latin American Regional Committee at the Panama regional conference of September 1986. Arbe E. Etrebi- Darko and King Senah er Oslo ; Denm 19291 In a tragic coincidence, a June car crash also caused the deaths of the general secretary of Ghana's construction workers' union, E.A. Etrebi- Darko, and of his assistant King Senah. long- term VA Heinz Umrath pnego notou[ shaubn shum Heinz Umrath, former Secretary of Housing Committee of ICFTU and IFBWW, died on 5th October. He was born in Berlin in 1905 and emigrated to Amsterdam in 1936 where he worked for the General Dutch Union of Construction Workers as an economic advisor from 1950 to 1965. He became a member of the Permanent Housing Committee of ERO- ICFTU and was editor 8A 49 47 -6-2of the IFBWW Housing Bulletin until 1973. His death means the loss of another of the pioneer front- line fighters of the international trade union movement. Björn Carlsson U2 fot 6/26 1992 90 of To our deep sorrow we have to announce that Björn Carlsson, at the age of 54, passed away after a car accident outside Livingston, Zambia. He was then working on an education project in Zambia and soon going to work for the ICFTU on another project. For some years, Björn Carlsson worked for the IFBWW as a project leader in Togo and as responsible for regional and educational activities in the office of the IFBWW in Geneva. He was known as a cooperative person strongly devoted to his belief in the historical task of the labour movement and in the importance of education. He was actually a journalist and on leave for about ten years from his job in the Swedish white- collar workers in municipal service. Juan Fe Be X X X X X X X The Bulletin appeared in 1987 with four full numbers. 25 29176 do 09209 1999 ang edT The IFBWW Executive Committee met once on 24th April, 1987. ow normu sbsxj The IFBWW Management Committee met twice: on 23rd April and on 1st December, 1987. At. vabol To pntxsm of doum X X X X X X X 290 100 On 31st December, 1987, the staff of the IFBWW Head Office was as follows: John Löfblad, General Secretary Ulf Asp, Education Officer 26W WW871 NEW nsut Jeannette Angst, Secretary to the General Secretary and treasurer for the finances of the IFBWW Camilla Jelmini, Secretary- Translator sw sh Ernst Laub, Secretary 26 Tlow 26.500 Maria Pugin, Secretary 99d bsd 9H.molmu AЯOQU srd Silvia Rieben, Secretary- Translator Angel Ubach, Office Employee 2801 $ 9. 97 63062 at x3 Geneva, John Lo Body the X X X X X X X mem of na Wo Du Co Representation at Congresses and International Meetings ITS General Conference: 6th- 7th January, 1987, Bern, Switzerland: John Löfblad SINDECO, Congress, 29th January 1st February, 1987, Aveiro, Portugal: Ulf Asp Bermuda Industrial Union: Opening Ceremonies of New Union Building and Headquarters, 2nd- 4th February, 1987, Hamilton, Bermuda: John Löfblad AFL- CIO: Annual meetings with Unions in the Building and Construction Trades Department, 5th- 13th February, 1987, Florida, USA: John Löfblad IFBWW Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific: 2nd- 10th March, 1987, Singapore: Edward J. Carlough, John Löfblad, Ulf Aspn 103fb9 25W bns UT331-083 999 to 190mm 6 ₫ FA 48 -7ICFTU/ ITS Meeting on Union Organizing Strategies, 17th- 19th March, 1987, Geneva, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ernst Laub, Bo Johnsson( Sv. ( IG Bau- Steine- Erden, опограя пройт Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Swapni99M 9933mm FRG) 11th Session of the Tripartite Technical Committee of the ILO for Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works, 1st- 9th April, 1987, Geneva, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ulf Asp, Ernst Laub 10th( Commemorative) Session of the Commission on Human Settlements, 6th to 16th April, 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya: Christine Nathan( Building Mazdoor Union, India) World Conference on Environment arranged by the Nordic Countries, 7th- 10th May, 1987, Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad vb6V 180119dmevo ОИ European Federation of Building and Woodworkers, Meeting on the Problems in the Wood and Furniture Industry in Europe, 21st- 22nd May, 1987, Brussels, Belgium: John Löfblad - 73rd International Labour Conference, ILO, ILO, 3rd 24th June, 1987, Geneva, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ulf Asp, Ernst Laub Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers, 25th Congress, 9th- 13th June, 1987, Lillehammer, Norway: John Löfblad dots t 1949390 Fédération Nationale des Salariés de la Construction et du Bois( CFDT) P22nd Congress, 10th- 13th June, 1987, Rennes, France: Friedel Schütt ( IG Bau- Steine- Erden, FRG) ov is to congratulate. BOH ELA- STV, Congress, 27th June, 1987, San Sebastian, Spain: Norbert Ewald ( IG Bau- Steine- Erden, FRG) Swedish Forestry Workers' Union, 20th Ordinary Congress, 28th June- 3rd July, 1987, Gävle, Sweden: John Löfblad 14th Meeting of the ICFTU/ ORIT Committee for the Defence of Human and Trade Union Rights in Latin America and Regional Conference on Trade Union Education Policy and ICFTU Programme for Trade Union Development Cooperation, 3rd change wil continue. Be 7th August, 1987 in Antigua, Guatemala: Pablo atamaran state - Arosemena Swedish Woodworkers' Union, International Course, 10th- 11th August, 1987, Viskadalen, Sweden: John Löfblad asy to turn or ease out. FIET, 21st World Congress, 24th- 28th August, 1987, Lomé, Togo: Jürgen Jöns( IG Bau- Steine- Erden, FRG) some hopeful signs. The fact that Educational Seminar, 29th August- 4th September, 1987, Pattaya, Thailand: John Löfblad Regional Committee Meeting and Regional Conference for Latin America, 14th- 18th September, 1987, Buenos Aires, Argentina: John Löfblad, Ulf Asp ECE Housing and Building Committee, 48th Session, 15th- 18th September, 1987, Geneva, Switzerland: Ernst Laub down an Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund, Congress, 20th- 25th September, 1987, Oslo, Norway: Poul Christensen( Specialarbejderforbundet, Denmark) Norwegian Woodworkers' Union, 23rd Ordinary Congress, 20th- 23rd September, 1987, Hamar, Norway: Odd Isaksen ve landed him in Swiss Building and Woodworkers' Union, 25th Ordinary Congress, 23rd- 26th September, 1987, Davons, Switzerland: Konrad Carl, John Löfblad TUAC- OECD, Meeting of Trade Union Experts on the development of a Tong- term energy plicy and its macroeconomic implications, 28th- 29th September, 1987, Paris, France: Ernst Laub Swedish Painters' Union, 100th Anniversary, 1st Union, 100th Anniversary, 1st- 3rd October, 1987, Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad ICFTU/ ITS Working Party on Occupational Safety and Health, 7th- 9th October, 1987, Brussels, Belgium: Ernst Laub cratic New Zealand Building Workers' Union, First National Conference, 14th- 16th October, 1987, Wellington, New Zealand: John Löfblad her 02 49 -8ECE Timber Committee, 45th Session, 12th- 16th October, 1987, Geneva, Switzerland: Ernst Laub, Roger Gerdin( Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Sweden) absippya African Regional Committee Meeting, 13th- 15th October, 1987, Lusaka, Zambia: Ulf Asp Paraguayan Building Workers' Union( SINATRAC), Congress( stopped from the beginning by brutal police force), 20th 21st October, 1987, Asunción, Paraguay: John Löfblad, Pablo Arosemena, Nestor Romero( UOCRA, Argentina) 17th AFL- CIO Convention, 23rd- 29th October, 1987, Miami Beach, USA: John Löfblad Second National Meeting of Forestry. Workers in Chile, 17th- 21st November, 1987, Valdivia, Chile: John Löfblad, Pablo Arosemena, Aldo Verdugo Asian and Pacific Regional Committee Meeting and Seminar, 24th- 28th November, 1987, Tokyo, Japan: John Löfblad, Ulf Asp mutated 92203 Danish Bricklayers' Union, 40th Ordinary Congress and 100 years anniversary, 5th- 11th December, 1987, Aalborg, Denmark: John Löfblad FES/ IFBWW Conference on Shelter for the Poor and Homeless, 7th- 11th December, 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya: Ernst Laub 1971609 17 European Federation of Building and Woodworkers, 5th Congress and Symposium on Environment, 16th- 18th December, 1987, Luxemburg, Luxemburg: Ernst Laub 06 220 Geneva, in March, 1988 12-058 DT) VT2- AJ3 2-068 91) w2 John Löfblad 90 913 107.99 933103 7190\ UTBOL i to onij99M da General Secretary 90 101 90016 S670099 01:01 Das vor169 00385053 noinU 01279000] sub3 B09m9201A 301 92 b Capilla blow J2IS 160 Tsno THI 922- us 91) ano baldto ndo: bnsTFENT 3200 9 bns pat 993 291/ A 2009ud тает 092 T q2A 9933hm3 patbitud bms pntzuoH 303 dus] 32m13: 506179532.svg 1801 pnobrudrotabnomabbed A 20 chefsiosq2) neaneta Tuo your ow Holl sowbook bus comibliu8 eaiwa 905 Togent 30AUT 231 bms yoriq veins 193- po .of20 180 190 2- RES mot пох 9A85 200 Bermuda, Th Union: dodus. सायद AFL- CIO: 10: Anpus ades Depe IFBMW Regional Conf 19871 Conference dus tame 23930159 O pribling bm6169 w9 50 Report of the General Secretary. 1st January- 31st December. 1988 IFBWW th participants Conferences were high poixeMidispahenitseb all ove lated the ts. We were In spite of all the problems to be found in the World, the year of 1988 has shown some improvement. No doubt there has been a lessening of tensions and the international climate has become better. Recent and current developments in the a Dialogues between nations are now going on where they did not exist a few years ago. 10 eierit ti neva nolauill no oohemA nito.nl bib livio edit yllouau.opp opp ap wet o norit po mA altpJ ni agi The terrible, long Gulf War has come to an end and the Soviets are leaving Afghanistan. The fact that the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan had to come to an end because of the success of the Afghan resistance movement is encouraging indeed. Hopefully we are slowly coming to an end of big powers interference in small nations. We hope that the" Afghan Lesson" will not be forgotten. Perestroika and Glasnost seem to have arrived to stay in the Soviet Union. General Secretary Gorbachov is to congratulate. But most is actually a result of a near collapse of the communist economic system, a sign that shows in every totalitarian state under Soviet control. The firm stand of the democracies on democracy and human rights might very well have brought about the change that is taking place in the Soviet Union itself as well as in some of its satellites. But the road to economic recovery might prove more difficult than to allow free speech and criticism against the regime. Still, what we observe today is encouraging and we hope that the move towards change will continue. Because all in a totalitarian state do not benefit from the change towards freedom. Those who were privileged under the regime are not so easy to turn or ease out. V ob leoя The following were put on the Even in Poland are appearing some hopeful signs. The fact that the Jaruzelski regime has accepted a dialogue with Solidarnosc and its leader, Lesh Walesa, bears proof that change must be brought about if the catastrophic economic situation in that country shall be improved so that the people can get a decent living which the Polish people never had. news lihea The present developments are a big victory for the courageous Lesh Walesa who decided not to go in exile when Jaruzelski clamped down on Solidarnosc and instead stayed in his country carrying out a very difficult balance act that, if not done right, might have landed him in jail for an indefinite period of time until he had been forgotten and completely neutralized. The Solidarnosc is now a member of the ICFTU which may not be unimportant for the turning of events. the meeting of the Sub- Committe In Chile, President Pinochet lost his" referendum" and this must have weakened his position even if the situation is uncertain. In this black dictatorship the worst times might seem to be over but even here the privileged have too much to loose from a drastic change to democratic principles of Government. The first to loose would be the military cast. And Manuel Bustos is still in internal exile and might be so for another year, a terrible violation of trade union rights. kee sa Group of Sub bla, b- Committee determined 51 2 In Argentina the situation also is shaky, due to the continuous deterioration of the economy. Meeting, 13th It is a bad sign, that four Latinamerican countries: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela are the" leading" countries in the league of foreign debts, all of gigantic proportions, only the interests on the loans are impossible to pay for the Third World countries. Uctober On the surface it looks like important democratic gains have been made in Latin America. This is an illusion. Even if there are fewer military dictatorships in Latin America than a few years ago, usually the civil governments that exist have the militaries looking over their shoulders and they do not have the power to act like they ought to because of fear that the military might interfere. The Activities of the IFBWW Industrial Committees December nst Laub nettopiol ec The Industrial Committees of the IFBWW had during the year the following composition: efolutoipnoo of al vorloocho voters? Ibene tainummos erit to eaqolloo toen D to flusen teivo? hebnu stota noh yieve ni eworle 0100meb IFBWW Building Committee dt to baotz mit Titular Members Agim tright nomud bar Substitutes ep testi noin teivo2 erti al eopia pablot al torit eproro edit tuo tuodo triguoid Juan Fernandez, Belgium( President) tu Marcel Hupel, France ni ab llew Bertil Whinberg, Sweden Werner Rupff, Switzerland Michael Collins, USA Johann Köteles, Austria be beeg Roel de Vries, Netherlands of John Löfblad, General Secretary wOdd Isaksen, Norway.om obo Roland Roost, Switzerland miget Juan Herrera, Venezuela om ent vot oprl representative from Italyon ob 1 oz ton Eugène Bausch, Luxemburgvhq John Joyce, USA( at his own costs) emos onhoeqqp end brioloq ni neva ati boo peomobilo? diliw eupoloib IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee W betqeoop ebri emigen blalesumpt toong aped paelow rize neboel noitoutiz olmonose oldqotaptop erit onivil the Substitutes npo elqoeq erit fort oe bevonami ed Titular Members torit 9 erit Heikki Peltonen, Finland .bpr Bertil Jonsson, Sweden( President) Bent Larsen, Denmark tot votolv pid p Anton Solheim, Norway siq enf Horst Morich, Fed.Rep. of Germanye ni Hubert Wipplinger, Austria below Eddy Schelstraete, Belgium Manuel Garnacho, Spain Arne Johansson, Sweden Michel Buchs, Switzerland to John Löfblad, General Secretary b Colin Christopher, Great Britainno im trip Jean Auboeuf, France eor erTorstein Lund, Norway tinitebni Peter Nabholz, Switzerland nimut D เอก ed The Committees have this year been especially occupied with preparations for the two worldwide important Conferences that the IFBWW has arranged during 1988: ed of mess tripim samit taow erit qirlaoto pito comeb of eprorio olfepib p mont ezool of roum oot evor begellviq 1. The IFBWW Environment Conference, 3rd- 5th May, 1988 in Stockholming 2. The IFBWW Technology Conference, 29th November- 2nd December, 1988 in Miami atrigh noinu eboit to noitoloiv eldimet та 50. 52 3 A Those two arrangements are by far the biggest ever arranged by the IFBWW with participants from all over the world. It seems that the Conferences were highly appreciated by the participants. We were lucky to get together, for both Conferences, and this made the Conferences never losing momentum in spite of the complicated subjects that were on the Agenda. Recent and current developments in the areas of both environment and technology are of great concern especially to employees and their unions. tapibug bnp elgoe im 008 eevoo do aze oninibil bro tnemyolame of aеoop ni yholuoltoqatriph plaod nipheo In the case of environment this must be of concern to everybody who is sane, because the life on earth is simply in jeopardy. If technology is allowed to be going wild this will threaten the employments of millions of workers and hinder industrial development in the Third World. Under control it can contribute to a better standard of living for all. 2D Since the Conferences have been reported in the IFBWW Bulletin and there are elaborate minutes available shortly, I see no need to go into depth about them in this report.im To STT onibuloni zefogeleb Xeew- eeint ert bebretto aetota In the preparation of the Conferences the IFBWW enjoyed an excellent cooperation with the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers and with the Nordic Federation of Building and Woodworkers in the spirit of the agreement about cooperation between the three organisations. Cooperation with the ILO vempi oxibA H ompl 291 evoiams thebize19- eo to sorptaleep bevleomi 75th( 1988) Session of the International Labour Conference How so lomo inell Ce bevoice peyedt evo loueu ao corl WWERI T The following items were put on the Agenda of the Conference: omotni zp ele npiloube not eonotalaap beviepe cod WWE ortt Il Reports of the Governing Body and the Director- General citiw al fi bno Il.au Programme and budget proposals and other financial questions ed III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and not Recommendations ant of floqque beabsioni svip IV. Safety and health in construction( second discussion) V. V. tpdt ent Employment promotion and social security( second discussion) Partial revision of the Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention No.107( first discussion). Of special interest to the IFBWW was point IV on the Agenda. Incred More than usual is the case, the Labour Conference had representatives from construction workers unions in attendance. Most of these attended the meeting of the Sub- Committee on Safety and Health in Construction and after very hard discussions in the Sub- Committee, it was eventually possible to agree upon a revision of Convention Nr. 62 which had been effective for 50 years. 8th- 10th May, 1988 in Oslo, Nor Congr The delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America played a distinctive role in the work of the Sub- Committee and the chairman of the Sub- Committee, Brother Chiluba from Zambia, played a decisive role in keeping the Workers Group of the Sub- Committee determined and 42 55 53 4% unanimous, resulting eventually in an agreement of an amendment of the Convention to which is added a Recommendation. qilhoq ditiw WWER! yolbul enew ew atnogloiting erit yd betoloenggo virpin ขอ ว ก teino The IFBWW staff and delegates tried to do their level best to carry this difficult work to a rewarding end and it is my opinion that the efforts were crowned with success. We do now have an improved instrument as our tool in our work to protect the construction workers against health hazards. bno tremnaline rod to zoeid erit ni atnemqoleveb themus bnd the Another Convention that was revised was the one about Indigenous and Tribal Populations which covers 300 million people and guarantees them certain basic rights, particularly in access to employment and training, social security, education and health. The Conference marked the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the ILO's Freedom of Association Convention as as the 30th anniversary of the Discrimination Convention. etudhiri s well The importance of the International Labour Conference was manifested by the fact that some 1'900 government, employer and workers delegates and advisers- including 117 ministers- from 141 ILO member states attended the three- week session. tnelleoxe no beyoine WWSRI Grit aeone strio edit no The President of the Conference was Wolfgang Beyreuther, State Secretary of Labour and Wages of the German Democratic Republic. Government Vice- Presidents were J.A.G. Smith of Jamaica( until June 9) and P.W. Aitken of Jamaica( from June 13). H. Tsujino( Japan) was Employer Vice- President and H. Adiko Niamkey( Ivory Coast) was Worker Vice- President. The IFBWW has as usual over the year enjoyed an excellent formal as well as informal cooperation with the ILO about a number of essential issues; the IFBWW has received assistance for educational activities for example and it is with sadness we observe that a number of ILO activities that should be expanded instead are being reduced and nearly crippled because of financial problems. Our affiliates ought to urge, whenever they can, their governments to give increased support to this so important organisation that has worked for 70 years solely for the goal to protect the well- being of the workers and their families. o lodhi bno au hp9 N An era is coming to an end at the ILO. The Frenchman, Francis Blanchard, left his post as Director General of the ILO for 15 years, but with uninterrupted service at the ILO since 1951- that is 38 years- at the February ( 1989) Session of the Governing Body of the ILO. Francis Blanchard was an excellent international civil servant and he did an outstanding job in the ILO especially as Director General. He is succeeded as Director General by the Belgian Michel Hansenne. He is welcomed by the Workers Group and we hope that the IFBWW will be able to establish a good working relationship with him and we wish him all success in his difficult task. vitbette ICFTU sloje 02 The IFBWW has as ever before enjoyed a good cooperation with the ICFTU which held its 14th World Congress from 14th to 18th March, 1988 in Melbourne, Australia.ettimmo- du2 erit to quote anexhow edit oniqeex 216 W i 82 54 58 Loveneǝ nl 8891.enut brss- telenetetno uodo fonoltometal Q Amnesty International dupl tama.qeA U boldhol nrfol: bnofestiw? tpei.duoiochpo2 ni 8801.enul rit- riter, eone etno loinnei8 JAT do The IFBWW has had an important cooperation with the Amnesty International which works for an end to arbitrary imprisonment, torture and execution, the right to a fair trial and for the abolition of the death penalty. During the year, the IFBWW has supported the cases of trade unionists whose release or other forms of redress if they face other human rights violations are sought. taupuA ritos dias a dabhul- apps boldlo.Indol tebruchoteptediphtaubaloi.va IFBWW Bulletins- tauguA rit8s, aeipno boldto ndol: nebew2 mlorixoot2 nil 8891 The Bulletin appeared in 1988 in four full numbers. to po 2T- UTH dub tema: eono aho9 ni 8891 edmetqe Meetings 2291pno turbotaiHaexhow pribliu8 to noin Jonolo boldto nriol, lepial vivA- leT ni 8891 edmetqe? The IFBWW Executive Committee met once on 20th April, 1988.mm T OO The IFBWW Management Committee met twice, on 19th April and on 28th November, 1988. territar zegno lonolto di UT- anoinU Staff boldtól ndol zeniqqiling, ude onemez01A oldoq odol betploozzA ni 889 hedmetge2 bhow rita poitrebe how edipe 8 trempelitxel lonpitometal On 31st December, 1988, the staff of the IFBWW head office was as follows: 8801 edmetqe2 base101 bn oniblica AUT John Löfblad, General Secretary boldio 8 ndolinpqpboyxoT ni Ulf Asp, Education Officer erit nl how tomtno no pime? ОВОЗХОАЗ Jeannette Angst, Secretary to the General Secretary and treasurer of the finances of the IFBWW oto- bns.azepno robil- eniel- up8 br 22 Camilla Jelmini, Secretary- Translator noul: ynomie to olduqes loebel Ernst Laub, Research Officer piednidW Edith Pellas, Secretary to the Education Officer settimo edit Silvia Rieben, Secretary- Translator nibleǝ 1900.dub tam Angel Ubach, Office Employee signo yiotuto 12 alpine alpine pl hpo boinox: muigle8.qnewinA dios- dtas vhpq paixhow vielp? bap dilpet Ionoltpquo50 2TUTI Representation at Congresses and International Meetings al 889119dotoo boinox: nipq2.onolepio nl 88Qedimovo ritol nevingA.dtoor ITS General Conference, 6th- 7th January, 1988 in Brussels, Belgium: John Löfbladzepno vibribio rievotu niblietotalpos namo Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, Annual Conference, 1st- 6th February, 1988 in Miami, USA: John Löfbladonoltoquoso no onime? 2 pal Asbestos Drafting Group of the ICFTU/ ITS Working Party on Occupational Health and Safety, 7th- 8th February, 1988 in Paris, France: Ernst Laub ICFTU, 14th World Congress, 14th- 18th March, 1988 in Melbourne, Australia: Horst Morich, John Löfblad Conference on New Technology in Construction, 7th- 10th April, 1988 in Coventry, Great Britain: Ernst Laub Vote1396 enso Singapore NTUC, Congress, 26th April 1st May, 1988 in Singapore: John Löfblad Fellesforbundet, Founding Congress, 8th- 10th May, 1988 in Oslo, Norway: John Löfblad - IFPAWW, World Congress, 26th 27th May, 1988 in Lausanne, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ernst Laub aa 55 57 6 ILO International Labour Conference, 1st 22nd June, 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland: John Löfblad, Ulf Asp, Ernst Laub lonoffometal vizorimA FTAT, 9th Biennial Conference, 13th- 17th June, 1988 in Scarborough, Great Britain: John Löfblad hoitotegood inphogmi no od and WWE T International Cooperative Alliance, Congress, 3rd- 10th July, 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden: Ernst Laubt it bro lohtaloto of inph ent WHO- ILO, Seminar on Aids at the Workplace, 27th- 29th July, 1989 in Geneva, Switzerland: Ernst Laub zeibe to amor erito no - Tubexe Norwegian- Turkish Course, 24th 26th August, 1988 in Oslo, Norway: JohnLöfblad Sv. Träindustriarbetareförbundet, Congress, 28th August- 2nd September, 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden: John Löfblad ICFTU- ITS Working Party on Multinational Enterprises, 31st August 1st September, 1988 in Paris, France: Ernst Laub National Union of Building Workers, Histadrut, Congress, 7th- 9th September, 1988 in Tel- Aviv, Israel: John Löfblad ICFTU Committee for the Defence of Human and Trade Union Rights in Latin America, 15th Meeting, 14th- 15th September, 1988 in Santiago, Chile: Pablo Arosemena Associated Labor Unions- TUCP, 9th National Congress, 15th- 19th September, 1988 in Cebu, Philippines: John Löfblad International Textile, Garment& Leather Workers' Federation, 5th World Congress, 26th- 30th September, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan: John Löfblad& no TUA Building Workers' Union, 14th Annual Conference, 22nd September, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan: John Löfblad seboldtool FAO/ ECE/ ILO Seminar on Contract Work in the Forestry Industry, 26th- 30th September, 1988 in Foix, Loubières, France: Ernst Laub, Arne Johansson IG Bau- Steine- Erden, 14th Congress, 2nd- 7th October, 1988 in Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany: Juan Fernandez, Manuel Garnacho, Bertil Whinberg ECE Timber Committee, 11th 14th October, 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland: Ernst Laub, Roger Gerdin - La Centrale Générale, Statutory Congress, 13th 15th October, 1988 in Antwerp, Belgium: Konrad Carl mara humb ICFTU/ ITS Occupational Health and Safety Working Party, 24th- 26th October, 1988 in Washington, USA: Ernst Laub 100th Anniversary of UGT, 16th November, 1988 in Barcelona, Spain: Konrad Carl Suomen Säköalantyönteijäin Liitto ry, 9th Ordinary Congress, 17th- 20th November, 1988 in Tammersfors, Finland: Odd Isaksen exhow pteM teed? FES Seminar on Occupational Health& Safety, 19th November, 1988 in Aveiro, Portugal: Ernst Laub show 201 WHIM excell John Löfblad General Secretary 15th March, 1989 and 60 cull rask. boldtōj ayokolo ni 8891.yom ritor- r18.a ni 8891.vom ritor- 18.000 pnibnuoltebruchotrefle boldtoj ndiol tiwa ennozuo ni 889 voM HITS- dios geeipno bhow WWASH TFBW as as ever before a good duome ICFTU which held its 14th World Congress from 14th to 18th March, 1988 in Melbourne, Australia. 88 56 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December 1985 Expenditure Statutory regional activities Extraordinary regional activities Fr. Budget Fr. 5791300.00 500'000 100'000 600'000 Publications and documentations Publications, ordinary 831435.20 100'000 Conference publications and documents for Executive Committee 230'000.00 313 435.20 250'000 350 000 Delegations and representations Delegations - Representati Translations, or nary Staff expendi Salaries Allocations for pension fund 368'552.45 400'000 210/000 50'000 25.000 ACCOUNTS AND AUDITS 000 687'000 Other social allocations Pensions Miscellaneous 133 198.00 591028.90 21234 70 278'084.25 241163.60 180'000 302 247.85 40'000 220'000 23.290.60 Office charges Postages 211087.30 30.000 Telephone, telegrams grams and 57'037.00 651000 Bank charges 1: 959.30 1'500 Office material& printed matters 11'117.00 15.000 Books, docum and news news papers 1'798.65 3.000 Insurances cleaning - Machines and furniture Office rent light, heating and Accounting - Miscellaneous Conferences Congress 8'178.90 10.000 41521.20 4/000 87'341: 20 10'440.00 2'513.45 9.000 2051994.00 4/000 2261500 250.000 Other conferences 176 893.10 176 893.10 180 000 430'000 Depreciation Loss of change 150.00 31776.80 2'000 3'926.80 4'000 6'000 Benefit 2361812.59 Sub- total 2'424 257.19 2'5 Trade Union education programme Salaries and social costs - Office charges Travel and per- diem - Bank charges Education miscellaneous 64'429.20 25'625.35 351070.40 501.70 18: 640.15 144'266.80 2'424'257.19 57 ST ence, 1st- 22nd June, 1988 in Geneva, Ernst Loub 17th June. Scarborough reat 3rd+10 27th August, 1988 Norway: John Sv. Train 1988 in Stack ICETU- ITS September National Unlo September, CHU Committe Latin America Pablo Arosemena Associated Labor September, 1988 International Texille Congress 26TIGUA OM TUA Building In Tokyo, Japon in FAO/ ECE/ ILO September 1988 G Bau Steine- Erden, 14 Federal Republic of G Germany Whinberg ECE Timber Committee, 17th Emst Laub, Roger Gerdin gress, 28th August blad tional Enter aub Workers, Histadrut, ohn Lorblad man 15th September Chile: ional Löfblad Workers 19th . 5th World mber, 1988 30th berg, THUGODA Work in the Forestry Forestry Industry. Justry, 26t France: Emst Lau Arne Jo 2nd- 7th October, 1988 -7 Fernandez, Manuel Gamach October, 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland: La Centrale Générale, Statutory Congress Antwerp, Belgium: Konrad Carl CETUAITS Occupational Health October, 1988 in Washington, 16th October, 1988 In Party 24th 26th Barcelona, Spain: Konrad Finlan Odd Isaksen 100th Anniversary of UGT 16th November Cart Suomen Säköalantyöntellain. Uitto. 9th Ordinary Congress, 17th- 20th November, 1988 in Tammersh EES Seminar on Occupational Health& Safely, 19th November, 1988 in Aveiro, Portugal: Ernst Laub John Löfblad General Secretary 15th March, 1989 га .56 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December 1985 BALANCE 3 Dece Budget Fr. Fr. 579 300.00 500'000 sibml- Expenditure er.as PSA'S 08.33S APT Fr. Fr. Statutory regional activities POSS Extraordinary regional activities Publications and documentations 45'671.45 687.95 -- 100'000 6600'000 163 - Publications, ordinary 03.20 SET 83'435.20 Conference publications and 20'18 documents for Executive Committee 230'000.00 Delegations and representations 100'000 gqing Tiss 8 3 3'435.20 250'000 64 dostong350'000 obnI - Delegations Representations 278'084.25 24'163.60 00.4S8'0A Translations, ordinary Staff expenditures - Salaries - Allocations for pension fund Other social allocations Pensions - - Miscellaneous 368'552.45 133'198.00 59'028.90 21 234.70 343.00 Office charges - Postages as.088 ABTSE 102 TA 08. AT 2 - Telephone, telegrams and telex Bank charges 18.281 E 21'087.30 57'037.00 ase for - 000 Machines and furniture - Office material& printed matters Books, documents and news papers 1'959.30 11'117.00 1'798.65 8'178.90 - Insurances 4'521.20 SA - Office rent, light, heating and cleaning TA 87'341.20 000 Accounting 1.588'30 00.001 10'440.00 - Miscellaneous 2'513.45 ce.cos Conferences 002 Congress. -- 180'000 302 247.85 40'000 w 23'290.60 341 9.20 400'000 604.70 210'000 615 50'000 25'000 220'000 25'000 582'357.05 2'000 687'000 30'000 65'000 mA duo2 61390 1'500 65777A 15'000.00 steA 3'000 UA 10'000.64 4'000 2129793I 23 29 at ins8- 285 000291990 6909 000291990609'000 205'994.00 4'000 226'500 090611932TM 250'000 - Other conferences 176'893.10 176'893.10 180'000 430'000 00 ASAIS Depreciation Loss of change 150.00 3'776.80 2'000 3'926.80 4'000 6'000 Benefit 08. T Sub- total 905236'812.59 soubs notnu ab BUT क 2'424 257.19 23muo 2'544'500 ap.are ara e Trade Union education programme - Salaries and social costs Office charges - Travel and per- diem - Bank charges - Education miscellaneous 08 64'429.20 25'625.35 35'070.40 501.70 18'640.15 144'266.80 2'424 257.19 59 2801 sdm9396 ± 21 190 26 90068bf02 03 WW Fr. Fr. Jepbu8 - - Report India 000 002 00.000' - Malaysia 000'000 Caribbean Westafrica Philippines 00 Brazil -Kenya 0001028 os.BEP'EFE Indonesia 17 144'266.80 2'424'257.19 91 fbnaqx3 220'173.80 vidos nope 107'687.25 UJ 6J2 10613x3 97'176.80 60'193.30 dnsmuɔob bns anotsoffdu9 200 132'009.60 87'093.70 yishibo.anoid of dug 00.000'DES 65'529.55 orfduq son 09x3 yot aj по bob. 66'955.90 - Africa Pakistan - projects preparations 42'995.41 90 000/ 03/ 2S.A80'8TS 39'956.10 - Zimbabwe anoi spel90 90- 00:08 28.VAS SO 35'988.90 00.car PS 2010 Project leader seminar гендая 40'824.90 Bangladesh pa.oes Es 10'867.65 1'151'719.26 - по not Receipts Contributions - Europe - North America South America Central America 000'000 20.822 888 000'OfS 000/02 00.8er Er 09.8S0'2 Fr. 000'2S OT. PES IS 00.EPS 1'784'880.25 3'575'976.45 99752 bnut notansq not anot so Budget znot sol Fr. Fr. 19 2099- 200906 1902 M- 416'501.32 08.180 TS 00.TEO T2 - Africa 002 T 08.02e T 5'674.30 751.65 3'185.37. 2901 907170 20063209- Asia 000'21 00.VIF IT 103'926.25 69 1770 - - Australia Interests Bank interests - Interests on bonds - Interests on mortgage 500'E 20.8e1'! 2'300.00 000'01 02.801'8 2'317'219.14 ราม ออก มา bats 2'000'000 000 A OS. IS A 293162I anI OS.TA 18 42'582.10 47'750.00 16'500.00 Jript.Jns 901770- 106'832.10 70'000 ent 00'ass 000' 00. Age'20s 24.812'S Miscellaneous 205.95 Deficit 000 025 -- 474'500 000'0 Sub- total 000 081 01.808 a 01.808 2'544'500 000' 000'S 000'A 08: ase: 8 2'424'257.19 00.02[ 08. E по spп6 5555100 to 220] jiten98 Trade union educational programme Receipts TUEP central - - TUEP accounts projects 1985/ LO 28.250 25 OP.050'28 ov.roa 21.03'81 er, as psp's 08.aas ppt 144'266.80 1'007'452.46 6303- du2 3'575'976.45 100============ NO NU 9b6T 23200[ sto02 b06 2916162- 29916: 93170 merb- 19q bns[ 96T 290168 2uosn sf foozim noit soube ea 60 BUDGET 1st January 1986- 31st December 1986 BALANCE per 31st December 1985 Accounts 1985 ASSETS i tuge Fr. Fr. Fr. 17 Cashutory regional es 579 45'671.45 Cash trade union educ.programme 687.95 Pu Ss.ara er Banks - BCC, Geneva: current account - BCC, Geneva: investment accounte - BCC, Geneva: trade union ed. programme · Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankarans Delegations Cash and Bank; B Projects TUEP abroad Debitorsions - Debitors IFBWW 00.00'era rsa dea - Debitors trade union ed.programme 39'230.64 46'359.40 250 WW8 2103b913 113.65'198י 1 19996bf02 8P00 97'700.65 12'802.40 1'347'847.34 bu 125 241163.60 8346'634.00 1980 hofj 23'290.60 632+ 25.000 44'819.20 - - Loan IFBWW staff/ Redemption PF 133 Bonds OTT pens ns 90 234.70 Mortgages aneous 00.000'08 21.208's[ Machines and furniture Ora'p 48'604.70 368 36'615.-- 410 130'038.9069 40.000 60 950'000.00 251 300'000.00 2009 30'000 1.000 60'051'053.00 postages Deferred charges and telex 21: 0 57'037. bank 1.959.30 90 Total 04.0sfted matters 11'117.3'171' 933.64 71 aof.ores reapers T mac nes and fu ure 8'178.90 - insurances 4'521.20 41500 29/1929 00100s/ 80s, light, heating& cleaning 87'341.20 90'000 229/ pn00 - accounting 10'440.-11'000 miscellaneous Conferences C680K85888 T PO. T 2.STB DES - Executive Committee 21513.45( snut 600 600 28.1.1 19q sons[ 58 250'000 Jitens@+ 200'000 # BeEEQ0## rences Depreciation Loss of change Benefit 450.000 150-3'776.80 1.000 41000 51000 1236 812.59 2: 424'257.19 $ 4/ 250 21295: 000 sa Income Contributions - Interests - Miscellaneous 21317: 219.14 1061832.10 205.95 2 424 257.19 212 000 90/000 2'295 000 61 2801 19dm9590# 218790 33WAJA8 Report LIABILITIES 144 266.80 22073.0 2T322A 1071687 Fr. Fr. Carib 24. TTB 2A ae.18a 97 1260 Dube normu b6 260 Creditors 132 - Creditors IFBWW 19'575.22 87 - Creditors trade union ed.programme 446'490.55 466'065.77 65 Zin68 : 6V99@.308 5806356 5'466.058 IFBWW Solidarity fund education 20.00'te Fund for regional activities Balance per 1.1.85 + Statutory allocation 35198869 A Ans8 68 da 40 90 bsbad 111 321.54 579'300.00 690'621.54 bms# 263 2103690 OT. POB 8A Rec Payments for r 79 noftqmebaЯ\ 17 B Africa mmpon.be noinu abend 2 9b61 2103 ide@ dget 119'860.35 - Latin America Asia Spain 08 Miscellaneous - Grants Asia 00.820'12 Deferred receipts IFBWW EXTE - Trade union educational programme Bank int Reserves - Congress 110'196.80 784 125'526.55 415 5 30'000.00 5 612'809.15 zbn08 2006 TOM 75 4'610.00287 618.69M 3785.37 103 25 2.300.00 331 120.40 41'670.70 42 582.10 47'750.00 16'500.00 2.000.000 [ БГОТ 372 791.10 106'832206'204.4070'000 General Funds( Fortune) De Balance per 1.1.85 + Benefit Sub 20 1'596'975.04 236'812.59 474'500 1'833'787.63 500 3'171' 933.64 Trade union educational programme Receipts TUEP central 1441266.80 TUEP accounts projects 1985/ LO 1'007'452.46 3'575'976.45 ta 60 62 BUDGET 1st January 1986- 31st December 1986 Rep Expenditure s 1.16 81.1.1 tspbug ens no adnommo Accounts tangodazub2tb dpu 1985 nosnimsxe Budget 1911A no anammo prtwoffo Fr. 9sm of extr.TuTOJ Fr. Sfr. 25'000.--Statutory regional activities Extraordinary regional activities Publications and documentations Publications ordinary - Conference publications and 579'300.-551'250 2997( 10 50'000 601'250 ( 069y: bns 219dm xoxqqs 06 zund at 2997 16:30 83'435.20 90'000 TOA Teno 85'000 190 at 175'000 50A eblas 392 documents for Executive Committee een 230'000.-Delegations and representations Delegations cantor usb ons are 278'084.25 2180'000 qofovebrit Representations 28 mt 29vTeamer bnt24'163.60 to 40'00002691 220'000 410'000.- are proposed to eatud stand Translations, ordinary 23'290.60 25'000 0001001'S 0238116 bataqxe no 09264 955m need asd--. 02' 6--. 02S 128 1772 70 Staff expenditure - miscellaneous - salaries - other social allocations pensions and the pen allocations for pension fund * 198.-- have been have been$ 368'552.45 the pens 133'198.-eted amount 410'000 40'000 talnimbs 59'028.90 21'234.70 60'000619voɔ OT 25'000 fund for the IP Office charges - postagescial all 343.-of 2'000 537'000 1990 Telephone, telegrams and telex - bank charges - - office material and printed matters books, documents and news papers 69 machines and furniture09f insurances TO 9 to 932 21'087.30 nsmuo 30'000 anol solduq 57'037.-60'000 1'959.30 tano 2'000 dug van b10 11'117.-15'000 200 88 172 9V2'000 288 251'798.65 8'178.90 office rent, light, heating& cleaning 87'341.20 g - accounting - miscellaneous Sun nged. scellaneous Sfr: 2.000 2769v 02 unabyd 4'521.20 10'000 9929107.27 4'500 T.28eInt 6b9ziven.ed 90'000 .bezogong at 10'440.-2'513.45 11'000 3'000 227'500 000'287.9: 2 250'000 13 069$ 25 Conferences - Congressomfb91a0bud- shealbantaged - Executive Committee of abr26 192 099d 176'893.10 other conferences WW871 sd to 229 200'000 000'02.172 vasnt- 0 d 450'000 year. To ver these costs Sfr. 2.000.-- are proposed th Depreciation 0'28 172 9933mm evitusex3 9150.-- 21'000 Loss of change Benefit Frs. 227'500.-Sfr. 30'000.-. 000'OSS 3'776.80 4'000 soment of bs 5'000 at 236'812.59 bns 20054'250 Last year Str. 21' Str. 21'087.30 have been .30 have been 2'424'257.19 30 8.2 22'295'000 charges have tre ve tremendously increased===========a sum of Sf spsspptbpededid abnu Jneqz need ever 25.80'8TS 772+69$ 26 9d of 916 23200 Isnotdtbbs 9dT.--. 000'081 12 to nuom6 b939pbud - Contributions abro mt bns anorge 2'317'219.14b29nt of 2'205'000 Interests x 2'169 2hr 19v02 OT.298106'832.10 nisem ni 9360 90'000 Miscellaneous 205.950 915--. 000'081 q Income Jeem -- 48 2'424'257.19 2'295'000 65 63 a8e 19dm990 21 Comments on the Budget 1.1.1986- 31.12.1986 231 A a8ef ymsumst 2T T300U8 After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors I would like to make the following comments on the draft budget: -- tibnsqx3 I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'100'000 members ( Sfr. 105. per 100 members and year). The total income from statutory fees is thus estimated at approximately Sfr. 2'205'000.-- and from interests at roughly Sfr. 90'000.-- or altogether Sfr. 2'295'000.--. olduq 000 Statutory Regional Activities DES 99 bns ano YO 200 [ duq под Jobb 0- According to the Statutes Sfr. 25.-- per 100 members and year will be set aside for a Solidarity Fund which is to be used for activities in 190 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. 579'300.00 [ ans T 000's 621 Xembro 20 Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation of Sfr. 551'250.-- has been made. Regional Activities - extraordinary qx9 77632 29116I62- offs but no 072090 anot ( 90 107 20013606 To cover a possible deficit in the administration of the IFBWW education programmes an extraordinary allocation of Sfr. 50'000.-- into the fund for regional activities is proposed. The sum will be transferred from the general fund( fortune) to this fund. Grants 809.15 41610.00 Publications and Documentations Sfr. 175'000.-000 03 Ordinary publications Sfr. 3.901110 29063 200 x9193 bn6 2m6vps Ted.enorqefeT IFBWW Bulletin- Sfr. 90'000.-- 29pass and 000'ar TITIT 21933 m bes[ 93m 957710 83'435.20 have been spent last year for ordinary publications. It is foreseen to publish the IFBWW Bulletin this year in the same way than in 1985. The small brochure on the 50 years' existence of the IFBWW will be revised and printed again. Therefore an allocation of Sfr. 90'000.-is proposed.00 000 FT p 36 Conference publications and documents for the Executive Comittee am Sfr. 85'000.-Ba Ter Str.02 1: 5961975.04 29onerve no Last year Sfr. 230'000.-- have been spent against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 250'000.-- A sum has already been set aside to produce the minutes of the 17th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW. 29009 To finance the documents for the Executive Committee Sfr. 85'000.-- are 90 proposed this year. 08 ΓΓΕ Delegations and representations- Sfr. 220'000.-Delegations Sfr. 180'000.-- S'ASA'S эмблото 2201 $ 779098 Last year Sfr. 278'084.25 have been spent under this heading against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 180'000.--. The additional costs are to be emoon attributed to increased travels to the regions and in order to judno กอบ participate in meetings and congresses. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 180'000.-- are proposed.os 20090619zM 000'2es's er.ras PSA'S 64 62 Representations- Sfr. 40'000.-- 00 The sum remains unchanged. Exe xelet bas mempefat, anodgelsT tings of the 888.8T---. 000 20 172 to bezogong for the 159V Ordinary Translations Sfr. 25'000.-- The sum remains unchanged. 200'000. Staff expenditure- Sfr. 537'000.-vepr Salaries enged, Sfr 12- 290364 Sfr. 537'000.-- good grade 192 169 ± 26 - Sfr. 410'000.-.000 af 169Y bejmyg bms T 195pm 901710 Last year Sfr. 368'552.45 have been spent under this heading. The two insurances to cover the pension of the General Secretary will start T their payments this year. These sums will be set aside for possible pension payments of the IFBWW. 60 2W bas namuɔob.ex008 Sfr. 410'000.-- care proposed to cover normal salary increases. 19VOD OT Allocations for pension fund Sfr. 40'000.-Gener - W bns endos Last year Sfr. 133'198.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 210'000.-- to cover the pension of the General Secretary and of the IFBWW staff. - 290 As the pension of the General Secretary will only be paid during two 25 months in 1986, Sfr.040'000.-- are proposed to cover this pension 172 and the pension fund for the IFBWW staff. --. 000'00.172- pinsel bus pati 01770 To 69 FT Jm9y Other social allocations- Sfr. 60'000.-bezogong 915--. 000'02 915--. 000'02 772 23200 929d 190 OT Last year Sfr. 59'028.90 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 50'000.--. To cover these costs Sfr. 60'000.-- are proposed this year. 2200 9 2A 23200 2 159 213 903 03 b92000 9 00 96 Pensions Sfr. 25'000.-- The sum remains unchanged. --. 000'.12- 2009nsff9pz} M ot bensqmo parbsed 21d3 rebnu neqz need even 24.12'S.172 169$ 25 Miscellaneous- Sfr. 2'000.---. 000' 112 to Jnuoms bejepbud Last year Sfr. 343.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of T Sfr. 2'000.--. --. 000'084 To cover these costs Sfr. 2'000.-- are proposed this year. Office charges Frs. 227 500.-- 2993 028.172 172- 2291 229ypn00 90 10 229100 110 381 9d3 yot muz s ab 25 392 9w y[ zuotvang 2A Postages Sfr. 30'000.-b92000 916--. 000 025.772.WWERI - Last year Sfr. 21'087.30 have been spent. As this year the postal charges have tremendously increased in Switzerland, a sum of Sfr. 30'000.-- is proposed. 38 67 65 Telephone, telegram and telex- Sfr. 60'000.-- OP.172 2001363092919Я Last year Sfr. 57'037.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 65'000.--. To cover this year's costs, Sfr. 60'000.-- are proposed. Last year Sfr. 1'959.30 have been spent. Sfr. 2'000.-- are proposed this year. 000'2 Bank charges- Sfr. 2'000.-full fees for.65 Muz SAT and The total ther Str -.000 OIA 12- 29176182 888 2.972 Bay ad 29306ent to Office material and printed matters- Sfr. 15'000.-The sum remains unchanged. set Books, documents and news papers- Sfr. 2'000.-and circumstances rind themselves To cover these costs an amount of Sfr. 2'000.-- is proposed.00 0.172 Machines and furniture- Sfr. 10'000.-Ono To cover these costs Sfr. 10'000.-- are proposed. 801 EEI 12 169 326 ans dj revoɔ of--. 000'OIS 72 to 77632 WW83I ed he IFBMW education Insurances Sfr. 4'500.-- Last year Sfr. 4'521.20 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 4'000.--. To cover this year's costs Sfr. 4'500.-- are proposed.com the general fund( fortune) 136fanWW871 ad not bnut notaneq adj bns Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 90'000.-Documenta 00000751080- enor solis[ sto02 190 To cover these costs Sfr. 90'000.-- are proposed. Accounting Sfr. 11'000.-ye 680000850+ 22 172 169 126 --. 000'03 072 to iny publications. It As the costs for the bookkeeping have slightly increased, Sfr. 11'000.-are proposed to cover this year's costs. ex istence of the IFBWW will revised and Miscellaneous inted agai Sfr. 3'000.-2000's$ 492 902000289 .bandonu 2016me mu2 9dT Last year Sfr. 2'513.45 have been spent under this heading compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 4'000.--. -.000'S 12- 200906[[ 9027M To cover this year's costs Sfr. 3'000.-- are proposed.ted18massy 026] set aside to produce- 1000 Shut Conferences - Sfr. 450'000.-159 zida bez 019 916--. 000'S 172 20200 92900 9op of Congress Sfr. 250'000.-- the Exe Executive Committee Sfr. 85'000.-- are - ear 002 TSS.27- 29016/10 901710 As previously we set aside a sum for the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW. Sfr. 250'000.-- are proposed. 000'08.12- 2006209 σε Delegato SA.Jm9qe need even 08.180'IS 17259 26 112 to mu2 s, basfyssttwe at beasemont ylauobnement over 29 Last year Str. 278 084.25 have been spent under thibsgogg age in 000! 08 budgeted amount of Sfr. 180'000.--. The additional costs are to be attributed to increased travels to the regions and in order to participate in meetings and congresses. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 180'000.-- are proposed. га 66 od Executive Committee- Sfr. 200'000.-- tbuA to 9933mm and to drogaя 0253 943 no 21 OW bns patbiF09 Last year Sfr. 176'893.10 have been spent for the meetings of the on Executive Committee of the IFBWW and the Industrial Committees of the IFBWW. An amount of Sfr. 180'000.-- was budgeted. edT bas mem As the Executive Committee of the IFBWW has been extended, Sfr. 200'000.-- are proposed to cover the costs of this year's meetings. relevant and informative at any Depreciation( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 5'000.-9/ dslrsvs 9b6m 99w nonm6x9 107 be time ups 2jnemu ob[ TA sfdeltsvA an69M[ stoman balance sheet which IV To cover these costs Sfr. 5'000.-- are proposed this year. Benefit- Sfr. 54'250.-The addition thus leads us to a benefit of Sfr. 54'250.-- 25- Xned The et 1985 a budgeted eficit John Löfblad are favou General Secretary 354 37.000.-- for in 28.58118 1.572 100 29 re the Geneva, 18th February, 1986 a8e1.ysunds 480 no 2913tbtupt A number of significant made on the expenditure Congress in Geneva fell -3600000, bis 9darditesbenisteg exp bng 286 cases non- recurrent savings where for example 239266 228826e of expec fons by over Sfr. expenditure of Sfr. 1000sono des not have to be used. $ 0.0ƐS'e.7z 28.001@grat( mages 20,8dd8dt 2. wat. It was OP.S08 Sinanati Finance Com Committees Secretary his Pinary) Poties did 3000006 99092.008 038 --.00002@mitte of Auditors also --.000100@bandip statistical payment response recorded. fa a Cong obscure the fact that 1986 is likely Only a few weeks ago the General Secr ea.81ak8s of withdrawal of a large bau organization, in which financial reas 2s. 1888 ing18- end in member and Management on by the General 9p6ptom bns abno8.E ins to check arrebno fees 29 fee Gene received thvidoA( snotps.I were ci A pub noteben S result of the constant shift of jobs from the building and wood industry to the service sectiemaga bebogen eta abnuenT industrial countries. E0.581 E88 1.172 ( 239226) bnu[ 61993.E add to 239226 1691 sdt 26 of b91979 at b7( 61990 T Juo plot 2001329 Juodttw sfdsltsvs, WW87I 83 esttub att 69 67 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 18th February, 1986 x3 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, President and auditor, Switzerland, Horst Morich, member, FRG and Odd Isaksen, member, Norway, examined the accounts 1985 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st December, 1985 and discussed the draft budget 1986 on 18th s February, 1986. no All documents required for examination were made available. 21203 I. Financial Means Available 1903 OT titan98 The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on 31st December, 1985. 1. Daily cash on hand Sfr 2'000 is Sfr.sld11'774.85 610090 Liquidities on 18th February, 1986 พุทธ มา สร Daily cash on hand trade union education programme Liquidities on 18th February, 1986 2. Bank assets Sfr. 3'182.65 Office To cover Accoun The following figures were ascertained with the aid of bookkeeping cards as of 31st December, 1985 and compared with statements of accounts. They concur. are proposed. Sfr. 39'230.64 program) Sfr. 97'700.65 BCC, Geneva%; B current account BCC, Geneva; current account( education program) Sfr. BCC, Geneva; investment account Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara( converted) As the cost are proposed Misce 3. Bonds and mortgages Sfr.1'198' 113.65 Sfr. 12'802.40 Bonds Last budg der this hea Sfr. Mortgages( Geneva, rue Necker 15/17) 950'000.-Sfr. 300'000.-II. Funds Conf 1. Regional Activities Fund Sfr. 287'618.69 Congr 25 2. Trade Union Education Programme As P These funds are IFB recorded son for the 18th Ordinary 3. General Fund( assets) Sfr. 488'161.25 of the Sfr.1'833'787.63 The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties. га 68 III. Receipts and Vouchers 293 tw zaton 10 19dm9m feubivibn antibuA to 9933 mm) sd TOT omsonst b591029btw 90 Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Bate Secretary and his secretary, Jeannette Angst, gave explanations requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and A vouchers.map J6d3 abnammo Extr mem end br The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. The are Publ relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to dw the requirements of a book- keeping controllable at any time. w IV. Balance sheet 1985 norsgradu2 TT 39m w pn00 229pno 9 yd bsdoobs по дво 250 751000 STUJbn9qxs nt 92913mt ms den The Committee of Auditors examined the 1985 balance sheet which extends up to 31st December, 1985, discussed it with the General ReSecretary and took note of it. Opg 000 et The balance sheet 1985 shows a benefit of Sfr. 236'812.59 against 00 WWE a budgeted deficit of Sfr. 474'500.--. The final accounts are therefore more favourable by the amount of Sfr. 711'312.59. On the income side, income exceeded the amounts budgeted by around Sfr. 354'000.-, i.e. Sfr. 317'000.-- for affiliation fees and Sfr. 37'000.- for interest yields. ions 20'023.10 2sw ffs bms 25 A number of significant, in some cases non- recurrent savings were000 made on the expenditure side, where for example costs for the Off Congress in Geneva fell short of expectations by over Sfr. 250'000.--. Staff costs were some Sfr. 100'000.-- lower than 6v9n90 expected, and owing to special circumstances the( extraordinary) expenditure of Sfr. 100'000.-- budgeted for regional activities did not have to be used. Book 1229 This gratifying statement of accounts may be greeted with satisfaction. It was only possible because the measures to redress the financial situation proposed by the Committee of Auditors and Finance Committee were endorsed by the Executive and Management Committees and implemented with determination by the General Secretary and his colleagues. Many thanks. Miscellaneous 000 50 212 418.60 3.000 227 500 The Committee of Auditors also took pains to check affiliation fees Contand membership statistics in some detail. The good affiliation fee Copayment response recorded in a Congress year must not be allowed to obscure the fact that 1986 is likely to be harder in this respect. Only a few weeks ago the General Secretariat in Geneva received 000 notice of the withdrawal of a large North American member Deprorganization, in which financial reasons were cited. EX Loss. 5'36 00 A worrying trend in membership numbers is being recorded as a Ben result of the constant shift of jobs from the building and wood industry to the service sector which is taking place in many Suptindustrial countries. $ 1000 Trade Sal Office ch Travel and - Bank charges Education от Programme al costs 55/ 996.35 25: 614.60 diem 58 922.- 4 taneous 432.15 2'809.-143 774.10 2 388 413.47 69 71 Repo The Committee of Auditors also notes with anxiety the increasingly widespread tendency for individual member organizations in the Perindustrial countries to pay their dues on the basis of a to some extent unilateral amendment to the Statutes rather than discharging The their membership fees according to their actual membership figures. and The Committee of Auditors recommends that the Management Committee check closely the membership figures of organizations in France, per Great Britain, Israel, Spain, Venezuela and the United States and Febrwithin the next year formulate proposals to improve their vela Willingness to pay. fo squiro nation wer to The decisions adopted by the Congress will result to some extent in an increse in expenditure, which can only be met if subscription obligations are arespected. In this regard, as always the regional secretaries must actively assist the General Secretary in his efforts to ensure proper payment of affiliation fees. JanIn addition the Committee of Auditors received information from the General Secretary regarding the trade union activities of the IFBWW ed and discussed other administrative matters.jovst 85 172 bauons yd betepbud 23nuoms ad babesxs smoon We hereby certify that all vouchers and documents were willingly presented, and all was found to be in order.info--. 000'TE 3.182.65 sney 2pmtv62- 29260 902.3085tingiz to nodman A 9d67 53205 9fqmaxe not 919dw.sbiz euibnsqxe er no sbsm 112 evo vd anot36359qx9 to Jode Ifst svens@ nt 2291 Geneva, 18th February, 1986 92 sa sze gewed sobte ad.000ioas pasqxs btb 29 For the correctness: Armin Frei President [ 1980 i yd notisni 3. Bonds and mor 16 bud con000'001 12 to 9x .bezy sd of evan jon Sfr. 39'230.64 theme570.65 Odd Iskasen vino 26w JI Horst Morich.65 Member ambtsutta Member 202.40 vd bez obn9 919W 99jjimmo soment ob rittw betnams[ qmt bns 2993 immo sdd ynsM.29upssfloɔ atdi bms 1992 2997 no bed at antsq dood 0216 210 ± ibuA to 90000 997 nos boog en bemoal habitatisiz qfarednih 100. ot bewolfs sd don taum 169 22910000 snt beb009 92009291 Jnmysq do hd at nebed ad od vlexiT at a8eI 36dd Jost 93 9 beviser svans nt Jsts 9392[ shens 93 ops 2x99w wet s vino 1. Registam AA spiel s to[ swsbdd tw sto 287.69 .beti srew 200a69 Tetonsnit dołdw nt, nottsstuspro 2. Tebidos Ephyred an Promont dansdmom at bneffronty Bow GA.25 boow bns ontbitud 9rld mont dot to hide insanoo add to Tu291 The 593Fq92 907192 9d3 03 y3zubnt .297130 Tettaubt Sfr.1'833'787.63 3. General Fund( assets) The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties. ea 70 -SIFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December, 1986 ASSETS Expenditure TA EIA 888'S OI. ATT EA Fr. Statutory regional activities 0: 0 Extraordinary regional activities S Banks Publications and documentations - - 18 Publications, ordinary Ec34876'443.-Conference publications and 306@fa.account documents for Ex.Committee 200 5'794.70 BCC, Geneva; savings 88dcation Delegations and representations Ssit) ano - Delegations - Representations Cash and Bank: Proje Translations, ordinary Debito Ank0F SS 219'720.20 21.188 28'719.55 ae.aee's E Educatio 381'802.25 Staff expenditures - Salaries - Allocations pension fund on PE 35'432.10 - Other social allocations - Pensions Miscellaneous Mortands Office charges Postages Fur iture Fr. Fr. 20 574 Budget Fr. Fr. BA2.95 543 250.551'250 -- 50'000 601'250 Its638 497/ 75060mA[ sn] ( 25: 110.90'000 moTo 767 446. 82'237.70 SHT boow synex 85'000 175'000 6019- softA 180'000 2888.5 40'000 220'000 d29bsp 25'000 248'439.75 16ntm92 12'005.70 bss 3091849.558 63'441 441695 410'000 29: 415 40'000 7551.58 60'000 39'162.50 20'023.10 25'000 0000 1'243.-477'662.95 2'000 537'000 Accounting 08.82 9'690.---. 02 000'00 -.IS8'30I 3'289.50 02.SIE I 18'025.20 Telephone, telegrams, telex S8 44'008.15 - Bank charges TF: 382 1'977.15 - Office material, print.matters 17'414.60 - Books, documents, news papers 2'189.35 Machines and furniture at 8'168.60 Insurances De.ase 4'982.10 - - Office rent, light, heating, asa's - cleaning Renovation office - Miscellaneous 30'000 dd60'000 00 2'000 3108.20 15'000 302- 2'000$ 93.84 612'000 10'000 A 4'500 2A- 90'000 JzUA- --2919 l 11'000 ns83'000 227'500 90'112.65 12'561.30 212'418.60 90603 no 23 Conferences Congress 22.2M 250'000.-Executive Committee 122'803.95 250'000902+ M 200'000 ' S - Other conferences 5'293.55 Depreciation Loss of change ATT EA $ 8.800 A10 Benefit Subtotal 378'097.50 -- 450'000 -6'1 10019 motsub 1'000 Usb T 5'361.-- 5'361.-- 4'000905'000 428'940.27 2'388'413.47 006 93UT 54'250 21295'000 Trade Union Education Programme - Salaries and social costs - Office charges - Travel and per diem 55'996.35 25'614.60 58'922.-- Bank charges - Education miscellaneous 432.15 2'809.-143'774.10 2'388'413.47 ST 771 -2The Co ittee 88eudiano Report tendency FUT countries to teral agen TEES 25 Fr. to some Fr. 143'774.10 2'388'413.47 220'100.30 - India 02 Philippines - Brazil - Central America 27'087.40 81'726.40 4'782.65 bhosduq - Colombia Kenya Wood SPA 14'346.10 vysnŕbyo anotfolduq 19'098.75 anost[ dug s - - 08] 000 Indonesia Thailand - Africa- Project preparations Pakistan resegaby to be 21'039.55 ( 072309m5ób scription 5'353.25 27'394.22 93'522.10 000 Zimbabwe' Op pea e 50'861.15 - Project Leader Seminar Bangladesh sftee of 45'700.-2'996.95 757'782.92 the3'146'196.39 n9qx9 11612 000TO1A We 600 p pres000 dand 29.508 188 29115[ 62 that al allor se ae all was fouge.581bec spoffs[ sto02 19030. 000'S 000 182 000'S Receipts Contributions OI.ESO OS 22.33 TTA --. EAS I 2009ns Budget Fr. Fr. Fr. 2906 957170 09.250 81 25063209= 00.AIA 3'192.20 29p sd Xn68- Tsh193cm 937110 - Europe000'00 North America South America Central America Africa 00 01 A Asia Pre Australia 000.00 Interests - Bank interests 0 Interests on bonds SIS Interests on mortgage Miscellaneous , 000.00$ Subtotal 02.5e0* 858 21.1'851'782.30 Tsd, amspfad nodqsisT 21.361'536.77 28.081 1'213.-- 2w9,23nsmubob, 2008 03.801 8 771.75 9thmut bq zentdos OP.See 60'325.90 -- Membe 2'625. 2'281'446.92 2'205'000 28, SII 00 --. 028 42'758.50 02.085 47'750.-porn6915 770 moijsvoneЯ - หยอง วง 20095ff93atM 16'312.50 106'821.-90'000 2930979100 под --. 000'025 20.808'SSI 145.55 228ypho2'388 413.47 21295'000 Trade Union Education Programme 000 Receipts TUEP central - TUEP accounts projects 1986/ LO oas pa 000 ass TA.CIA 88E'S 1822 143 774.10 to 2201 614'008.82 198 28.000122 08. Pra as --. SSE 82 21.SEA --. 008'S हे 3'146'196.39 emmspon not sub] noin 9brT 23200 Isto02 bm6 2916152 29016do so1770 metb 19q bns TevsTT- 290165 68- 200906[ 902im nottsɔub3 70 72 -3BUDGET 1st January BALANCE per 31st December, 1986 ASSETS Cash Expenditure Cash trade union education programme Banks 00 ASS 80.888 210 I - BCC, Geneva; current account - BCC, Geneva; investment account 543 Fr. 23 Fr.AIJ 20'574.75 5'248.20 pong noitsub] notaU 9bs T 497'760.03 noit 1'225'110.95 BCC, Geneva; trade union ed.progra.account - BCC, Geneva; blocked account BCC, Geneva; savings account education programme( rent deposit) - Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara Cash and Bank: Projects TUEP abroad 767'446.90 25'822.95 f02 WW87I 400'000.-- 9 707 bou 4'539.259 26 93668 7'441.40 21902'298.53 341'240.58 rans Debitors Debitors IFBWW A PEI ΔΕΙ - Debitors Trade Union Education Programme - Loan IFBWW staff/ Redemption PF Bonds 00010s 20.IET 8T 20.Ita Es Mortages Machines and Furniture Deferred charges Total al.asa 08018SE 107 ajnemy69 63'441.13 44'695.45 amA mi361 29'415.-137'551.58 จาก ร 950'000.-600 200906300'000.-bel.-WW871 emmspor9 no monotub on 28'193.20 4'685 107.84 04.084 LIC ( attioned( sto02) bmu? ( snut07) ab 199 88.1.199 946188 3179098+ 83.18 888'I 08. TST- S 48. TOI 88 049'8SA Chces EX AF Dep Loss Benef Income Contributions Interests Miscellaneous 2 281 446.91 1061821.-145.56 273587413.47 73 -E-4LIABILITIES Creditors. 21.ATE OS 08.8 S' - Creditors IFBWW Fr. 10. 21 jsoubs no 224'069.28 - Creditors Trade Union Education Programme 1'015'388.03 IFBWW Solidarity Fund Education 02 Fund for Regional Activities Thailand Balance as per 1.1.86 + Statutory allocation + Miscellaneous 82 Payments for - Africa - Latin America. 8- Asia -U Spain 0006.631 not160bbe Fr.22A d253 1 4250 1'239'457.31 nomdagvnt svens5'466.05 nu ab613: Svens0,308- bos be bold: svens@.308- ODs 2pntvs2: 5v9n99.308 ( 312055903) 287'618.69 935226 543'250.-- 6 datxuT 11'713.20 430842 581.89 68 bms des 2103fd90 EI.IAM E 134'464.8791 20690 A apes mmpor noitsou110'460.25 Torded- 39 no 120'459.40 a WW871 msoST 20'000.-78'731.05 abno8 9'367.10 23'671.95 Budget 345'427.27 - Regional Conference Grants Miscellaneous Deferred receipts - IFBWW - Trade Union Education Programme South Reserves - Congress Provident Fund( Social benefits) General Funds( Fortune) Balance per 1.1.86 + Benefit ts In on Mis abus Subtotal shuttmu? 7 606 20 dosM 329'086.85 SM 142'316.30471'403.15 IstoT 311'489.40 49'136.76 360'626.16 1'833'787.63 $ 278.50 428'940.27 2'262'727.90 1613 4'685'107.84 145.55 3.47 Trade Union Education Programme Receipts TUEP central TUEP accounts projects 1986/ LO M43 774.10 6141008.82 2146 196.39 ST 74 -SDel BUDGET 1st January, 1987- 31st December, 1987 epbus and no th ripuano Accounts Ded cap 1b03 st tw notzzusztb ripuano Accounts Last Expenditure budgeted, an att Statutory regional activities Flot en 1986 msxe futenso 1937A FT bfuo Budget buA spe ment Fr. th he Fr. Fr.id The additional Costs are I pero Extraordinary regional activities Sfr antorcars .000 Publications and documentations Repr- Publications ordinary - Conference publications and 543'250.-- 525'000 smijes I 575'000 Kongas is besmijas zudj at 2997 -.000'00.772 Idpuor 35 23299 bsana- 050'000 The sudocuments for Executive Committee 9d 76'443.-5'794.70 159y bп6 219dmem 001 190 28.972 293 Ordi Delegations and representations.dw bmu? yh - Delegations 96613 03 0627228 219'720.20 The Representations Teamed brit 28'719.55 - Staf Translations, ordinary nofjol 6 ms 2190m 000 ns Sale Staff expenditure - Salaries 90'000 A Tanotps You ± 632 80'000 170'000 632 03 obias Jez 200'000 lavab ed b 40'000 .a933632 9rld to S 12'005.70 ไม่ T 240'000 25'000 S mont 29 1017 2997 not3s This bajosqx9 no b925 .ebam 1994 2--. 000'25 172 to Last- Allocations for pension fund Str. - Other social allocations Pensions Pensions x6 2- Miscellaneous Asirih Canton se b Last Office charges - Postages 381'802.25 Ste 35'432.10 39'162.50 badon 20'023.10 20'023.10 25'000 por bnut erit of 1'243.902'000 mot 537'000 606 .29mm og nordst bs WW871 410'000 40'000 A snorpsЯ 60'000 The purl mov ( 2a0q 6 revoo of be 30'000 60'000 2'000 .bnut 18'000 od 2'500 dug 40'000 5'000 afb10 95'000 even--Postages 35 432.10 have been spent 18'025.20 of S- Telephone, telegrams, telexe 44'008.15 the- Bank charges - Office material, printed matters Sfr. Books, documents and news papers for - Machines and furniture Insurances.000'00.12 nt Other Rent, light, heating, cleaning 1'977.15 17'414.60 2'189.35 8'168.60 elfu 4'982.10 90'112.65 T- by en Renovation office bo not 159 26 12'561.30 dait- Redecoration in the secretariat dupb ovd-- beta15'000 offo Accounting - Miscellaneous To cover these co Jeffud yaw Jouzu en 9'690.-- 11'000 WW871 3'289.50 are proposed the Conferences ex not amemuɔob bns and Pens- Congress - - Executive Committee The Other conferences J6d3 Misc Depreciation Loss of change The sum rema Benefit 9d 250'000.-122'803.95 pa tega ne 5'293.55 tsfqxs ed 63 90091977b cents/ qxe WM811 en-- t edd 19ts beaqs19- et 3'500 0 282'000 year. Bordug sonsstno 250'000 00 08.112 180'000 -- 430'000 MT--. 00 000'28.712 oda 9-- to 92used 100 on bns 99m 5'361.-- 395'000 239 5'000 428'940.27 add to note292 II 943 not 22'388 413.47 offduq bns ententea rtv.===========ontsantpa3.rtvi.pm b920gong 916--. 000'08 12,90091903 quods evi Income not adnemu ob dj bns 23mmɔob 929 Contributions Interests - Miscellaneous od 2'281'446.91 106'821.-145.55 2'388'413.47 .beoubong ST9W 136'000 od as WW8 2'400'000 mo3 0J1 9========I sdt not bas 2010W onsnt of 1694 zing 2'310'000 90'000 2'400'000 аг 77 75 -2Comments on the Budget 1.1.1987- 31.12.1987 801 visum Jal T3208 After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors I would like to make the following comments on the draft budget: -- 9udibnsqx3 I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'100'000 members 632 ( Sfr. 110. per 100 members and year). The total income from statutory fees is thus estimated at approximately Sfr. 2'310'000.-- and from interests at roughly Sfr. 90'000.-- or altogether Sfr. 2'400'000.--. 000'00 Statutory Regional Activities 000'08 Ta bn6 200 010 200 Eduq sons According to the Statutes Sfr. 25.-- 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. 000 OIA 05,200 SI 28.908'186 Regional Activities- extraordinary Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation of Sfr. 525'000.-- has been made. 9x3tbm9qxs 17632 29116162 bnut notang 107 znot3600TTA- 002 79630 Even though this allocation was not used last year, an extraordinary allocation of Sfr. 50'000.- into the fund for regional activities is again proposed to cover a possible deficit in the administration of the IFBWW education programmes. 000'08 290165 951170 29053209 The sum will be transferred from the general fund( fortune) to this fund. 000'S 000/81 21.xve I Publications and Documentations - 08.AIA TI 219m botning.fm 901970 Sfr. 170'000.-- anemoob 2008 08.80118 9103 Tout bas 29nidasM IFBWW Bulletin- Sfr. 90'000.-- 292.16 Ordinary publications - - Ge Sfr. 76'443.-- have been spent last year for ordinary publications. The bulletin was published in two double numbers. It is foreseen to publish the IFBWW Bulletin this year in the usual way. Therefore an allocation of Sfr. 90'000.-- is proposed. FM07.84 200 Conference publications and documents for the Executive Comittee- Sfr. 80'000.-- S 000081 --. 000 085 20.808'SSI 22910003. 59x3 Last year Sfr. 5'794.70 have been spent against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 85'000.--. This difference can be explained by the fact that because of the short time elapsed after the IFBWW Congress, fewer 90 documents for the Executive Committee and no conference publications were produced. 000' 179098 As the IFBWW has to produce documents for the 11th Session of the Tripartite ILO Committee for Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works and for the ILO Labour Conference, Sfr. 80'000.-- are proposed this year to finance these documents and the documents for the Executive Committee. 000'00 000'000'S Ie.'18 S --. IS8'001 22.2M TA.EIA 888'S 2329193I 200906190atM ar 76 -3Delegations and Representations - Sfr. 240'000.--.2- 29p16 907770 Delegations- Sfr. 200'000.-1000'08.972 29053209 6 J00 Last year Sfr. 219'720.20 have been spent under this heading against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 180'000.--. The additional costs are to be 210 attributed to increased travels to the regions and in order to participate in meetings and congresses. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 200'000.-- are proposed. 02.112- x9fs3 bns maps odqsIsT злопо Representations Sfr. 40'000.-- 1992 need sysd 21.800 AD 12 16 326 0000072 to An amount of Str. 200 spe he costs of the meetings of the Industria) - The sum remains unchanged. Ordinary Translations Sfr. 25'000.-The sum remains unchanged. Staff expenditure- Sfr. 537'000.-- Salaries- Sfr. 410'000.-- 29pis> 68 the cos baghis ship armsas. big bns stream 931770 .000 21.572 to injoms betspbud s Last year Sfr. 381'802.25 have been spent under this heading. 000 81 i svoɔ oT Sfr. 410'000.-- are proposed to cover normal salary increases. --. 002'S.112 219060 2w9n bns 2tm9mucob 2008. Allocations for pension fund- Sfr. 40'000.-06 192046460C 11 10 om 05 23200 92903 190D OT Last year Sfr. 35'432.10 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 40'000.-- to cover the pension of the General Secretary and of the IFBWW staff. W9n 6) 6m won smo2 yud od an6lq 3616391092 WWI od 2A Sfr. 40'000.-- are proposed again this year to cover the pension fund for the IFBWW staff. Other social allocations Sfr. 60'000.-- .23205 -.000'2.372 29 ว ก รา เมล ก Last year Sfr. 39'162.50 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 60'000.--. 00012112 03 To cover these costs Sfr. 60'000.-- are proposed this year. Pensions Sfr. 25'000.-The sum remains unchanged. Miscellaneous Sfr. 2'000.092000 The sum remains unchanged. d 20 39 916---.000'30.172 23200 929 vevo. oT 121.172 172- 3615391392 add ni nob 366391092 WW8R1 sd to 2901 to 190 916--. 000 21 12 21200 292901 190 T 000'11 172 begnsdomu anismsy muz edT .002 E72- 2009[ 19027M 6 et bensqmo onibsed air rebnu neqz need sved 02.28S'E/ 132 159 26 -.000 8 172 to Jouoms bajapbud b92000 916--. 000€ 12 23200 a'ssy atdz novo ot ST 77 -4Office charges Frs. 282'000.-At Postages- Sfr. 30'000.-Auditor ottstn929109Я bns anotJep9fed discuss1000/ 008 th 20 2Cemanotaspsfed ng comments on the dra bu Last year Sfr. 18'025.20 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 30'000.--. As this year more documents will have to be sent bud out, a sum of Sfr. 30'000.-- is proposed. vst Telephone, telegram and telex Sfr. 60'000.-interests at roughly St 1336 * 400'000 916 a0000600S.772 214 Last year Sfr. 44'008.15 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 60'000.--. To cover this year's costs, Sfr. 60'000.-- are proposed again. ing to the Bank charges - Sfr. 2'000.-developing countries. The sum remains unchanged. stipulated in Article bep nu en sm9y mu2 94T and ye will be to trade unions who, for vebensdonútantams uz NT Office material and printed matters. Sfr. 18'000.-- suttonsexs 17812 - Last year Sfr. 17'414.60 have been spent under this heading compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 15'000.--. Reofonel Jen bead- e bebu tega need ever es.S08'186 even as.S08'186.972 16v a To cover this year's cost Sfr. 18'000.-- are proposed. Even though, 2926933boys sort wavebles the zagon Books, documents and news papers- Sfr. 2'500.-aga in proposed to cover a poss3000'092bd7 000101.472 To cover these costs an amount of Sfr. 2'500.-- is proposed. Jnuoms betepbud s of besqm Jn9q2 need 9v6 d OI. Machines and furniture- Sfr. 40'000.-fund. 763061A 172 169 125] 112 to WW871 94 As the IFBWW Secretariat plans to buy some new machines this year( a new photocopy machine, a telecopier and a word processor) Sfr. 40'000.-- are proposed to cover these costs. Ordinary publications FBWM Insurances- Sfr. 5'000.--.000'08 172 200 en spent fast WW871 sdt not [ Ts foto02 190 The Last year Sfr. 4'982.10 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 4'500.--. To cover this year's costs Sfr. 5'000.-- are proposed. of Sr. 90'000.-- is proposed Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 95'000.-- AJ nevoo OT Conference publications, and documents To cover these costs Sfr. 95'000.-- are proposed. Redecoration in the Secretariat Sfr. 15'000.-Sfr 85'000. This difference can be anotans9 U2 9NT be Certain offices of the IFBWW Secretariat in Geneva should be repainted. do To cover theses costs Sfr. 15'000.-- are proposed. were produced As Accounting- Sfr. 11'000.-( FBM BMW has to produce documents for th The sum remains unchanged. Building. Wo orks and for the ILO Labour Conference, th Miscellaneous- Sfr. 3'500.-Committee Sfr. 3'500.-- ments and ons .begnadonu anteme mu2 9NT of the and Public are proposed for the Executive Last year Sfr. 3'289.50 have been spent under this heading compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 3'000.--. To cover this year's costs Sfr. 3'500.-- are proposed. гг 76 78 -5Conferences- Sfr. 430'000.-1260 DAG PA1999-2000 Congress - Sfr. 250'000.-90 12 to 2101ibuA to 9931 mb] 9 to JogeЯ to Jrbus sad no 29owbook bns onlbF03 svened by. to 2pwblow ve ons As previously we set aside a sum for the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW. Sfr. 250'000.-- are proposed. 2OH bns.bm6lY9JTWC YO3ibus bns 39 sonsled WW87.I en bhs 0801 2008 mb BM b922ubarb ohu n921621 550 Executive Committee- Sfr. 180'000.-the requi Last year Sfr. 122'803.95 have been spent for the meeting of the pob[ TA Executive Committee of the IFBWW. An amount of Sfr. 200'000.-- was budgeted. A sum to cover the costs of the meetings of the Industrial Committees held in January, 1987 is already set aside. Sfr. 180'000.-- are proposed to cover the costs of this year's meetings. Depreciation( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 5'000.-age counts are To cover these costs Sfr. 5'000.-- are proposed this year. Hop On the income side, income ex Benefit Sfr. 136'000.-Budge The addition thus leads us to a benefit of Sfr. 136'000.-However, it should be ex that some te to the sa Sfr. ry 2de 8. S the annual cou ts, and the breakdown is as follows John Löfblad bis 9d3 dJtw bonts19025 919 291upit pntwoffor HT General Secretary bns a8eTragedissed dad Ertou aboabsorpt Chubhbos ved Tchadhoop bewtof ather education officer, and the time lag 090308t needed. 80.08 TA 12 Geneva, 24th February, 1987 soubs) Jobs JnYUD Evens2.008 20.0113 --. 000'00A 172 as.' OPIAA T 172 12(.xpong not ( b9 Sfr 59/000 .000'020 172 --. 0007008771902.-tion doct obosidasfidesvnt Evenbove 308mmittee 1986 wasneboost bedobTd svbhe@ ec00e only a sou oubs) stogobbar apna vb235 60enges00ad taken nevno) 16xПA Xn68 ± 66ts dathu Staff costs( salariespsponono breo about Cons contributions and pension payment zbn08 and Cocados Mssar, sven50) cabpeedottee Cing as some of the members did not attend abnuq.11 The fact that the annual accounts closed in such a strong pos ee to the efforts of thebeles133Afsnots since throughout 1986, as in 1985, they continued systemat implement the sions taken by the Management Comm ht Committee. EE, 40x1vs12ommittee to impremmstbonudott soubs bonu thanked them. fejs sq92 b9b109 915 abnut.929T The Committee of Auditors: also discussed the payme De. Este es dhembership statistics, and cad9eashbno again that the vast majority of affiliated Ton 16123bbsrisbatadorzsobibstietoy etsbos of 1300cntisc618dɔthe 2 pmobbentów Bids conbetsqmobozk bbesenontheffbtawebno fees! WW871 08 79 -2Report 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 24th February, 1987 2 229 pn03 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, PresidentA and auditor, Switzerland, and Horst Morich, member, FRG, examined the I accounts 1986 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st December, 1986 and discussed the draft budget 1987 on 24th February, 1987. Brother Odd Isaksen unfortunately could not attend the meeting owing to illness.ex All documents required for examination were made available. 12 I. Bank to fauoms mA WW87 mmo evit Financial Means Available to 2200 903 190 of muz A.betspbud obias Jez vb69/ 6 2 T8QI. vysunst, at bled 29933mm The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on 31st December, 1986.112 1. Daily cash on hand Office 19 spred, to 2201) noi Liquidities on 24th February, 1987 Last year a budge To cov Book 112 ata Sfr. Sfr. 17 216.65 Daily cash on hand trade union education programme- jf7e98 Sfr. not 61921.95 Liquidities on 24th February, 1987 20 25 2. Bank assets To cove The following figures were ascertained with the aid of book- dol keeping cards as of 31st December, 1986 and compared with sen Machines statements of accounts. They concur. As the BCC, Geneva; current account Sfr. 497'760.03 photoco BCC, Geneva; current account( education program) Sfr. 767'446.90 propose BCC, Geneva; investment account BCC. Geneva; blocked account Sfr. 1'225'110.95 Sfr. 400'000.-Sfr. 4'539.25 7'441.40 Insuran BCC, Geneva; savings account( education progr.) Sfr. Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara( converted) Last Sfr 3. Bonds and mortgages Office Bonds Mortgages( Geneva, rue Necker 15/17) Sfr. 950'000.-Sfr. 300'000.-To o II. Funds in the Sec 1. Regional Activities Fund Certain To cover the Sfr 2. Trade Union Education Programme Accoun These funds are recorded separately. The sum remains unche 3. General Fund( assets) Miscell Sfr. 345'427.27 Sfr.1'157'704.33 Sfr.2'262 727.90 The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the Last ye IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out budgete its duties and which has increased as compared to the To cove previous year by the benefit of Sfr. 428'940.27. er to a 80 -8-2III. Receipts and Vouchers pèr2006edbevuo 1887w ± 28730 I D9JSTIT 903 107 29TUppt qidayadmem er.080I Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General ExpleSecretary and his secretary, Jeannette Angst, gave explanations requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and Saba vouchers.wb Extraordinary reg no 29 The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. The are Toby relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to T beat the requirements of a book- keeping controllable 26W 6132 nimbs na bbat any time. IV. Balance sheet 1986 29 of 94 blow 1975382560 bsaa 1990 D& M 352310291 boop 962 s souborg of sunt no blow Deleb The Committee of Auditors examined the 1986 balance sheet which Des extends up to 31st December, 1986, discussed it with the General RepSecretary and noted the results with satisfaction. 000 Trasd The balance sheet 1986 shows a benefit of Sfr. 428'940.27 against a budgeted benefit of Sfr. 54'250.--. The final accounts are Stafftherefore more favourable by the amount of Sfr. 374'690.27. On the - Salincome side, income exceeded the amounts budgeted by some Sfr. - A1193'000.--, i.e. Sfr. 76'000.-- from affiliation fees and Sfr. - Oth17'000.-- from interest. Pensions MisHowever, it should be said that some considerable cuts in expenditure did contribute to the satisfactory developments in the Officannual accounts, and the breakdown is as follows: 09 Postage .20 200 บูธ มา AS 15: 222.30 30 000 - Te Sfr. 50'000.-- ms, te Extraordinary contribution to regional Bank Office Books 37.000 dooM activities which, in view of the resignation of the education officer, and the time lag news before a replacement was found, was not needed. Machines and furniture - In Sfr. 79'000.-- Office cleaning - Renovation Accounting fice - Missfr. 59'000.-Conferences -ConSfr. 77'000.-- Execut - Other The documentation for the Executive Committee in 1986 was exceptionally small because only a few months earlier the 1985 Congress had taken place. Staff costs( salaries, pension contributions, social contributions and pension payments), and Conference costs for the Executive Committee meeting as some of the members did not attend. The fact that the annual accounts closed in such a strong position Deprewas also due to the efforts of the General Secretary and his staff, Loss since throughout 1986, as in 1985, they continued systematically to implement the decisions taken by the Management Committee and the Benef Executive Committee to improve the budget situation. The Committee thanked them. Subto Trade The Committee of Auditors also discussed the payment of affiliation -Sal fees and membership statistics, and came to the conclusion once Offagain that the vast majority of affiliated organisations continued Trato fulfil their statutory obligations, also financially, in spite - Banof the economic crisis and the problem of unemployment in the Eduvarious countries. Both the French affiliate" Force Ouvrière" and the Turkish affiliate" YOL- IS" had improved in their attitude to paying their fees. $ 8 881 -3dis In contrast with our observations in the report dated 18 February 1986, the membership figures for the affiliated organisations in the USA do by and large reflect the actual situation. However, there are some affiliated organisations in France, Great Britain, Israel, Spain and Venezuela which continue to base their upen affiliation fees on too low membership figures and whose attitude in paying fees needs to be improved. and The Committee of Auditors was informed by the General Secretary of the trade union activities that had been carried out by IFBWW and dealt with some additional administrative problems. The hope was expressed that care would be taken to ensure that the IFBWW budget would continue to produce the same good results that had been obtained in 1986, since only a financially sound International Trade Secretariat could guarantee credible and effective trade union policies. Jan In conclusion, it was noted that all pertinent documents had been readily supplied and that there had been no need for anyoud sr complaints. .112 emoz Geneva, 24 February 1987 1987 ox9 moon, sbiz smoon! 16.65 opole.000' Ee 32919JMT MOT--. 000 TL Str. 61921.95 smoz teds btsa ed bluoda nevewol tt s of studijnoo blb guttbneqxs obilsend edit, bns 23nuoɔos Tsunns ined with the aid of book .com/ 000/ 08/ 12t2 For the correctness: 25 al nw President no Armin Frei .bebeen hom 993 mm n9x6J br 28 Turk -bas enorudindno naba Bonds 190 Dri Horst Morich По по tto not be Member be Str. 497'760.03 fr 767: 446.90 3000 eV 2267210.95 Sfr. 400'000.-sw a8eI mt wah progr.) Sfr. Sfr. 20200 79632 41539.25 7'441.40 --. 000'02 772 Sfr. 950 000 -- 3000' BootRO. TB sd Jost 9NT bnstts jon brb 219dmom and to smoz 25 poidsem II. Funds nols 200 phone 6 douz nt b920fo zdmucos Teunne sdt 11.638 2 indruman head to 2010119 9 03 sub pe 37.27 03 yfffmjaya baunin vedasel nt 25,880 Juodpunt sonte 9 br6 99m00 JnemopsmaM and yd neist anoteloeb en Jnema fqmt 991 am a Umakai hepbud avorqmt of 9933x4.33 madt belast These funds are recorded separat nottsfitts to dnsmysq sr b92a32tb oals 2103ibuA to 9930 mm03 9T s 93ho Grabado bnb aotjat3632 qtdared- b9/ 27.90 beuntando 2001382insp10 b936116 to votem jasv 943 363 miss stiqe the visionnels endapo del hedh hawapimonops to dd bns" boosts breed of duties of aby si no bevoerbert 21- Y" 18 9b dathu gdj .2997 tant patysq 82 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December, 1987 ASSETS Expenditure S0.182'AеA'S 10.580'0 Fr. Statutory regional activities 083 539'550.-Extraordinary regional activities 50'000.-Banks OP. Publications and documentations - Publications, ordinary 0.08 170'899.-- Conference publications and documents for Ex.Committee Fr. Budget Fr. Fr. 5 878.7 31096.9525'000 20 589'550.00 50'000 575'000 18 1'131 578.2 depot syns 11662 074 090'000 syn 053'898.18 stasnobnI 187'882.50 80'000 170'000 account 16'983.50 Delegations and representations SA • Delegations education a0e880 196'715.-- - Representations 00.SAQ 25'366.65 Cash and Bank: Proj TUBHAG Translations, ordinary ST. TO PI Debitors Staff expenditures Salaries on 376'398.70 Allocations pension fund on PF 16'381.85 Other social allocations 45'996.20 - Pensions - Miscellaneous 18'949.80 121.50 457'848.05 1431138.20200'000 din 222'081.65 40'000 240'000 13 175.80 nm2 91 25'000 $ 117.52 61534.7 410'000 2113951-40'000 047.27 60'000 25'000 000. 2'000 537'000 Mortage Office charges. Postages Fut - Bank charges 15'222.30 - Telephone, telegrams, telex.eas 74'771.-TI.Oxe# 81'779.10 - Books, documents, news papers - Office material, print.matters - - 11'127.50 2'887.30 Machines and furniture--. 8 38'449.20 Insurances - Office rent, light, heating, 02's 2a.eeɛ'83'608.85 cleaning 88'342.10 Renovation office 11'000.-- - Accounting 20.8S8' · Miscellaneous --. 025 9'300.-A2'020.30 000'00 20.8SE ESI Conferences - Congress Executive Committee Other conferences Depreciation Loss of change[ 80'08 --. 0S 288'649.50 77'987.85 Benefit Subtotal $ 1.020 ST 21. E' Trade Union Education Programme - Salaries and social costs - Office charges Travel and per diem - Bank charges - - Education miscellaneous 48 30'000h0360'000 3 W03- 12'000 26 18'000002- 60 2'500 0.10 40'000 5'000 A- 20A 95'000 15'0002919 nI 11'000 ns8 258'507.65 3'500 282'000 tal Tom no 2325 250'000 92* M 180'000 -- 430'000 21'183.80 387'821.15 9--1009 not sub no-- sberT 3'280.60 5'000 5'000 3'280.60 0J\\ 8еI dostong anu374'433.62 2'494'581.02 185'574.90 38'175.30 105'530.50 600.81 155.50 330'037.01 2'494'581.02 136'000 2'400'000 83 Jepbu8 021€ 190 20 for Fr. 68 bat Tozh03/ WW8ЯI Fr. Report - India - Philippines 00.028/ 082 1209 Brazil - Kenya together - - Kenya Wood - - Indonesia Malaysia 330'037.01 2'494'581.02 131'250.80 bqx3 300602 000 52'179.55 ± os( anotp9600x3 yout2hoi365Aqhephonetwoo 66'971.40 5'144.15 ubobebas inordboty do 33'230.05 60'593.60 380 40'337.90 EDWamboobet that had been 46'683.90 0 2noispos SS 20.3 aa.aag' 30'942.60 anoi 4'046.15 14'507.72 902'093.13enoidslanenT Africa- Project preparations 43'771.75 Pakistan 9 Zimbabwe 9200 Nigeria India Documentation C- Harare Seminar Norway 42'396.55 000 T82 000'S Receipts Contributions - Europe - North America - South America Central America Africa Asia 00012 Australia 000/20 Interests'er - Bank interests -Interests on bonds 888 - Interests on mortgage Miscellaneous ===000104 28.18 1 bout 000103 000125 20.848 A 808.00 81 02.ISI Fr. 3'396'674.15 bqx9 77532 2916162- eq anotsporTA- offs Isto02 190 08.SSS anotan99 200906 Budget Fr. Fr. 29016d5 951770 29pst209- 02. TSI 08.588'S OS.CAA 88 28.80a 139'399.65 01.SAE 88 --. 000'II --. 00€ 59'823.05 15'750.-02.042 88S 0001081 28.58 T Subtotal 21.1S8 T8E 08.881 IS --1'835'249.55 let, amspelat snodq! T- 01.er 384'970.17 Morich 2906d Xn68- 17'929.60 sm.dning, Isisism so1770 161.-- qawen, ajnemuɔob, 2008 778.-- summut bm6 29nidosM 29305 2'750.- 2'371'237.97m 2'310'000 08.GS0'47'750.-porn69f5 - goitto not svoЯ- Tạo nois vong. ent nuoɔɔA 2009ns![ 902 M 90'000 29009197403 20.-- 2291p0-2'494'581.02 2'400'000 123'323.05 Trade Union Education Programme - Receipts TUEP central - TUEP accounts projects 1987/ LO 000 I 000'00'S 3'396'674.15 So.EEP ATE $ 0.182 ARA'S 08.085€ 330'037.01 to 220 572'056.12 Jirenisg [ stojdu2 smaspor 02.12 281 08.251'88 08.082'201 18.00a 02.201 $ 0.182 AQA'S TO. CEO'DE not sub] noin@bs T 23200[ sto02 bms 29h16f62 290155 95110 mtb 19q b6 favs T- 29076do Xn68 200906ff932 m motsub 88 84 82 BALANCE per 31st December, 1987 ASSETS Cash Expe Cash trade union education programme Banks arra Fr. 2311 Fr. AIJ 5'878.75 3'096.95 019 nortsub] notou sbs - BCC, Geneva% 3B current account - BCC, Geneva; investment account 8'975.70 2009 20tben- 1' 131'578.24 nott 1'662'074.05 bf02 WW871 29 - BCC, Geneva; trade union ed.progra.account 353'898.18 - BCC, Geneva; savings account education documen programme( rent deposit) Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara - - BCC, Geneva; B education account Denmark Tega egationes. Toat Cash and Bank: Projects TUEP abroad Debitorsslations - Debitors IFBWW.20S TOI Debitors Trade Union Education Programme - Loan IFBWW staff/ Redemption PF Bonds her 100. 02. 24.012'8S Mortages aneous 4'635.15 4'160.80 190 25 9506168 143 138.20 3'799'484.62 200906 1902iM+ 624'612.76 107 2109mysq 55'117.52 657A 6'534.75 fremA misJ 21'395.-83'047.27 9009191000 Tonig 950'000.300'000.-be Machines and Furniture 81€ ar 28.880 18. Deferred charges Bank ch cha ges Total га ed' 188nted matters ice mater e8188 2jqf939 69119190 Na, docxrves Es and news papers( 2317shed( sto02 ( si002) bm Machines and TOPTEDre Insurances Rent.1 toevsvrsassaning sa. raferagratiga, dee ng secretariat 01.AIE 8S8 19 aneous Conferences Congress - Executive Committee - Other con ences Depreciation Loss of change Benefit 2881649.50 771987.85 21/ 183.80 60 374 433.62 2'4947581.02 WW8 1.-62'192.75 5'828'314.10 9107) ebnu 1990 J11998+ Income Contributions Interests - Miscellaneous. Deficit 2'371 237.97 123 323.05 20.-88 2'4941581.02 106 276 85 87 LIABILITIES Creditors .7 21.858 2 ae.ae0'E 180119dms390 21 1998 Fr. 2'494 Fr.322A 1253 nu 9b61 260 255'364.12 - Creditors IFBWW - Creditors Trade Union Education Programme 1'406'275.39 1'661'639.51 togethers.8x8' IEI'I 14410000 16v 9.008 IFBWW Solidarity Fund Education 331800056 309m329vnt: v 11'148.25 81.808 826 Fund for Regional Activities Africa- ProjeEzcclarations Balance as per 1.1.87 + Statutory allocation + Miscellaneous Har Payments for - Africa S2.II 22 Latin America. - Asia E8 Regional Conference 0.690610.59 notmu absn not3600597160000s apntve ( 31804501206) simmon svens.008 2 svens3.308- 421396.616345'427.27 66t detuT- sms0 600 539'550.-- V 16 ns2.008- 301942.60 17'507.25 Mods 193902'484.52:> n68 bms d263 141507.72 20jid90 107 205.66 831 avoided- emmiston not so 133'680.90T 210thd90- 79 no 124'843.70 2 WW8RI mo- - Grantse Miscellaneous 0001008 Deferred receipts IFBWW tions - Trade Union Education Programme 835 ग Reserves - Congresse - Provident Fund( Social benefits) Asia General Funds( Fortune) Balance per 1.1.87 + Benefit Bank ests In Interests on Misce cous Subtot 60'864.41 4'871.90 28'910.45 abno8 442'107.50 2906370M 318'608.403b06 290trosM 55 81'036.35 399'644.75 29py do bems190 50 561'489.40 115'123.17 TstoT 676'612.57 000 2'262'727.90 374'433.62 2'637 161.52 59 823.05 47.750.15: 750 5'828'314.10 123 2494 Trade Union Education Program Receipts TUEP central TUEP accounts projects 1987/ LO 330 037.01 672 056.12 3'396187.15 28 86 praBUDGET 1st January, 1988- 31st December, 1988 Committee to 9933immo) an Apart fret IFB Expenditure Conference( Co 22002tb dpo 10 Accounts d IFB Statutory regional activities The Extraordinary regional activities mont bas--. 00 Publications and documentations Del Publications ordinary - Conference publications and 08 si no ajnem fmsx9 fute160 1931A 1987 Budget buA Fr. 539'550.-50'000.-Dubbo Fr. Fr.d 525'000 915029 50'000 00 575'000 129 2und 21 2997 000/00 12 Inpuo 10 16 232919df 170'899.-- 150'000 asidivit A Tanotps 291 Deleg documents for Executive Committee 16'983.50 9d[ tw 169y bms, 279dmom 00059--. 28.178 29: La Delegations and representations of thi Delegations - Representations Representations nop Translations, ordinary thi Staff expenditure - Salaries youts# 2 85'000 1632 93 235'000 03 920 226 196'715.-[ gamand bot 25'366.65 25 366.65 o bn 30'000 220'000 veberi 250'000 13'175.80 25'000 aqx9 no 68 9b sm sb 376'398.70 16'381.85 40'000 A snotpeЯ 45'996.20 60'000 25'000 emm2'000 9610 0537'000 Ord Allocations for pension fund - Other social allocations She- Pensions - Miscellaneous 107[ 62002tb 18'949.80 02 22 to not 6121.50 --. 000 888 112 to 410'000 Staff expend Office charges Sal- Postages 2- Las Sfr Telephone, telegrams, telex Bank charges nimbs aid 15'222.30 sb 30'000 90 OT 74'771.-- 08 70'000 nottsoffs 1'779.10 2'000 qonq n/ 506 15'000 2'887.30 ans 3'000 iw mue si 20'000 SMT bout 4'500 - Office material, printed matters Books, documents and news papers - Machines and furniture 1- Insurances - Rent, light, heating, cleaning 2 Las- Redecoration in the secretariat of Accounting dif- Miscellaneous the 20 Ca Conferences 11'127.50 38'449.20 88'342.100095'000 oftet du 3'608.85 11'000.-9'300.-- and 11'000 2'020.30 3'500 b0 254'000 169 da 9.000.00 bud 6 03 b916qm00 er Congress dug asw Sfg Executive Committee for- Other conferences 0th Depreciation 8288'649.50 77'987.85 In 21 183.80 21 183.80 250'000 banfsfqx9 180'000 300'00090730'000 9mm to 23 to ajnevs vl-- tie ed bl- le nt: Loss of change brz( 8821 967 bonasi 3'280.6000 WW5'000 5'000 awechte 374'433.6205917979.159of Benefit gong $ 1--. 000'021 2'494'581.02 1.To cover these 99jjimo 03 Ju9x396 101 23 vd 2'371 237.97 0s#naqe 123'323.05 bentsfqxs nts foxs ed 63 90 20.--- 2'494'581.02 - Pen Income Contributions Interests - Miscellaneous Deficit The 88 this Iduq 23 2'611'000 of Tdog sonsretro0 --. 000 28 172 .972 2'415'000 Ege'a.112 169 90'000 2NT.000'08 106'000 2'611'000 89 87 Comments on the Budget 1.1.1988- 31.12.1988880 vysunst jal T32QU8 After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors I would like to make the following comments on the draft budget: Creditors 000'031 Statutory Regional Activities 000 CES x3 I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'100'000 members 532 ( Sfr. 115. per 100 members and year). The total income from statutory fees is thus estimated at approximately Sfr. 2'415'000.-- and from interests at roughly Sfr. 90'000.-- or altogether Sfr. 2'505'000.--. Vanibo anoisɔlduq bns anottsoffdug 90990 so Uc.co al 993mm) vidu9x] 707 20muɔob According to the Statutes Sfr. 25.-- 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. 000 39s for 000 28 08.21 EL s 1stbo.anottsfansTT Based on expected affiliation fees from 2'100'000 members, an allocation of Sfr. 525'000.-- has been made. bm9qxs 17632 43.70 29116162 bnut notanqianot600TA- anott offs of sto02 900 000'014 Regional Activities - 000'00 OT.80€ TE extraordinary Jee of In order to have enough funds at disposal for the administration of the education programmes, an allocation of Sfr. 50'000.-- was made last year. IFBWN ats 318 1770 To cover a possible deficit in this administration, an extraordinary75 allocation of Sfr. 50'000.-- into the fund for regional activities is again proposed. Congress 000'21 of.err I 02 TSI II 20 OS.CPP 88 28.800€ The sum will be transferred from the general fund( fortune) to this 57 fund. 000'0S General Fund Publications and Documentations 29016 X68 sm 937770 9YUJINYU bns 29m dosM 29362I - Sfr. 235'000.-Behefit Ordinary publications- IFBWW Bulletin IFBWW Bulletin Sfr. 150'000.-000 PES 0028 - 52 A 10 2009061 1902 M Sfr. 170'899.-- have been spent last year for ordinary publications compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 90'000.--. This exceeding can be explained by the fact, that in 1987 the bulletin was published four times, that editorial improvements were made and that the number of 8 pages foreseen in the budget was in all issues transgressed because events of immediate interest had to be reported. The costs of the Bulletin should be slightly decreased this year. But due to the fact that the two IFBWW Conferences planned for 1988 should be covered extensively, the Bulletins will probably be more voluminous also this year. Therefore an allocation of Sfr. 150'000.-- is proposed to cover these costs. S0.182 PEA'S Conference publications and documents for the Executive Comittee- Sfr. 85'000.-000'A'S Te.TES ITE'S anottudyjno- Last year Sfr. 16'983.50 have been spent against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 80'000.--. This difference can be explained by the fact that 000 201 000 118'S S0.183 POP'S T8 88 practically all translations of the documents for the Executive[ 1902+ M Committee were made in the IFBWW Secretariat. remains muz adT bepn Apart from the normal documentation for the Executive Committee, the IFBWW will have to produce and translate documents for the ILO Labour O Conference( Convention on Safety and Health in Construction), for the IFBWW Environment Conference and for the IFBWW Technology Conference.09 Therefore Sfr. 85'000.-- are proposed to cover this year's costs. Aguome 01 Delegations and Representations Delegations Sfr. 220'000.1- -- - om 16 eA--. 000'08.172 70 • Sfr. 250'000.-- sonsratno) ow: 9d 107 0.332- x9fed bas maple nodeT Last year Sfr. 196'715.-- shave been spent under this heading. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 220'000.-- are proposed. Representations- Sfr. 30'000.-- 06 gied ton 229190199 bluoɔ jud noiseb 132 to bassenodelet ineed vbser's Last year Sfr. 25'366.65 have been spent under this heading. To cover t this year's expenditure Sfr. 30'000.-- are proposed. this year's meetings. Ordinary Translations- Sfr. 25'000.-The sum remains unchanged. .000'S 172 29p6d X68 .bspnsdonu antama muz sr Environment Co ment Conference in Stockholm and 2391 Staff expenditure- Sfr. 537'000.-of 93605pnibsed ad su se Salaries- Sfr. 410'000.-Dep fees etc.) Sfe. 300'000.-- are mosd even 02. TSI II.12 169 26 02.TSI .000 81 112 to nuoms betepbud 6 st year Sfr. 376'398.70 have Last year Sfr. 376'398.70 have been spent under this heading. T these costs Sfr. 5'000. this year. Sfr. 410'000.-- are proposed to cover normal salary increases.ob, 2008 105 000 Allocations for pension fund- Sfr. 40'000.-- 8 23200 929d revoɔ of - 19 51061000 Last year Sfr. 16'381.85 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 40'000.-- to cover the pension fund of the IFBWW staff. This difference can be explained by the fact that due to a resignation onoqu the IFBWW staff, the IFBWW received a reimbursement of pension fundust contributions in the amount of Sfr. 11'775.--. 03 9d of 9ved T8I Tont--. 002'.172 03 Sfr. 40'000.-- are proposed again this year to cover the pension funded for the IFBWW staff. 112 23203 9293 19 Other social allocations Sfr. 60'000.-- .b920qonq 90919 172 293062I Last year Sfr. 45'996.20 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 60'000.--. 6 03 bensqmos 1090 28 .192 169V 326J ( 972 23203.2 3 revoc .000 2.72 Jns 951770 b920gong 916 To cover these costs Sfr. 60'000.-- are again proposed this year. 000'20 Pensions Sfr. 25'000.-- b920gong 916--: 000'20 72 23200 929d evoɔ QT The sum remains unchanged. 0e -.000 II 12- pntinuoɔA bepnsdonu nismo mua edT 89 Miscellaneous Sfr. 2'000.-- mobs, noldsfened Ifs viftsq - The sum remains unchanged. 91592 WW891 93 at abs 91 9933 mmo ugh discussion ith the Committee of Temon adamon sqA bns soubong of avad Iftw WW8RI 9762 no motnevno) son Office charges- Frs. 254'000.-- sfans 903 701003200 nr 3 Postages- Sfr. 30'000.-27200 Ny bms * WW871 Last year Sfr. 15'222.30 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 30'000.--. As this year more documents will have to be sent out for the two Conferences, the sum of Sfr. 30'000.-- is again proposed.90 Statutory Re nal Activities Telephone, telegram and telex- Sfr. 70'000.-- 00' OSS 172 enot sp9f90 the Statutes Str per 100 members and year will be Last year Sfr. 74'771.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 60'000.--. The exceeding is due to the increased use of the id telephone and the telex by the education department. The contribution of the education department of Sfr. 15'000.-- 0 to the total costs has 2 already been taken into consideration, but could nevertheless not help this exceeding. To cover this year's costs, Sfr. 70'000.-- are proposed. 169y zint Bank charges- Sfr. 2'000.-The sum remains unchanged. .000'08 for.baensd Office material and printed matters- Sfr. 15'000.-- was made last 000 E2 912 93fb9qx9 17612 Last year Sfr. 11'127.50 have been spent under this heading compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 18'000.--. allocation of Sfe into the f re 2916162 des is To cover this year's cost Sfr. 15'000.-- are proposed. 12 sey dasJ Books, documents and news papers- Sfr. 3'000.-fund. 01A172 To cover these costs an amount of Sfr. 3'000.-- is proposed.ano[ A Publications 235'0001-Machines and furniture- Sfr. 20'000.-- ed 967 28.18' 192 16926 Ordeadly.dds 10 d. 19803000.--. 000 0 12 to Upon request of the PTT, the IFBWW telex machine had to be changed early January( costs Sfr. 4'500.--). The word processors the IFBWW bought in 1987 have to be connected to a common printer this year( costs approx. Sfr. 4'500.-- including programme, cables etc.). It is also foreseen to buy a new desk and to change the printer in the course of the year against a laser printer. To cover these costs Sfr. 20'000.-- are 107 therefore proposed. Inte The costs of the Bulletin sho be slight Insurances- Sfr. 4'500.-for 1988 should be covered needhaved@Sv Last year Sfr. 3'608.85 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 5'000.--. To cover this year's costs Sfr. 4'500.-- are proposed. 000'00 772 23200 92903 revoo OT Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 95'000.-- Comittee- 35.000.---. 000 CS 112- anofangq To cover these costs Sfr. 95'000.-- are proposed. year Sfr. 16'983.50 have Accounting- Sfr. 11'000.-The sum remains unchanged. spent asdonyeto s be explained by the fact that 209dT 28 90 Miscellaneous- Sfr. 3'500.-- to 210JtbuA to 9933mm) 9d to tro 93 263 DAS PA1999x- xood 903 to Jrbus a3 no 21921owbook bns parb Fu The sum remains unchanged. med and opritelion Jeannette Angst, gave explanations Aparanda atochibuArhoes Conferences Sfr. 730'000.-- Congress- Sfr. 250'000.-550 T MotoM 210H bas bases tw2.morbus bms med WW871 9 bos T81 236 rend 18881 atsbudab Tad ab922032łb As previously we set aside a sum for the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW. Sfr. 250'000.-- are proposed. 76096d Vs 9b6m 919w not36 nimaxe not bestupe mob FTA Executive Committee Sfr. 180'000.-- nath.I Last year Sfr. 77'987.85 have been spent for the meeting of the Executive Committee of the IFBWW and the meetings of the Industrial Committees. An amount of Sfr. 180'000.-- was budgeted. Because of the two Conferences, the Industrial Committees will meet more frequently in 1988. ம the On the Sfr. 180'000.-- are proposed to cover the costs of this year's meetings. 61'000.- fr affiliation fees and Sfr Other conferences- Sfr. 300'000.-- nu obs13 bos no raso VI 60 To cover the costs of the IFBWW Environment Conference in Stockholm and of the IFBWW Technology Conference in the United States of Americaing ( including interpreters and speakers' fees etc.) Sfr. 300'000.-- are proposed. -Xo tbwoffot 9T Depreciation( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 5'000.-- q ans to To cover these costs Sfr. 5'000.-- are proposed this year.cations and AS.88 IEI I.112 8 Deficit- Sfr. 2106'000.-sions skensä 308he same. uon svebs@ t 30% of the sesunt jovens 6908he The addition thus leads us to a deficit of Sfr. 106'000.-- 3081mbursed .772 08.001 P OS.88I EAI 172 John Löfblad General Secretary 2000'020 --. 000'00%.772 Geneva, 26th February, 0992-pensionable age. Office charges. telephone, tele the( kutarted 25%. Particu 1988 to this ite Fodat Various 338he 29060310m bms abno8. ugh expenditure on ex chargbao8xceeded 80) 428p6poM almost ld therefore be in tebno@ turi] Conferences, dumb st starv pAndsnotpen.I the Executive Cosmicted weezing. AT.18 AT. II8 TBA 1442 annual result femqpq9anotosoubaf not abpbbon.Snd temporary circumstances, and WIT be followed by a deficit in the balance sheet for 1988 areasqee babibosteensfebmutheesylar's budget proposal. S3.18I TE'S.172 ( 239226) bnu[ 699].E The Committee of Auditors noted with satisfaction the good balance shen 1092en shared othnaton are one tensa bHThis employees pht YES YOR dotes 9Tub Mavis had put in for side of beberay bashed owibbo zbit tub add result. Sa EEA ATE 12 to, tened add yd say zuten se 93.91 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 26th February, 1988 sm muz 94T The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, President and auditor, Switzerland, and Horst Morich, member, FRG, examined the accounts 1987 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st December, 1987 and discussed the draft budget 1988 on 26th February, 1988. Brother Odd Isaksen could unfortunately not attend the meeting owing to collective bargainings in his country. the two Confe All documents required for examination were made available. one, telegram and telex I. Financial Means Available ed. 9933 mm03 evijub9x] Last yeen to p9930T of The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present tep bank assets. The last booking entry was on 31st December, 1987.1 ow rea1. Daily cash on hand this exceed apniteem Liquidities on 26th February, 1988 Bank charges Str 91003 Ow not 8861 proposed. ens Sfr 00'04'432.55 Daily cash on hand trade union education programmestno od 0 The sum remains unchang bns mfon Liquidities on 26th February, 198819 to 22Sfr. 2'610.95 OffisomeA 9182. Bank assets 2( 39 2997 2106902 bm6 219 Last year ST .50 have have been spent under this AI add to fbot) COBB26001 a budget The following figures were ascertained with the aid of bookkeeping cards as of 31st December, 1987 and compared with 090 To cover statements of accounts. They concur. .159y atrij baz 21 q: 916 Books BCC, Geneva; current account BCC, Geneva; current account( education program) Sfr.2 853'898.18 To cover BCC, Geneva; investment account BCC, Geneva; savings account( education progr.) Sfr.ob41635.15 Machines Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara( converted) 000 0'2.72 23200 92903 190 OT 000 Sfr. 1'131'578.24 Sfr. 1'662'074.05 BCC, Geneva; education account Denmark Sfr. Sfr. 4'160.80 143'138.20 Upon request of the p mach Janu 3. Bonds and mortgages Mortgages( Geneva, rue Necker 15/17) the ter 1987 hav Bonds buy II. Funds Insur1. Regional Activities Fund Sfr. 442'107.50 Last Sfr. 3'608.85 have spen compared to Str. 2. Trade Union Education Programmes Sfr. 4'500 ed amount of Sfr.1' 487 311.74 Sfr. 950'000.-Sfr. 300'000.-costs Office These funds are recorded separately. To co3. General Fund( assets) Sfr.2'637'161.52 Account The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out The sum its duties and which has increased as compared to the previous year by the benefit of Sfr. 374'433.62. re 92 III. Receipts and Vouchers djtw 2159716 onim smoz beton 2103rbuA to 9933mm 90.2011: пом Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Exper Secretary and his secretary, Jeannette Angst, gave explanations Simms requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and vouchers. odz 10350 03 bs I The book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. The are Pub relevant and informative at any time and do correspond to the requirements of a book- keeping controllable at any time. Balance sheet 1987 IV. 5q 170 2 19030.9m02 00 ed Deled The Committee of Auditors examined the 1987 balance sheet which De extends up to 31st December, 1987, discussed it with the General -Re Secretary and noted the results with satisfaction. 00 Trans The balance sheet 1987 shows a benefit of Sfr. 374'433.62 against 000 a budgeted benefit of Sfr. 136'000.--. The final accounts are Staff therefore more favourable by the amount of Sfr. 238'433.62. On the t of Sfr. 238'433.62. On the - Salincome side, income exceeded the amounts budgeted by some Sfr. s A 94'000.--, i.e. Sfr. 61'000.-- from affiliation fees and Sfr. -0th 33'000.-- from interest. - Pensions 67.231.20 19'651.60 : 229 107 2000 Mis But this year substantial reductions in expenditure on the 53 _ following items of the accoutns also contributed to the gratifying Offic balance sheet: - Postages - Tel Sfr. 18'000.-Bank charges - Of Sfr. 79'000.-19dmeM - Books documents ews 131343.45 Delegations and representations 70'000 2'000 979 Staff expenditures( salaries, allocations to the pension fund, other social allocations and Machines and furn nd furniture pensions), although here it should at the same Insurances time be pointed out that only about 30% of the Office rent, light, heati General Secretary's salary is paid by the cleaning - Accounting - Miscellaneous Conferences ConSfr. 23'500.-Executive Commi - Environment Co Technology Conference - Other conferences Depre Sfr. 42'000.-Loss Subt IFBWW, as the remaining 70% has been reimbursed in the form of contributions from the various pension institutions since he reached the pensionable age. 000 Office charges, although expenditure on telephone, telegram and telex charges exceeded the budgeted amount by Sfr. 14'771.-- or almost 25%. Particular attention should therefore be paid to this item of expenditure in the future.00 Conferences, due to lower expenditure on the Executive Committee meeting. The positive annual result is due to a number of exceptional and Trade temporary circumstances, and will be followed by a deficit in the balance sheet for 1988 already, as may be seen from this year's Sal Off budget proposal. - Tra Bank Rep The Committee of Auditors noted with satisfaction the good balance sheet. The Committee thanked the General Secretary and all his Tr employees for the very dedicated and successful work they had put Educ in for the IFBWW, thereby contributing greatly to this fine result. AQ 93 Repo BU The acco When discussing the verification of dues payments and affiliation statistics, the Committee of Auditors noted some minor arrears with dues payments and requested the Secretariat to pay full attention to this point in the future. Furthermore, the Committee took the view that as of 1988 advance payments under the education programme should be settled more quickly and that no delays should be allowed to occur, as had been the case during the year under consideration. e during the year under considerat In adidtion, the Committee of Auditors was informed by the General Secretary about the IFBWW's trade union work and it also considered some other administrative problems, particularly the termination of the lease agreement for the IFBWW's office premises in Geneva which would take effect on 31 December 1989. fect on 31 Dece buA to 99: 03. T In conclusion, it may be noted once again that all documents and papers were readily made available and that no further objections needed to be raised.booking entr 16 172 to 1htened s zworlz[ 8QI Jerz 90061d 9dT HT--. 000'aƐ1.12 to Jitened betepbud 6 Geneva, 26 February 1988 uos add yd sfds WOVE? STOM 91079193 besoxe emoɔnt biz smo 12.9..--. 000'e 112 bns 2997 noitstiftts mont--. 000'ia For the correctness: trade union educates sgni mone--. 000'E aqxs habenorgoubes[ 63632du2 169 dinino 0215 entus Horst Morich Member en Armin Frei of bejudino 25 President The kee $ 2.55 entwolfot onsisd 63929b5209ftspade0with the.000'8 32. 31st December er, 1987 and com 27632 bas emotsɔoffs Isto02 19dte bou? motanq Is( znotensq --. 000'er 192 Sfr. 1'131 578.24 ent to ROE, bodoval nou dedit up bedofood: si program) Sfr.853'898.18 C& d bisevat podsamelsde 1619090 62 beayudmi960 ud ed sondat emot .eps sidenotangq Sfr. 1'552'074.05 Sr. Sfr. 4'635.15 4'160.80 ร Bonds and mortgages no fbqxs dpuotis.2901 901910 b9b99ɔxapado xefst bns ms09f9t snorgelet J2om[ 6 Aandydauons betopbud 9rld ed exoteret bluore notjm6 1609. 1.bruju est nt squibnsqxs to meth at od bisq to 1. no nophut broqxby tree peub, asone sto gnijem 9933mm evtubex er Sfr. 143 138.20 --. 002 ES 12 Sfr. 950'000.Sfr. 300 000 --, 000' Sam.50 bris. Tik Taadum aub et fuze Tsunnsviteng eg.74 end of tholteb s yd bewolTot ed Iftw bas 29032m bass 8801 101 199de sonsfsd .1620qonq tepbud Sfr.2'637 161.52 3. General Fund( assets) sonsfsd boop add not 06121362 rijtw beton aroлibuA to settimmo3 9NT 29er beinarea impertenz Juq barier alnow lufte aecqua, bread baby vev and pot agpyofqms Juze snels are turnar den 19 se previous year by the benefit of Sfr. 374 433.62 not nt 94 IFBWW Consolidated Balance as per 31st December, 1988 ASSETS 28.222'08's 0.21 888 Expenditure Cas Fr. as.ete rar Statutory regional activities at 540'600.-Extraordinary regional activities 50'000.-Banks a Publications and documentations 81 Fr. Budget Fr. Fr. sibnI- 50'000 575'000 480 525'000 695590'600.00 ทหาร ul syne 19dmiT syns 568 150'000 29nobnI staysfsM 190 172.35 85'000 235'000 12'195.[ du908B2 618nortontano stavsTsM 220'000 563/ 9787- of · Publications, ordinary at 149'746.-- Conference publications and I progra.account documents for Ex.Committee as 40'426.35 BCC, Geneva; education@ cose ht Denmark Delegations and representations Delegations Projects disente 184'633.75 of Representations 2A. TEE 2 16'898.-- 201'531.75 20.58'A 2001 615091 --. 8ƐA'TI B Debitors Translations, ordinary Debitors Trade Staff expenditures Salaries Ega 089 te Progr ramme 5840 PFA -.108'a 444'556.10 - Allocations pension fund's 32'019.35 Other social allocations PES 67'231.20 201 531.75 30'000 250'000 8'094.20 9'263 17: 795 nof 19mA nits- 62 25'000 swd6dmi 96749pt# 1- 410'0000 stbnI 40'000 0002 60'000 opoT Pensions Miscellaneous 08.18 a 19'651.60 25'000 02 De DoY12.4% 1'290.-564'748.25 Machines ago. Fedor OP.EA 2'000 537'000 sbns Office charges - Postages Aze's 13'343.45 30'000 - Telephone, telegrams, telex 61'542.45 151 285.70'000 - Bank charges 2'277.30 72/ 172.2'000 231457.75 F Office material, print.matters 13'818.15 15'000 - Books, documents, news papers 77 2'707.85 3'000 - Conferences - - - - Other conferences 000 De Depreciation - Machines and furniture Insurances Office rent, light, heating, cleaning - Accounting - Miscellaneous Congress IAM SSA'S SSA'S 08.08E'250'000.-Executive Committee Environment Conference Technology Conferences.88445'336.30 8'990.80 20'000 Judhato 4'301.10 4'500 900103 02.223'1 820 8389'678.50 95'000 A droM- 13'350.-dju02- 11'000 --. VII'I 1'884.85 211'894.45 3'500 254'000 02.es/2 58.800 841 sizA 250'000 119'446.60 180'000 247'125.75 232979JI 150'000 --. 025 TA --28 21150'000 68 8'507.10 1'070'415.75 od no 23 -- 730'000 2919JAL Loss of change Subtotal 0.SOI POS Trade Union Education Programme == Salaries and social costs - Office charges 450.-1'648.90 -- 2'098.90 2'839'555.65 5'000 5'000 2'611'000 Tajo du 183'136.80 25'010.50 - Travel and per diem - Bank charges - Representation TET · - Translationes re AIQ'E - Education miscellaneous ae 110'595.- notubз not b monotoub3 sbbyT [ 673ng 93UT 23q1999= 261.30 93UT 7'417.- 1880 atosto 23nu- 11'657.-98.-338 175.60 2'839'555.65 95 Report 880119d990121 Fr. 26. Fr. sbpen WWRI rears with 338'175.60 2'839'555.65 tention - India 167'979.25 - Philippines 2 003 135'508.30 Brazil 000 02 000: 02 100 000 109'058.20 Kenya Quarry 6'664.65 - Kenya Timber Indonesia Malaysia - Malaysia Timber 18'917.85 62 151.1000200116 179.95 mob bos 200ft/ dug 25'965.55 - Malaysia Publics Malaysia Construction 1'920.30 Ghana 000 Uganda - - - Africa- Project preparations Asia- Project preparations Latin America- Project preparations Pakistan Zimbabwe Nigeria India Documentation - South Africa A - Togo - Yol- Is Turkey 08.18' 28.8488 --.0@S'I 119.55 ca 8 59'192.50 888 01 5'337.45 92999 bms 2noidsgef 20060990- 4'387.05 17'438.-ntbro znotsfansT 19'930.60 41'048.80 01: 382' 5'801.-291uttbn9qx9 77612 astys s2- 6'531.80 34.51 43.40 28.010 SE 25 173.95 ut notan9q 2000 TA OS.IES 23'674.69 600ff6[ sto02 19010 znotan99 200906[[ 932iM- 1'075'234.05 000'05 000'S 000121 Receipts 000'E Contributions Europe - North America South America 28. TOT'S 08.02018 2A.EAE EI A. SA ra 08.TTS'S 21.818 CI 3'914'789.7029053209 290763 95i770 nodqsIsT 2901605068 21933 Fr. 9. feta Budget Fr. Fr. snutimut bas entdosM 01.108 2931621 1'951 344.09 363'058.80 02.85 98 prinsefo 1'595.50 --. 02€ CI Central America 1'117.-00 28'IIS 28.088 1 20098902+ M - Africa 5'329.50 - Asia 148'606.87 - Australia 000 081 Interests - Bank interests --. 000 11'389.60 2'482'441.36 2'415'000 03.80 990 mm0 evru9x3 DE.aɛc' 29'788.25 9099703 vendos Interests on bonds 00 - Interests on mortgage 47'750.-15'375.---. 02A Miscellaneous Q2.880'S 08.8A I Deficit Subtotal 28.222 288'S 92'913.25 90'000 99.-on to 220264'102.04 106'000 2'839'555.65 2'611'000 Trade Union Education Programme - Receipts TUEP central - TUEP accounts projects 1988/ LO де 08.081 81 02.010'29 23200[ 6302 bms 290160 931770 770- 202'off TT- 338'175.60 .TIA T Taa II .89 737'058.45 2919 3'914'789.70 261T jsoub3 X68 \ T BEE 96 BALANCE per 31st December, 19881st December ASSETS CashExpenditure Cash trade union education programme Stat Banks - BCC, Geneva; current account - BCC, Geneva; investment account - Accounts Fr. 1988 231TI Fr.AIJ 39'885.60 480.65 40'366.25 540 600.rbex 2101b913 OOT\ 0]= этаи- BCC, Geneva; trade union ed.progra.account · Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara - BCC, Geneva; education account Denmark 2A Cash and Bank: Projects TUEP abroad 25.81 De Debitors ions 841'368.51 1'378'658.60 794 771.17 69019UM- 2'560.50 12 195.80 3'029'554.58 90 191 T 00 795'379.87 - Debitors IFBWW - Debitors Trade Union Education Programme Loan IFBWW staff/ Redemption PF Staff exper opa Bonds Salar --. 000'02 ausser os Mortages her so 08.208 520 Pensions Machines and Furniture 8619 67'419.96 грэя 107 дли 9'263.25 -- 17 795.- 190 2694'478.21 лог VYOJUJ632 4 93UT 03 1'400'000.-444 556.10 43UT 321019.35 2009/6 Tons 67 20 49: 651.60 1'290 60 000 000 300'000.-Deferred charges ese SII - IFBWW stages TS.812 201 TUEP 13: 343 151'285.05 Tex 61 72'172.70 21909 21.-soft7A staA 223'457.75 Total Essas OI 2/27 CAD/ 2ɛprinted matters Bo boks, docum rs ews papers 13 818.15 15:00 5'883'237.66 20090 21707.85 Machines and furn 8.990.8 InsurancOA, CAE'ess 4'3 WW831- OS.00s st.1908.028 109 - Move of Accounting - MiscellanAg8A'118 oe. Iga aеe 02.SPO A81 Conferences Congress Executivearantees 84.e20@tbes coporsor pas aa.TES 88ation * ESS 67 change 119 446. ing smm 13'350 20.000 U sbsxT 12,000 29/19899 200929109000 ( attened[ st502) bnu Jnsbivor Ben 7001969.15 250 000( 10) 200097517900000 $ 800 450. 1'648.90 2'000 2'000 9455 21839 Income Contributions 4821441.36 21 Interests 92 913.25 Miscellaneous Deficit 2641102.04 21839 82 97 F888119dma590 21 199 MAJA ReLIABILITIES India Creditors. - 03.288'2 30.08A Creditors IFBWW 3381) 2 Fr. Fr.22A 167 of soubs no 20 15'085.67 d263 1 263 2> n68 - Creditors Trade Union Education Programme 65 - LO/ TCO) 12.88 148 - NBTF 08.82a 8T'I Murer Denmark LO Norway 02.082'S 8-- DANIDA 1108.20I'SI 1891'285'262.-- svens0.338- dan6'707.50 69090008- 38'980.246I dat huT Jnuo3o6.61ponq.be 208'394.-- sv9n90.308 svens@- - Snedker- og Tomrer Denmark Daeject preparations. IFBWW Solidarity Fund Education Latin America oject prepa Fund for Regional Activities Balance as per 1.1.88 + Statutory allocation + Allocation to TUEP + Miscellaneous -Yo 000! 00Enkey Ghana Payments for 251969 X1600@hu 81'724.85: sv9n90.308 119.55 12'446.45 12'446.45 1'648'600.71 bass das 45 41387.05 11'148.25 210tide0 WW871 210ided- ub] noinU sbs1T 2103d90- # 99442'107.50 WW81 0- 5 801-540'600.-25 173.95 50'000.-no 2bd08 23 574.69 20'192.-231574 6.53 1'052'899.50 34.51 43.4 126'261.11 290530M bes 29nidosM - Africa - Latin America Asia 20.28S'II 112'929.-19790 105'518.27 WW871- Regional Conference Africa Grants Miscellaneous Deferred receipts 79'184.20 93UT:- Budget 10'262.25 35'047.55 583'697.12 11951: 344 - IFBWW 229'349.40 363 - Trade Union Education Programme 41'850.80 271'200.20 11595.501: 117.-Reserves 15: 329 - Congress 811'489.40 148 606 - Provident Fund( Social benefits) 184'042.50 995'531.90 11'389 General Funds( Fortune) Balance per 1.1.88 ./. Deficit 2'637'161.52 29'788 on 47'750 Int 151375. Miscellaneous 264'102.04 2'373'059.48 92 913. 5'883'237.66 99. Deficit Subtotal 264'102.04 106'000 21839 555.65 2'611'000 Trade Union Education Programme - Receipts TUEP central - TUEP accounts projects 1988/ LO 338'175.60 737 058.45 3'914'789.70 Te 9698 se As BUDGET 1st January, 1989- 1989- 31st December, 1989 apbu8 or no enemm the Executive Committee. Ther ore Sfr. 85 re proposed to cover thros gedimmed, drtw notzzupałb puon Accounts often msx9 TU1916 1919A 1767b adj no 23nbmmoo parwolfot en 1988 of blu Budget obuA Del Expenditure Representations Fr.ud Str. 240 Fr. DeleStatutory regional activities Extraordinary regional activities Last yeons bins 104,000* 082'S th Publications and documentations Publications ordinary Repr- Conference publications and Last Fr. Tu 540 600.-- 537'500 93m29 50'000.-- 00 50'000.0587'500 A TanotpaЯ vo ±± 62 85'000 245'000 36, be 000108 149'746.-- Inpuo 36 232919 160'000 documents for Executive Committee 40'426.35 32 A Год 107 9b726 392 220'000 plaveb ed br20'00069 240'000 this Delegations and representations add กบ - Delegations mueb6 of 900532122 184'633.75 Ordi- Representations vier 16'898.-2992bb216'898.-29303632 add to Slott A nt b936fugt ± 2 15'000 To Translations, ordinary 15'000.-- are 8'094.20 not spoils 6,219dmam 000'021's mont 2997 nott6 Thats betɔ9qxs no b9258 Staf Staff expenditure 557'000.-- Salaries Sala Allocations for pension fund Other social allocations Laer- Pensions - Miscellaneous A secretary has mome Office charges norm- Postages ens s 9bam need 2--. 002 TE 12 to 444'556.10 430'000 Y32'019.35 2 40'000 A[ notЯ 60'000 gab 19'651.6025'000 190 1 557'000 67'231.20 -.000'02.172 to nort1'290.-- 6 29m 2'000 year 130/000 abs at 13'343.45 0 -169X ed to cover 930'00019V03 OT - Telephone, telegrams, telex 61'542.450 70'000 not600Ils Allo Bank chargession fund- sfr. 401002'277.30 - 15'000 2'000oqonq nisps brut - Office material, printed matters 13'818.15 Last Books, documents and news papers 21707.853'000 of S- Machines and furniture the Insurances - the re pro 8'990.80 4'301.10 inth 40'000 5'000 Rent, light, heating, cleaning 2 89'678.50 smubo120'000 mottsolduq Other Move of the Secretariat - 60/000 Accounting.000'001 172-13113'350.-Last- Miscellaneous 1,20 have been spent 1'884.85 of Strands[ duq yenibo 107 159$ 25! n9q2 Conferences To co- Congress 20'000 210 12'000uq b 2'000 319'000 172 --: 000'021 .000 0.772 to jauoms betepbud s oj bud s of bermo 250'000.-- 250'000 -- are 925 Executive Committee 2.000'001119'446.60160 000 160'000 169 21dT Pens- Other conferences 700'969.15 200'000 610'000 The Depreciation x3 sd 107 anamuo450.-- anostid-- 9000 Loss of change Miscellaneous Sfr. 21000 000:-- 1'648.90 2'000000282'000 Benefit betebuds Janisps nege_need_aved-- 8.04.2694'500 3stnadanydcbentsfqxs ed 2'839'555.65 T--. 002'670'000 svituo9x3 sd not ajnemu ob The sum Offstdocbargabre ts36d19b080166391592 WW871 add n ever Income fans old 93290000 to 1200 Posta- Contributions bas- mon3 2'482'441.36 - Interests 13 92'913.25 29 99.-264'102.04 2'839'555.65 Last- Miscellaneous 3.45 have been spent of St- Deficit 001 this year moure 11 ebsm 99.99 9b6m mm03 d no wały died s od vl 2'580'000 po 90'000 -- -- 2'670'000 101 99 Friedrich * EbertBonn Bumins Bibliothek * Comments on the Budget 1.1.1989- 31.12.1989 2801 31.12.1989 28e! visunst taI T39QU@ After careful examination and thorough discussion with the Committee of Auditors I would like to make the following comments on the draft budget: -- งาม ibnegx bn9qx3 12 I estimate that we shall receive full fees for 2'150'000 members ( Sfr. 120. per 100 members and year). The total income from statutory fees is thus estimated at approximately Sfr. 2'580'000.-- and from interests at roughly Sfr. 90'000.-- or altogether Sfr. 2'670'000.--. 000.001 anoldsoliduq pontestn 23 กรก บ 20p Statutory Regional Activities 000 28 bas 200 mo3 svijups According to the Statutes Sfr. 25.-- per 100 members and year will be 71 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. 000 Based on expected affiliation fees from 2' 150'000 members, an allocation of Sfr. 537'500.-- has been made. Regional Activities extraordinary 00008 - ventbro enote bnut notangq 31bneqx9 17632 29116162 2001d600[[ A In order to have enough funds at disposal for the administration of the education programmes, an allocation of Sfr. 50'000.-- was made last year. 931110 tin America To cover a possible deficit in this administration, an extraordinary allocation of Sfr. 50'000.-- into the fund for regional activities is again proposed. 08.TTS'S 21.818'81 219336M The sum will be transferred from the general fund( fortune) to this fund. 08.000 8 01.108' 000 Publications and Documentations 000'05 Ordinary publications 000'S Ans8 88306 12. 9u3imu? b06 29midosM BM - Sfr. 245'000.-astianl pt.099260.20 36116391392 93 to evoM- IFBWW Bulletin- Sfr. 160'000.-- pnrnoA- 1:20 811 200ans[ 19021M- 29pf ตา nee 2291000 Sfr. 149'746.-- have been spent last year for ordinary publications 1:90 compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 150'000.--. под This year, an allocation of Sfr. 160'000.-- is proposed to cover these costs. tion eae oor 059.48 Conference publications and documents for the Executive Comittee- 4387.66 Sfr. 85'000.-эробно тога Last year Sfr. 40'426.35 have been spent against a budgeted amount of Sfr. 85'000.--. This difference can be explained by the fact that practically all translations of the documents for the Executive Committee were made in the IFBWW Secretariat and that in order to obtain a better view on the costs of the Conferences, the big translations have been directly booked under the IFBWW Environment and the IFBWW n Technology Conference under the I se --.ee 40.SOI Pas 232919JI 2009061902+ M- Stoti90- ee 100 98 As we are in a Congress year we have to count with more translations for the Executive Committee. Therefore Sfr. 85'000.-- are proposed to cover this year's costs. Sfr. 3: 500 - Delegations and Representations Sfr. 240'000.--. Spa 13.12 159 J26J T606/ 06 SP00000_eja 19/03 OT 05 OT.--. 000 0.772 to bezogong Delegations Sfr. 220'000.-Conferences STP 610 Last year Sfr. 184'633.75 have been spent under this heading. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 220'000.-- are proposed. - Sfr. 20'000.-bepastor antsmet muz T Representations Ordinary Congres of the IFBWW. STY 250 000-0000421933m badning bms st197m 901770 Last year Sfr. 16'898.-- have been spent under this heading. To cover this year's expenditure Sfr. 20'000.-- are proposed.18161 21 169$ 261 to, nuoms betegbud s he meeting the Ordinary Translations- Sfr. 15'000.-Executive Cobazoqqonlags 964-4000: 82 To cover these costs, Sfr. 15'000.-- are proposed. --. 000'E 192 219060 zw9n bns 2309mub, 2008 Staff expenditure- Sfr. 557'000.-of this year! year's meetings. .b920gong 27 000'E 2 12 to duoms 06 23203 929/ 190ɔ OT Salaries Sfr. 430'000.-- 000'0% 172 91 bn6 29nidosM Last year Sfr. 444'556.10 have been spent under this heading. Geneva Bey HT A secretary has left the IFBWW during the year 1988 and will for the cob moment not be replaced. Therefore, Sfr. 430'000.-- are proposed to cover normal salary increases. tripuod ad of eved ɣints190 Allocations for pension fund- Sfr. 40'000.-- sed this year. bazoong 10903 916-.000 0.12 a3200 9 92903 190 OT Last year Sfr. 32'019.35 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 40'000.--. Sfr. 40'000.-- are proposed again this year to cover the pension fund for the IFBWW staff. fit of Sfr. 94 to nuoms bedspbud s od bensqm aq need sved 01.10E'.172 169 326J # Other social allocations- Sfr. 60'000.-- at 19/03 OT.--. 0081.972 WW8RI 93 to 2951770 wan end of betqsbs ed od Last year Sfr. 67'231.20 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 60'000.--. 000 OSI bas 90 nt ad 70 To cover these costs Sfr. 60'000.-- are again proposed this year. 169 Jedptd 6 ysq 03.9 9v5d Pensions Sfr. 25'000.-- b9200010 long 915--. 000 OSI 972 23200 92903 190 The sum remains unchanged. Miscellaneous- Sfr. 2'000.-2003 000 0S 192- J616391592 9d to evoM bagong 915--. 000'0S 192 23200 9293 havoo of The sum remains unchanged. Office charges- Frs. 319'000.---. 000 SA 12- pnl งด อา ค beprisro madaye pntinuoɔɔs WW8RI 9rld s dost od of 940 3 Postages Sfr. 30'000.-- d--. 028: 01 192.169y desf( notes 000'II VYT TO TOIE - Last year Sfr. 13'343.45 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 30'000.--. As this year more documents will have to be sent out Sor 101 for the Congress, the sum of Sfr. 30'000.-- is again proposed. 916 9w 2A 19/ 0ɔ of b92000 916--. 000'28 172 91079 000 28 12 9107919NT.993mmo svitusx] Telephone, telegram and telex- Sfr. 70'000.-- on with tatedmaths aft Take the TOT Towing comments on the draft Last year Sfr. 61'542.45 have been spent compared to a budgeted amounts of Sfr. 70'000.--. To cover this year's costs, Sfr. 70'000.-- are again proposed. eas for 0005 memb Bank charges Sfr. 2'000.-- 11 The sum remains unchanged. Statu Activities sp9190 income from statutory 20.008481 am 26 00 lossiena fibrisqx000xsex zidj --. 000'0S.172 200+ 36309291 Office material and printed matters- Sfr. 15'000.-Last year Sfr. 13'818.15 have been spent under this heading compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 15'000.--. stance to trade unions who for circumstances 134,000 mtb10 To cover this year's cost Sfr. 15'000.-- are again proposed. b92000 916--. 000'21 1223200 290 190 OT Books, documents and news papers Sfr. 3'000.-location --. 000 12272 903bnsqxs 17632 To cover these costs an amount of Sfr. 3'000.-- is proposed. Regional A raordinary Machines and furniture- Sfr. 40'000.-.000'0P 72 29716/62 ratambaythes.J This year, the IFBWW has to buy a bigger photocopier as more and more documents are directly produced at the IFBWW and not longer at the 092 A printers'. Another word processor has also to be bought for the IFBWW om staff. Due to the move of the offices, some new office furniture will on certainly have to be bought. into onal activities is --. 000 0.792 bnut notansq 107 200600TTA To cover these costs Sfr. 40'000.-- are therefore proposed. AL 588).12thday 126 Insurances- Sfr. 5'000.-- 92 98--. 000'0P 172.--. 000'04.172 to 776J2 WW8RI add not but notansq d Last year Sfr. 4'301.10 have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 4'500.--. To cover this year's costs Sfr. 5'000.-- are proposed as the insurance will have to be adapted to the new offices of the IFBWW. Jnuoms betepbud bud 6 03 OS.IES TO.72 169 26 Office rent, light, heating and cleaning- Sfr. 120'000.-- 1000100ns112 to 9V 000 Near the end of the year the IFBWW will move to its new offices and will consequently have to pay a higher rent. dosed to cover these --. 000's 72- anotan99 To cover these costs Sfr. 120'000.-- are proposed. Conferen ence publications and document for the Exbephsonantsme- muz, 917 Move of the Secretariat- Sfr. 20'000.---. 000'S 772- 200906[[ 9327M To cover these costs Sfr. 20'000.-- are proposed. budgeted amount of This differenc Accounting- Sfr. 12'000.-Secre ained bapnishona enim mu2 9dT for the Executive Lat0001 erat 2 erdeprdo 170 Due to the fact that the IFBWW accounting system changed nslations have ( computerization) last year, Sfr. 13'350.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 11'000.--. Jouoms betegbud s of b916qmo Jaq need sysd 20.CPE EI.772 769 26 To cover this year's costs Sfr. 12'000.-- are proposed.-. 000'06.12 to ror 10102 Miscellaneous - Sfr. 2'000.-d265 bas pri999x- Xood pm To protibuA to 99immo 9d3 to 1009 to sd 17bus add no 219owbook bns phibli08 Last year Sfr. 1'290.-- have been spent compared to a budgeted amount of Sfr. 3'500.--. This year Sfr. 2'000.-- are proposed. 621 bb0.bms tw? yotibus bos dt bas 880 36 ett benimaxe yasm190 to 5flduqs8 Toysbe, 19dmsm Conferences- Sfr. 610'000.-19d9b90 3218 990 1992 sonsfed WWI Jel no 8801 Jepbud Congress Sfr. 250'000.-- 956 919W C As previously we set aside a sum for the 18th Ordinary Congress of the IFBWW. Sfr. 250'000.-- are proposed. Executive Committee- Sfr. 160'000.-888 X9 not be fuper admob ffA 169M 1613 Istons vitsb gilt besvoo dibus 91T 126T sdT 239225 06 Last year Sfr. 119'446.60 have been spent for the meeting of the Executive Committee of the IFBWW and the meetings of the Industrial Committees. An amount of Sfr. 180'000.-- was budgeted. 08. eser Sfr. 160'000.-- are proposed to cover the costs of this year's meetings. mainly no 09 Other conferences- Sfr. 200'000.-20.01 To cover the costs of the IFBWW Conference on Interior Works in Geneva ( including interpreters and speakers' fees etc.) Sfr. 200'000.-- are proposed. 91 p -Яlood to bis 9d diw b9016319028 Snow 29 bs Depreciation( loss of change etc.)- Sfr. 2'000.-20 23 To cover these costs Sfr. 2'000.-- are proposed this year. 12.88 148 90.008 00: 6Vs90.008 : 6v9n90.008 Benefit- Sfr. 94'500.-- not 00.8201858 The addition thus leads us to a benefit of Sfr. 94'500.-08.201'SI 172 John Löfblad General Secretary --. 000'000.772 Geneva, 1st March, 1989 SI.Te Sfr 48.238' To y sfr 8A.020 ETC'S 772 9d3 90 239226 1891 9 Juo entyno No 200 40.801 439 472 yes 29050* 10m bns abno8.E pro re. 2bnu.II are is to be noted on the bou 2913tvtoA Isnotpe8.I tribution to regional activities ssp019 not sub3 noin sbs T.S sysq92 bab009 915 abmut 929AT The Environment and ces were bread) 48 expenditure 103 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 1st March, 1989 172 1697 326 00218 172 The Committee of Auditors consisting of Brothers Armin Frei, President and auditor, Switzerland, Odd Isaksen, member, Norway, and Horst Morich, member, Federal Republic of Germany, examined the accounts 1988 and the IFBWW balance sheet per 31st December, 1988 and discussed the draft no budget 1989 on 1st March, 1989. I. гготопод --. 000'02812-2291 All documents required for examination were made available. to 229 38. srl yot mua s sbtes 792 sw fauolven A Financial Means Available.bazoq 060-000'02 772.WW871 The audit covered the daily cash on hand, all receipts and present bank assets. The last booking entry was on 31st December, 1988. ed to prijsem odd not 3m9q2 099d ever. 00.00 269 2 II 72 J26J 1. Daily cash on handm bhs- WW871 and .b9j9pbud 25W--. 000'081 72 to invoms A.25 29913 mmo Liquidities on 1st March, 1989 3'000.-Sfr. 34'457.60 2169y af to 23200 9d 1905 of 692000 96--. 000'0ǝf 000'000 72 Daily cash on hand trade union education programme -.000'00S apnf399m 2 169Y Liquidities on 1st March, 1989 6V9A90 nt 2010w Yor19 2. Bank assets 295091970 79/0 Sfr. 00 WW871 94 to 2:$ 205 the IFBW 410.95 OT ont) bezoqonq The following figures were ascertained with the aid of bookkeeping cards as of 31st December, 1988 and compared with statements of accounts. They concur. 69y 2idt b920 91--. 000'S 00'S 172 20205 92903 190 OT BCC, Geneva% 3B current account are therefore re prop Sfr. 841'368.51 BCC, Geneva; current account( education program) Sfr. 12-794'771.17 BCC, Geneva; B investment account Turkish Ziraat Bank, Ankara( converted) BCC, Geneva; education account Denmark cover thi Sfr. 1'378'658.60 Sfr.no Sfr.no 2'560.50 Sfr.ted 12'195.80 are proposed as abse absol ' s: cost to a 000. Sfr. 3. Bonds and mortgages to the new Bonds fight eating and 120 Mortgages( Geneva, rue Necker 15/17) ve to its ne II. Funds the IFBWM. baldtoj ndo Sfr. 1'400'000.-Sfr. 300'000.-1. Regional Activities Fund.-- are proposed. the Se Secretariat Sfr 20'000 2. Trade Union Education Programme To cover these costs Sfr. 20'000.-- are These funds are recorded separately. unting- Sfr. 12'000 Acco 3. General Fund( assets) Due to the fa that the IFBW ( comp Sfr. 583'697.12 Sfr. 1'675'365.84 Sfr. 2'373'059.48 tem changed The General Fund is referred to as the real assets of the a budge IFBWW, available without restrictions for carrying out its duties and which has been reduced as compared to the To cove previous year by the deficit of Sfr. 264'102.04. cor 1042 III. Receipts and Vouchers 93 36 beton ed Jaum 11.6mmuz nl Tsofadost ows srid to pripada 9 od vispis! sub at tuoɔɔs 06 Receipts and vouchers were examined by random sampling. The General Secretary and his secretary, Jeannette Angst, gave explanations qida requested by the Committee of Auditors to several receipts and yonim svouchers.teb ntops 250 210JtbuA to 9933 immo 9d od 201213632 qu q99x of 366391592 943 2329up9 bm6 29ub to Jnamysq nt avsfeb no bThe book- keeping and accounts are clear and orderly. The are relevant and informative at any time and do correspond tom the requirements of a book- keeping controllable at any time. add vid bemo 2 210 10 9933 mm JA Balance sheet 1988 ow nofnu sbb a WW871 sdt Juods 16391592 to 9933 mm03 9rTamsdong imbs vedto smoz dijtw 1192ti 19 bat The 1988 annual accounts, which were closed on 31st December, 1988, to as were verified by the Committee of Auditors, discussed with the General Secretary and duly noted. fistab A 28e1 I 19dmejq92 entmos add not 2991 mortstlits at 9269mont ns to notesup erit no The balance sheet 1988 shows a deficit of Sfr. 264'102.04 against 212sca budgeted deficit of Sfr. 106'000.--. The final accounts are even IV. 26W rom thus Sfr. 158'102.04 worse than expected. On the income side, Jen budgeted income was about Sfr. 70'000.-- better than expected, mainly due to higher income for affiliation fees. smuɔob[ Ts bepbol ed of bed jnisfqmoɔ on Jed bns 9933 mm Substantial deviations from the budget, giving rise to lower REP expenditure, occurred for the following items: STOD Sfr. 44'500.-Sfr. 48'500.-Sfr. 17'000.-19d9M Sfr. 42'000.-of rb9b bhs T072295502 V MMITTEES Conference publications and documents for Executive Committee. The publications produced for the Environment and Technology Conferences were debited directly to the account concerned. : 2290 091 0 100 9 103 Delegations and representations. Ordinary translations which to a large extent could be effected at the Geneva Secretariat and did not have to be given to out- of- house translators. Office charges. A large proportion is accounted for by postal charges and deferred purchases of machines and furniture. On the other hand, additional expenditure is to be noted on the following items: Sfr. 14'000.-Sfr. 38'000.-Sfr.340'000.-801 Statutory contribution to regional activities Staff expenditure Conferences. The Environment and Technology Conferences were budgeted very low with an expected expenditure of Sfr. 150'000.-- each. The additional expenditure of Sfr. 97'000.-on the Environment Conference in Stockholm and of Sfr. 295'000.-- on the Technology Conference in Miami/ USA should be compared with the reduced expenditure of Sfr. 60'500.-- for last year's Executive Committee meeting. 105 107 Report In summary, it must be noted that the negative annual statement of Build account is due largely to the staging of the two technical hens conferences. 200136061Qx9 9v6p bns y 592 The In its discussion of the audit of affiliation fees and membership and statistics, the Committee of Auditors has again detected some minor delays in payment of dues and requests the Secretariat to keep up its efforts to ensure that the correct amount of fees is paid on time, in order to ensure a sound financial budget. amemshup art 201 A11 do Furthermore, the Committee of Auditors was informed by the General Secretary about the IFBWW's trade union work and also concerned VI itself with some other administrative problems. The Committee of 8801 Auditors noted with satisfaction that it had been possible to find new, advantageously located rented premises near the airport as of September 1, 1989. A detailed discussion was also held on the question of an increase in affiliation fees for the coming intercongressional period 1990-1993, with attention focusing on the question of affiliation fees being fixed on an index- linked basis. 172 $ 2 92 In conclusion, it may once again be noted with satisfaction that all documents and papers were readily made available to the Committee, and that no complaint had to be lodged. 95 antview, tepbudged mort anot3siveb Fortstady? The Committee of Auditors thanks the General Secretary and all the employees for the very successful and dedicated work they have done for the IFBWW in a busy conference year. Geneva, 1st March, 1989 bong and 1950 bookFor the correctness: inst Armin Frei President 9200d- To3. Bonds Horst Morich Member even Jon bib bas 2016 SER 841-368.51 771.17 3781658.60 Odd Isaksen 00:50 Member .80 betnografs nordnoqong sp16f A.29pido 907770 2926bbe abs, gredo 20g/ d) 107 IT. Funds 28 udimut bns zendosim to 300'000. end no beton ed of at smutibnsqxe fsnotdibbs bnsd reddo e no 1. Regional Activities Fund 29 2sitivitos[ smoteen of mottudio vodu 32 2. Trade Union Education Programme 91037bneqxe 11632 These funds are recorded separately vpolondos bns namnativn3 9.29309stno 36 Schwalo Fury heterbud show 290099tno ross--. 000'021112 10 9uibnsqxs beoqx apni.12 --. 000'AI 172 5.000 875,355.84 --. 000'048.112 Sfr. 2'373 059.48 --. 006bTemba hutbegebbal assets of the bns mlb bar carrying out 5.000-2018 compared to the. 264 102.04. 326 107--. 002'00 112 to stutibnsqxs bejube 201 enijem 9931 immo3 eviju39x3 2'769 104106 REPORT FROM THE IFBWW WOOD AND FORESTRY COMMITTEE TO THE 18TH ORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE IFBWW Introduction One of the most important tasks of the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee sin its crec constitute ba congresses, backgrou problems of the possibilities and The present report under concentration trends structural changes and last few years in many construction of housing and extension work. Industry has incr WO wood industry has als draft reports which ther the debai subm the but also on ing ments the rapid iso, during the shift of the ternational union cooperation REPORTS OF THE IFBWW INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEES ing out. The cont exp de with In The Committee believ and Forestry Commit during the 1980's will the IFBWW ood the Co been deb iso dur during the oming congress period. The Committee had the followin review: At the Executive Comm were elected to the IFB Titular Bertil Jonsson, Sweden John Löfblad, General Sec Manuel Garnacho, Spain Arne Johansson, Sweden Bent Larsen, Denmark ing the period under 1986, the following members Forestry Committee: Substitutes Chalman Held Peltonen, Finland Jean Auboeuf, France Svein Morgenen, Norway Anton Solheim, Norway Hubert Wipplinger, Austria Horst Morich, Fed. Rep. of Germany Eddie Schelstraete, Belgium Max Zuberbüh Switzerland Ben Rubner, Great Britain Mich Buchs, Switzerland During this period Max Zuberbühler, titular member, retired. He was replaced by Michel Buchs. The substitutes Ben Rubner and Svein Morgenen retired too. They were replaced by Colin Christopher, Great Britain, and Torstein Lund, Norway, respectively. E. Goethals, Belgium, succeeded Eddie Schelstraete when he left his job with the Centrale Générale. 109 107 It must be noted that the reg the largely to the staging statement of technical ommittee of dues Further Secretary Com of the IFBMWs ship me minor up on by the General erned Committee of to find as of er 1, 1989. A de was al in af on fees for inte qu In concl Committee, and that no 1990 33, with on the being sis. may once be no with that all documents and and paper MMOJAяaи 009 employees for the very successful and de for the IFBWM in a busy I ference year. the lodged. Geneva, 1st Marc For the con thess: Armin Frei President Horst Mor Mem Odd Isaksen Member тог 106 R REPORT FROM THE IFBWW WOOD AND FORESTRY COMMITTEE TO THE 18TH ORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE IFBWW Introduction ECD coun now dreet A One of the most important tasks of the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee since its creation has been to draft reports which then constitute background documentation for the debates at IFBWW congresses. At the latest congresses reports were submitted on the problems of the wood industry and forestry but also on existing possibilities and potentials during the 1980's. The present report underlines the fast technical developments and the concentration trends in various sectors. These have resulted in rapid structural changes and strong employment fluctuations. Also, during the last few years in many countries, there has been a clear shift in the construction of housing from new construction work to repair, conversion and extension work. Therefore the need for flexibility in all sectors of the wood industry has increased rapidly. The internationalization of the wood industry has also reinforced the need for international trade union cooperation at company level. Inflation In forestry the main topics of discussion during the congress period were air pollution, damages to forests and the question of contractingout. The ruthless exploitation of forests was also dealt with in different contexts. to owt eze love The Committee believes that the factual issues that the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee and the Congress have been debating during the 1980's will remain major problems also during the coming congress period. erm The Committee had the following composition during the period under review: oslo evor atoptribo auounitno ote ОGIИUeettimmo babe babbelo hoitohebe? begonnenwirbeniotriom At the Executive Committee meeting in 1986, the following members were elected to the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee: Ther e are, Titular te some as OV rall emp employme Will Substitutes vec MOJEVIDIMONOOR Bertil Jonsson, Sweden product Chairman Heikki Peltonen, Finland John Löfblad, General Secretary loved bap abrienes Manuel Garnacho, Spain Jean Auboeuf, France Arne Johansson, Swedend aor emerit boheq Svein Morgenlien, Norway Bent Larsen, Denmarklub al airT.aehtnu Anton Solheim, Norway Horst Morich, Fed. Rep. of Germany atremta Hubert Wipplinger, Austria Eddie Schelstraete, Belgium sepeioni ert Ben Rubner, Great Britain Max Zuberbühler, Switzerland broxe 180 Michel Buchs, Switzerland: xbota erit hefto antnom wet tail erit to noltgeoxe riliw ellom rou During this period Max Zuberbühler, titular member, retired. He was replaced by Michel Buchs. The substitutes Ben Rubner and Svein Morgenlien retired too. They were replaced by Colin Christopher, Great Britain, and Torstein Lund, Norway, respectively. E. Goethals, Belgium, succeeded Eddie Schelstraete when he left his job with the Centrale Générale. 109 IMMO YA 2 GOOW WWE SHT MORE TH Wwe ЭНТ ПО ГЛЯБИОЭ УЯЛИСЯО НІ81 ЗНІ ОТ The Committee's Activities during the Congress Period of noitoubortal As a rule the Committee has met once a year during the period under review. bro booW WWE erit to alapt tnphoqmi taom edit to eno nedt doinw shoqet ftpib ot need and noitpero ati eonie esttimmo At these meetings the main task was to discuss and prepare the IFBWW Environment Conference which took place in Stockholm on May 3-5, 1988, and the IFBWW Technology Conference which was held from November 29 to December 2, 1988, in Miami. Various Committee members took part in these conferences, either as lecturers or as participants in panel discussions.et tapt erit zenihebnu hoqet these er bigpi ni betluse ever ezerit motoge avohpv ni abnent noltoinen The ECE/ FAO/ ILO held a joint seminar in France on contract work in forestry on September 26 to 30, 1988. This question was discussed at great length at the ILO tripartite meeting for the wood industry and forestry in Geneva in 1985. The seminar could therefore be seen as a follow- up activity resulting from the mandate given to the ILO in 1985. Committee representatives took part in the seminar and a document stating the IFBWW view on the problems connected with contract work in forestry was prepared before the seminar. 2201 bohe neni onhub noleaubalb to spigot niom ent vitzenot n Representatives from the ILO and ECE Timber Committee have been taking part in the Committee meetings and have reported on the activities of these two organizations in the wood industry and in forestry. The Committee has also dealt with the consequences for the workers in the wood industry and in forestry of the completion of the EC internal market by 1993.nhub oalp ameldong room nome w dt gnhub boheq aaeignoo Representatives of the Committee have had contacts and talks with different international organizations, e. g. the ILO, the ECE Timber Committee, UNIDO etc. Continuous contacts have also been maintained with the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers( EFBWW) and the Nordic Building and Woodworkers' Federation.: settimmo brip boow wwel ert of betoele enew zetutitadu2 plutit THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE WOOD INDUSTRY brolni nenotie9bbleH nomipho nebew? nozanol lihe8 General Economic Trends and Development2 loene.boldtö nriol eonon tueoduA ripel nioq2, orlomp leunoM During the last congress period there has been constant economic growth in the OECD countries. This is due largely to increased investments. Industrial investments developed slowly and only a little in 1986 but have been on the increase since then. After the Louvre agreement in February 1987 exchange rate fluctuations have been much smaller, with exception of the first few months after the stock exchange crash. Also interest rates went down considerably after the crash. bad enduя ne8 zetu ua erT.arlou8 lerloiM yd beppige herigotehri niloƆ yd beɔpige eiew yerlT.oot berite nellregioM The overall production growth within the OECD area is estimated at 4% erit rifiw dol air fel en nedw etepitalerto? elbba bebescous, muigle8 elpiène slitne eor 110 3 for 1988, which is higher than in earlier forecasts. The improvement concerns all OECD countries and for Europe the GNP growth is now more than 3,5%, which is the highest figure for more than a decade. набере п trade on Industrial investments have increased very strongly within the OECD and a there has been a major increase in demand. Some countries which 2 have had a quick GNP growth are beginning to reach full capacity 8 and future increases in growth will have to be obtained by expanding abthe industry or by higher productivity. The GNP growth is estimated at 3% 8 to 3,5% in 1989 and is expected to go down slowly in 1990, to 2,5% or 3%. reased Riconoma pivities opsat in are consi on work. Voli 86 One important factor in the increase in economic activities has been ashigher productivity. In the mid- 80s the average productivity increase was 2,5% annually which was the highest figure since 1970. Higher 8 productivity made it possible to grant real wage increases. Also 86consumption and investments could be maintained without at the 8 same time causing more inflation. AS we gowever go mentioned above a Therefore there have only been marginal increases in the rate of 8 inflation. The average annual inflation rate is expected to be only 4%, which is insignificantly more than in 1987. These figures also take into EX consideration the fact that some countries have higher inflation( e g the USA and the United Kingdom). ФР po Sirth It is quite remarkable that the unemployment levels should remain so unacceptably high in the OECD countries in spite of the boom. It is true that unemployment dropped from a top figure of 9% in 1983 to less than 7,5% in the second half of 1988, but it is clear that in many countries there are more and more people who are excluded permanently from the labour market. The longer the period of unemployment, the more difficult it becomes to re- enter the labour market. ope erit bnd equ ebel ent to themqoleveb edit yd betonimob al mut eti ni eqo The table below illustrates the unemployment levels in a number of OECD countries. It is difficult to obtain reliable international forecasts concerning unemployment trends in agriculture and the wood industry. There are, however, many indications that these will follow the same patterns as the overall employment in the respective countries. In some countries, however, it is higher because of deep- going structural changes and faster productivity increases than in the industry as a whole. liw ti sapo yno ni.bno vla nwop apr. bhow erit to taem mius the 600,000 to 700.000 ohivio denowe dritavebne brothe aidt tnetxe fortw of al noltzeup tolg lovenog adT tort ateeppu ymonose beb Aateshom ionotometni Coren bat and bon grid let 16 hod ons ont sabem fortw St 111 discus93 oimono 12,0 Babe 11,3 erit ni 11,2 4 Unemployment in the OECD area 1985 to 1989( forecast). In percent of the total number of people employed: entru o ameonoo obough bedeid edtai doldwa& andbeer A rev 1985 1986 1989 bro 0030 erit niritiw vignonte viev bespetoni evor etnemizevni lohtaubal noa.ba7,1ea7,062 United States Japan 2,6 Fed. Rep. of Germany ad 8,3 France Great Britain Italy Belgium 910,2 10,2 yth 10,4 ahylwol 11,6 bogro11,7 1987 1988 10,3 5,5cbener 5,5 Book 2,8 2,8 lupo 2,5 keyor 2,5 AV 8,0worgal 7,9 7,87,8 10,5 do 10,3 ber10,5 axe10,3 28,17,8 11,0 11,3 8,5 11,3 tno 10,5 mi en 10,3 Netherlands buboeg142 eta13,2 edh12,6 Denmark Finland chup 9,0in ert 7,8 5,0 rby 7,8 5,2 5,1 fout12,5 del 12,5 8,5 9,3 4,8b14,8 Norway olations 2,5 2,0 mts2,0 3,0 3,8 Sweden 2A 2,2 1,9 1,8 item 1,8 Switzerland 0,8 0,7 0,7 and 0,8ocume 0,8 Austria abetonido 3,6 3,6 pro 3,1 3,8 3,8 3,5 Canada bataeaxaa 10,5 lani al doirlw OECD Total aking p argirbevorbe 8,3 Committee mob 11,2 ed bap A2Uredite 11,0 10,5 forest 10,3 tlup al fi otni expt oelo zenupit eseri EC tivities of the wo orga11,2 9,6 No 8,919vo er7,8noitplin 7,8 8,2 tot 17,9 erho7.3abene 7,3 oe nime bluorta alevel themyolamenu srt torit eld Source: OECD eritde oligai meny terial tort pelo al ti tud 8891 to tlori The world economy outside the eastern block is dominated by the " play" between the economies of the USA, Japan and Western Europe and the economic development in those countries. Western Europe in its turn is dominated by the development of the Federal Republic. The problems arise from the strong tensions which have built up during the 1980s, due both to the policy of deficit implemented by the Reagan administration and the ambitions of Japan and West Germany to achieve very high export surpluses which equals a savings surplus.nuo evitosque erit ni themyolame lipievo erit ap amettoq altiaeyoworteninuo emos It can therefore be said that the deficit policies of the USA are maintaining the expansion of the world economy. The US debt to the rest of the world has grown enormously and, in any case, it will become a decisive factor in the international development in the 1990s. Even now the fact that foreigners are buying up companies and real estate in the US is giving rise to concern. It might also cause difficult political reactions, such as growing protectionism. agre 1 n February о bee The general picture of development tendencies in the world economy suggests that the demand will continue to be high in most international markets. A decisive question is to what extent this development causes stronger inflation or growing fear of it and also what measures the central banks of the big nations will take in the field 112 5 of monetary policy to stop these trends. of Boitavatange bre ripger of en penda Therefore the forecast for 1989 shows a slightly lower GNP growth rate, no change as regards the increase in world trade and slightly higher rises in prices. The Wood Industry work of obot per cou 30- dayba great bria erit of bing. evebglotalem at ane The boom in the world economy during the congress period has had a positive impact on the demand for wood industry products. Increased economic activities result in more construction work. The growing demand for wood industry products has meant that the capacity is being very well used in several manufacturing countries. The world economic forecast for the coming years is such that the future prospects of the wood- working industry seem to be brighter at this IFBWW congress than at the previous one. hub vifzubni aid aebpit Intement, coapte.biw However, as mentioned above, unemployment in the wood industry is still extremely high in many countries. no eving alohetom wen bap goloveb abortem noitound wen no pitostnego At the latest IFBWW Congress in 1985 the Wood and Forestry Committee stated the following: en of 10.nl atn itptgeho jedt bepsode " Another factor which is just as important is that it is necessary to have durable and stable economic growth and production increases in the employment- intensive parts of the economies. This means that the governments are confronted with higher claims than was previously the case on an active economic policy with the aim of creating new jobs. Such a policy should, according to the IFBWW, including the development of the public sector where we include the construction of housing. to elei adt The economic crisis has brought about problems in many countries as for the financing of the development of the public sector. The risk of increased deficits in the balance of current payments is also a negative factor. The interdependence of the economies in the various countries means that this risk may be minimized through a simultaneous expansion of the public investments of the OECD countries. Thereby the outcome for production and employment will be much better than if the measures had been taken only at the national level. One of these sectors is the housing sector. IFBWW has calculated that only in the member countries of the Common Market there are 20 million flats of an unacceptable standard, a third of which has passed the limit of that which is repairable. If this third could be replaced at a pace of 600 000 to 700 000 demolished flats per year during the coming decade, 1.5 to 2 million new jobs would be created in the construction and building materials' industry in the EC countries. ezerit to yriom . In most West European countries the major part of housing construction took place before the 70's. Major parts of this stock need 113 6 a Th repair and reconstruction, to an increasing extent. Even if the housing sector in a stricter sense does not belong to the public sector it is influenced to a high extent by political decisions and is of great importance from a financial point of view." to 989 This statement is just as topical today. Greater attention will have to be paid to the use and distribution of existing housing and also to ways and means to maintain, develop and supplement it. and boheq epos ar pub w a поз eris There is clearly a pent- up need for different wood products within the whole OECD area. But the question is whether this will result in more employment. Production increases can also be achieved through more capital- intensive production. bhow e Although the technological developments have been fast in the wood industry during the last decade, the introduction of new techniques has not been as fast and wide as in, for instance, the metal trades. This applies both to construction and production techniques. As new construction methods develop and new materials arrive on the market the wood- working industry has to face new needs and requirements. In order to meet these the machine manufacturers have changed their orientation. The market is now concentrating on new techniques in general and on computerized techniques in particular. erit ni zapetoni noltouboiq bno ritwoip bimoncoe aldote bro eld The machines already in use are, above all, CNC milling machines and computerized cross- cutters. This development will probably speed up more and more. Better material use and less waste will also contribute to faster development. In the end all of today's machinery will only exist in computerized form. ent e co urope and the econ In the present situation it is very difficult to assess the role of technological developments as regards the employment situation in the wood- working industry. This factor can be considered both positively and negatively in such an assessment. The continuous process automation will lead to rapid increases in productivity. This should be seen in relation to whether wood or substitution materials are being used. ilduq erit to emoatuo Caprihetted In 1985 the ILO made a forecast concerning employment trends in the wood industry. This report was published for the first meeting of the ILO Wood and Forestry Committee. For the reasons given above it is of course very difficult to make more long- term global forecasts. In the forecast valid until the year 2000 however estimates seem to suggest that there will be a further reduction in the number of jobs in industrialized countries with a market economy. allomeb 000 00% of 000 000 to sobq eɔbq wedoweenolim Soteebeeb In the developing countries the situation in the wood industry differs partly from that of the OECD area. In many of these countries the wood industry has been established fairly recently compared to industrialized countries. Many countries, particularly in South East Asia, Ert 114 7 8 traditionally exporters of round timber, are now processing the timber themselves and have set up sawmills, board plants and plants for wooden products( furniture and building materials, etc.). orend The international agreement on tropical timber could be of great importance for the wood industry in many developing countries. It came into force on April 1, 1985, after several years of negotiations within the framework of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development( UNCTAD). with its becoming more terest The aims and objectives of the agreement can be summed up in the following eight points: 23MAMO JAMOITAMITJUM a) To create a basis for cooperation between and consultation mor among member states producing or consuming tropical timber neighbouring countrie ded to exoc b) te To promote an expansion and a differentiation of the international lono tropical timber trade vo IIA oqmoo lo to noienoaxe which they hav c) To promote research and development aiming at improved forestry and use of timber tevod d) To work to acquire better knowledge of the market for tropical ODECtimber e) To encourage further processing of tropical timber within the b producing states the future, too, one must ust assun that production will take f) ent To work in favour of forestry and of the creation of plantations for Ort growing tropical timber g) To improve the marketing of the producing members' exports of tropical timbergatibo since there is little h) To promote long- term use and conservation of tropical forests goitz and their genetic resources and to preserve the ecological Wen balance in the regions concerned. Hellovevorinolubihoq the bane onib It is the task of the International Tropical Timber Organisation( ITTO) to ensure the practical implementation of the intentions of the agreement. The member states are to be divided into producing members and consuming members. Any country with access to tropical forests can become a producing member. The others can join as consuming members.toth enc besiloit neo eomp themelami of The organisation is going to work through three committees: a) The Committee on Economic Statistics and Market Informationa b) The Committee on Replanting and Forest Administration 115 8 c) The Forest Industry Committee mit bruOT blood Each committee is to monitor closely all that happens in its specific sector. The committees are also to follow research and development projects carried out under the auspices of the organisation. It is also their task to examine projects and propose new ones. Another important task is to find possible sources for financing. The principal aim of the agreement seems to be to promote a safe and continuous supply of tropical timber to the world market. them leved employme MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES noitotiuanos bno neewted no General Development Trends ustry aurin athloq trigle gniwollet can also Dietric eqoop 101 alzod petoep of 010: 291018 om The three latest IFBWW congresses have heard reports on the expansion of multinational companies. All over the world multinational companies are playing an ever increasing role in the economy of individual and in international relations. Therefore they have become more interesting not only to government but also to workers. Through international direct investments such companies can have both negative and positive repercussions on their home countries and the countries where they invest( host countries). By contributing to an effective use of capital, technology and labour among nations they are playing and will play an important part in the economic and social development of the individual countries. The possibilities of multinational companies( MNC) to organize their activities outside national frameworks can result in them abusing the economic power which they hold. This in turn leads to conflicts with national political objectives. Also the complex structure of multinational companies and the difficulties in clearly distinguishing their set- up, activities and policies give rise to concern. 10, попр леглов In many regions they have a tendency to restructure or reduce existing production unity or to take over existing plants rather than create new production volumes. Restructuring measures in particular have often led to plants being closed and this, in turn, has resulted in unemployment. As regards new technologies the latest developments make it possible to compile and process information rapidly within a whole group of companies. For some MNCs these technical conditions make it easier to implement a more centralized decision- making process, while in other cases they enable them to decentralize the decision- making. In cases where the MNC exercises a more centralized control, this sometimes means that the individual firms belonging to the group lose some of their autonomy and also that the parent company shows less understanding for local conditions. arr 116 9 or The Wood Industry and Multinational Companies 29tquos prigoleveb n ow edt i juttduob vey jerit ai e The wood industry has traditionally been a typical small- scale labourintensive industry with limited market outlets for its production. Often the market has covered only the country where the company was located. Also, very often, small and medium- sized wood- working companies have worked exclusively on a local or regional market. Hemvo Parallel with the growing internationalisation of the building industry and with its becoming more and more capital- intensive the interest of big companies in taking over wood- working companies has become much bigger. Baba Sitamexe xot to mot ett ni snob During the past 20 years the wood industry has become more and more international. Often companies have started by buying up firms in neighbouring countries after which they have proceeded to expand in other regions. rit tud b The driving force behind this trend to set up international groups in the wood industry as well is, in addition to increased internationalization of the building industry, that the firms want to be close to the market, they wish to" get round" different trade blocks as these become more and more frequent. They also strive for direct access to raw materials. So far one can hardly claim that the technological developments have been the main reason for the setting up of more MNCs in the wood industry. In the future, too, one must assume that production will take place somewhere close to the sources of raw material. At the present time there is a clear tendency towards reduced trade with raw materials. At the same time the trade with processed wood products is growing.tum lotnemmevopietni rquoidt 200100201 to noitudhtalb brip pingpl on At the IFBWW Technology Conference in Miami in 1988 it was noted that since there is little collective and basic research carried out in the wood industry, compared to other industries, one must expect the big companies, and in particular the MNCs, to expand their R& D activities. This means that the MNCs are likely to play an ever increasing role in the wood industry in the future when it comes to disseminating new technology in the industrialized countries. As regards the dissemination of know- how and new technology from industrialized to developing countries, it is very doubtful whether the multinational companies are the right" actors to promote the development of the wood industry there and make it take the right direction. Their strategy is often aimed at achieving the highest possible profits in the shortest possible time. There is a considerable risk that these companies, by introducing the" wrong technology", ie one which is not adapted to the needs and resources of the individual country, will only exploit the raw materials and the cheap labour. eldizzoq yino 117 10 The Forest Industrygeine oltonitiuM ban vizubal booW.ed! It is therefore very doubtful if the wood industry in developing countries will develop positively by participating in the international division of labour such as it is practiced in multinational companies. As an example one could mention that their production of raw materials is very capital- intensive and therefore does not, directly or indirectly, lead to a strong expansion of employment in those countries. abilud or to hoitoaishoitomaini onlwong erit ritiw lellowp Many countries and regions do not have the economic conditions necessary to be attractive to multinational companies and therefore take economic and political measures to try to increase their attraction. This is done in the form of tax exemption, cheap land, cheap public services, subsidized wage costs, etc. The multinational companies are able to get subsidies for practically any location that they chose. The overall effect is then that their pattern for selecting locations is not influenced but that they get general subventions for their activities. panies. All over multino It is important to use the advantages offered by international cooperation at the production level. However this cooperation must be based on national sovereignty and democratic economic control. Know- how and capital can be made available for international cooperation under controlled forms in the light of what is good for the worker of the countries taking part in the cooperation, and not only on the basis of what is best for the companies. ant p aying and eco ubal The Role of the Trade Union Movement eppiq exot lliw notsuboi tot emuzzo faum eno.oof.eiutut ent nl In the long- term the trade union movement is endeavouring to achieve that the international division of labour built up within the multinational companies should be replaced by global equitable planning and distribution of resources through intergovernmental, technical and economic cooperation. However, in view of the strong economic and political position of MNCs it is not realistic to envisage international intervention in a near future. Therefore it is essential that we should gradually increase the influence of society and workers in particular over companies which are active at an international level. In tweenu ydaubrih b centralized The trade union movement has to find appropriate forms for carrying out practical trade union cooperation within whole groups of companies and across borders. We can use the OECD guidelines and the ILO tripartite cooperation as starting- points, but the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee believes that one should have more ab ambitious goals in order to go further and be more concrete. ment a m on- making process, noltbenib Continued international integration can be developed if the workers' representatives get the opportunity to discuss common matters in ways similar to those of other representatives of industry. An open exchange of information is a prerequisite if the workers are to be able to participate in and have influence over company decisions. This is the only possible way to associate and involve workers and make them TM 118 11 St support the decisions made by the company.bgp.lppimedo. Joolzyng The rich knowledge and experience of the workers combined with industrial and sectoral know- how offer wide possibilities of new thinking and a search for constructive solution which supplement and reinforce the companies. Cooperation also enables the workers to follow up the company strategies, take part in research and development activities and take initiatives in the field of production techniques. Also, increased workers' participation always creates a better basis for decision- making within the companies. It also enables individual companies to create better working conditions, a better working environment and increased job satisfaction. Sto e10 292zol noitoubo ng loun noifulloq lloq ip to etoette evitop edt In principle, we believe that trade union activities within a company should be considered as a natural part of the production and they should therefore be financed through the production results of the company. yllom The IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee is of the opinion that trade union cooperation within and between international groups should be based on rules laid down in agreements concluded by the group management and their workers. Such agreements should, in particular, settle two questions. The first is the right of trade union representatives in company groups to meet among themselves to discuss trade union matters which are of common interest to the workers of the group. The second is the right of trade union shop stewards to meet with the group management to be informed of the activities of the group. Such agreements should also include rules concerning time off and compensation, ie the costs of carrying out trade union activities in the group. conser The DAMAGES TO FORESTS THROUGH AIR POLLUTION லா Damages to forests are not a new phenomenon. In the beginnings of industrialisation, when the pollution was discharged at low heights one could see damaged trees around the plants. New damages to forests differ from earlier known types of damage by appearing over much wider areas. This development has taken only a few years and it appears in different types of soil, different climates, at different altitudes, etc. Varying degrees of damage also occur within one and the same stand of trees. Until the beginning of the 1980s no comprehensive measurements had been made of damages to forests, but the information was based on expert assessments on a case- by- case basis. Therefore the knowledge of the impact of air pollution on forests is insufficient. It is quite clear, however, that it does contribute to damaging forests. Damages to forests are caused by an interaction between several OST 119 12 physical, chemical and system- dependent stress factors and the air pollutants often trigger off the reaction. There is some uncertainty as to the actual scope of damages to forests since the problem is relatively recent and no world- wide studies have been carried out as yet. qquz p bap In Europe some estimates have been made and they show a picture of great potential damage. It is difficult to say whether all this damage will actually occur, since there is this interaction between air pollutants and natural stress factors. land hefted b aetei aypwip now bead In some countries in Central Europe, e.g. Czechoslovakia and Poland big areas of forests have died. According to estimates in Czechoslovakia about 42% of the forest areas have been affected by the negative effects of air pollution. The annual production losses are estimated at about 25% of the normal growth. Reforestation of the heavily damaged forest areas in Czechoslovakia costs 60 000 to 90 000 Kcs per hectare from plant to the final stand as compared with about 12 000 Kcs normally. om Forests in many countries need to be protected through" vitality" fertilization which is already being done in several" Länder" of the Federal Republic of Germany. The estimated cost is approx. 2 000 SKE per hectare. If 10 million hectares are treated according to such a programme over a 10- year period this would therefore mean additional costs of about 2 billion SEK per year. The cost for doing nothing about transfrontier air pollution is therefore considerable. quoio ent difiw teem of abioweta gora noinu about to tright erit al broces Experiences in Europe have shown that damages occur mainly in mature stands and in particular in stands growing at a high altitude. Stands with low water absorption capacity and bad nutritional conditions have been particularly exposed. Areas exposed to considerable natural stress factors are hit the hardest. The problem with air pollutants is that they don't remain in one given area but they spread from country to country. The pollutants are caused by waste from energy production, industrial activities, traffic and other human activities. The wood- working industry contributes to the pollution of the environment by discharging" freons", solvents and impregnating agents into the air. The effects of damages to forests are both long- term and short- term. In the short- term the supply of timber may grow if all the threats to the forest materialize. In the long run the total supply of timber will decrease. Air pollution does not only threaten the human environment but also the conditions of forest and wood workers. erit litriU In May 1988 the IFBWW held an International Environment Conference to discuss the fight against pollution. The Conference noted that environmental problems are of a global nature and that the debate on them is an international political matter in which the trade union movement should take part actively. only possible way to associate etr ABY af d involve workers 120 13 Ar The trade union movement should inform its members on questions relating to the environment and the working environment. Pressure should be brought to bear on governments to make them pass laws, nationally and on the basis of international cooperation, which would considerably reduce or even ban hazardous discharges and which would promote non- polluting production systems and cycles. Also, an international fund for the environment or regional funds should be set up to assist individual countries which are too weak economically to implement measures to improve the environment. orking conditio An absolute condition for these countries to be granted assistance is that they should show actively that they are prepared to have an active policy in environmental matters. omino Measures must also be taken to prevent that polluting production plants, processes or products are exported to Third World countries. Tropical Rain Forests ne most frequent The IFBWW Environment Conference also discussed the ruthless exploitation of rain forests. From time immemorial the tropical rain forests have represented unmeasurable riches for its inhabitants. Fauna and flora have provided them with food in abundance all the year round. The forests have provided them with building materials and timber as well as firewood. The destruction of the tropical rain forests means that the countries and their inhabitants can benefit much less from the wealth offered by these forests. There are two important factors to consider in the destruction of the rain forests. First of all there is the ruthless exploitation of these forests by multinational companies in their search for cheap raw materials. Forest conservation and reforestation are unknown concepts in these regions. The other reason is that overpopulation and poverty have led to increased use of burn- beating. This method has always existed, but it is now being used so often that the rain forests never get a chance to recover and close again.entaich approximately one to three K. have on Large parts of the tropical forests are not yet covered by reliable inventories. Therefore knowledge of the state of the rain forests in the world is insufficient. The data which exist are based on irregular inventories, various country reports and official statistics as well as the interpretation of photos taken from airplanes and satellites. Another problem is that the definition of what one means by a" rain forest" is not the same everywhere. There are divergent opinions as to the actual size of areas of tropical rain forests destroyed annually. According to FAO estimates the figure is approximately 8 to 10 million hectares per year, ie about 1% of the total surface. In a report by Norman Meyer it is stated that the figure is probably around 22 million hectares annually. The difference is explained by the way in which you consider, for instance, selective SS 121 14 timber cutting and clearing of vegetation in the burn- beating cycle. Meyer includes this as one of the stress factors affecting the forests while this is not the case in the FAO study. Willbrioiton Whatever the method, the fact remains that important areas are being destroyed and the destruction of forests seems to be going faster and faster. The cutting of timber would not be a problem as such if replanting was done as in the industrialized countries, but cut timber in most cases equals ruined timber. The restoration of forest areas is also prevented by fires, clearing work and cattle grazing. CHA The result of the ruthless exploitation of rain forests is, among other things, erosion, climatic changes, less water resources, flooding and the disappearance of many plant and animal species. Several disasters of our time have been and are the consequence of the exploitation of rain forests. Because of the felling there are no more trees on the hillsides which bind the earth and therefore landslides have buried entire towns resulting in the death of many people. Ipolqont The destruction of rain forests also causes local climatic changes which in turn may have an impact on the global climate. Experts in climatology believe that even small disruptions may sometimes have considerable consequences for the climate as they cause a certain number of secondary effects. The destruction of rain forests directly influences the living conditions of approximately 1 million workers. They are employed in agriculture and in the tropical wood industry. The workers are not working full- time, employment is irregular and the activities are carried out in very distant areas. Very few workers are members of a union. One of the reasons for this is that in several countries it is illegal to belong to a union. по по Workers have long weekly working hours, no social security and no rules and provisions relating to wages, working hours and holidays. Also accidents are frequent because of bad maintenance of tools and machinery combined with insufficient training. The task of the trade unions in countries with tropical rain forests is to bring pressure to bear on their national governments and international organisations to put an end to the exploitation. Measures have to be taken to prevent the rain forests from being transformed into unusable woodland. The forests have to be rejuvenated. National and multinational wood industry companies have to be forced to invest in new plantations in order to preserve the forests. vieve empe erit If we fail to stop the exploitation of rain forests this could have disastrous consequences for the people living around and from these forests. Local agriculture which also takes the sensitive local flora and fauna into consideration should be encouraged rather than multinational companies. Seber noillim SS bnuoto yldodoiq evitelezenotanl not rebianoo uoy ribirtw ni yow erft yd beniblqxe Ist 122 15 ar One important element in the struggle against exploitation is to ensure that the right to set up and join trade unions is respected in all countries. Trade unions are indispensable if one is to succeed in creating fair working and living conditions for workers active in the tropical rain forests.co W the ay of work off Contractors in Forestry then wonen for 12 urs and mob hen all the duedA Working conditions in forestry have always been and still are very different from those in industry. Apart from the fact that the work is heavy and the working environment very varied due to outer conditions ( weather etc.), conditions of employment have mostly been unstable. In many countries the forest land is divided among many owners with small economic entities. The result of this has been that the actual employers, the forest owners, often do not assume their responsibility as employers for those working in forestry. Even if, sometimes, the forest owners set up forest owners' associations and employ forestry workers, the most frequent solution to the problem of labour is the use of contractors. The major forest companies have run their activities with machinery and workers of their own, but even they also use contractors to a fairly large extent. The size of contractors in forestry may vary considerably, from one person owning one machine, which he drives himself or possibly with the assistance of one other person, to rather big contracting companies. Contracting companies with several employees have now become something that you see frequently also in other sectors. Here it is possible to sign agreements with the contractor and apply laws and collective agreements just as in other parts of the labour market. W addogrino D Unfortunately in forestry contractors have not only been used in what one might call" normal" proportions. In the Nordic countries, for instance, even big forestry companies have gradually transferred the ownership of machinery to individuals. These investments cost approximately one to three million SEK. These owners have one or two machines which they mostly drive themselves. They are under hard economic pressure and therefore often work 50 to 60 hours per week. beadd al sondi ni vitaeto! forit beworle enoitotnsseng done loieve? When forestry workers are" transformed" into contractors the laws and agreements which have been adopted to improve the lot of forestry workers in the same way as that of other workers no longer apply. This is particularly striking in the field of legislation on working hours and on health and safety. All the progress made over decades through trade union and political activities is now being spoiled because of the present trends. ILO Seminar at Loubières, France uta A joint ECE/ FAO/ ILO seminar on contract work in forestry was held from 123 16 at 26th to 30th September, 1988 in France. The matter had been dealt with at great length at the ILO tripartite meeting in Geneva in 1985. The seminar can therefore be seen as a follow- up of the mandate given to the ILO in 1985. The seminar was conducted by the ILO assisted by the chairmen appointed by the seminar participants. rests seer About 80 people from sixteen countries participated in the seminar. It is worth noting that only eight trade union representatives from six countries attended. France had 25 participants, but none of them was a trade unionist. The majority of participants were researchers, representatives of forest authorities or employer representatives. The machine owners had representatives from Finland and Sweden. The IFBWW was represented by Ernst Laub and the Swedish Forestry Workers' Union by Arne Johansson and Inge Johansson. Rolf Jörn Karlsen, Fellesforbundet, Norway, and lb Skals Jensen, SID, Denmark, also participated in the seminar. tamol The seminar consisted of a series of lectures, mainly by researchers, of prepared contributions to the debate and of discussion. The Swedish College of Forestry presented a report on ownership conditions in forestry in Sweden. The report got considerable attention and deserves to be commended also by the unions. It highlights the problems of individuals owning one or two machines. A Finnish report dealt with the health problems of contractors- owners because of too much stress, long working hours and lack of job rotation possibilities. eq. Among the reports from countries in Central Europe the Austrian one is worth mentioning. It showed that the number of forest workers had decreased from 12 000 in 1977 to 7 300 in 1987. The number of contractors, however, had gone up and was now about 750. The average period of employment in Austria is about 7.5 months per year. According to the report, the tough competition among contractors means that they often neglect rules on social legislation for their employees( working hours, minimum holidays, safety equipment, training, collective agreements, etc.) or implement it badly. One interesting piece of information was given in the report, namely that contractors have to apply for a license before they can start their activities. Several French presentations showed that forestry in France is based mainly on contract work. Contractors had difficulties in finding work all year round, among others because of snow problems in mountain areas during the winter. pnilite yholuoihoq Concerning the trade unions it should be mentioned that the IFBWW had drafted a document which Ernst Laub commented upon and also that Arne Johansson and Inge Johansson took part in the debate with prepared statements. During the seminar participants made two study visits, one to a pulp mill and one to a site in the forest. The latter was located up in the mountains, some 30 km from Foix, a small town in the south- western part of France. At this work site there were one EST 1242 17 81 contractor with a skidder and three workers with power saws who were cutting and lopping the trunks. The forestry workers were subcontracted by the machine- owner. They worked entirely on a piece- rate basis and had to cover all costs for the power saws, protective clothing, transport costs and social charges themselves. According to one of the workers their day of work often lasted for 12 hours and when all the general expenses had been deducted the daily income was hardly higher than that of an ordinary industrial worker. It was quite clear that the working conditions( protective clothing, breaks etc.) suffered from such a system, not to mention the Act on working hours, which was not applied. This study visit was valuable because the conditions at that work place were a good illustration of what can happen if you turn the forestry worker into a contractor and thereby stop applying laws and agreements. om p onied At the end of the seminar a document was adopted with conclusions and recommendations. The trade union representatives were very active in the drafting work and managed to" push through" several formulations concerning the situation of workers who are employed by contractors. For instance, in the chapter" Recommendations to member countries" some points were included on the need to improve the working environment and vocational training possibilities. The need for job rotation was also stressed in the recommendations as well as the need for further research on working conditions in forestry, including contract work. The recommendations also state, that consideration should be given to the possibility of introducing a licensing system for forest contractors. D 20.216 જો Not To sum up it should be said that there is no doubt that it is important for trade unions to participate in seminars and conferences organized by the ILO. It is also very important to carry out research projects on working conditions in forestry. Such research reports are of great importance when it comes to influencing those in charge, both politicians and others, who, after all, are the decision- makers in these matters. ld be simi ntly et of lept 16om Baige anoinu ebot erit 107 nom General Comments on Contractors in Forestry poov netted not evlite enphot jel Contract work in forestry has become a major problem. In many cases it constitutes an obstacle to the possibilities of trade unions to achieve fair social and working conditions for people working in the forest. The system whereby the worker is turned into a contractor( a one- man company, e.g.) means that these workers are excluded from the rules and regulations which have been laid down in legislation and collective agreements with the objective of improving social and working conditions. The contract system also often means that small companies with few employees are unable to offer these workers employment security and good working conditions. ast 125 18 TI 2615 solbarthoo The actual employers, the forest owners, companies and industrial firms, do not assume their responsibility as employers. It is an important task for the trade unions to try to reverse this development. The forest workers should be entitled to conditions similar to the ones obtained by industrial workers. how to yob alert aeshow pladoebeg 21 Vocational Training for Forest Workers rdvitseton) unoitibrobigabhowasert In a few decades the technical development has changed foreste work in a dramatic way: in the 1950's it was still a manual job but it is now highly mechanized. This is true for forestry in industrialized countries. In the developing countries, of course, work is still highly manual but, there too, forestry is being more and more automated. 100 Of course there has always been a need for vocational training for forestry workers, but with growing mechanization the need for better possibilities for forestry workers to get qualified training also grows. They also need solid knowledge in biology, forestry management and nature conservation. The question of vocational training for forestry workers was taken up, for instance, at the ILO tripartite meeting in Geneva in 1985 and at the World Forestry Congress in Mexico City, also in 1985. On both occasions positive statements were made on the need for vocational training. New ob ignibuloni It would be valuable to forestry as a whole if special measures were taken to improve vocational training for forest workers, but it is equally important to give forestry jobs a better status. Forestry workers, as a group, stand a much bigger chance of defending their interests in the field of health and safety, wage and working conditions etc. if they have acquired good training. It is hazardous and risky to work in forests and the better trained workers, the safer the job! 20 inlarlwrebrohoqmi It should be of common interest to employers and trade unions to work for better vocational training in view of the tougher requirements which result from increased mechanization. cer For the trade unions representing forestry workers, it is a major task to strive for better vocational training. As we get better educated forestry workers in more and more countries, it also becomes easier for the trade unions to work to improve working and social conditions for forestry workers in general. ti Grea enixhow elqoeq not elqoeq not anoifibno pribhow Summary and proposals om- en kowcerth enticyde The Committee is of the opinion that the employment problems still are one of the major issues at stake within the field of activities of our International. It is therefore very important to develop the wood industry and forestry both nationally and internationally, for instance on the basis of reports submitted to previous congresses and in the report of activities which the congress will receive. We also have the question of ast 12126 19 OS the strong increase in the number of contractors in forestry. Air pollution, the damages to forests resulting from this and the ruthless exploitation of the rain forests are other areas which should be given top priority by the Committee. bap to The rain forests are now being" consumed" at such a speed that the local and national populations are threatened by total and utter disaster. There is an urgent need for measures to be taken both against the destruction of tropical rain forests and the damages to forests in industrialized countries, since this is definitely one of the major environmental problems in the world. No doubt, international cooperation is the only way of finding a reasonable solution to this problem. The IFBWW and its affiliated unions have a role to play here in influencing public opinion. IFBWW The completion of the single internal market in the EC will also be given high priority during the coming congress period. If the international trade union movement acts together we increase our chances of being heard and listened to when we express our trade union views and demands concerning the integration process. Therefore the IFBWW Wood and Forestry Committee proposes: that that that that that the IFBWW should go on working on employment- related questions also during the coming congress period; the Committee should be instructed to go on following the technical developments combined with questions concerning employment trends and vocational training in the wood industry and in forestry. In doing this the Committee should Calso consider the resolution adopted at the IFBWW Technology Conference in 1988; the Committee be instructed to go on working on questions concerning contract work in forestry. For instance, the claim should be forwarded that people working under conditions similar to those of permanently employed workers should also have the same rights as the latter; the Committee be instructed to influence the activities of international bodies, by talks and other means, as regards questions of economic policy of concern to the wood industry and forestry; the Committee be instructed to draft an action programme on forestry in the tropical rain forests. This programme should be based partly on the resolution adopted at the IFBWW Environment Conference, partly on collective knowledge in this field gathered through research and practical work. The aim of the programme is to define forms for long- term forestry in the tropical rain forests whilst taking into account both ast 127 20 er noitullo employment and nature conservation interests; nota erit to noltotiolae 2 pompbiedt that もの the Committee be instructed to follow closely the factual matters which affect the wood industry and forestry in connection with the completion of the single European market; ent io loool that the Committee be instructed to work out a strategy on tapipop multinational companies. An important aspect of this work is the right to company trade union cooperation at international olom level. ing adf ivae pagee for is nd mor noiniqo olduq gnioneultni ed calo w 23 eta tebelemetal plenaedbonel elampo, adf revio ed logation nature.co workers Geneva In 1985 need bot boneq It would be valuable to fo taked UD 8760 the ILC ositive statements ing to teed! made me no grishow no op bluoria WWBHI edi onimoo erit gnhub oalo anoitzeup re dent lorers, as a whole if sp ergolev ploveb Pamats in the antsubra and the bet for buona eshow beyolame For the trade unions repr strive for better vo cationa rked tubre. It they 100 tel.ed.goarts to k fooitgoa paimmanents which torit bebibwiol ed bluorla ommeq to sort of olimla steph.ampserit everhosjer task to better educated forestry edestimmpeded for elbod papiforations for pimonose to anoffeeup vitaenot bro Summary and PERB nob of befouteni ed settimmo erit tortt mpiona aint step) alloploitedt viegls still dre The Inte activities Tapa beeps of our nem industry top play on the basis 10- miReport of taclestion of TSI 128 sentiments are optimism and hope. Growth REPORT OF THE IFBWW BUILDING COMMITTEE thre 1. ing as be Introduction unen the Unit 2. International Economic Trends ис clf, the figure fro WWE enoted show profpipe 3.no Activities of the Building Committee a netto douodt- nollibbp ni Trade- Union Passport nibliua WW8R1 erit ni betneteiq Europe to supot niom) 2891-980r boheq zero- stni Multinational Corporations rented boned off a'eeth 3.2.0 SHI 3.1. no Home 3.3. 116 MOG 3.4. the 3.5. fro - Now ILO Convention No. 94, on labour clauses is 40 years old 1987 International Year of Shelter for the Homeless( IYSH) 3.6. indu IFBWW Conferences anoltosinog 3.6.1.10 As long as 3.6.2. incre atnio 3.7. The g invest mo The First IFBWW Environment Conference The First IFBWW Technology Conference 3.6.3. The IFBWW Conference on Interior Works exetnoo erit ni bloq ed ozio bluoria noitnetto lbloeq2 Cooperation within the International Labour Organization( ILO) 3.7.1. ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works ( 8.8 Committee oqioo Ipnotonitium to be asitivito 3.7.2. Creation of a new ILO Convention on Asbestos nowievits3.7.3. br Creation of a new ILO Convention on Safety te The Stock State of the 3.7.4. Obviously, the 4. and Health in Construction 9 ea) themyolan Creation of a new ILO Convention on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work 69 noin Activities of the IFBWW Building Committee during the next interCongress Period hebnu bohe mit quot tem aprl eettimmo pribliu8 edT welver real est GAP 1020 Boris erit hebnu zedmem qua WohtauAzeletöX LA2U enillo M91ew aedmem settimmo enin OKABUR authorities to invest, for fear of infla considerations. If the demand for building work olas selenghub РОИЗЯТ ЗІМОНОЗЕ ЈАКОПАЙЯТИ! equently, ST nd, consequer and should be undertaken: airit bexperlo ylbiod 1891 hedmevol ni da bi loot? edt hey? tribinebe80016@ ped enviros ent no onweed were building industry is capable of playing in this respect: not only are there 08 129 1. INTRODUCTION 20 2 In the relevant inter- Congress period 1986-89, the Building Committee dealt with the following matters, described in more detail later in this report: matt bortal - preparatory work before IFBWW Conferences( see Point 3.6.) ket: - - abneil olmono S the Committ In addition though often in connection with the above- mentioned preparatory work the Committee was concerned with subjects presented in the IFBWW Building Committee's report for the inter- Congress period 1982-1985( main focus of Building Committee's work in the period before the next Congress). The subjects in question were approved by the Congress in accepting the Congress report and the resolutions relating to similar subjects: metal- 189 290 SO WWER! continuation of cooperation with other international organizations, particularly the ILO( see Point 3.7); eshow oneinking paneetnoo eri T .8.8.8 Special attention should also be paid, in the context of the ILO's quoregional activities, to the problems of migrant workers( see Points 3.7.1 and 3.7.4). ( O.JI) nolfosinogio - axhow bildu brio gnieenigni pribli activities of multinational corporations( see Point 3.3); zotzedɛA no noltnevno Olwen p to noitpe1 .I.X.8 10 STE - - effects of new technology, quantitatively and qualitatively, on employment( see Point 3.6.2); o ni nitloeH bпp ni vieto? no noitnevno Ol wen p to noltpe Trade- Union Passport( see Point 3.1); to eeU erit ATE contacts with cooperative housing organizations( see Point 3.5). bone? ateig The Building Committee has met four times during the period under review( in the previous period between Congresses it met seven times), and no longer has a working group at its disposal to do the preliminary work. This severe reduction in time and personnel could be compensated only because of the excellent collaboration of the Committee members under the chairmanship of J. Fernandez of Belgium. The Committee members were: M. Collins, USA; J. Köteles, Austria; W. Rupff, Switzerland; R. de Vries, the Netherlands; B. Whinberg, Sweden; the special member, J. Joyce, USA/ Canada; and the IFBWW General Secretary John Löfblad. 2. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC TRENDS The world economy, hard hit in the Seventies by the successive oil crises, underwent a remarkable improvement during the Eighties as a result of declining oil prices and significant fluctuations in currency rates. Even the Stock Exchange crash in November 1987 hardly checked this new upswing- on the contrary: at the beginning of 1989, the dominant est 130 3 sentiments are optimism and hope. Growth estimates are once more clearly favourable and are regularly adjusted to a higher level, although there still exist various objective factors that remain as threatening as before: unemployment figures, the debt burden of developing countries, the United States trade deficit, the unstable financial balance, etc. therefore, to give The industrialized countries is OCC ning, at ve ythonépreviou bmetal edT zehtnuco erit erit llp of nommoo ebreit erit mmoɔ abreit erit bnp atnemqoleveb The state of the economy in the industrialized countries is, by and large, as described below. zelamoxe emo? The collapse of oil prices( the" reverse oil shock") and the steep decline in the dollar exchange rate slowed down inflation and led, in the first instance, to loss of growth, owing to the reduction of exports from the industrial countries to the oil- exporting countries. od vileido flet vipnoita exom brb siom primooed al nollosilonotometri As long as this trend continued, families and firms made use of the increased purchasing power resulting from lower oil prices to fill up their reserve stocks. Cote showten llot npequa erit lennu lear ert ditiw anoitoloozap brip aevoexptaegiem to edmun oniworo The greater consumption by families then made it possible for firms to invest more, something made even easier by the lower interest rates. al eahqetne pritoqxe erit torit al anoitopanoit ezerit to tluzen louzu eri The Stock Exchange crash in October 1987 only slightly affected this upward trend. torit zeoneupeanoo erit llo llo dtiw aotopitnoodua to bro anoitopildo logel brip loutopitnoo to nolelvieque pribloge State of the Building Industry anottolugen ytetoa Obviously, the favourable condition of the general economy has had beneficial effects on the building sector, mainly as a result of the good income prospects, both for individuals and for enterprises. enoynA eoplq next evor fort ettiria erit yd xounta ed of lipt fornpo zeltivitop ertyd tonniboselivitop The tables below show that in most countries some sub- sections of the building industry( first and foremost, housing and enterprise investment in real estate) are, for the first time in many years, showing some growth. noihogoiq epipl neve no torit in torit inpem apr atnemele betpohdotera However, this does not mean that the grave crisis experienced by the sector since the beginning of the Eighties can be considered as definitely overcome and a thing of the past. al airit met onol ert al zeehqetne to 291utountz ent no bro nolzzetoiqenit to allila bro euton In many countries, overall activities in the construction industry remain far below the previous level, chiefly owing to the reluctance of the public authorities to invest, for fear of inflation or because of budgetary considerations. centnuoo besilohteubni metasW to ythojom erit nl to noitoutanoo erit abipwot yiteiro betpetib jelhoe epw doriw If the demand for building work and, consequently, employment in the industry are below the level prevailing before the crisis, the responsibility lies principally with the public authorities, who refuse to assign the building industry an active role in the policy of structural renewal that should be undertaken.bla Ipnoizzetong niert of pnitolei atnemeniupe niogo apri prishow loold to meldong erit evetom beau The IFBWW has a duty to emphasize at all times the role that the building industry is capable of playing in this respect: not only are there Set 131 2 € 4 INTRODUCTION extensive needs unsatisfied( for housing, to name only one), but there are new markets( for example, there is the place of building in the overall plan for protection of the environment).axtaritonquentie eugh themyolqmenu: enoted zo oninetpeint Yet we must not limit our interests solely to the" demand" aspect- the " supply" aspect should also be carefully studied. pgjojononit The International should give priority to studying transnational developments and the trends common to all the countries. BRIBUPERKA ga besilohtub Some examples he IFBWW Building Comm * oned PR Committee's ared 1982-1985( main focus of Build More and more internationalization pha lip to es Despite the fact that the building industry remains traditionally and chiefly based on the home market, the trend towards internationalization is becoming more and more strongly felt.izatio eric to eat app emmo bounifnos breit aint ap pnol A ler Not only is there the market of major international projects( the Channel Tunnel, the European rail network etc.), there is also a growing number of mergers, takeovers and associations, with the of knowhow. if asilimot yd noitqmuanco netpeig erf knowhow. of resulting transfer of known babe nieve abom prinitemos enemige is .20101 1201eini je The usual result of these transactions is that the exporting enterprise is air increasingly divided up into subsidiary companies and subcontractors, with all the consequences that this involves regarding supervision of contractual and legal obligations and of safety regulations. vitaubal poibliu8 edt to etot? to Passpo( see Point * prVertical integration boop eat to t it to nolfibnoo eldonovat erit.ylauoivdo es gabliud est goateetle lolotened Anyone closely following the progress of the building industry's The activities cannot fail to be struck by the shifts that have taken place, to the detriment of the building site itself. power bag otrubricealbliud The use of increasingly integrated construction systems and of prefabricated elements has meant that an ever larger proportion of the added value is acquired before the site is in operation.wo mn the long term, this is bound to exert a powerful influence on the nature and skills of the profession and on the structures of enterprises. minb Increased renovation and maintenance work upive noitolini to 1091-101 faevni of zeithoritub 101 * In the majority of Western industrialized countries, the emphasis, which was earlier directed chiefly towards the construction of ent housing and roads, has been transferred from new building towards restoration and maintenance work. taubri edf Consequently, building workers now have to meet different requirements relating to their professional skills and to the materials Ey used; moreover, the problem of" black" working has again eappeared in acute form.esiend eleni eid vino alrit ni onlybla to eldoqpo al vitaubni pribliud 130 132 5 Growth Occupational training and training for young people in the Camplovryddbobeg zugiving it nostamos Perco T891 It should be pointed out here that the renewed upswing in the building industry after years of recession and loss of jobs inevitably gives rise to problems on the labour market: in a large number of countries there is now a shortage of skilled, trained workers. It is vital, therefore, to give school leavers occupational training, attractiveting Oled Stoworking conditions and publicity for the building industry. Jaban E.C OS nogot vnorma 0.0 8.0 Germany? s 8.S d.sQTRance 9.0 8.8 8.8 02 $ 2 Sted Kirbom as 8.2 4.0 ESAP 0.8 S.8 I.S 100.11811 1.01 mobonix befinu Voti obono Canada 157 PA ES d.A 2.8 S.E PA8.0 0.5zehtnuoo evodo to lotoT Total of above countries 19 8.1( 0.8 PA AS 1.IIT1.SOlitau A Austria 8.8 LI SS EARFSolBelgium EXT 8.11 9.ST RP 101Denmark 0.0 P.S IS4A AA Sand Ta- Sa [ 2- 18.1013.8Cece SS- 0.1 9.8 6.31- 20SAT and 5.0 d.d0.S0.98.8ET T.8Reland 8.21 CE8.S 9.0г- 40 8.3ATT bopleil gudmaxuj Akembu 8.0 22 SS 9.82.010.1eb Pb Neth84Snds 9.81-9.01 8.2 DIT8.1 A8hway 20 0.80.81a. P 8.8 Mugal 0.01 CA 8.88.S3.0 8.8E.T 2 Spain 6.008 1.8 6.5 6.8Sweden 2.8 та SA E.B AS ba 9.itzerlar&$ 1 8.81 TO 0.8 0.01Vexhut Turkey lome to lotoT Petal of small Euroban& 2.0 XI1.ESI countries 8.T 6.P $ 8 08 8.08.8 0.8 Australia 1808 8T 0.21 0.1 pilotauA brploes well New Zealand 210 10: 2 8.A. 98 TA E.1E- E.Iselfnuoo loma llo to lotoT Total of all small countries 2.5 8.A OA a.T 2.8 C.A00 AL0030 iot lotoT Total for OECD 03 Four major pean counse 18 02 om 64 EAC DECD Euße O.A S ES AS201 40 0$ SS 0565 eqoi Setal for CDE X.f 80 IS4.28.1 〇B United States 15 8.82 Aggre b) Investment AA 8.1 20 uhim 30 fot lotb 28f012 betal of the 1987 180 ent to alapd erit no betoluoloo need evori zetogeingA( o AED 135. 133 6 220 1980 Growth in gross formation of fixed assets in the OECD zone( a) dudaQere* Percentage variations in comparison with previous period. by volumene betloq ed bluora t 1981 1982 1983 1984 aub 1985nib 1986 ft vidotiveni zdol to zaol 1980 VenadmudsPIC 1981 1987 Japan United States to oniniot lon- 7.9 quol.1 a1e- 9.6l lo 8.2 ataubni p0.0ude 3.1 0.8-0.3 8.22 16.8 of 5.31919 4.95.866.0 0.0 2.0 10.3 al Germany lopments and 2.8 nds -4.8 -5.3 3.2 mmc CO 0.8 les 0.0 3.3 1.8 France 2.6 -1.9 -1.4 -3.6 -2.6 2.8 2.9 3.4 United Kingdom -5.4 -9.6 5.4 5.0 8.6 3.8 0.9 5.5 Italy 9.4 -2.3 -5.7 -0.1 5.3 2.5 1.4 5.2 Canada 10.1 11.8-11.0 -0.7 2.1 8.2 5.0 9.6 Mo Total of above countries -2.0 0.3 0.3-4.9 3.2 8.5 4.6 2.3 4.9 and Austria Belgium Denmark bas. d Finland Not only is there Greece nel Tunn Island growing numb 14.2 Ireland ulfing tran -3.7 1.0 tak 7.3 who Luxemburg 11.4 -12.6-19.2 7.1 10.4 mar 2.2 of 4.4 -1.9 -6.5 uro- 7.5 -1.3 -0.5-12.3 -3.3-9.0 -6.3 0.4-10.9 3.6-2.1 me- 7.1nark- 1.1 2.4 tren 4.9 to th 4.6-16.2-1.9 an- 4.3 ore 2.2ongly1.1lt. 4.6-16.2 1.9 7.1 3.6 ds 1.8 3.8 7.6 1.9 12.9 11.8 17.3 4.1mo- 2.1 al 2.9 ects -9.0 0.0 4.6 -5.7 5.2 -5.7 -3.2 18 07 8.9 1.0 ers ass latio W- 2.2 15.7 e -2.0 -6.6 0.7 -1.1 -2.3 -3.7 15.8 3.5 The Netherlands resu fran tha Norway -1.5 Portugal singly 8.6 -1.0-10.5-3.9 17.9-11.0 5.1 into 2.9ubs- 7.5y- 18.0mp- 3.0 39.5 2.2 5.5 6.8 8.2 1.6 5.8 ex10.9 -13.9 23.9 -7.9 19.5 Spain tractors, w1.3 Sweden ding sup Turkey Switzerlandety regulations. Verti integration -2.7 -3.3 0.5 qu- 2.5-5.8 3.5-5.3 act- 1.1 and1.6 gal 5.1 9.9 2.4 -5.8 4.2 4.2 v10.0es 14.6 6.0 -0.6 of 6.2 4.3 4.2 5.7 8.5 7.6 -10.0 1.7 3.5 3.0 0.1 16.8 12.3 5.0 Total of small European countries losely foll 1.2 -3.4 -1.7 0.3 1.3 ess es ca Australia detriment of th 5.0 8.8 -0.9 -9.0 8.2 ulic New Zealand 1.0 13.4 15.0 -1.4 7.8 228 3.8 7.7 4.8 9.6 -1.7 1.8 3.0 -3.1 1.7 rat all sm Total of all small countries Total for OECD 1.7 -1.3 -1.3 -1.3 2.5 4.7 5.9 4.3 ele value-1.4 0.0-4.3 2.5 is 7.6 4.6 2.9 4.8 long Four major re of the ses. European countries 2.5 -4.3 -2.4 OECD Europe ation2.1 and-4.0 -2.2 ce EEC 1.8 -5.1 -2.1 80 0.9 2.3 0.7 2.0 0.3 1.7 222 227 2.1 2.6 4.0 2.5 323 2.3 3.4 446 3.7 4.1 4.2 Total for OECD minus ority of W Vester United States 2.0 -0.5 trialized -1.8 -0.1 towuit 3.1 4.2 4.4 6.3 a) Aggregates have been calculated on the basis of the 1982 exchange rates. Consequently, building wor ave to meet different requirements relating to their professional skills and to the materials used; moreover, the problem of" black" working has again appeared in acute form. εει 134 7 8 Growth in gross formation of fixed assets in the private non- residential sector in the OECD zone( a) Percentage variations in comparison with previous period, by volume TBQT ho a gen varecrom 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1.0 8.IG BM OSA United States -2.6 Japan 7.8 45 4.2 -7.2 8-1.5 17.7 6.7 -4.5 5.4 2.5 2.7 11.5 12.7 6.1 Germany- AS- AA3.5 -3.6 -4.5 5.0 0.7 5.5 4.4 France all 4.2 -2.5 0.0 -4.1 -2.1 4.1 mobo 3.9 United Kingdom erpayments-4.1 -6.0 8.2 -0.8 14.6 13.3 -1.0 10.3 Italy E.ET 8.0 Canada 2.0 far, the oil- pi15.7 10.4 -6.5 -8.0 -2.3 9.6 3.1 2.5 609.4 13.3 -11.6 -6.3 1.9 7.1 3.2 TA gointo deat ficulta 2837378 2.8 8.3 3.3 4.4 8.8 Total of above countries clining 1.9 2.3 -4.1 -0.5 11.8 7.8 0.1 5.3 IS( b) 1.0 TO $.0 ontau A Austria Belgium post is 999 9.3 -1.4 -7.1 -2.6 4.4 6.0% 8.9 -4.1 Yces 1.9 8-5.1 7.0 Denmark 0.8 -9.6 -16.5 19.9 Finland owe 2.7 12.1 18.1 fere 14.7 4.5 Greece is 1.0 -4.2 229 2.8 6.3 -1.8 0.2 -8.4 -6.6 ུ ཙྪ 88 9.9 3.8 DID 0.9 2.9 6.39.7 18.7-10.5 5.7 2.9 5.9 7.2 -10.7 -1.8 Island Ireland ay " Dimexu Luxemburg AN TA.. nere er The Netherlandse -4.8 -12.6 -2.0 5.5 5.5 14.8 13.5 1.0 Norwayount -1.9 27.9-15.8 7.4 15.8 -19.7 28.8 -12.4 Portugal 2.1- CoA.A. R.S.. Spain 2.80.0 AC 2.5 -6.5 -4.3 0.0.0 -8.8 0.5 21.8 14.7 Sweden 8.2 -6.0 0.1 3.3 6.0 10.4 0.5 5.4 Switzerland ex Turkey lome to IpfoT Total of small European 0.0 countries 2.0.0124 2.4 -3.3 -2.5 1.8 2.7 4.3 12.3 3.3 3.0% 0.818.S Dild Australia DEJ 1.20 RE EX.. " bripic: New Zealand Kong 11.2 13.7 11.3 -7.7 21.0 -0.7 -4.2 10.2 TA Slogapoiko2.S 2.A S.88.0Total of all small countries 2.6 -2.9 -2.1 1.5 3.2 4.1 11.7 loma llo to loto] 11.7 3.5 Total for OECD 2.0 1.8 -3.9 -0.3 10.9 7.5 10 7.5 1.2 5.1 20Four major European countries 3.7 -4.4 -1.8 -0.2 4.5 OECD Europe 3.3 -4.1 -2.0 0.4 4.0 EEC 2.9 -5.2 -1.5 -0.1 Total for OECDE minus 423 6.3 2.7 6.4 5.8 5.3 5.5 3.6 6.5 4.9lp 6.3 8.E20to12 betinU United States 5.5 0.0 -1.5 0.5 6.3 8.1 5.4 6.7_ a) Aggregates have been calculated on the basis of the 1982 exchange rates. b) Investment in equipment and tools. Unfortunately, in most the food supply( agriculture) much cannot fail to materialize. the or much and infrastructure( construct energy. The consequen A great many industrialization projects go awry because there is no agr 135 137 8 Y Growth in gross formation of fixed assets in the private sector: housing o construction( a) nations 15.09 nox go ont ni Percentage variations in relation to the previous period. by volume epptrepte 1982 1906 1987 1891 2801 A801 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 United States -19.8 -7.6 -16.9 42.0 14.5 2.1 11.8 0.1 Japan Гд XXI 8-9.5 -2.5 -0.7 -6.2 -2.0 2.5 8.412 b 20.6 Germany ISI arr 2.6 -4.5 -4.7 5.3 2.0 -10.1 -1.1-1.1 2.3 го France 20-0.3 -3.1 -6.3 -2.6 -4.4 -2.4 -1.0 mm 0.9 United Kingdom TA T.S5-5.5 -10.8 6.5 7.4 4.5 -3.6 8.6 5.3 8.21 Italy $ 84.9 OAT 4.9-2-0.1 -5.0 3.9 0.7 -1.7 mo- 1.7 be- 3.6 29 Canada 10-5.4 10-5.4 1106.6 -16.3 17.0 0.5 9.8 13.3 15.7 8.8 IX 9.1 8.00.118.ET tar obonp Total of above countries -2-10.4 0-4.6 -9.1 15.6 8.6.1 0.1 7.7 4.1 8.2 ( b) 8.fr 2.0E.S ९.1 zehtnuoo evodo to lotoT Austria 3-0.72-2.7 7-7.1 0.2 0.7 0.7 3.5 2.7 AA Belgium -1.2 -40.9 -6.5 -2.8 -0.5 4.5 3.8 ph 7.1 Denmark es QF 2-16.8-25.7 7-8.5 11.5 20.3 -2.0 22.9 mu- 12.4 Finland 8 1.81 ISI 4.7-2.5 5.9 -0.3 -2.7 -3.0 -8.3 hpm 0.4 Greece га 8.1-13.8 -22.7 -5.8 4.6 -19.7 -0.5 14.6 bn 6.4 Island.01SE ۵۵ 23.. 2.2. eve910 3.3 9.0. Ireland 2.0.. 07 bnb.al .. 04-10.9. 15.8. bolal Luxemburg The Netherlands 1.0 4.7 10-9.6 3-5.6 2-0.4 2.ट Norway -2.3 170.1.1 18.0 0.8 8.2r Portugal తీన్.. 5812R.. Spain -2.0 -1.7 0-2.9 -6.4 Sweden 2.0 8.8-6.0 -4.7 -1.7 -1.2 ས་% ༩ " -3.6 3.4 de 5.2 4.1 abr 11.5 teИ-0.3 Switzerland AO 0.0 2140.. 2018.£ 8.. 42. Turkey 35.. 3.0 :: Vowia -1.5 -3.1 lopu 14.5 0.6 -3.5 12.9 8.5. 125.0 Total of small European countries nimes -2.3 -10.0 -3.5 -1.1 EA IS 8.1 C.S 8.8AS Australia 11.9 2.8 -13.0 -10.8 New Zealand -3.2 13.7.3 13.9 -1.7 GO O 0.0-0.63 2.6 to 5.4 zehtroo 20.5 3.0 -7.4 1.1 15.1 1.3 -8.6 -8.6-2.4 гоSIF bric bolpes weИ Total of all small countries -0.8 -8.2 -4.5 -2.3 2.5 -0.1 1.0 4.7 Total for OECD S.E 8.- 9.2 -5.1 -8.5 12.9 5.6 0.1 llom 6.8 to lo 4.1 Tof 00 25 76 29 Four major European 9.01 P.E8.1 OS 0010 101 IntoT countries 1.3 -3.7 -4.2 2.8 0.1 -5.2 -0.1-0.3 OECD Europe ак $.00.2 8-5.5 -4.0 1.7 200,000-4.0001030.7m 11.3 EEC 6 cour QA 8.80.4 0-5.9 -4.3 2.0 -0.1 -4.6 Total for OECD minus 0.8 2.08020 26 0.6 0.9 4.0 United States -2.4-3.8 -4.3 0.3 0.1 2-1.3 33.2 101 17.3 CD mis Ed 2.0 2.1. 00 a) Aggregates have been calculated on the basis of the 1982 exchange rates. b) Investment in the building sector. ve been on the basis of the 1800 aetota betin 44 6.3 olpo need evod zatopenggA.Co olagengipe ni inemtrevnt( d 281 136 134 OF 9 enpitolaummabedocbre.caybirdfeb61) holdt sofas S1600 The developing countries.. diosdo tbb eld In the developing countries too, the recovery of the world economy has had a generally beneficial effect on economic growth, but conditions vary greatly from one group of countries to another.ers, wi loq llojevo ent The drop in oil prices has had extremely harmful effects on the economy of the OPEC nations. cu discu But all the other oil- producing countries have had to face balance- of- payments problems that have led them to reduce imports. of workers( and/ or voldbluati fortelonton In particular, the oil- producing countries with a heavy debt burden have got into great difficulties, even though the burden has become lighter owing to the declining dollar and lower interest rates. id bhe The position is the reverse in developing countries that produce no energy sources. They have been able to benefit from the falling dollar and lower interest rates as well as the reduced price of oil. The benefit has, it is true, been slightly offset by the slower increase in their exports, since neither the demand or the exchange value of their products rose to any extent; but overall their balance was clearly favourable. gle.com ezerit This can be seen above all in the performance of the Pacific Rim countries, which have yet another competitive advantage in the rising yen. ons was ooperation relatin RETUMMOD This trend is plainly illustrated in the figures for economic growth for these heavily export- oriented countries in recent years. Works.Com Real growth 1987 South Korea Taiwan 10.5 9.7 Hong Kong 118bn 14.5 Singapore 8.7 noinu boot rks Commitice shou dat AUCT Moolab With of bel corbone H. and their building industries ol, bezzuosib ed of no hipt eople sloot oelp allot yionimiler TOU- AOMBR noinu dainoq? erit bro Most of the developing countries pursue an economic policy that does not aim at faster growth: real growth of 6 to 9 per cent a year is considered an attainable figure. dalo al ti With this aim, prestigious industrialization projects are undertaken, usually with foreign capital, with the intention of producing substitutes for imports or of increasing exports. ed vibe pen ent to noitosiloncitometni erit ni erit to tluze o 20 ylonia © 20 ylonipetoni oaip tud( a1s> how Unfortunately, in most cases the food supply( agriculture) and the infrastructure( construction) receive much less or much later attention and energy. The consequences cannot fail to materialize. artite Declaration: A great many industrialization projects go awry because there is no Ber 137 e 10 adequate infrastructure( roads, bridges, harbours, communications network, etc.). Yet the projects may be so capital- intensive that they fail to meet the expectations aroused, and are unable to absorb the population groups that have deserted agriculture. The results are poverty, unemployment and overcrowded cities. te lo eriton of sentnu quoip bor 910 VIDV The overall policies of the developing countries place far too little emphasis on agriculture and the building industry. It cannot be stated too strongly that construction holds a key position in the development process. bor ev We are genuinely convinced that the building sector in the developing countries today is not playing the role that it could play. 9.8 13.3 1987 20.6 0.9 15. 7.1 tde wveen ontw celinuos onloubo q- lo erit, pluolhoq ni If a thoroughly studied overall attempt is made to develop a building materials industry by deliberately promoting the use of local materials and production methods, the teaching of the necessary occupational skills, the observance of building regulations and a programmed procedure, then the multiplication effect of the building industry, in the form of new jobs and production opportunities, both in the preliminary and subsequent stages, can be used to the full.gila edeuit al tod of 201 alubong went to eulov egnodoxe erit o bomeb ert eritien eonia In this way the building sector can play a fundamental role in the development of these countries and at the same help to satisfy social needs.pp Brill to conquer seveda ne ad Ponient ni epotnovbo eviliteqmoo eritono tey evor noirlw... centruop 20 1.7 2.9-6.4-6.3+1.5-3rley 14.5 74 0.6 +3.5 6.4 5.2 0.3 12.9 3. ACTIVITIES OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE-1.2 verot ritwono olmonde tot aught ont al betortaulli viniolq el brent elrif 3.1. TRADE- UNION PASSPORTY thepet ni zehtnuoo betneho- hoque vlivoert The background to this work lies in the initiative of GBH Switzerland( see report of the Building Committee to the 17th IFBWW Congress, 1985), which subsequently undertook a pilot survey in association with the Portuguese union SINDECO. This project can now be considered as successful. On the basis of a bilateral agreement between GBH and SINDECO, ratified by the IFBWW, some 8'000 IFBWW Trade- Union Passports have since been issued to workers, who in Switzerland and in Portugal belong to a union 41 and who work or have worked in Switzerland. The experience has led to a proposal, soon to be discussed, for a similar agreement between GBH and the Spanish union FEMCA- UGT. Preliminary talks also took place fairly- 0.3 recently between GBH and the Danish Painters' Union.veb it to feoM the eq of do wong beriwoo 1olaot fo mio fon It is possible that once the unified European( labour) market is created the IFBWW Trade- Union Passport may become more important; it is also intended to help harmonize the rights and obligations of building, wood and forestry workers who cross frontiers. This will become all the more necessary because workers cross frontiers not only as individuals( migrant workers) but also increasingly as a result of the internationalization of the construction industry.) yiqqua boot erit aezdo teom ni.vletonutioinU brio nolinetto etol doum 10 zzel roum evieoe( noitouitanoo) eutoutzonini 3.2. EUROPE esilobetom of liot tonnpo zeɔneupеanoo erT.ygiene 29200 Another initiative by GBH Switzerland has led to the decision by the IFBWW 1.3 09 7.3 TEN 1138 St 11 approved by the Executive Committee- to hold an IFBWW European Conference in 1990. The IFBWW Building Committee has already turned its attention to the multifarious problems arising out of the creation of a unified European market in 1992. With a view to the IFBWW European Conference, it advocates close collaboration with the European and the Nordic Federations of Building and Wood Workers, which will give additional impetus to the existing cooperation agreements. settimmo pribliu8 erit nlogo ejeri( 8801 A20 mM) With regard to the choice of subject, the following are the main topics currently under discussion: the application of collective agreements and of national labour law( territorial principle); associated with this are the questions of deduction of taxes and social security payments in the case of workers( and/ or workers and their employers) working across national boundaries. Internationa The Building Committee is also following closely the rapprochement taking place between EFTA and the EEC. The chairman of the Committee, J. Fernandez, with thorough experience of the EEC and of the European trade- union organizations, has offered to help the trade unions from the EFTA region in making contact with the relevant European bodies. The as yet incomplete revision of the EEC guidelines for granting public construction contracts was also studied by the Building Committee. 3.3. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS relation to mo the FBWW and its The work of the Building Committee in connection with multinational corporations was included in the exchange of information and in co- operation relating to events devoted mainly or partly to this subject: ( 1) The most important event was the 11th Session of the ILO Building, lenoir Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee( Geneva, 1987), clause which the Building Committee helped to prepare within the 84. appropriate group of workers. In the session itself, the workers' neex representatives demanded vehemently that in future the Tochodnternational Labour Office should concern itself much more with the se activities of multinational enterprises in the construction industry. This ACID demand was subsequently expressed in Resolution No. 98 relating bed to multinational corporations and social policy in construction and ( brioit public works. In the Resolution the ILO Committee requests the Dead Governing Body of the ILO: Guinea, Guyana, t Saraw 1) to urge all parties to ensure full tripartite co- operation in the gedial preparation of the government reports on the implementation of Sleetopter the Tripartite Declaration and to ensure that the building, civil Tonavoie engineering and public works sector is covered by these herto b reports; tonitium ni soughtni onimoorevo The United Kingdom ratified the C follow 2) to request the Director- General: ohtige nogle no tion m RAUTIONA noinu- eb a) to continue the co- operation with governments and Bestlenor international organisations with a view to the implementation bno benim in the building, civil engineering and public works sector of the domoor Tripartite Declaration; erbnwab ectly, in ring 139 tr 12 Re 69999 b) to undertake a study on the social and labour practice of multinational enterprises in the building, building materials, civil engineering and public works sector( including explicitly the important issue of migrant labour) as has already been done for other industrial sectors. eonetetno evio lliw r doidw( exhow boow bno oni u8 8 to ano toiebel olbioй ( 2) The second important event was the 1st IFBWW Technology emph Conference( Miami, USA, 1988): here again, the Building Committee 999 took part in the preparatory work. Under the general heading of Pace Technology and the multinational corporations", Marcel Hupel, of ertte FO France, substitute member of the IFBWW Building Committee, Agave a greatly appreciated address on the multinational group Bouygues( with headquarters in France and activities on both sides of the Atlantic). Following this talk, Marcel Hupel made the following demands of the IFBWW: ildin ar The IFBWW must over a period of time be capable of collecting and making available documentation, in cooperation with national eket affiliates, mai ent The IFBWW must, over a period of time, with the cooperation of national affiliates, be capable of collecting and making available In the documentation concerning the 4 or 5 largest corporations in each devel country needs. ni the countries holding shares in foreign enterprises, onibliu8 ert to show erT albro having bought foreign companies and/ or ni zow anoitoo having acquired, at a certain price, partnership( s) with one or o more companies in another country or other countries. zow theve Inphoqmi from ent peibt ( 1) 8 This documentation must be available to enable the trade unions grib to confront the multinationals effectively. ventlicher he Waldignatol ( see ( 3) In addition, the IFBWW Building Committee also takes a keen interest in the activities concerning multinationals and forming part of the cooperation between the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions( ICFTU) and the International Trade Secretariats( ITSS), among the latter being the IFBWW. An ICFTU Conference is planned for 1990, on the subject of trade unions and the transnational a pro enterprises. Two preparatory meetings on this have already been and held: place ( T eg to noitot An ICFTU/ ITS meeting( organized by the International Union of livia Food and Allied Workers, IUF) on trade- union organizing strategy arade( Geneva, 17-19 March, 1987); it dealt with possible ways of overcoming anti- union intrigues in multinational and other enterprises. necessary because workers) An ICFTU/ ITS meeting( organized by the North American regional brusite organization of the IUF) on international/ transnational trade- union noltotner solidarity( Washington, D.C., 7-9 July 1989). This meeting analyzed erip the structures of multinational corporations; examined and advocated the creation of international union councils Another comprising employees of a single multinational; laid down the eer 140 AF 13 mebo basis of coordinated trade- union strategy for collective onivies negotiations; proposed an" early warning system" to inform the work force of possible labour conflicts and changes in company shop do policy; discussed possible boycott measure and methods of errot implementing them; and discussed the necessary collaboration bapide in the case of measure at international level and special help for unions with weak structures. D Homeless. The bab Naturally the IFBWW Building Committee has also given thought to onivi ways of improving the work on multinational enterprises within the etov Federation and the Committee itself. One of the possibilities of mentioned, for example, was the use of questionnaires to members in order to obtain more knowledge of conflicts with multinationals, whether at national or local level, to increase ep international solidarity( both within the IFBWW and as part of the erit cooperation between the ICFTU and the ITSS) and also, within the anolal framework of the International Labour Organization( e.g., with a bo view to the annual report made at the International Labour dbo Conference by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association), to whic give greater prominence to specific complaints, when necessary, Comby employees of construction industry multinationals. The IFBWW Building Committee requests the IFBWW Management 989 Committee to establish guidelines concerning the future activities of on the IFBWW and its industrial committees in relation to multinational di corporations. formulation 3.4. ILO CONVENTION NO. 94, ON LABOUR CLAUSES, IS 40 YEARS OLD bhowead WD The IFBWW Building Committee recalls that on 29 June 1949 the 32nd International Labour Conference adopted Convention No. 94 on labour clauses in public contracts and its corresponding Recommendation, No. 84. bro Reibli The Convention has been ratified by the following ILO Member States: doptalevor Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Sabah( Malaysia), Sarawak( Malaysia), Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, The Philippines, Ruanda, St Lucia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Surinam, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay and Zaire. elgniz The United Kingdom also ratified the Convention originally. However, following the wave of privatization and deregulation measures, this ratification was annulled, without arousing much attention. Content of the Convention and the Recommendation oton evild rage villoutot Wherever the public authorities are involved, directly or indirectly, in awarding contracts( in the construction industry, but also in ordering SAT 141 Et 14 goods or services), then the contracts concerned( e.g., orders, commissions, etc.) must contain clauses binding the employer receiving the order to guarantee his workers conditions( working hours, pay, allowances, etc.) that are not inferior to those fixed under overall work agreements, arbitration awards and/ or through national legislation for the industry or occupations concerned( and/ or for work of equal value) and for the geographical region in question. Recommendation No. 84 relating to the labour clauses is intended, furthermore, to ensure that, in the event of private employers receiving subsidies or grants to operate enterprises of public utility( private monopolies and their equivalents), then the labour clauses applying to the public authorities should also be enforced. 92091 es Convention No. 94 and Recommendation No. 84 are today just as necessary and topical as when they were adopted, four years after the end of World War Two. However, they and national legislative provisions based on them now stand in the way of the policies of deregulation and privatization: they must therefore be defended resolutely by the trade unions and by political groups of like mind.eonenimong otben evig 3.5. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, 1987 yoon of ilable The United Nations General Assembly, meeting on 20 December 1982, decided that 1987 would be designated as the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. There was an urgent need for such a move, with a worldwide dearth of housing: LA AC More than a thousand million people- about one quarter of the world population- live in intolerable circumstances; over a hundred million people have no roof over their heads, and sleep in the streets, under ni sezuplo bridges, in house doorways or on plots of waste land.00 A8 Π Current estimates show that in Latin America alone 20 million children and young people live and sleep in the streets. In Africa, up to 80% of town- dwellers live in overcrowded slums and hovels. In the industrialized countries, however, conditions are scarcely better. The quality of housing is deteriorating and the number of the homeless increasing. It is estimated that there are 250'000 homeless in Great Britain, 2.5 million in the United States. In Canada it is thought that 20'000 to 40'000 OM.pinothuDM people live in the streets. DM) lowpip2 of Upbegi en Naturally the United Nations does not aim to solve all these problems in a single year through its campaign. union int and other The significance of this International Year of Shelter for the Homeless lies much more in arousing awareness of the existing needs, in order to create a political climate in which the problems can be solved more easily. ganization ade- union idautraine Naturally, the IFBWW supported this initiative, not only because of the favourable economic impact it would have on the building industry ( more construction, more jobs) but also for social and humanitarian TAT 142 ar 15 S reasons.ed For example, the 17th IFBWW Congress( 1985) adopted a resolution, proposed by the Dutch Building and Wood Workers' Union FNV, that committed the IFBWW Management Committee to present proposals rapidly as to how the affiliated organizations, each according to its possibilities, could help to achieve the aims of the Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The Resolution also urged the trade unions affiliated to the Federation to make every effort to -Parekindle political awareness of the problems of the homeless, riebaliniblude how to etzeetril collate and spread knowledge of these problems, homes for the no rouot verif 188 - 6 develop and try out new methods for solving the problems, improve cooperation and the exchange of experience concerning en shelter for the homeless. wot An IFBWW Programme of Action on the subject was drafted by the Management Committee and circulated to the member organizations, which gave their approval. It was then adopted by the Management Committee at its meeting on 24 April 1987. ptbleemed atyb In the context of its collaboration with the International Labour Organization, the IFBWW, together with the representatives of its affiliates and of the ICFTU, worked to achieve the objectives of the IYSH. Among the activities in which the Federation took a decisive part was the formulation of the following resolutions: new ILO Convention that te Resolution No. 97 concerning the ILO contribution in the framework of the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless( see Annex 2); 37 this was adopted by the ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee at its 11th Session, Geneva, 11 April 1987. 92 -7 Resolution concerning the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless and the role of the ILO( see Annex 3); eon exit this was adopted by the International Labour Conference, 73rd IpSession, Geneva, June 1987.et typolonnibet wen to noitsubotni origipit bao ypolondbettnemyolame bno vpolondbet anoltoogoo At the same time, the IFBWW took steps to improve cooperation with the UN Center for Human Settlements/ HABITAT; activities in this context were regularly reported in the IFBWW Bulletin. The same repor upe nevip he building The main focus of the International's undertaking in connection with the IYSH, however, was the organization of three regional seminars, with the assistance of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation: colondbet wen to in March 1987 in Singapore, for Asian and Pacific affiliates; Aotin September 1987 in Buenos Aires, for affiliates in Latin America; lipipo in December 1987 in Nairobi, for African affiliates. rie ert bro etpalothon mibat Those taking part in all these seminars stressed the need to encourage cooperative housing, nationally and internationally. pulbri eziwexil Exploratory talks have already taken place between the IFBWW and the AAT 143 ar 16 th International Co- operative Alliance. It is to be hoped that these will lead to useful cooperation between the two bodies in the future, so that trade unions interested in building cooperative housing can provide suitable vd/ betagaiq support. 3.6. IFBWW CONFERENCES inom otvenue/ bigch edheveinloo of qieri blucozeitilidizzoq An unprecedented number of IFBWW conferences has been planned and held in the period under review. The preparatory work required was given careful attention by the Building Committee. The three conferences will be fully reported elsewhere. Below is a brief indication of their results as they touch on the interests of workers in the building industry. elemad to big bro etolloo tuo vit bao qoleveb 3.6.1. The 1st IFBWW Environment Conference mi as This took place from 3 to 5 May 1988 in Stockholm. Its ecological theme meant that it was strongly oriented towards the forestry industry in industrialized and developing countries. Nevertheless, the representatives of the building industry also pulled their weight: for example, the President of the Swedish Building Workers' Union, Bertil Whinberg, denounced the damage done to the fabric of buildings and to structural materials by air pollution, while the IFBWW President, Konrad Carl, pointed to the need, for the building industry among others, to create jobs in environmental protection. The final document contained the following demands: that the industrial committees of the IFBWW should discuss and a w formulate a trade- union strategy on the environment that will lead to an IFBWW Programme on the subject; Mahowemo that the IFBWW and its affiliates should help to form public opinion through their knowledge and their organizations. 3.6.2. The 1st IFBWW Technology Conference exhow efund This Conference was held in Miami, USA, from 29 November to 2 December 1988. It covered the following subjects: trends in the introduction of new technology; technology and the multinational corporations; technology and employment; technology and training; technology and the working environment; trade- union measures. The interests of the building industry and of the wood and forestry industry were given equitable treatment. On the basis of the current situation, future developments and the corresponding quantitative and qualitative effects on employment, the Conference discussed the future policy of the IFBWW with respect to technology. One of the major points established was that the introduction of new technology could be accepted by the trade unions only if it were socially controllable and thus helped to improve the working conditions and the environment of the workers. Obviously, the unions were entitled to participate in decisions as to how the economic benefits resulting from technological innovations should be shared out. Discussion should likewise include, where appropriate, the reduction of working hours and, in any case, the organization of work and working hours according to humane standards. Adverse effects of new technology, such as lower EAT 144 17 pay and loss of skills, should be avoided, and effective measures should be taken to prevent work accidents and occupational diseases. The trade unions should, in addition, influence the job specifications, planning and materials handling by the use of computerized design and manufacturing systems( CAD/ CAM) and have their say in programmes of training and retraining for workers affected by new technology. bro mobast The IFBWW Technology Conference also urged the unions to work together on the problems related to new technology at national level, with cooperation on international level to be carried on through the IFBWW and within the activities of the ILO. These tasks are of relevance to the Building Committee's future activities. priteem airit to atlua 3.6.3. The IFBWW Conference on Interior Works - 82 betoned bloodle fotom ent to hogei evlenete nA OH. 5891 LOM.oitellu8 zelfivit Originally, this Conference was intended to deal with the dangers related to handling chemical substances in the painting industry. The agenda was then extended- and the Building Committee explicitly welcomed this move to cover, as was more appropriate, all occupational risks attributable to chemical substances in the building, woodworking and forestry industries. The decision to broaden the agenda was determined partly, also, by the fact that the 76th and 77th International Labour Conferences, in 1989 and 1990, will have on their agenda proposals for creating a new ILO Convention relating to safety in the use of chemicals at work. Our own Conference, which took place in Geneva from 9 to 12 May 1989, therefore served not only to increase the Federation's own activities in that field but also to make preparations for the creation of a new ILO Convention that would give adequate consideration to the interests of the building, woodworking and forestry industries. Middle Ea 3.7.COOPERATION WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION un( ILO) to collaborate in must therefore give great in future to 29hfzubn show pildug ba 3.7.1. ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee ( p Lo to At the 11th session of this Committee, in Geneva in 1987, three reports were presented for approval. covered ILO for The first reviewed the measures taken in the various countries to implement the recommendations and resolutions of the ILO Committee. The same report gave an overview of developments in the building industry worldwide, describing the role of the industry in developing countries, technological trends and the transfer of technology, financing and privatization in connection with public works, safety on building sites and occupational training. A report of such scope, obviously, is a vast source of information. have on noitoutanoo since might The second report dealt with employment and job creation policies in the building industry or with efforts in that direction. been passe It was difficult to reach any wide agreement on this subject with the representatives of the employers and the governments: the employers aAr 47 145 18 always saw the greatest advantage in more flexibility, while government representatives very often made the pitiable financial state of the public authorities a pretext for their hesitation. banglzeb beshetug to eau bib alphetom bro The third report referred to the measures that could be taken to ensure that ILO standards were adhered to in construction. Some of these standards deal with basic human rights such as trade- union freedom and the equal treatment of men and women, others with specific matters relating to construction, such as safety, responsibility of the principal building contractor," black" labour, self- employment, mobility, etc. The report stressed the role that should be played by the authorities. they touch on Ingo priblius erit An extensive report of the results of this meeting was published in IFBWW Bulletin No. 2, 1987. However, the resolutions adopted at that time concerning ILO activities in the matter should be noted so that the work of the ILO and the IFBWW's cooperation with it can be carried on exactly in line with the Resolution's objectives. Two other Resolutions by this ILO Committee are noted in other parts of the present report: under Point 3.3., the complete text of the Resolution on multinational corporations in the construction industry and public works; and under Point 3.5. there is a reference to the Resolution relating to the ILO's contribution to the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. teelibaoling bleacaroni The Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee requests the Governing Body of the International Labour Office: nonv O how to 1) cto allocate the necessary resources for the ILO programme of erit sectoral activities to ensure adequate implementation of the Committee's decisions; to 272ete m opl that the IFBWW and its 2) to place the following items on the agenda of the Twelfth Session of the Committee: 3.6.2. The 1st IFBWW ecbr nology enter rence er to 2 a) productivity and technological change in the building, civil ILLE This engineering and public works industries; de b) vocational training and retraining in the building, civil intr engineering and public works industries; oy corporations; technology and emplo ment: raining: 3) to convene a tripartite meeting of experts to examine the problem of In foreign construction workers employed in some countries of the GM Middle East and the Far East, as already requested in Resolution No. gnit 90 adopted at the Tenth Session of the Committee; emps ent mb 4) to convene tripartite meetings in the various regions, as necessary: iblic ere teca) to examine the problems related to specific labour law and social of neysecurity in construction; The trade unions only socb) to examine the problems related to the vocational training in As and th construction; nadiolog motosidos 5) to request the Director General: include approp entitled to ortica) to prepare for the next meeting a compendium of the alevole conclusions, resolutions and other texts, or parts thereof, included in 2AM 146 OS 19 Cude the Classification, as well as the conclusions and resolutions ( 088) adopted at the Eleventh Session; onethi ent gnimeonoo STI.oM noifobnemmodes! bno SoToM noitneyno betqobo The b) to prepare a study and convene, as soon as possible, a meeting of experts on the development and transfer of technologies in building, civil engineering and public works industries; if this meeting is not convened before the Twelfth Session of the Committee, to ptbesinclude the study in the General Report of that session and to 38000 suggest this theme for debating in plenary; dim eldiazoqm A #tac) to increase ILO activities in the field of management training in the ectlybuilding, civil engineering and public works industries particularly in developing countries; 6) having been informed of the Report of the Working Party on bih International Labour Standards, adopted by the Governing Body at tits 235th( March 1987) Session, according to which the Workers' Housing Recommendation, 1961( No.115), is among the instruments to be We promoted as a priority, to study the possibility of including the revision of this Recommendation on the agenda of a future session of the International Labour Conference. - Some points in the Resolution are closely related to activities planned by the IFBWW Building Committee for example, the whole subject of migrant workers( Point 3 of the Resolution), which the IFBWW Building Committee( and the workers representatives in the ILO Committee meeting) would like to see dealt with in those regions where the need for urgent action is most evident. As was already stated four years ago in the IFBWW Congress Report, the governments in those countries( e.g., in the Middle East) where there are no trade unions, or where the unions are severely handicapped in carrying on their activities, are extremely unwilling to collaborate in implementing the ILO Resolution. The IFBWW must therefore give greater emphasis in future to the need for the ILO to act in the matter. The work already undertaken by the Building Committee in connection with the ILO and arising from the above Resolution extends far beyond the period covered in this report. The next meeting, the 12th, of the ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee is scheduled for 1993. For this reason, the IFBWW has given close attention to the work of the ILO in relation to the construction industry( content, intensity and adherence to the agreed objectives) during the intervening period. 3.7.2. Creation of a new ILO Convention on Asbestos vit ubni po to atluse agit etc id The construction industry is one of the greatest consumers of products based on asbestos. In the past, asbestos was used indiscriminately, since it was cheap, without taking into account the consequences this might have on workers' health. with comp In recent years, as a result of pressure from the trade unions, laws have been passed in many countries around the world regulating or even banning the use of asbestos. 8MT 147 er 20 In this context, the ILO was also bound to pay heed to this problem. Thus, the 72nd session of the International Labour Conference, in June 1986, adopted Convention No. 162 and Recommendation No. 172 concerning safety in the use of asbestos. ybule o exogeng of( d ( 1) Content of Convention No. 162 eb these and As a general principle, Convention No. 162 emphasized the need to revise regulations periodically in the light of technical advances. According to this principle, it recognizes implicitly that it is impossible to set limit values for dust below which the occupational risk is nil. Part III, relating to protective and preventive measures which employers are bound to take, acknowledges the need to replace asbestos, or products containing it, by other materials. This is a fundamental point that requires the immediate fixing of precise final dates for the total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos. The same applies to the use of crocidolite. Article 12 of Convention No. 162 deals with the spraying of asbestos flakes ( flocking). This procedure is limited almost exclusively to the construction industry. It was vital to ban it. of be Логоя atalog emo8 However, there is still the thorny problem of buildings constructed in the Sixties and Seventies, almost all of them flocked with asbestos. The awkward problem now is whether these buildings should be demolished, or renovated, or whether the asbestos flocking should be removed. Any of these measures, of course involve great risks, and can be carried out only in conformity with strict safety rules. Such rules have been published by the ILO in its" Draft Code of Practice on the Safe Use of Asbestos"( 1984). Our ent onlinemelami ni elotodbilos of grilliwnu of Oul Brit tot been erit of eutui ni aizpriame netpet evig enotetorit taum Article 17 of Convention No. 162 deals with the demolition of structures containing materials based on asbestos. Demolition itself is dangerous work, which exposes workers to serious risks of accidents. Yet the presence of asbestos, either as insulation or flocking, or in some other form, is often considered by demolition firms as a minor risk requiring few or no precautions! The requirement for such firms to be legally authorized should constitute a step towards solving this large- scale problem. bno Part IV of the Convention deals with monitoring of the working environment and of workers' health, and likewise concerns workers in the building industry. The IFBWW Building Committee considers it vital for workers and their representatives to have access to the results of monitoring procedures, to be able to contest them if necessary and to request experts of their choice to carry out their own checks. trigim ald no ( 2) Recommendation No. 172 and the" Draft Code of Practice on the Safe Use of Asbestos" stand Well part to luze o gobey thepet nl Under the section on general principles, the Recommendation refers to the ILO Convention on occupational cancer( 1974) and to the" Draftingle TAL Tes 148 SS 21 Code of Practice on the Safe Use of Asbestos", published by the ILO ( 1984). eoneheqxe erit bno bitifnelba bro lobindbet an nevno to ar ahojipiebal The draft code of practice is extremely important, as it indicates specifically the methods and techniques to be applied in order to diminish occupational exposure to asbestos. instrumen Convention No ex It establishes the general obligations of employers and overall preventive methods. son with Conv No. th It also lays down the preventive measures to be taken in specific activities directly related to the building industry. These include working with asbestos cement on the building site, the protection of surfaces, the removal of insulating material that is breaking down, and many other types of work in construction, demolition and conversion. ( 3) Asbestos. What remains to be done during years..nolfoutenoo ni ytetpe bnp We have known for a long time that asbestos is carcinogenic. Therefore its use must be regulated by very strict measures, for example, banning it completely where its use has proved especially dangerous. onibliter пр At present, the ILO requires asbestos to be replaced by other products. However, it is to be regretted that no date and no timetable have been set for ending the use of asbestos, although some countries have already prohibited the use of this substance after 1992. erti H PYSP And even then the problem will not have been solved. Oll to noitqobo Vitzubni erit to equtouita erit brio show erit to euton erit, vitzubni pribliud On the one hand, most public and private buildings contain asbestos; on the other hand, there is a lack of information concerning the safety or otherwise of products that could replace it. comed old Nebe BoigolonroeT Synthetic fibers, for example, are not free of risk. Some toxicologists recommend that the same precautions should be taken for them as for asbestos! exot take In this case, where would be the benefit of using them? Why was their toxicity not studied before they were utilized? noltobremmode bro Tol.oй notnevno ( 4) The IFBWW Building Committee and the Problem of Asbestos have the right to In the long term, the Building Committee considers that Ipoiredelyn Irit ob ( a) asbestos, products containing asbestos, and other products neevinvolving similar health hazards, should cease to be used, and that Conven ( b) asbestos products in existing buildings should be removed( for erit rexample, during demolition, renovation and conversion operations) with complete protection for the health of workers and inhabitants. For this purpose the Building Committee considers that it would be useful for the IFBWW to prepare a document on asbestos, describing specifically the risks associated with asbestos in the construction industry 149 ts 22 and how they can be prevented, based on the relevant ILO Conventions, technical and scientific date, and the experience of the Federation's affiliates. ing el fobiq to eboo fibib erT The foregoing data should then be used in the asbestos document to propose an IFBWW policy on asbestos. uzoqxe loncitoquoso delnimib 3.7.3. Creation of a new ILO Convention Relating to Safety and Health in Construction Accor The lack of safety and the unhealthy conditions prevailing in the construction industry are confirmed year after year by the statistics on accidents at work. The IFBWW, therefore, cannot pass over this problem in silence, but must return to it repeatedly. Consequently, the Federation has had a particular interest in noting and preparing for the 75th session of the International Labour Conference which dealt with health and safety in construction. torit emit gnol p nwonil avo od eW The IFBWW is convinced that the new ILO documents( Convention No. 167 and Recommendation No. 175) will make possible further progress in the struggle for better and safer working conditions for workers in the building trades throughout the world. tA of Bota In 1985, the ILO Governing Body decided to include in the agenda of the 73rd International Labour Conference the subject of health and safety in construction. The reason for this was that, in the 50 years following the adoption of ILO Convention No. 62( 1937) on safety provisions in the building industry, the nature of the work and the structure of the industry had undergone profound changes, these changes being most marked in the past 20 years. naliomoin ti explger bluoo torit at uboiq to Technological progress, while increasing productivity, has brought many more risks. The use of new materials and processes has entailed new hazards, especially to workers' health. It was therefore urgently necessary to revise the international texts to take account of the changes that had occurred in recent years. The ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee has attempted to do this, and is convinced that Convention No. 167 and Recommendation No. 175 represent a noteworthy advance in approaching the prevention of occupational hazards in the building industry. on It is intended that this approach should focus, not on the technical problems, as formerly, but on the question of organizing the work sites and, especially, on the coordination that should be established between the various enterprises working at the same time on a single site. 101) bevomei od bluona apnibliud pnitaixe of atouboiq soteeded( d) Moreover, the whole burden of prevention should not be placed on the shoulders of the employers and the workers. The new approach requires that those involved in design, whether architects or planning offices, be included, since it is possible right from the drawing board to integrate into the design a certain number of parameters capable of preventing occupational hazards, even though the person responsible for safety on CAT 150 AS 23 the building site remains the employer. ( ILO, 1974). eslainha imanior The main features of Convention No. 167 and Recommendation No. 175 ps b encito Below is a brief summary of the ways in which the standardization instrument represented by Convention No. 167 will be extremely useful in establishing preventive measures. Public Works Committee In comparison with Convention No. 62, there is a new approach to occupational hazards in the building industry, an approach that could be described as" global". noltnevno to hoq airt tmoo Work on this Convention will not be completed before the next IFBWW Although, after half a century, Convention No. 62 remains a most remarkable instrument, its scope and content are too strictly limited to the technical aspects of safety at work to be able to respond effectively to the changes of all kinds that have occurred in the construction industry during the past 20 years. Overall prevention edit Here Convention No. 167 greatly broadens the scope of risk The prevention, since it requires that" those concerned with the design en and planning of a construction project shall take into account the safety and health of the construction workers"( Article 9). It is boundoubtedly true that, at the decision- making level, it is possible, by ae incorporating the principles of prevention, to bring about a leo considerable reduction in the risk of accidents.ort reque etohqoqgp bor evod orlw onlad atoprob Coordination of operations bromeb lliw noitouitani bro pinip Any use of with the enebrosorisondiloquoso em Another basic source of risks is the variety of operations being carried tprout by different enterprises simultaneously on a single site. 910 eserit bricHere too, Convention No. 167 establishes the obligation( Article 8) for all these enterprises to coordinate the work being performed on a single site, in order to ensure greater safety. gnhddauak noliebe Right of withdrawal to organ first ald ebotolyniotoshobo devewoH Joo ati to themmevop erit no equazeng eldizzoq ap noos ao noitnevno The Convention recognizes that henceforward every workers" shall Po have the right to remove himself from danger when he has good reason to believe that there is an imminent and serious danger to his safety or health"( Article 12) eup nojom alpeb ozio Tor This is a fundamental right recognized by the ILO only since 1981, in ex Convention No. 155 relating to the health and safety of workers and the working environment. zeettimmos vietos bro Hilbert mol Add: ello The fact that the building industry has recognized the same right for its workers is a considerable advance, since in so doing the employers allow each worker to assess the extent of the risk and to refuse to carry So out dangerous work, without any sanctions being taken against him. o bevito tobried D sar Я bip 151 ES 24 and how they can be pre Conventions, technical Ergonomic principles Asyelame ert enimenti poibliud erth and the ex fence of the niom edi The Henceforth, installations, machinery and equipment, also vehicles plearth- moving or materials- handling equipment, etc., must be ni designed and built in accordance with ergonomic principles( see 13.7 Articles 16 and 17). Construction of Inasmuch as ergonomics, for the workers, mean better health ed protection( reduction of accidents and harmful influences) and co greater comfort, this part of the Convention is beneficial. accidents of re, car lem in Health hazards yutneo b tlori netto riquortiA ent of betimil vitonta oot end triethoo brio eqooz ati, tnemuntani eldo> home The risks to health dealt with in the Convention cover the whole range of chemical, physical and biological hazards( Article 18). apdedb which dealt with health and safety in construction, abey OS tapq erit onhub The amazing growth in the use of chemicals has given rise to a The multitude of new and grave risks for building workers. It was therefore an necessary to establish the principles of prevention intended to protect workers' health. onernoitnevno healing esort torit senluper ti eonia.noitnevenq * Safety training exot lode toejonq nol lloda toejong noitouintanod o to gainnola bro how notpuntarioed doelos the vd Another basic problem is that of workers' training( Articles 15,16,17 and R33). The workers' organizations have repeatedly urged that workers adreceive proper training covering the prevention of occupational bu dangers, being convinced that workers who have had appropriate training and instruction will demand that their employer reduce the in occupational hazards. bemos pried anoilpisqo to ytehov erit el ex eu pied editonA These are some of the main provisions of ILO Convention No. 167 that make it a powerful instrument of standardization, which will and the IFBWW pledges itself to ensure this- bring the standards of health and safety on building sites to a level hitherto unknown.ezhqetne llo was therefore urgently However, every organization affiliated to the Federation must bring pressure on the government of its country to ratify the text of this Convention as soon as possible. Recommendation No. 175 No. me of frigh erif evort ain of 1980 ones brp Thenimmi no alement fort evelled of node1 Recommendation No. 175, which forms a supplement to Convention No. 167, also deals with major questions. work sites etween It recognizes the workers' right to elect or nominate their representatives and to form health and safety committees on the sites. ne pnbhow erit revention should not be placed Like all ILO Recommendations, this one complements and gives details of certain points in the Convention. whole burd aldotebje he deshow, be dopewelle into It should be pointed out, however, that, subsequent to Convention No. 62 and Recommendation No. 53, the construction industry has received a rar 152 as 25 draft code of practice on health and safety in building and public works ( ILO, 1974). adua This code of practice for use in the building industry has to be revised in the light of the new instruments, Convention No. 167 and Recommendation No. 175. of pnitplayerolaivoja heanl This is one of the important tasks for the ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee in the years ahead.oubong to noltidirlong ent aerito nipties to eau edt 3.7.4. Creation of a New ILO Convention on the Use of Chemicals at Work Work on this Convention will not be completed before the next IFBWW Congress. The first draft will be presented to the 76th International Labour Conference in 1989, which means that the final text will be presented and approved only the following year, at the 77th International Labour Conference. epresenta What follows, therefore, is not a report but an account of the initial view of the IFBWW Building Committee on the draft text presented by the ILO to the 76th International Labour Conference. lotno ni op b The Conference is requested to take measures to protect the environment of the enterprise and to prevent major risks. Point I: Scope of application, definitions eveid Point 5: do no exclude · explosives. - radioactive substances : prilledo frioq jebru It also wi to Any use of chemical substances within the enterprise should involve the employer's responsibility, and entail a series of obligations: Molec * to guarantee that workers are protected against harm from tec dangerous agents of all kinds; * e to ensure that workers are kept under medical surveillance; * to avoid the dangers associated with transport and storage; bny * abto make sure that workers are properly informed and trained; ne( r) to limit exposure to the risks; orto organize first aid. Point II: General principles * Include the principle that non- hazardous products should be used The whenever possible. eiuzoqxe erit jofinom eated" ykuounitnoo Point III: Preventive and protective measures Add: ( d) toloq hebru * The competent authorities should be notified prior to the use of alex dangerous substances; mon expm noite et bibit should be possible to suspend the authorization to use such dfipe substances if the stipulated conditions are not observed; 153 par 26 * no notification should be given when operations include the use of substances dangerous to the environment. ( ATPIOJI) Include an additional point:" Training and information", to cover " Labeling" and" Toxicological data sheets on chemical substances".ed Insert provisions relating to br da 08 Ollert to ex * how hoqmi eno al air the prohibition of production and use of certain substances; bildug monitoring by the competent authorities of the use of certain others. Responsibility of Producers and Suppliers amo ed ion lliw noltnevn airt no show Producers should also be included under responsibility. fat eri asipno and deed ww xet on en fortandem noin 891 nl eoneein 100 Producers and manufactures should be required to analyze the risks before putting products on the market. Add a paragraph( c) to 12( 1) of vollen tb/ W www.for ( c) packed in containers, sacks, etc., giving every guarantee of robustness and proof against leaks and ensuring that their contents ent remain unchanged in the event of handling or impact. 100 ता of handling or impact. T over of bad ethetne erit to tneminovne Sa Relabeling: nother bas 638.Ztalog Under point 12( 3)( c): replace" precautionary measures" by" preventive measures". Pr dangers Identification: who h will demand that their quatre erit niritw propriate redu the Ipolmero to sau ynA Under point 14( 1): after" by the supplier", add" or the manufacturer".qme e are Operational monitoring: Under point 15( 1), add: be the and exhow torit envene ot aegnob erit blovo of risks are under medical Spadet til of this ( h) ensure that the workers exposed to pres surveillance; government of its couala ( i) make sure that transport and storage provide optimum safety conditions; ( j) organize emergency services( other than first aid). loene llthiog Exposure monitoring: 167, also deals with ma questi safety committees on relooki Na. eldiazoq hevenerw Under point 16( b), add:" continuously" before" monitor the exposure...". recognizes the workers rigshospitated and to form health sites General remarks on the conclusions put forward with a view to creating an ILO Convention This one complements and gives de detail titorerdorbluora zeithoritup tneteqmoo erit mpantiona The draft text of the Convention makes no mention of the rights of workers' representatives. This is the more regrettable since the health and safety committee or the trade- union delegation stands at the center of health 82 154 89 27 and safety problems, and is required to ensure that the relevant regulations are respected within the enterprise. OPPI Leoneetodolonoltometal A clause should be inserted in the draft Convention stating that the industrial medical officer should carry out his work in close association with the workers' representatives in the enterprise and should give his opinion on the assessment of the toxic hazard. atnemmevop ezorit to brio a19 olame ent to se Gotomold entireonejemmoe muodo obnego ent no qe ed mive Also to be inserted in the draft text: onimevo ent nj merit of off no.pr " All information on hazards and their prevention, also consultation of the workers' representatives, should be automatic." good of sezute settimmo onibilus " The workers' representatives should be able to bring the industrial medical officer to the enterprise." 210 " Workers' training should be carried out in consultation with their representatives." 4. ACTIVITIES OF THE IFBWW BUILDING COMMITTEE DURING THE NEXT ed INTER- CONGRESS PERIOD idue erit forit bebi The first task, in time, is the participation of the IFBWW Building Committee in the preparation and proceedings of the IFBWW European Conference, scheduled for 1990. no gninl oninibit Now The Building Committee also intends to pursue the further development and promotion of the IFBWW Trade- Union Passport. wwail er to abrome brio alluse erit of good 1019 nied It also wishes to continue its work on the problems of asbestos and produce an IFBWW document on asbestos. ed ot terto erit to anolaze dis brio dil Torit neowled no bempo e Moreover, it will contribute to IFBWW policy concerning ni settimmo Our og.orlw technology, exhow thoigim to ameldong erit no aheaxe to pniteam p the environment, op metapa elbbiM ni show of og orlw health and safety, and onripet to holampit erit no cheque multinational corporations. ent ni show onlw saont fort gniteem D WWER no al set mo priblia WWaal en It will work for reforms in all these fields and for the appropriate exchange of information with the affiliated organizations, with the ICFTU, the other ITSS, the European and the Nordic Federations of Building and Woodworkers, the ILO and other competent organizations. The same applies to the promotion of housing construction 9891.1M telS.ovene and the associated task of implementing cooperation with the housing committee of the International Co- operative Alliance and with the UNCHS/ Habitat. Of special importance also is the work within the ILO: aar 155 TS 28 tnovele erit tort equane at beluper el bnp amo noillication hout meldong vietos bap The 77th session of the International Labour Conference in 1990, ent forit prito o floob edt of bebezni ed bluoda eauplo, A at which will take place the second discussion and therefore approval of the new Convention on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work. now ent biosori oixot ent to themazszap erit no sert The representatives of the employers and of those governments sympathetic to them in the Governing Body of the ILO have succeeded in placing on the agenda of the 1990 Labour Conference" The promotion of self- employment"( which includes working under contract!) Naturally, it is perfectly normal that this group of questions should be dealt with at some time, but the IFBWW Building Committee refuses to accept that the ILO should promote self- employment, in a form, moreover, as specified by the employers. eatqisine ent of neoito ipolbem 12th Session of the ILO Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee Reeviipinezenger The Building Committee expects this meeting to be held in 1993. The preceding meeting decided that the subjects to be dealt with would be: alecchanges in productivity and technology in building, civil engineering and public works; id brib occupational training and further training in building, civil engineering and public works. themgolaveb jednut et suaug of abgetal calo estimme poiblius ed The IFBWW Building Committee will prepare for this event, one of the methods being to refer back to the results and demands of the IFBWW Technology Conference.qerit no show ati eunitngo of zerlziw ozlo tl zotzedao no the mucob WW Other activities to be carried on between the 11th and 12th sessions of the ILO Committee in which we are concerned: M Operatio - a meeting of experts on the problems of migrant workers( those from Und Asian countries who go to work in Middle Eastern countries;) onivae edt a meeting of experts on the transfer of technology. vietos bo dfiped anoitoiomioplonollonitium The IFBWW Building Committee is anxious that those who work in the building industry should be adequately represented at the above meetings. At the appointed time it will concern itself with these events. o adibrio nosqou ent u3 mo5 jarito brib Qil erit osure Geneva, 21st March, 1989 ot sellqqp empecerit Under point 16( b), add:" continuousl iv. before" monitor, the exposure. onizuod to noitomora ent попо edt onizuod edt diliw noltojego poitgemelami to eat betojooze od bap prpilla svidiego- 00 fonoltomein ent to settimmoo The draft text of the Conve representatives. This the committee or be or the ear totidoH\ 2HOM of the rights of workers' ade- union delegation stan the center of health 156 Regional Activities The IFBWW regional In the period 1986 Being the second congre ( they were set up in 197 functioned much better wi now an important part of the As a consequence, the Pacific and Prica has than earlier. The reg for the regions. ns, one in e is the World Co ess an This development had not of all employed in the re In par order Activities In ar, the ze the THE REGIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE IFBWW congress affiliated di contacts o America In the be America of 1987 th Americ office faci At the present present tim educational activitie Dominican Rep Republi activities for Bolivia and Regional activit several occasions Trade Union Rights Shelter for the Safety and Healt Foreign Debt Also subregional implemented like Peace Process in Developments Economic Integ Trade Union Impact Paraguay 157 yet 28 International Labour Conference in 1990. The 77th session the will take place the Convention on Safety discussion and therefore approval of Use of Chernleals at Work. The representatives of the employers and of those governments sympathetic to them in the Governing Body of the ILO have succeeded in placing on the agenda of the 1990 Labour Conference The promotion of self- employment( which includes working under contract!) Naturally, it is perfectly normal that this group of quest some time, but the IFBWW Building Committee ILO should promote self- employment, in a for by the employers. 12th Session Committee be dealt with at accept that the as specified Building Civil Enging and Public Works The Building Committee expects this meeting to be held in 1993. The preceding meeting decided that the subjects jo be dealt with would be: имать ант 30 23ІТІМІТОА НАМОЗЛЯ and public works: occupational training and further training in building, civil engineering and public works. The IFBWW Building Committee will prepare for this event, one of the methods being to refer back to the results and demands of the IFBWW Technology Conference. Other activities to be carried on between the11th and 12th sessions of the ILO Committee in which we are concerned: a meeting of experts on the problems of migrant workers( those from Aslan.countries who go to work in Middle Eastem countries a meeting of experts on the transfer of technology. The IFBWW Building Committee is anxious that those who work in the building industry should be adequately represented of the above meetings. At the appointed time it will concern itself with these events. Geneva, 21st March, 1989 Tar 156 Regional Activities and Educational Projects 1986- 1989 The IFBWW regional structure A In the period 1986- 1989 the regions have become more active than before. Being the second congress period for the Regional Committees to function ( they were set up in 1979 after the Vienna Congress in 1978) they have functioned much better with less confusion and less frustration. They are now an important part of the IFBWW structure. As a consequence, the regional conferences in Latin America, Asia& Pacific and in Africa has become better organised and more representative than earlier. The regional conferences are developing into real congresses for the regions, one in each region per congress period. The fourth year is the World Congress and no regional conference. This development had not been possible without the able and dedicated work of all employed in the regional offices in Panama, Lomé and Kuala Lumpur. In particular, the regional representatives have worked extremely hard in order to realize the achievements made. .Jpento Activities bng 215 bas ed In Latin America the most dramatic change has taken place. In this congress period the regional representative has started to visit affiliated organisations and also countries where the IFBWW have had no contacts or affiliates before. Many white spots on the map of Latin America are now covered and the presence of the IFBWW clearly felt. In the beginning of this of this congress period the regional office for Latin America was not involved in any educational project and in the beginning of 1987 the IFBWW did not have any education project at all in Latin America. Since then, the regional office has built up a competence in the office itself and in a number of affiliated unions to organize educational activities. organizat по At the present time long term projects to promote membership level educational activities have activities have started in Mexico, Honduras, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Peru, Chile and Brazil. Preparatory activities for starting such projects are underway in Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia and Guatemala. eblajuo по Regional activities like seminars and conferences have been organised at several occasions dealing with: - Trade Union Rights( Santiago 1989) - Shelter for the Homeless( Buenos Aires 1987) Safety and Health( Caracas 1988) - Foreign Debt( Panama 1986) Also subregional implemented like: - WWOTI add steA nI and national ad hoc activities are planned but not yet ano Peace Process in Central America Developments in our industries in Cono Sur sved 063000 920 10 - Economic Integration Argentina- Brazil- Uruguay- Paraguay: ve Trade Union Impact. [ stinejoq oar 00 nsed net neveworl MA32A 94 bns n 13noodu2 notbnI odj zedd at sidevebrzno at WW8I07 159 materials. eser- aser atostog snottsoub] bns estitvtdoA[ s002.9 Finally, the secret behind this development is to some extend the conducting of an annual Latin America event where the educational activities from last year are evaluated, trainers retrained and new items for educational activities activities instructed together with new education 299331mm03 TenorgeЯ edd not born 229100 broɔ ard pats8 2f nt 2291000) sanéty od watts ever nt qu 192 new yet) In Africa there were also many white spots on the map four years ago and due to health reasons, the contacts with the unions affiliated had declined. The educational projects were being phased out. 2900 100 6 2A The regional representative has worked first as regional education secretary for Africa and from 1987 also as regional representative. ad .bot19q 22903 190 pen 569 nt eno, 200rpe add J. 707 In order to build up the contacts with affiliates and potential affiliates in Africa, ha has been forced to travel extensively all over the African continent which sometimes is utterly time consuming. y time consuming. bed#nemqolavab aldi emoj snorper en nt beyofqme ffs to He has not only rebuilt the contact and cooperation with former and potential affiliates, he has also carried out feasibility work in order to prepare and start new start new educational educational activities all activities all over the continent. Preparatory seminars have been organised and new projects have been started orientated and towards mobilizing, organizing the workers strenghtening of union union structure. In the last four years such projects have been started in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Botswana, South Africa, Togo, Ghana and Nigeria. afs asm edd 2001 ajoqz sinw ynsM.910ted 2936Fftits, no 2006 Preparations to to start further start further project are underway in Sierra Leone, Liberia and some other countries. srl bot19 22503 alds to ged At the end end of this congress period many of the new projects will be evaluated and there will be a training and retraining process initiated for the national educators in order to improve the level of the projects. There have to be to be clear long term and short term objectives for the projects such as providing the union with competence on national, regional and local level to plan and organize educational activities. amf3 nq edJ JA The IFBWW- affiliates in many countries are small, weak organizations that need assistance to implement an educational project in order to develop a structure with competence to organize education in a union.vtos .s[ smetsu bлs stvt108 Гов Therefore we need to assist the unions in one subregion with an outside resource person, a project adviser or coordinator who serves not only one union project but a number of unions and projects such as Southern Africa or the Indian Subcontinent or Central America. ( esel opstins2) adrigtЯ U ebs T In Asia the IFBWW has affiliates from Turkey to Japan and the Pacific. It is a vast area. In the last two congress periods we have had affiliates in the Far East as well as in the Pacific, in the ASEAN Countries( South East Asia), on the Indian Subcontinent, in the Middle East and in Turkey. bm6 snotpenduz 02[ A There are many, big and important subregions in the asian and pacific region. on be snot sotremA Is 1613 nt 2200019 90699 Of course, contacts have been maintained with all affiliates in the region. Activities, educational projects and other activities as well have however earlier been concentrated to only two of the subregions. Namely the Indian Subcontinent and the ASEAN Countries. The membership potential for the IFBWW is considerable in these subregions. 160 3. B In the last few years however, the IFBWW has started to develop both educational and other activities in the Pacific, in the Far East and in Turkey. For obvious reasons reasons these regions are important and political developments in the Far East is calling for an upgraded activity level of the IFBWW in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan as well as in New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. 26 not2291qgo'z 02 oor be abspind been aw This does not at all mean that activities should be reduced in the ASEAN Countries. The trade union- political situation in Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore is calling for the presence and contribution of the IFBWW( See further the report of the regional boneq 229 pno das end I representative).asn10 25 nt 3d quod bns nsmud to sa steb The same is valid for the five countries on the Indian subcontinent and maybe we can soon add Afghanistan. has also bee initial ated during the 5 63 dtuo? The educational projects in Asia Asia were started in the beginning of this decade. They have been good enough to be continued during the whole decade. They are however now in a stage of evaluation and complete reformulation. A number of new projects are being started in Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Korea, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and in Turkey. and Many of the projects are on basic trade union education for rank and file. of. hazards. se 20 Many 9x9 other initiatives are however also started. For instance, a worldwide education project on Safety and Health with development of education material, training of trainers, development of national and union level education campaigns. There are also plans for similar campaign on trade union rights. Thes Solidarity Actions The IFBWW is a organizations are. and he absm maagdcoandringtzac zaně te insedficidntyt foz bns sons 2122A bns smsn69 obavis2[ 3.oftd solidarity organization as well as trade union The basic function of the IFBWW is to extend solidarity and cooperation with its affiliates and promote and channel it between the affiliates. The IFBWW provides a platform for its affiliates to cooperate and extend solidarity. The most important solidarity work is the long term strategy and programmes( activities) to strengthen unions all over the world and help them to develop into strong, viable, democratic trade union organizations, able to defend the interests of their members and strong enough to defend human and trade union rights in their own countries. anything conventions The IFBWW education programmes have this ultimate goal. To help the affiliates to help themselves. That is the only possible way out for the workers everywhere. vab ibna Education orkers and now add estaspro bas extftdom od nebo at foval qhdaysdmem .anotnu sbs13 sidsty bns otob create awareness ss amo amend legislation ty and abil lective can in the un ts. Again wre to help to Tp: sar 161 djod gofeveb of beds 25 WW871 d nevewod 2169V . 4. edd In addition to the long term strategy and programme for self- defense and self achievements it is necessary to help and assist unions to defend themselves against violations of human of human and trade union rights from governments and employers in acute situations. We need the fire brigade ad hoc solidarity actions against oppression as well as a continuous, systematic and coordinated offensive to promote the respect of human and trade union rights and the implementation of UN and ILO Convention on fair labour standards. 90J bas In the last congress period the IFBWW has organized such actions in defense of human and labour rights in Chile, South Africa, Turkey and Poland. - 62 For South Africa a fund- raising campaign was organized which raised Frs. 277.919: 65. It has helped the union to strenghten itself in the provinces of South Africa through an organizational campaign and it has helped the union to establish its own educational activities. to establish i contact The IFBWW also started a fund- raising activity for the striking workers on a hydroelectrical power plant project in Chile. This was the first strike in Chile under Pinochet and it was against the labour legislation that exempted the construction industry from the right of collective bargaining construction being of temporary character. been star During the military regimes in Turkey and in Poland, the IFBWW has participated in solidarity missions and actions of various character including contributions to to humanitarian assistance, attending of trials against trade unionists etc. A similar mission has been made to Fiji under its military government. Assistance and solidarity has been extended to a number of strike and related actions in Chile, El Salvador, Panama and Kenya. We have to expose institutionalized inacceptable labour practices and violations of trade union rights and not merely the dramatic cases when the trade unionists are arrested or killed. ாபர் sd The IFBWW is therefore now in the process of organizing on the regional level a systematic monitoring of violations of human and trade union. rights, in part by initiating and financing country by country research or case studies of the human and trade union right situation. TSV Trade Union Development Programmes veb of teboj. alds In the last congress period the IFBWW has diversified its activities in this field. the IFBMW ca The major part of the trade union development programmes financed by external courses are still long term projects to initiate a structure and competence in unions, to develop basic trade union education on the membership level in order to mobilize and organize the workers and develop democratic and viable trade unions. Of course contacts have been m maint all affiliate es in the have region. Activities, educational projects and other activities ties as however ever earlier been concentrated to only two of the subregions, ns, Namely the Indian Subcontinent and the ASEAN Countries. The membership poten. ential for the IFBWW is considerable in these subregions. rar 162 .5. In addition we have in the last congress period implemented organizational projects to strengthen unions that have not yet a structure enough developed to organize and implement a big project on rank and file education. eved Other activities to prepare the ground for union level education projects is to to train union educators from all countries in the region. In the past two key areas have been neglected. To train the national educators and to develop education material adapted to the needs and conditions of the union concerned. non Education in other areas than basic trade unionism such as human and trade union rights and safety and health has also been initiated during the present congress period. an no ajoston Iso 1036 com o au pl Safety and Health Education The workers vin the IFBWW health hazards there are. hazards. vd level f 30 100% be industries are exposed to all the safety and And we are the most exposed to all these - The accident rate is the highest in our industries, T S nedo vel Ils no nordenebel orbiol 063 doldw 29 - We are exposed to all sorts of chemical hazards, - Asbestos, dust, noise vibration, about and boat panos bns botez Jep anotnu wen qled od bezu at# 1 Ergonomical hazards leading to all kinds of illness. - .Jnsyoqmt zom 916 The legislation on safety and health is in many countries inacceptable and in provisions collective agents insufficient.ed Juoz brs B orig sno 12 19 It is the task of the to anotou 225 notnu ebs Isnortsm yeb oals 95 SW A IFBWW to try to help the affiliates to develop competence in this field in order to represent their members in these matters. This can only be done by improving the collective agreements in this field and by improving national legislation. anofnu end and za poto bns( noljanabol A merituo2 9dT) douz 900 A dduc2 International conventions have recently been adopted in this field. We have a new ILO Convention( No. 162) concerning" the Safe Use of Asbestos", 1986, we have a new ILO Convention( No. 167) concerning" Safety and Health in Construction", 1988 and we will hopefully get a new ILO Convention next year, on" Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work". ub aad eno even sw Jn929 nstgewon эпо swiоM- OJ bns 2936[ 1776 It is good to adopt conventions but it does not help the workers or change anything if the conventions are not ratified and implemented. National legislation has to be amended and the implementation monitored. ts Ho 260 WW8 to be amended and ge 02fA The best and only way for the IFBWW to promote improvement in the working and safety conditions for the workers is through the affiliates on the national level. nt metr Med Education projects son safety and health can I create awareness amongst workers and trade unionists and ability in the union to extend pressure to amend legislation and collective agreements. Again it is help to self help. zenuco ffs at 29ow to 28 tened edd not Aar Yow 163 2 addition to the long term strategy and programme for Cooperation with the Donors bo inquanelnuous day atoms evil .6. lf- defense and amature rang In this congress period the IFBWW has not only diversified its arsenal of trade union development projects projects in order to have the right project or projectmix for every for every union. union. We have also extended our cooperation to a number of different donors. LO/ TCO Sweden is the biggest in number of projects and in amount of money. The activities in the field of basic trade union education supported by LO/ TCO Sweden is complemented by strategic contributions from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation( the FES) in the Federal Republic of Germany for regional and subregional seminars/ conferences. med at 62 bms spub3 The FES has also helped us to create the necessary conditions to start educational projects on national level by helping us to train educators for the unions and by developing education material. restablish its own educational activities, The cooperation with FES has over the congress period developed into a very constructive and strategic part of our activities. The cooperation is extremely open and the relations very close with a lot of mutual confidence on all levels. ted the construct The Nordic Federation has a fund of trade union money collected from their affiliates which which can be abused for solidarity actions, be organizational assistance, material assistance and humanitarian assistance. ions anholdthys eaton participat olidarity It is used to help new unions get started and consolidated. These funds are most important. IIs of beef ab16sort[ sotmonopn3- The Danish unions being 200 years old, have made donations for international trade union assistance mainly for Latin America and South Africa. We are also developing a new kind of bigger subregional projects with the danish affiliates in the BL- Secretariat and the national centers of Danemark the LO/ FTF. ed yfnos atdT 88er One such project has been started for unions in the SADCC- countries and South Africa( The Southern African Federation) and another for the unions in the countries on the Indian Subcontinent. A big project on shelter for the poor and homeless is also being prepared in cooperation between the Nordic Federation, the BL- Secretariat and the IFBWW. wen s dxen nodnevno OJI won s dop vllutsgod ftw sw bns 88er no The IFBWW has during the present congress period initiated a cooperation with the norwegian affiliates and LO- Norway. At present we have one project on organizing forestworkers in India and one project on safety and health education. Iam bas bel 161 Jon 916 .benotnom notis dj bns bebлems ed of Also the dutch affiliate has a special solidarity fund. The IFBWW has initiated a a cooperation with the dutch union in implementing trade union development projects financed by the union itself and projects sponsored by the national center in the Netherlands, the FNV. emocratic and viable trade unions. Itonis as rewarding task to develop trade union solidarity and cooperation networks and instruments as the IFBWW has been doing during the present congress period. This work has to be continued and followed up in order to have lasting effects for the benefit of the workers in all countries whose working and living conditions we struggle to improve. car 164 Appendix .7. Countries involved in IFBWW Trade Union( TU) Development Projects: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Uruguay, the Caribbean Islands, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Ghana, Togo, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Bostwana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Portugal, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Fiji. The degree to which allocations from external sources is utilized has in the congress period increased from 30- 60% to 100%. The total financial volume of projects financed with extra budgetary resources now equals the ordinary IFBWW budget. REPORTS FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE IFBWW Ulf Asp Education Officer In March, 1989 165 167 Cooperation with the Donors In trad LO/ TCO Swe bas xhbneggA rab TЯ 6326 Tousen V .Xoups769 .stubnoH snos my sputno9 BH stayalam ed ts on ing us 295 TU Hw of eengebedT XOOT of 208= 06 mont bease has" over over the botas 229 es ed into ategic par emu on all levels. afsups won YU0291 The Nordic de affi ates wh assis can be used for hun idarity Itanian assi from their izational ance. It is used to are most new unions get get star and consolid q8A 30 The Danish ish unions being 200 years old, have made donations for International trade union assistance mainly for Latin America and South Africa. We are also developing a new kind of bigger subregional projects danish affiliates in the BL Secretariat and the Danemark the LO/ FTF with the dan centers One such project has been started for unions in the SADCC countries and South Africa( The Southern African Federation) and another for the unions in the countr he Indian Subcontinent big project on shelter for tion between the poor ess is also being tariat and Nordic Federation, on, the BL The IFBWW has during the present congress period initiated a cooperation with the no gian affiliates and LO- Norway. At present we have one zing forestworkers in India, and one project on safety and project on health education. Also the dutch affiliate ate as a special solidarity fund. The IFBWW has doitiated a cooperation with the dutch union in implementing trade union development projects financed by the union itself and projects sponsored by the national center in the Netherlands, the FNV. It is a bask to develop trade union solidarity and cooperation networks, and truments as the IFBWW has been doing during the present congress period. This work has to be continued and followed up in order to have lasting effects for the benefit of the workers in all countries whose working and living conditions we struggle to improve. aar: 164 CONGRESS REPORT FROM OM THE JEBWW REGI AFRICA Introduction It is desirous to portray but the record of devs picture. Four years ago, we governments. Regrettably African countries are by the mill through the ballot box but through unarmed civilians. They are accoun They rule according the dictates But even in certain counties wh rules much difference connot be civilians. The civilian governments military. ever the REPORTS FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE slut silenced. are hara and trac trade becom IFBWW tion. Opposition vergent The coll Impunity. day. The adverse political climate coupled situation and the don dramatic movement by the party unions to exercise their these repressive and dictatorial In power rights to fight evil practices ces of th The conduct the econ of countries in Ald Afde ave foreign als: Scho hospitals and clinics without essential drugs. Factories because they and necessan books. The life level. To salvage the situ restructuring. A nur often than spending Workers in the buildi when developments compensation, resu Ways to confront thes of our affiliates during worker has bee into shambles. ving nge to o Univ he IMF is invited to ad sterity the developments. They familles. 167 jes EBMM ВЕЬОВІ? ЕКОN IHE BECTОЙУГОЕНСЕ? OF IHE CONGRESS REPORT FROM THE IFBWW REGIONAL OFFICE FOR welve ebru boheq ent pnhub sto AFRICA ndicat. Introduction Travall lonoitopube iding It is desirous to portray a more pleasing picture of Africa to Congress, but the record of developments on the continent does not justify such a picture.e hough other Four years ago, we gave you the analysis of military and civilian governments. Regrettably the story remains unchanged. About 50% of African countries are ruled by the military which assumed power not through the ballot box but through the barrel of the gun pointed at unarmed civilians. They are accountable to no one but themselves. They rule according to the dictates of their lust. But even in certain countries where there are supposed to be civilian rules much difference cannot be drawn between the military and the civilians. The civilian governments are even more repressive than the military. 910.20 They cling to power unyieldingly through the imposition of a system in which absolute power is invested in the hands of a single man. In this siutation, democracy is anybody's interpretation. Opposition is silenced. Newspapers with divergent views are banned. The editors are harassed until they go into self exile or coil into their shells. Human and trade union rights are violated with impunity. Arbitrary arrests of trade union leaders and government interference in trade union affairs become the order of the day. The adverse political climate coupled with the dramatic economical situation and the domination of the trade union movement by the party in power in most cases make it difficult for trade unions to exercise their rights to fight the evil practices of the government. The conduct of these repressive and dictatorial regimes have thrown the economies of most countries in Africa into shambles, leaving hospitals and clinics without essential drugs. Factories are not working because they do not have foreign exchange to order spare parts and necessary raw materials. Schools and Universities are without books. The life of the worker has been reduced to a mere existence level. the To salvage the situation, the IMF is invited to advise and assist on restructuring. A number of austerity measures are introduced. More often than not, these measures include the curtailing of government spending and drastic reduction in developments. Workers in the building and allied industries become the most affected when developments are reduced. They lose the jobs, some without compensation, resulting in disintegration of families. Ways to confront these and other problems remained the objectives of our affiliates during the period under review. To help in this direction oTr 169 2 the Regional Office assisted the affiliates to mount in a number of educational projects during the period under review. Change in Regional Administration АЗІЯЗА noitoubaital The African Regional Office which was based in Nairobi, Kenya, and was headed by Brother Lawrence Kawesa, was closed in December, 1986 and transferred to Lomé, Togo. .enutolq Brother Kawesa was retired and Brother Charles Attah who used to be the President of the African Regional Committee was appointed the new Regional Representative.lim erit ya belun eno zahtnudo noohtA to betniog nup ent to lemod erit riquorit tud xod tollod erit ripuorit Membershipud eno on of eldotnuobod ei vert anpilivio beroru fauj ierit to setptolb edit of prilbroood elu verif We are catering for 24 affiliates in 14 countries on the continent. We also maintain friendly and good relations with potential unions in Botswana, Swaziland, Ivory Coast, Tchad, Lesotho and Senegal. etib doum selun erit norit, avisenger som neve e etnemmevop nilivio edit anpilivio Generally our performance in Northern and Central Africa has not been altogether encouraging. Reasons are not far fetched. al metava o lo noillzoqmient riguorit vloniblelynu p jewoq of pnilo ved Most of the trade unions in these parts of the continent are integral wings of the ruling party. They are bound therefore to tow the ideological line of the party. The ideologies of most of these governments are so- called Marxism or Socialism. They are more inclined to the communist block and prefer to have nothing to do with the West and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions' camp to which we belong. The task is up- hill but we have not given up.10 erit emoped Field Work pitomob edt ritiw belquos etomilo looltiloq eaevbo er yhoq erit yd tnemevom noinu eboit ert to noitonimob erit bno noitoutia Botswanae of anoinu eboif not flushib ti exom seapo taom ni nowoq nil themmevog edit to zeltopiq live erit tright of atrigh The National Centre, the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions, assisted to re- organise the Botswana Construction Workers' Union. The union had almost died. otni pohtA ni ashtnuoɔ taom to zelmonose erit onbhow ton 910 20hotop.aquib lolinezze tuorifiw zoinilo bno zlotiqeod The job was efficiently accomplished and on 17th July, 1988 an extraordinary conference was convened where a national executive committee was elected. need zor zor exhow erit Cameroun eriT.exlood level no.galvbp of betivni alaML erit noltbutis erit egovica of A visit was paid to Cameroun in 1988.They have one National Centre based in Yaounde. The unions are not organised on national basis. They are organised on district basis, which means with the 30 districts in the country there are corresponding number of industrial unions in each district. This does not present a good setting for us to work in. We suspended contacts but are still watching developments. leveb nerlw seilimot to to noitpipetniaib ni onitluse ni onitluse noltoanegmo cevitoeido erit beniome: ameldong herto bnp ezerit thortnoo of ayoW nolfoerib airit ni qler of.welve ebnu boheq ent onhub setpiloto to eaf 170 3 Tchad afgehobelebu donolgauskit Aanolasuozib 101 eonto erit of belloo netto evori setollito& llo Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Bâtiments onimez votingenc 101 moon al exert tud loibio yav not el qirlanoitoleЯ.8891 edmetqe2 Before the war, this union was the only one catering for the building workers in Tchad. After the war, they have not been able to re- organise. A few of the officers who held office before the war still retain their positions though most of them have ceased to work in the building industry. Some of them are working in banks while others have set up their own private businesses. The union comes to life only when there is a meeting.struction Work 2 Lesotho Furniture and Wood Fédération Syndicale des Bâtiments et Travaux Publics du Tchadenhua This union broke away from the Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Bâtiments but they are better organised. noit be bey me The union was established in 1983. They have a membership of 2111. For financial reasons they have not been able to expand beyond the capital city- N'djamena. They have made a very good beginning. They finance themselves through enrolment fee of CFA 200 and monthly contribution of CFA 100 per member per month. The executive committee members contribute 1% of their salaries towards the running of the union. merit mont bevisse hogei tapi erit of pribio0A figot abioweta qoria not anonimes Of of foubnoo 9 Merger: Talks are far advanced betwen the 2 National Centres for a merger. The necessary papers have been completed by a commitee and are being studied by the 2 Centres. The two building unions have expressed support of the merger. The result of the merger will indicate the direction of our decision as regards assistance. I pyne Ivory Coast Borto if öhbeoul There are 2 unions in Ivory Coast which fall within our jurisdiction. We have maintained good relations with both unions over the years. They have indicated their intentions to affiliate but are still working out the modalities with their union executives. pohub xal yd beac Gabon nem noinU ar We have 3 affiliates in Gabon. For some time there was no communication between us. I visited them in 1988. The problem was economic. Like most countries in Africa the strain on the economy was becoming unbearable. This had affected all disciplines of life and had reduced the venum in trade union activities. Travelling has become a big problem for most of the leaders whose vehicles have broken down with no means to repair. Most workers including union leaders, have been laid off on redundancy. This has left vacuum in some unions but efforts were being made to fill the vacuum and keep the unions alive. Ghana goingre We also have affiliates in Ghana. Although it has not been possible for ST 171 4 the regional representative to visit this country, delegations representing all 3 affiliates have often called to the office for discussions. A preparatory seminar was organised for them from 5th to 7th September, 1988. Relationship is very cordial but there is room for improvement.t pnhetpo eno vino erit apw.noinu aldt, ow, edt enoted as no ent vet A.Bambo10-91 Kenya VOH ment to taom riquorit anoitizoqnient note evod nedto elidw alapd al pobhow exp merit to emo? vitaubni onibliud ap Kenya Building, Construction, Civil Engineering& Allied Trades Workers' Union Rep resentative. During the period under review, I have visited this union 3 times. It is among the first unions which benefitted from the IFBWW's study circle programme in Africa. Before 1985, they enjoyed the services of an IFBWW employed education officer. m With the withdrawal of this officer however, the union has not been able to continue with the study circles. They do receive assistance but lack the manpower to utilise. On my last visit I was informed of efforts they were initiating to consolidate their staff in order to meet their educational and other union obligations. A3Q to golt According to the last report received from them, they had planned to conduct 9 to 10 seminars for shop stewards for 1987/88. In accordance with the plan, they were expected to complete the programme by December, 1988. As at May, 1988 when we received the reports, they had trained more than 100 shop stewards. nied sib bho selimmos beeixe evor anoinu Kenya Timber and Furniture Workers' Union to noltoelb erit etpolbril lliw This is one union that has upheld the study circle method since it was introduced to them. They employ a Workers' Education Co- ordinator in addition to an Education Officer. Their report in April indicated that they had trained 480 members as study circle leaders and about 237 had organised 2652 members in study circle sessions. Union membership had increased by 15% during the period. Disputes had reduced by 45% in the timber industry. Since they started the project they reported that they have trained a total of 9780 out of a membership of 15'000. nodpe ni tetpilio& evpr eW apw meldong enT 8891'ni mert betiziv 1.2u neewted noitobinummos zu Kenya Quarry and Mine Workers' Unionil zelfnuoo taom exu.oimonose bod brib all to senliqibab llo betpetto bod aid eldorpedou on moped In September, 1987 we organised a seminar for Branch Union Officials. It happened to be the very first seminar ever organised independently by the union. There were 12 participants drawn from various branches of the union. evod anotte tud In March, 1988, a preparatory seminar was organised for this union. Participants were mainly national executive members. They were exposed to the study circle and other trade union educational methods. The opted for the study circle and mandated the union secretariat to apply for assistance accordingly. The secretariat did 170 INF 172 5 apply and a project has been mounted for them beginning in August, 1988. beouboiq Sa Leone, w we Lesotho and d the Skilled and 010 imea ILA hola evort veritabey faol ylu Con Workers The Gen Pr Work On 6th February, 1988 I flew to Maseru but for visa reasons, I could not enter. There were 2 unions when last I was there: on evon ew no lliw doldw centnuoi fait ent promo ed lliw vent 1. Brickmaking, Construction and Allied Workers' Union 2. Lesotho Furniture and Wood Workers' Union Africo Rec evon for ob ev nuoo erit of tizly to afi eviebe Dhapin The 2 were discussing merger and promised to report back as soon as they had completed the necessary arrangements. We have not heard from them since. In January, 1988, a delegation of the Federation of Building Construction and Wood Workers' Union of Southern Africa Sub- Region, comprising of the President and Secretary General visited the country. They reported that there were 3 unions in Lesotho: 1. Building Construction 2. General Workers 3. Wood Workers Industries Upagita They suggested to return to the country, meet the 3 unions and discuss the formation of a single amalgamated union. Liberia sehotapl From 9th to 11th August, 1988 we organised a preparatory seminar for the National Timber, Wood, Construction& Allied Workers' Union. It was attended by 7 participants, all members of the union's National Executive Committee. The Assistant Minister of Labour for Trade Union Affairs performed the official opening on behalf of the Minister but the Minister himself, Hon. Peter Naigow performed the closing ceremony. bu smoa ni be oni qirlaedmem noinU bnp yol yd e need bod At the time of the seminar, our affiliate and the National Centre officials were not in talking terms. The General Secretary of our affiliate had contested for the seat of Secretay General and lost. After losing he had joined other unions to protest against the conduct of the election and had petitioned the Government asking for investigations into the financial administration of the National Centre. The Government had not responded by the end of our seminar. Malawi to villic elllovoit seb lonoito 226 A project was started in May, 1987 for the Building, Construction, Civil Engineering and Allied Workers' Union. I participated in one of the seminars which has been conducted by the union. From May to December, 1987 they had run 6 ordinary seminars. As a result of these seminars 1426 new members joined the union. From January, 1988 to August, it is on record that they have run 4 additional seminars. ATT 173 6 laugu ni gnioriped medit ben viggo All seminars were ordinary ones but since they produced a manual in July last year, they have started with study circles. from very c cordial but Mauritius Relationsh to 7th room for odtore The Artisans and General Workers' Union of welt 18891 you del dito no Ken enerit zow I faol nerw anoinu Senew een aetne We do not have much to write on Mauritius as we have not yet paid a visit to the country. They will be among the first countries which will receive visits at the beginning of the next programme.pnblomloha T noinu'aexhow booW bro enutimu ortoze review, I have visited this S times. It is Nigeria 207100 Nigeria Union of Construction, Civil Engineering& Allied Workers' Unionent BWW en ducation officer sonia mont mont breed This is one of the self reliant unions which we have on the continent. They have been an affiliate for some time now but have not yet requested for assistance of any sort. It was even more encouraging when I learnt that they had been providing air tickets for their members to attend the Afro- Asian Institute courses in Israel. educational and other duce National Union of Furniture and Wood Workers noltountano onibliu8. According ast repo elved from them, the ecolorema os From February, 1987 until June, 1988, this union has conducted 9 seminars out of which 238 members have been trained. The series of seminars organised so far have created union awareness and developped union consciousness among the members.mo elon to noltormot erit Union membership increased in some factories but the percentage had been eroded by lay- offs and complete closures in other factories. This is due to the economic decline which is facing the country at the moment. Jonpitok edit edmem llo atnogioihoqyd bebnetto Senegalpot quodol to netainiM trotzizzA erf.eettimmo evitusex salt todostain Abertadoriadne ionicsgo ipinto edit bermichea pipA Syndicat National des Travailleurs de la Construction, du Bâtiment, du Bois des Matériaux de Construction, des Travaux Publics, de l'Equipement et des Corps des Métiers Connexes( SY.NA.CO) miked A This is the one union in Senegal that is affiliated to the IFBWW. We have maintained cordial relations with the union over the years but we have very little information about their activities since we do not receive reports from them. However, they are on record that they will organise their delegates conference in June, 1989. We hope to be present to assess the viability of the union. ever organised Independently the union. There were 12 partic drawn from various braweloM Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics Privés du Sénégal priblius ent not 1891 yoM ni behota apw tolong A Instalo The SY.NA.CO. broke away from this union as a result of violent conflict. Since then, relationship between the two has remained unfriendly. It is hoped the situation wil improve sooner than later. This union is not affiliated yet but they gave indication of their intention to affiliate when I CTF 1174 87 was there in June, 1988.edmemo Sierra Leone izap sol loltapledus, betoget exp ed ube adf besilifu evon vert azelerhevel privb en ent al noinu erit to siedmem Jonoltpoube aidt olapaimes to zehes.p.betquom In Sierra Leone, we have 2 affiliates- The General Construction Workers' Union and the Skilled and Manual Productive Workers' Union. We do not have any project started yet for any of them. However the Productive Workers' Union has submitted an application for educational assistance which will be discussed by the African Regional Committee. OVA baimes eno South Africa medmom mom.elc Building, Construction and Allied Workers' Union taom eib sedmem edT otose efoviq erit ni shoqetnuco erit northe This union is affiliated to the IFBWW. A few years ago, they applied to the IFBWW for assistance to organise and educate their members. The IFBWW launched an appeal and received some funds specifically for the union. I am aware that they have embarked on an extensive organisational and educational campaign for some time now. Their activities and related reports go directly to Geneva, for which reason I am unable to give you detailed report. nepnap ani ya pe1OVITOM noalalmmoo o brez of bebloeb tabl to pniteem Based on information I have from Geneva, they had among other activities, conducted 24 seminars from May to November, 1987 having altogether trained about 1233 members. From January to June, 1988 they conducted 17 seminars and trained 457 members. They had planned to train 530 members between July and November 1988. Target groups are organisers, staff and executive members, active shop stewards, rank and file. be Swaziland 8821 planut to olduge edit to thebi nebize19 erft of beaeibbo nettel trotluze erit Building and Construction Workers' Union joto lip of bechply Though we have received no report from the union, we assume that elections have now been conducted. Brother Mthethwa who signed National Organiser is now signing as General Secretary. RAPP Reports received reveal a number of difficulties facing the union now. Employers are refusing to negotiate and they are being supported by Ministry of Labour personnel. This makes the union lose cases at the negotiating table to the disapproval of the members. The union has called for more support to intensify education of the members as a solution to the loss of membership. In response to their appeal they are receiving limited support from the ILO/ SFTU educational programme. verit aic artt gnito Togo eld Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Entreprises Privés du Bâtiment des Travaux Publics, Routes et Connexes( SYNBARCOT) Due to the unfavourable economic wind which is blowing all over the continent this union has not been able to operate at full capacity. They 175 8 have reported substantial loss. in membership as well as income. Nevertheless they have utilised the educational assistance to the benefit of members of the union. In the dying months of 1987, they mounted a series of seminars. In this educational financial year, they have already started their seminars which they intend to carry down to the rank and file.exhow evitoubo19 lounoM bro bellbl2 erit bro noinU erit evewoH merit to yap 101 tay behote toejoig yno evor ton not Syndicat National des Travaux Publics, Garages Administratifs et Voiries du Togo( SYNTRAGAVO) posib Hoinw sonptalaap ipnoitpoube as we have eettim writ SYNTRAGAVO is in a similar situation as SYNBARCOT. They managed to run some seminars late 1987. Already they have started their seminars for 1988/89. Unlike SYNBARCOT, this union caters for more stable members. The members are mostly civil servants and they remain in employment longer than their counterparts in the private sector. moz FeiriT Tunisia nam ledt etpoube bro esinopio of soaptalaan, jot WWE 1868 The situation in Tunisia has been of much concern to this region for some time now. bno zelfivit55 Motivated by this concern, the Executive Committee of the IFBWW, at its meeting of last December, 1987, decided to send a Commisison of Enquiry to Tunisia to make contact with the two factions of the Construction Workers' Union of Tunisia. AS bet: medmom The Commission was made up of Brothers Ulf Asp, the Education Secretary, Jürgen Koch, the International Secretary of the Building Workers' Union of West Germany and Manuel Garnacho, Management Committee member. Union memb in som facebojowers gods The delegation was in Tunisia from 9th to 12th April, 1988. Their report and the resultant letter addressed to the President of the Republic of Tunisia was circularised to all affiliates by the General Secretary. bab paibliy In its conclusion, the Commission recommended the suspension of the affiliation of the union until the completion of the democratic process taking place within the whole UGTT. For this reason we have not made further attempt to contact our affiliate in Tunisia. ed exp yeri verit bao etoltopen aevolam Uganda หอ In October, 1986, the General Secretary and Education Secretary visited our affliate in Uganda to assess the physical situation after many years of war. Noting the deplorable state of the union's affairs, they promised material as well as educational assistance. Travau We have since conducted a preparatory and a number of seminars for them. sexenno te 29t 120 On 18th March, 1988, on behalf of the General Secretary, I presented to the union, office equipment which had been purchased and arr 176 01 9 dispatched to them since June, 1988. This comprised of 1 typewriter, 1 duplicating machine and 1 photo- copier. 91 nertw We have sent them money for the production of manual with which they should begin their study circle seminars.opeleb erit of eonpbretto Syndic Zambia nonime: bnp eoneetroo ati eoni? nwob bewola evort aniontnoo lolononi.1891.уDM ni 91010H ni" blerhoqA On activities, we have had little for Zambia, the reason being that there had been an arrangement for them to receive direct assistance from the Netherlands affiliates. Verbal report received from our affiliate in Zambia indicate however that the programme had not yet taken off. But his could be due to the present uncertain condition prevailing in the union. Zimbabwe Furn doltpoub Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers' Union or noitpoub nl WWE Ledt to el dt bnofaebau won aedmem wo to taoMeetpilip During the period under review, this union conducted a total of 8 seminars spread between Harare, Mutare, Kadomu, Bulawayo, Gweru and Chinhoyi. du begoets Yello boheq erit onhua To make an assessment of progress, an evaluation seminar was conducted in Harare form 27th June to 1st July, 1988. It was attended by 18 participants who had attended seminars in various regions of the country. The theme was" Role of the Workers' Committee in the Soci- Economic Development of the Nation".iop- no erit exp According to the union, the benefit of the seminars has reached a large number of members. During the period, a total of 225 were trained. onibliu8 ip noltourt wer Federation of Building, Construction and Wood Workers' Unions of Southern Africa Sub- Region Dynex In March, 1985, with the support of the IFBWW, the Building, Construction and Wood Workers' Unions of Southern Africa came together to form a federation and named it Federation of Building, Construction and Wood Workers' Unions of Southern Africa Sub- Region. Confere The Federation has been very useful to the unions in the Frontline States. It has provided a forum where members meet to exchange ideas and formulate strategies against apartheid. Most importantly, they meet the brothers from South Africa and this makes them understand the South African problems better. However, ver, as The Federation has been growing gradually to become self- supporting. rother Ousseyn Nine members of the Executive of the above Federation were invited from 4th to 20th September, 1986 by the Nordic Federation of Building and Wood Workers for a tour of Norway. The tour started with a visit to the head office of IG Bau- Steine- Erden where they met the President 8TP 177 @ 10 who is als the President of the IFBWW. The second stop was in Geneva where they were received by the General Secretay in the head office of the IFBWW. The final stop was in Oslo, Norway. A visit to other places of interest in Norway was organised. The tour was climaxed with the attendance to the delegates conference of the NBTF. Since its conference and seminar on" Trade Union, Frontline States and Apartheid" in Harare in May, 1987, financial contrains have slowed down activities of the Federation. They have succeeded in opening an external account in Zambia but payment of contribution by members has not started. An executive meeting scheduled for Malawi in August was rescheduled for October. However, in January, 1988 the President and Secretary General visited Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho. 08 mostly Education eir co orts in the pr ewdodmi Education has brought the IFBWW closer to the members of our affiliates. Most of our members now understand the role of the IFBWW in Africa. We are continuing with our efforts to assist our affiliates to grow more and more in membership through education. boenga apnimea 192 vonne Bro Gwe During the period under review educational activities stepped up tremendously. Life has been injected into the education department of the IFBWW and programmes are being executed in accordance with projections. DV ol apnime babɲetto bod ortw stripgloihoq.8 ement Fu Following are the on- going projects: Ghana 89 Bhimes edit to titened erit hug 1. Construction and Building Workers' Union 2. Timber and Wood Workers' Union Kenya Commission ITS Conclusion, the Commi noinu erit of gnib OOA nem. jo.edmun epipl of the Republic of Tunisia Sectious to notiebel u2 pohtA merttuo? ISION ORI 1. Kenya Building, Cosntruction, Civil Engineering and Allied Trades Workers' Union merttuo2 to enolnu aeshow boow bad 2. Kenya Quarry and Mine Workers' Union ti bemon bro noitebet Malawi retot eniltron erit ni anoinu erit of luteau viev need apri noltpiebe ent Building, Construction, Civil Engineering& Allied Workers' Unionon apri il vedt vitnohoami troMbledhoqp OM bledhoqp tanjogo zel petoita etolumot bro Nigeria vished Sm ses SidoiondomA003 National Union of Furniture, Fixtures and Wood Workers on's affairs, they Autonabeeste.noltoiebel ent South Africa onlhoqque- tles Have since conducted a preparatory and a number of seminars Building, Construction and Allied Workers' Union erf to aedmem en bjjud to noitoiebe olio erit vd 6801 edmetge2 dos of rith most habishis12 ponto breat 178 $ 11 Togo ding nd financial reporting ewollot zo zbripta won eettimmo ert 1. Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Entreprises Privés du Bâtiment, modes Travaux Publics, Routes et Connexes du Togo( SYNBARCOT) Tulf their pedo ( logene2) S 2. Syndicat National des Travaux Publics, Garages Administratifs et CloVoiries du Togo( SYNTRAGAVO) the affilia Uganda edmeM edmeM ( opoT) ( plainuT) ive beeM IviYA ( bellow emon) Uganda Building, Construction, Civil Engineering Cement and Allied Workers' Union In conclu Zimbabwe I like to invite the att tolbe Zimbabwe Furniture and Cabinet Workers' Union the African aff es beb le golfotnomalarl rep ort to those who through Regional Committee Meetings on. mmo longipe Since 1984, we have had 4 AFRECO meetings, the last one having been held on 29th October, 1988: 1. 25-26 July, 1985 at Hotel de la Paix, Lomé, Togo time! 2. 9-10 October, 1986 at Novotel Hotel, Libreville, Gabon 3. 12-13 October, 1987 at Andrews Motel, Lusaka, Zambia thanks also 4. 29-30 October, 1988 at Oasis Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe onime? A J I like also to address 3801 4th Pan- African Conference 017, anoin goldomation ngly guiding The 4th Pan- African Conference was held in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare from 31st October to 4th November, 1988. me2 nolgefl- du2 seto12 enitno noin sboil apw emerit enTewdodmise100H Many important decisions were taken at the Conference. The Regional Activities Budget and Plan of Work for 1989/90 were approved as well as the Educational Budget and Work Plan.adt nitiw noltonujnoo.nl& rit mon pyne) ido besinogio sow" zelemoH brp 1009 erit Kenya and Zambia who are members of the Regional Executive Committee had problems of different dimensions awaiting resolution in their countries. This prevented their attendance. Since the problems in both cases had developed into legal tussle with their governments, the Conference decided not to replace them on the Executive. It was decided to await the result of both cases, presumably in a year's time, after which the Executive Committee was empowered to take the appropriate decision. For this reason no elections were held. The old members were retained. oinU'melioW booW bno onibliu8 to elog Prepared " bierthogA However, as a result of the elevation of the Vice Chairman to the Chairmanship, the position of the Vice Chairman became vacant. This was filled by the election of Brother Ousseynou Gueye of Senegal. enoigerent.eutut erit 103 My appointment as Regional Representative left a seat vacant on the Committee. This was filled by the appointment of Brother F.W. Mahlangu from South Africa. The place of Tunisia was still kept open for their return. atiały olugeЯ bebne evor bluow 081 179 12 Presi The Committee now stands as follows: exal Secr dremites ub 1. David Matheru opo 2. Ousseynou Gueye ( Kenya) The second stop was in Geopol Secretay in the head office Teeblanalto/ blob.col tuo Chairman voicebhe ( Senegal) e of the Vice Chairman 3. Patrick Nzima zeppo( Zambia) xupvo ( Zambia) xuDVDIT 20 Member toolbny? S 4. P.W. Mahlangu 5. R.O. Sanyaolu 6. Ayivi Messan Têvi 7.( name awaited) Charles K. Attah resc ho e and ( Nigeria) dera( Togo) ( Tunisia) ( SouthAfrica) VADA Member ASMember blond Member slowed down Member opboppl Member bers ( IFBWW Reg. Rep.) Secretary.prope Oc ber. Ho nera wa The Conference ended with a resolution condemning apartheid in all its forms and calling for the immediate and unconditional implementation of U.N. Resolution 435 on Namibia. utimu ewdodmis ucation has brought the Regional Committee Meeting CogiteeMeettimme joggine! stand the role of the IFBWW In Alongside the Conference, the Regional Committee held its 10th meeting. During the period Regional Conferences and Seminars of the Ref 1. A Seminar on IFBWW Education Policy in Africa was organised in Lomé, Togo from 11th to 15th November, 1985. Following are the on- going project npottA- aps th 2. In May, 1987 alongside the Executive Meeting of the Federation of Building, Construction and Wood Workers' Union of Southern Africa Sub- Region, a Seminar was organised in conjunction with the FES in Harare, Zimbabwe. The theme was" Trade Unions, Frontline States lon and Apartheid". to of enew enolaseb inphoqmi ynoM llow zo bevorg ୧୫୧୮୦ W to no19 bro tegbu8 selfivitoA 3. In conjunction with the FES in Kenya, a Conference on" Shelter for the Poor and Homeless" was organised in Nairobi, Kenya, from 7th evito 11th December 1987. dmem 10 pitulo o ano wrejdmes nettib to ameldoiq bor eettimmo 4. In conjunction with the FES in Zimbabwe, a Seminar for educators en from South Africa and Zimbabwe was organised in Harare from 9th to 13th May, 1988.dt no merit eob eɔolge of ton Ton bebiosb eansreino0 emit eibey o ni vidomuzenqz0zoo ritod to fluae1 erit tipwo of bebloeb 5. Alongside the 4th Pan- African Conference held in Harare from 31st bloOctober to 4th November, 1988, a Seminar was organised on" The NRole of Building and Wood Workers' Unions in Africa in Eliminating Apartheid". ente nommiert readientovel/ D 20 TeveH Future Plans empoed nomiono solv erit to nollisoq erit.qirlaniomiori Souttogage to eyeuǝ uonyezauO jertford to noitele erit yd bellit apw For the future, the regional administration intends to mount intensive training for education and financial officers of the affiliated unions. This will streamline activity and financial reporting which now leaves much to be desired. By the time this report is read, a seminar in this direction would have ended. Regular visits will be attempted to keep err 180 13 upgrading knowledge in activity and financial reporting. OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PAC OFIC The study circle method will be given more encouragement. A model manual will be developed and affiliates encouraged to adapt to suit their peculiar conditions. years ago in 1979, the Ten years the Asian Regional Closer relations will be developed between the regional office and the affiliates and efforts will be made to recruit new affiliates into the IFBWW family. and are co Conclusion M of th onal office In conclusion, I like to invite the attention of the African affiliates regarding their obligation towards financing the operations of the IFBWW. It is understandable that most African States do have the problem of foreign exchange but there are a few who do not have that problem. I appeal through the medium of this report to those who can afford to do everything they can to meet this obligation. any nations And now I like to take this opportunity to register my appreciation to the staff in my office who demonstrated such rare devotion to duty and gave me the needed support through the difficult time I sometimes encountered during the period under review. I like to give thanks also to the members of the Regional Committee for their good counsel during deliberations at meetings. South Korea an of conte I like also to address my esteemed appreciation to the Education Secretary, Brother Ulf Asp, for, among other things, painstakingly guiding and giving directions for my actions throughout the period under review. His advice and involvement in the activities were necessary ingredients in the work of the region. time, the President on And finally, I extend my special inestimable gratitude to the General Secretary, Brother John Löfblad, for his fatherly advice and words of encouragement on all occasions that we met. And to the whole staff of the Secretariat in Geneva, we express our appreciation. Without their assiduous devotion to duty, communication between the region and the head office would not have been possible. wing We wish the Congress successful deliberations. 19 Gen Ms on n Nove neral Zia utto 16. H- Haq. Unfortunat ely, which constit black Prepared by: political climate. The coup ace in Fili est ed government, Charles K. Attah Regional Secretary des Union Congress( FTUC). International Federation ofBuilding and Woodworkers African Regional Office conomy of the In March, 1989 ons' peace destroyed the their 181 812 pnihoqe lolononi bro vtivitoo ni egbelworl gnibongqu The Committee how stands as follows: lebom A tnemegpucone enom nevig ed lliw boritem eloilo ybuts erit thub or table of beponudbe velollip bro beddevetoed lliw punom 2. Ousseynou Gueys( Senegal) Sobioeqerit 3. Potrick Nzima ( Zambia) Member AbrfoWediaanipen erti eefed beqolaveb benoitple resol Sedi infeste wen tubespèbom od lliw notte bro zetollo erit 6. Ayivi Messan Tevi Member ylimot WWERI 7.( name awaited) Member Charles K. Atto ( Togo) ( Tunisia) ( IFBWW Reg.Rep.) Secretory polzulono eetpilito noohtA ent to goitnetto erit etival ot exil Inoizulonoo.nl Tear Goniomedo en vidiowophobias grembibe tarifever oberste bofA from tonesdobnebHDCPAP WWERI Trevor for BBA We selenega banonske plenot to meldonq orlw ezort of hoger zirit to muibem erit riquaint loeqqol meldoq torit nottopildo airt teem of noo yent prinityieve ob of biotto noo Regional Commitee Meeting ert at noltolbergqp ym metalgen of ytinuhoqgo airit exot of exlil I won bnA Abocytub tollovebob ribue betonanometroresina reemilegno: I emit flubitib erit riquot hoqquz bebeen erit em evog ozlo axinorit evig of exlil I waiver jebnu boheq erit onhub beetnuoone Basic 600m lonolge edit to aedmem erit of apniteem to anoifpiedileb pnhub 1. A Seminar on IFBWW Education Policy In Africa was organised in nditepébbed from ridiholoshqa ezebbp of oald exil! oniblup yionblotanlog.agnidt medio gnomo1ot qeA IU 1erito18 viterbe? Zebbiol687ezlbrigddoublencio habanditbeilbgnivlorbab VideoMoodWideWiedlonition solvotheth Welve Sub- Region, a Seminar was organogenertiskie fishin Harare, Zimbabwe. The theme was Trade Unions, Frontline States brendantffofobutitong eldomiteeni loloeqe ym bnetxe 1 yllonit bnA to abiow bro eolvbo vheritot air not boldto ndol edito18 viptero02 1062 3. In conjunction with thterew Kortysholzbodenostamiselandine the Poor and Homeless' was organised in Nairobi, Kenya, from 7th nudesta embvene.ni tohotence? ent to thota eloriw erit of briA noltooinummos yfub of noltoveb auoubleep hiert füorttiW.nottoloenqqo heed avionicfom blowhe50dobbeltebaoSarolger for deewed South Africa and Zimbabwe was organised in Horare feldiazoq to 13th May, 1988. enoltonedileb lutzzooouz 22e1gno erit rlaiw eW 5. Alongside the 4th Pan- African Conference held in Harare from 31st October to 4th November, 1988, a Seminar was organised on The Role of Building and Wood Workers' Unions in Africa in Eliminating Aparheld'. Future Plans vd beingeg dottA X ashort hotelbe? Ipnope For the future, therebbwbbovintinis groundbohoitomenl training for education and financial officers of the smoabridge will streamline activity and financial reporting which now leaves much to be desired. By the time this report is read, a seminar in th would have ended. Regular visits will be attempted to keep 181 180 CONGRESS REPORT FROM THE IFBWW REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC oimonose eieves erit mon begieme vlloubong ym Introduction Jap nonope nolaA en Ten years ago in 1979, the IFBWW set up the Asian and Pacific Regional Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur. At that time, this immediate region had only 5 affiliates. Today, 31 affiliates from 14 countries in the Asian and Pacific region are affiliated to the IFBWW. Some of these 31 unions are strong and viable and are contributing towards international solidarity. Unfortunately, many are not. The work of the regional office was directed towards strengthening these weak affiliates. this could increas debito lonoigen en Inspite of our efforts, trade unions in the developing countries of the Asian and Pacific region will remain weak so long as there exist poverty, aggression and the violation on all forms of freedoms, including trade union freedom. vanou onve Many nations in Asia have governments which, out of contempt or fear of trade unions, have formulated the most stringent labour and industrial relations legislations, thus, violating the fundamental freedom to oganise and bargain collectively. During the last three years, positive changes took place in the trade union movement in some countries in Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea and the Republic of China. Political Situations in the Region The political developments in the Asian and Pacific region were better during the period under review than in other periods before. For the first time, the President of the Republic of South Korea has been elected on a direct vote of the people in a comparatively fair and free election in which political parties were allowed to field candidates and to conduct election campaigns. grant workers the In the Philippines, the Peoples' Power Revolution brought Mrs. Corazon Aquino as a popularly elected leader of that country, deposing the dictatorial government of Ferdinand Marcos. ns to en Following in the footsteps of the Philippines, in Pakistan, Ms Benazir Bhutto became the Prime Minister, after a General Election on November 16, 1988 replacing the military government of the late General Zia ul- Haq. Unfortunately, there have been developments which constitute a" black spot" in the otherwise improving political climate. The coup which took place in Fiji deposed a democratically established government, which was backed by the Fijian Trades Union Congress( FTUC). Aof beanopio evori nerttepot benidmoo zentre loncito ent llo In Sri Lanka, ethnic violence continues to disrupt the island nations' peace and this hampers its development pursuits. This has, in turn, destroyed the economy of the country. The working population and their trade unions are suffering as a consequence of this unfortunate ethnic conflict. 481 183 2 Economic Developments ант моя лясная газо ЭНКАЯ ЭНТ СИА АРА The Asian economy gradually emerged from the severe economic recession that hit almost all countries in 1985. The economic growth of most Asian countries showed a negative trend in 1985. lonoipe biti brio noisA ont qu fee WW8 erit, PTPF ni opp ay not 09 tea These economies picked up in 1986 and in 1988, with an average growth of 3-7% being registered in many Asian economies. If this trend continues, there is a possibility that the economies of Thailand and Malaysia would advance to become the Newly Industrialised Economies and line up along with the other Asian NICs. Tonolge to show .ton eip ew ezerit grineritonetz The regional office believes that with improved economic growth, the unemployment rate will be reduced cand this will enhance the membership growth of the trade union movement. We also look forward to relative relaxation by governments over their tight hold on the trade union movement. mobeen noinu Trade Union Situations in the Region emmevop evor pleA ni anolton ynoM loiteubail bro quodol trepnhta taom erit betolumot evoranoinu eboit The trade union situations in the region also improved slightly. More free and independent unions are being set up in Korea and the trade union membership saw a tremendous growth in this country over the last 12 months. In the Republic of China, the workers have now acquired the right to strike. Even in Malaysia, somewhat favourable changes are being effected to the labour laws. It is hoped that with the economic improvement in the ASEAN countries, the trade unions and the labour situation, as a whole, will improve. However, in the Pacific, new Zealand is faced with the worst recession and unemployment since World War II. One out of ten workers is unemployed. This is posing grave problems for trade unions in that country.19 ent emit ni nolfbele eet bob lot ylevito pqmoo p ni elqoeq erit to etov toelb In Fiji, trade unions are trying to recover from the two bloodless coups that shook the country to its core in 1987. angloqmpo nolfoele bene D In South- West Asia, trade unions still remain weak, splintered and divided politically and religiously, ort to nebbel befoele yholuqoq o 20 onlupA 2001PM bronibiel to themmevop lohototoib In Indonesia, 12 independent industrial unions are functioning outside the government- sponsored structure. One of them is our affiliate, the Timber and Woodworkers Union( SBP). einiM emh9 erit empoed op yibtilim erit prlopige 8891 on In the Philippines, trade unions are divided into fractions. There are a total of 5 National Centres, 34 federations and 1'800 unions as per offiicial information. The present Cory government is pursuing the same labour laws that existed during the time of Marcos regime. The government is still repressive and hard on the unions. As far as trade unions are concerned, all the National Centres combined together have organised 10-14% of the total working population. The various National Centres swear at each other and cannot see eye- to- eye. No serious efforts worth mentioning are being made by trade unions to organise the unorganised. Millions of Pesos are spent by unions to" raid" other unions at the time of certification elections because only unions which win the certification elections will 681 184 3 A become the" Collective Bargaining Agent"( CBA) and only these unions can officially collect membership dues. In Japan, on November 20, 1987 a new National Centre called the Japanese Private Sector Trade Union Council( RENGO) was set up. This is the result of many years of negotiations among the four National Centres. With the formation of this new Council, DOMEI and CHURITSUROREN were dissolved and the membership was transferred to RENGO. SOHYO, the biggest Centre, will also be dissolved in 1990 and its membership transferred to RENGO. RENGO will become the largest trade union Centre not only in Japan, but in the entire Asian and Pacific region. RENGO at present, represents 5.55 million members and this could increase substantially when SOHYO's membership is transferred. semi- finished and finished proc Human and Trade Union Rights to nehoqmi no of nehoque no moit bemotenoit, apr broliorTvboelA Human and trade union rights are generally determined in terms of the various Conventions and attendant Recommendations of the ILO and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Of woled of qo1b lliw eehtnuoo zeohq trenuo to nollid S However, in several countries of the Third World in particular these rights are being gradually eroded through policies, legislations and admnistrative instruments prompted by employers. pnippol erit ni meldona erit ebloot iq erit ebloot of befpe edmiT In a number of countries in Asia violations of basic human rights are committed by way of arbitrary legislations which cannot be validly challenged in Courts of Law. Under these highly restrictive laws, freedom of the individual and his or her right of association are sternly restricted, if not, totally denied. than 10 million workers One of the worst forms of repressions is the denial of an individual's right to freedom of expression. The inherent right of a person to vent his or her views without fear or favour is stifled by arbitrary means. with in The most flouted of ILO Conventions, are Conventions 98 and 87 which grant workers the right to organise themselves into industrial organisations of their choice and to collective bargaining. Employers take advantage of restrictive labour legislations to embark on union busting activities, aided and abetted by pro- employer governments and the Draconian laws enacted by them. Due to the low of union o The IFBWW Asian and Pacific region calls upon all governments to respect and abide by the right of workers to unionise themselves within industrial organisations of their choice, partake in collective bargaining and to restore the right to strike in furtherance of industrial disputes. Forest Industry broclegow The tropical rainforests in this region which is the most bountiful in the world, are disappearing unless the destruction is stopped. By the year 2010, most of the forest wealth have gone or been seriously depleted. Rainforests, which girdle the world's equatorial regions, once covered 10% of the earth's surface, nurturing its richest cornucopia of plants and animals. Now, 881 185 4 the total area has been reduced by one- third of that extent. erit emobed asub qirlaedmem toalloo yllobito noo In much of Southeast Asia the rate of destruction has been faster than elsewhere. There were 2.49 million km2 of virgin forest in the region in 1900, but km2 remain. et loving ezen 2011 Only 602.2uot erit gnomo oper ynom to flueen erit Just as the rate of degradation of the world's rainforests has reached record levels( about 200,000 km2 is destroyed or degraded every year), evidence is accumulating that they are vital assets which the world sorely needs. Scientists and economists have only recently begun to analyse the consequences of deforestation. The genetic pool, for instance, is rapidly diminishing. Biologists estimate that 10'000 species would vanish each year. The chances of breakthroughs in medicine resulting from the use of jungle plants would vanish as well. embership grow the trade unlo ce th Already, Thailand has transformed from an exporter to an importer of timber, and in the Philippines' timber trade is down to a trickle. If the current rates of deforestation continue. By the year 2000, the 33 net exporter countries will drop to below 10, and export earnings will shrind to about US$ 2 billion at current prices. In recognition of the fact that something must be done by the international community, two global initiatives have emerged: the International Tropical Timber Organisation( ITTO), created to tackle the problem in the logging industry, and the Tropical Forestry Action Plan( TFAP). TFAP is calling for US$ 8 billion to implement its tropical country- by- country blueprint for promoting both conservation and development. Yet, these two ambitious schemes seem to be accomplishing little.sineb yllotof ton Her lover in the Pacific, d is faced ecession In the wake of the devastating floods in southern Thailand, blamed on uncontrolled deforestation, the Thai government in January, 1989, issued a decree abrogating all logging concessions in the country. in FII, trade unions are living to recover from odle The trade unions, due to lack of resources to service workers in the remote areas, have not made serious attempts to organise the forest workers. Furthermore, the workers in the forest industry are employed on a casual basis and on the contract labour system. no shodme of anoifolalpel quodol evitonteen to potnovbo expt aevolama Therefore, in the Asian region, the workers in the forest industry are poorly organised into trade unions. In many countries, they are not represented by trade unions at all. toequen of afnemmevog lio no WWER! en The working conditions of forest workers are deplorable. A forest worker works between 48 to 52 hours per week with very few or no fringe benefits at all. There is no social security system( sickness benefits, unemployment insurance etc.) In many countries, workers in the forest industry are considered to be" self- employed". Therefore, they are not protected by labour legislations. As a result, there is no standardisation on wages and remunerations, hours of work, rest and paid holidays, social security and medical protection. So far, nothing has been done in rectifying this situation in the logging indstry in the tropical rainforests. Another problem facing these workers is that they are prone to industrial 281 186 5 accidents due to poor maintenance of tools and machinery. Workers are also poorly trained to use these tools and machinery. Lack of information on health and safety; prone to tropical diseases like malaria and denggi; all these contribute to severe health and safety problems. Dut The IFBWW Regional Office, having recognised these occupational health and safety problems, has initiated an education programme for affiliated trade unions to educate their members on safety at work places. The Regional Wood Industry Bo Br me The wood industry in the Asian countries is growing rapidly. This is due to many governments' efforts to step up secondary processing of timber into semi- finished and finished products. This has generated employment in the wood- based industry. noit 216> how. eitt bnp OT The trade unions in this sector are somewhat better organised than their counterparts in the forest industry. Many of our affiliates from the Asian region are wood- based industrial unions. rlandezet o behota WW8I erit vitau In the coming years, it is hoped that these unions will strengthen themselves. both in terms of membership and economical strength. The IFBWW will spare no efforts in assisting these unions to achieve their goals.u Construction Industry the Cons tion and DM befelgmoo need zon W ies D BAColorbba.is The region's biggest challenge in the coming years lies in the construction industry. The construction industry, being the second largest industry in the developing countries, next only to agriculture, has a workforce of more than 10 million workers. But, unfortunately, only a fraction of these workers are organised into unions, most of them small and weak. edt There are many other problems the unions and the IFBWW are confronted with in this respect. The abundant availability of labour in the construction industry is being exploited in many countries. The construction industry is one of the most problem- fraught industries, particularly in the Asia- Pacific region and generally throughout the length and breadth of the Third World countries. Among the contributory factors are the very low percentage of organised workforce and intense industrial accident risks. By the very nature of their jobs, construction workers are mobile and migratory. Occupational Safety normiori- plblommori2.1.2 vertto18 Due to the low degree of union organisation of construction workers and in the absence of a real labour movement to speak on their behalf in these countries, their wages have remained low. Workers' living conditions are of major concern to us. So are their appallingly low living conditions. Workers who migrate from villages to cities could easily find employment at the construction sites. Some of these cities which are over- populated, could not provide social amenities to such large influx of labour from the rural sector to urban ones. Families live in make- shift camps adjacent to construction sites. Their' homes' are often not more than a torn sheet of a canvas or polythene slung over four wooden poles. There are no toilets or washing facilites. Running water usually means a nearby stream or even a sewer. Medical treatment is non- existent. Because of bad sanitation and poor living conditions, they become vulnerable to diseases and 887 187 62 malnutrition. Therefore, these construction workers live on their worksites under the most deplorable conditions. of beniot yhooq oalp enog deigsbro diiped no eapgab With these rural- to- urban migration, whole families are on transit. Mothers are forced to take their very young children to work with them because there is no one to look after them. This, in turn, generates further problems. Children between the ages of 6 of 15 are normally drawn in to help their parents in their' back- breaking' long hours of work. Qube ebpyt ng that they are vital The IFBWW, in order to assist trade unions to build strong and viable organisations for the construction workers, have to find ways and means to organise the construction workers and to retain them in union harness. The nature of the industry being such, unions find their organised membership being eroded once a construction project is completed. Could there be a way to retain their membership even after the project is completed? To answer this question and also to find more about the construction industry and the workers in the industry, the IFBWW started a research project for South- East- Asian countries. The aim of the research project was to obtain information on the industry and its workforce with the view to understand the industry better so that trade unions could use this information to draw up action plans to organise the construction workers. Plan( TFAP), vitubal noitounia This rescarch project has been completed in Malaysia and Thailand. As a consequence of this and our other efforts, a Federation of Construction Workers Union has been formed in Thailand. enfantsubi Fores Retnuo pnicoleveb In the coming years, the IFBWW will conduct such research in Indonesia, the Philippines and other developing Asian countries. noitout New Asian& Pacific Regional Committee Members jenom end een Iss ent nl dol to 10 Viilidoliovo fnobrudo en toeqeen airit ni At the 3rd Asian and Pacific Regional Conference held on March 9& 10, 1987 at the Imperial Hotel in Singapore, a seven- member Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific, was proposed. The Executive Committee of the IFBWW which met in April, 1987, accepted the proposal made at the Regional Conference. The seven members are as follows: onfed Brother S.L. Sharma, India- Chairman ries, they are not Brother Khurshid Ahmed, Pakistano no oinu to seigeb wol ert of eug Brother Yoshio Suzuki, Japan evom vodol lpe p to eoneado erit nl Brother Benyamin Alvo, Israel eved aappy.dent.centque pearltr e) Brother Kan Wen Nan, Taiwan, Republic of China Brother Jaime T. Rincal, Philippines g) Brother S. Santhansamy, Malaysia h) Brother G. Balan Nair, Regional Secretary- Secretary lugsy The Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific met once a year- in 1985, in Manila; in 1986, in Kuala Lumpur, in 1987, in Tokyo and in 1988, in Taipeh. T brb inpe bod 92 em 8 tnetaixe. tremtent loolbeM newes The Regional Committee reviewed the work of the regional office, T81 188 7 8 education projects and recommended activities for the following year. 3rd Asian& Pacific Regional Conference bro@ fo@ bgh18 16 Betsubnoo ed lliw ronim imiz o 107 The 3rd Asian& Pacific Regional Conference was held on March 9& 10, 1987, at the Imperial Hotel in Singapore. 79 delegates from 26 affiliated unions with observers, participated. ael The Regional Conference was chaired by Brother Khurshid Ahmed, General Secretary of the All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions, Pakistan. Brother John Löfblad, our General Secretary, Brother Edward Carlough, President of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association of USA/ Canada who is also a Member of both the IFBWW's Management and Executive Committees, and Brother Ulf Asp, Education Secretary of this International, were also present. Brother Jeroen Sprenger from the Bouw- en Houtbond, FNV, Netherlands, was also present as an observer. The Regional Conference discussed the Regional Secretary's report, adopted six resolutions on regional office ( i) Human and Trade Union Rights in the Building and Woodworking CoIndustries, ( ii) Safety and Health in Construction and Woodworking Industries, AC ( iii) International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, boil to noi aA ( iv) Fair Labour Standards in the Construction and Wood Industries on Contract and Immigrant Labour, ( v) World Peace and Disarmament, and ( vi) Fight Against Apartheid and Future Activities, including Educational Re Programmes. the ass Seminar on the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless no pribliua - The one- day seminar was attended by 40 participants from 12 countries. Madam Ingrid Munro, Director of HABITAT( UN) in Nairobi, Kenya, was the keynote speaker. She spoke on" The Shelter For The Poor A Challenge For Us All". Brother Jeroen Sprenger from the Netherlands, was another guest speaker who spoke on" The Role Of Trade Unions In Programmes For Shelter". Our General Secretary, Brother John Löfblad, also addressed the seminar. alon Nai Voup bro Occupational Safety& Health be noinu eboit to boriteMeloni vbut2 edT 202 Boous emos bevelop sodanoinu erit to Occupational safety and health will be a major concern in the coming years for the Asian and Pacific region. The construction industry, together with the forest and wood industries, registered the highest number of fatal accidents in almost all Asian countries in comparison with other industries. noinu eboit qu- qete tremmevop erit noinu ebr Trade unions, all these years, having concentrated their efforts on' bread and butter' issues, have now realised the immense problems confronting their membership in the field of occupational safety and health, have approached the IFBWW requesting assistance for information, education and study materials. abero gniwollot erit no beaucot ed lliw nolpen erit enutul erT In this respect, a seminar of four days was organised for the trade union oet 189 8 T Th 930 leaders in the Philippines. We were encouraged by the response and the need expressed by the trade union leaders on this very important subject. oneret loop op 8 nolaA b18 For the year 1989, a similar seminar will be conducted for Singapore and Malaysian affiliates and also for the Indian subcontinent comprising India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 6 of We will also endeavour to produce study materials, video films and slides to assist in our efforts to educate trade union leaders and the membership. Trade Union Education M18 2019 dnoblee19 Our assistance to our affiliates in trade union education has been a major activity of this region. Assistance was accorded to 12 unions in 6 countries. The recipient unions are: 1) Bangladesh Building and Woodworkers Federation, Bangladesh; 2) Indian Federation of Building and Woodworkers, India; lonolgeЯ ent 3) Serikat Buruh Perkayuan, Indonesia; 4) Construction Workers Union, Malaysia; 6) National Union of PWD Employees, Malaysia; Timber Employees Union, Malaysia; otabetobo ed a research topnojenjHva( 1) abitauloni to bablytstothie) ottements.( II) 7) All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions, Pakistan; 8) Association of Trade Unions, Philippines; 9) National Association of Free Trade Unions, Philippines; quodollo( vl) 10) National Federation of Labor, Philippines; 11) United Lumber and General Workers of the Philippines, BRO Philippines; no bieritipqA taniogA iriga( iv) 12) Southern Philippines Federation of Labor, Philippines. 1010019 esea As a ndone With the exception of the Construction Workers Union of Malaysia and the Bangladesh Building and Woodworkers Federation of Bangladesh, all other unions that are receiving assistance are conducting the Study Circle Method of trade union education. TIAH belonum bhonil moboM nologa forifex The Construction Workers Union of Malaysia, received assistance to train organisers whereas the Bangladesh Building and Woodworkers Federation of Bangladesh is using trade union education to organise the stone and quarry workers in that country. The Study Circle Method of trade union education conducted by the rest of the unions, has achieved some successes in their efforts in increasing their membership and strengthening their structure.o vietos loncitoquooo erinolpe oftibo bab nolA erit 101 21pey In Indonesia, the Serikat Buruh Perkayuan( National Timber and Woodworkers Union) of Indonesia, was able to set up an independent trade union for woodworkers outside the government step- up trade union. The union succeeded in organising this independent trade union mostly due to our assistance to the unions for trade union education. hettud bno Future Activities in the Region em- lent 1980: qqp alphetom ybula bro The future activities of the region will be focussed on the following areas: 881 18190 9 1) assist unions in their efforts to organise the unorganised. In this respect, more emphasis will be given to construction industry. Work towards affiliating more potential affiliates. Particular efforts will be given to Japan and Austrialia. 2) provide information on occupational safety and health, train occupational safety and health officers in every union, produce materials on occupational safety and health for trade union leaders and the membership. 3) introduce trade union education on Study Circle Method and/ or other suitable trade union education system if circumstances require and, if necessary, to assist in the implementation of the programme. and so social imbalance the voracity of transn 4) to promote trade union and human rights in this region. 5) to promote international solidarity among unions within multinational corporation at regional level- through international secretariats. - Although the above- referred are the main areas of our future activities, the regional office will, nevertheless, continue with the implementation of the objectives and policies of the IFBWW and the decisions of the Executive Committee of the IFBWW in this area in the manner we have been doing in the past. The econ Conclusion of extema a In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Executive Committee, the Management Committee, the Central Committee for Regional Activities and also the Asian and Pacific Regional Committee for the assistance and guidance given to me during this period. I also wish to place on record, the cooperation extended to me by our affiliated unions and some National Centres. I also wish to acknowledge that I am greatly indebted to Brother John Löfblad for his advice, guidance and encouragement accorded to me from time to time, and which have acted as a spur to effectively discharge my duties to the affiliated organisations and potential affiliates. Prepared by: G. Balan Nair, Regional Secretary, International Federation of Building and Woodworkers, Asian and Pacific Regional Office. The battle was February 28, 1989 United States depended countries of Latin America. that later taken up by the United States, countries. And then, by starting petition for loans developing countries. In interest rates. through spent an it earned provided a way The out for the con becaus decap It is that by avoiding general over- production, but Latin- American mies were disastrous den graw so large even led to are seeing the real effects of the disparity 191 teazen zidit, ab besigpproq edt eeppio pabatte et alalay kap of novio ed lilw chotte olupino9 20tpillio loftnetog som gnitoliito For the year 1989, a similar seminar will be condu@ Adap gepland Malaysian affiliates and also for the Indian subcontinent comprising India, Pakson Paravelpalaceitoquoso no noitomotni abivoiq( S soubor noinu nieve nil aeonto rillped bro ytetpe lonoitoquooo รวม abral asiabatte wtelpalenoltaquase nenalphatomdes to assist in our effods to educate trade union leadgidaedmem.arth bechip jo\ bno bortem elbil ybut no noltpoube noinu ebbit esubotni( games metava noitboube noinu ebont eldotive narito emimpigoiqenit to noitotnemelqmi erit ni teleap of yozoenji.bnp to our affiliates in tro trade education has been a major red1999 and beansing eheiteloos BOHROM HIAW anoinu promo ythobilos lonoltometni etomoiq of( a 1) Borealtaat wouwsexetonele Our assistan activity of The re 23 priob 7) All 8) Asso Bui ilding and and Wockch kers, India: 910 gomedi ei benele- evodo erit ripuorittA lw sunimos, zzelertheven lliw eoito lonolge holabab oat bro WWall edt geelbiloq bro sovitoeldo ROOF CARM, MEdge anthi WW81 erit to settimmoo Federat Trade Unio stan: of Trade Unions, Philippines; 9) National Association of Free Trade Unions, Philippines 101 e obor. Philic tapq erit nl noleulono at 9169012 Relaxe of daiwa ime bine ent settinimo framegonoM entesfimmbo Halwald boned art prius em of navio sonbbig bro eonptalaap erit batoio uo vd em, at beboetxe, golfpiegoosed beer pl _edt la amit moir em of beblogob themegbioone belbind пе ym optorioalb ylevitoette of huge pap betop The Construction Workers Union of Mantle learing bagoltoppi organisers hereas the Bangladesh Building and Federation of Bangladesh is using trade union education te beinge stone and quarry workers in that country. The Study Circle Method of trade union education conte Jongipes of the unions, has achieved some successes paper protegeing their membership and strengthening their suchowboow bro priblius effo oroigeЯ onlop bro noizA In Indonesia, the Serikat Buruh Perkayuan( National, Timber and Woodworkers Union) of Indonesia, was able to set up Spinde trade union for woodworkers outside the government step- up trade union. The union succeeded in organising this independent trade union mostly due to our assistance to the unions for trade union education. Future Actly Region The future activities of the region will be focussed on the following areas: ret 190 Venezuela, which up to now an acceptable standard maint relative yeREPORT TO CONGRESS BY THE IFBWW REGIONAL OFFICE FOR LATIN AMERICA like D Situation of Latin America xe spisle of benist yolloq -oen erf neswied qinenoit Istot to eisria pnillat ert ViLatin America is a continent in turmoil, racked by social outbursts due ralargely to the explosion of external debt and the social exploitation to which cthe most needy sectors of the population are subjected. National B economies were already suffering decades ago from political, economic and social imbalances caused by the voracity of transnational interests and corrupt national power groups. 5.28010 Latin America's external debt amounts to more than$ 400,000 million, a Ufigure that represents more than 50 cents out of every dollar of national output in Latin America. iviles swe A of Lnt Expressed as interest paid on exports, this is US$ 30.50 for every US$ 100 usworth of products exported by Latin America. The economic crisis in which the countries of Latin America have been submerged for almost a decade started immediately after the acceleration of external debt at the beginning of the 80s. Seen from the perspective of the world economy, it was the result of an inflated international financial sector that moved increasingly further away from the productive sector. The financial sector generated its own profit mechanisms that did not require the production of goods: i.e. it made money by investing in money and not in production. To lend money, there must be people asking for it. eThe developing countries, particularly those with a certain developed productive base, asked and received. The real expenditure that was made with the loans in the industrialised countries via imports, as either capital or consumer goods, helped to mitigate the global crisis at the time( end of the 70s). Some 400 million jobs in the United States depended on that " extra" import capacity of some of the countries of Latin America. The role of" softening" the crisis was later taken up by the United States, which thus took over from the developing countries. And then, by starting to ask for loans to cover its deficits, it started in fact a competition for loans between the most powerful capitalist country and the developing countries. The battle was won by the former through a hike in interest rates. The fact that the United States spent more than it earned provided a way out for the world economic system by avoiding general over- production, but the consequences for the Latin- American economies were disastrous because their financial burden grew so large that it even led to decapitalisation. baled upivsded It is in Latin America that we are seeing the real effects of the disparity 195 193 Aer 2 mentioned above between the financial system and the productive sector. In recent years, the economic growth of the industrialised countries has been maintained, to a large extent, by the United States deficits which, in turn, have caused the economic draining of Latin America. Hence the relationship between the neo- liberal policy, the weakening of the unions, the falling share of total wages in the output generated, low levels of productive investment all this in the industrialised countries, and the external debt and social explosion in Latin America. colqxe erit of vlegisl The low level of production in Latin America, in this decade, has its origin in the drastic fall in productive investment- a consequence, in turn, of the payment of interest on external debt and the insufficient inflow of new capital. About 30% of gross domestic savings has gone to cover the payment of interest and profits- an amount that was sacrificed from productive investment. tuo alinee 00 nisit erom 1000 nge terit eupit In Latin America, we are living out a situation that is the inverse of what happened in the industrialised countries, where investment grew more than production. Translated into specific productive reality, we are seeing an unequal bi- polar process: a major de- industrialisation of sectors whose market is the captive domestic market, and a reduced expansion of the " modern" sectors that are turning to the global market, including the national market that is" open" to foreign competition. ai be is Ideb ismetxe to In the Latin- American context, de- industrialisation appears not only in the closure of enterprises but also in the expansion of small, informal, production units, which are one of the few ways to survive. Consequently, those units, in acting as a refuge, have suffered a considerable drop in productivity in recent years- 11.5% a year. 291 Joo gniqoleveb edT So while the small enterprises and the informal sector are absorbing labour, at the cost of falling productivity, the big enterprises have maintained productivity growth, but almost without any increase in production. mA ni nits to ashtruco erit to emoe to vtiosqso hoqmi" sixe" The payment of interest on external debt, the weakening of the union organisations, and the neo- liberal policies of governments are the factors that have reduced both investment and domestic consumer demand, thus ensuring that production growth rates are extremely low. Tom erit neswied The events in Venezuela in February of this year show that no LatinAmerican government has achieved the full democracy and economic independence that would guarantee the well- being of its people and the peace that the continent so ardently desires. erit 101 zeonsupsen erit The IMF thus shows that it is an organisation that represents the political behaviour that the industrialised nations have adopted for their well- being, giving little thought to the fundamental rights of the people of Latin America. cer 194 3 Venezuela, which up to now seemed to be maintaining relative stability and an acceptable standard of living, which had not suffered in the last 20 years from the disparities common in the economies of the Latin American nations, suddenly exploded, when the spark caught that had already given birth to an endless wave of protests and disturbances, with many deaths, like the reaction and repression that occurred some years back in the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Jamaica, and Mexico. Violence flared up throughout the country when public transport fares were raised, the subsidies were removed that had kept imports cheap and the cost of living low for years, prices and interest rates were freed, and the Bolivar was allowed to float, as part of a package of measures imposed by the IMF. It is this social and economic context that the union movement finds itself in, and it is this challenge that the Latin- American workers are facing. smoe en no longs to nol erfi toejdua of toe dua asW 81erito Union education- a strategic task of the Latin- American union movement With only about 15% of the labour force organised into unions, the labour leaders of Latin America have to stop and ask themselves just how much use the economics- oriented training that has predominated up to now has been. The answer is conclusive and is reflected in the diagnosis of the economic and social situation of the area in general, and the situation of the workers and their organisations in particular. It is obvious not only that we have not resolved the serious problems already mentioned, but also that we are finding it difficult to face the challenge raised for us by the transformations that have taken place in the labour world, and even less the tasks set in the latter years of the 20th century. oqqua beqo 18010 D A rethinking of the content and methodology of worker and union education is the main task that we must tackle. enthoo By including as the main content of union education topics having to do only with the economic battles between workers and employers, we are downgrading the role of the workers in the social struggle to an insignificant and momentary one. Ins pilosje , svene riliw roome This explains why most of the affiliated organisations, in general terms, are suffering from the same ills, the inheritance of an education whose content and methods prepare the workers for the economic struggle but not for the paramount and historic political struggle. IsnoigeA most appileblug erit riti It is very common to see nowadays in the union organisations a low level of political sophistication and an absence of democracy, with all the accompanying harmful practices, run- down finances, shortcomings in the training of new leaders, union education with an incomplete structure or none at all, etc. wong le of mert The political and economic organisation of the Latin- American societies has been the result of a historical process that has taken little account of the aer 195 4 ons vtilidste evitsley painietism interests of the workers. Moreover, the traditional education system, as an bemore won of qu doiriw eleuse institution that perpetuates this model, does not favour change. This means that union education must prepare the workers to strengthen their union organisations quantitatively, a union education that brings the rel workers massively and from their own perspective into the political struggle for participatory democracy and social justice. ex Framework of affiliated organisations Toiv asibledua erit, bezist wol privil to 1200 Th At the start of this decade, there were altogether 20 affiliated organisations in in 10 countries. en yd ca Some of those unions were small, weak organisations; the existence of pa others was subject to the vagaries of the termination of a project or the prolabour contracts of the workers. erit to xest pipettes- noitsoubs noinU In Starting in 1987, the regional office, under the guidance of the central ha office in Geneva, and the Regional Committee for Latin America, prodeveloped a policy of maintaining a direct link with the Latin- American un organisations. That was the purpose of the contact and motivation memissions; the international seminar to train union instructors; national training courses; the activities to provide feedback on and evaluate those na courses; the international housing seminar in Buenos Aires, the international work health seminar in Caracas; the workshop to evaluate education programmes and the advanced training workshop for the cloplanned implementation of training activities in occupational health in Costa Rica; the education and organisation projects developed with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation; the Danish unions in the case of Peru and Chile; the Nordic Federation for Chile and Paraguay; and the participation of LO/ TCO supporting the regional office and national projects from July 1989; the holding of the conference on human rights and union a freedom in Chile; the participation of the office in important events of MORIT- ICFTU; the active participation of the office in the immediate precondemnation and protests rejecting anti- union government action; and the smooth communication with Geneva, affiliated organisations, fraternal organisations and international organisations. All this has generated a of significant place and respect for the regional office and has enabled it to play a purposeful and respectable role in specific cases. ensur With the guidelines from the central office in Geneva and the Regional bas inu Inuomsisq Committee for Latin America, the regional office has been able to implement an educational policy that has helped in the shaping of viable organisations and the constitution of national industry unions or federations, without isolating itself from the small unions but, on the contrary, providing support to contribute to their growth and strengthen them. The table below shows the results of this policy: their ள to be need 10 aer 196 194 5 Affiliated organisations lostno ni anoit Affiliates 1) Federación de Trabajadores de la Construcción FETRACONSTRUCCION- Venezuela 2) Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construcción y de la Madera- FTICM RGS- Brazil 3) Unión Obrera de la Construcción de la República Argentina- UOCRA- Argentina 125,000 sle 250,000 200,000 tobsvis 4) er Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Construcción, 20 Excavación, Similares y Conexos de la República 1) S Mexicana- SITRACE- Mexico SU Ma 8AA08n 5) S Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construcción-STINCAH- Honduras BIVIC 6) Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Obras Públicas y Transporte- UNATROPÝT- Costa Rica 50,000 mie 2,500 2,000 March 19 7) Federación de Trabajadores de la Construcción y 5) Madera- Panama 800 8) w Sindicato de Trabajadores del Departamento lem Administrativo de Acción Comunal del Distrito Especial sw de Bogotá- SINTRACODE- Colombians in 200 9) Federación de Trabajadores Metalúrgicos de Colombia FETRAMECOL- Colombia 700 bns 10) Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria Maderera y Anexos de la Amazonía Peruana- FETIMAAP- Peru B) Union Organisations seeking affiliation redon industry8 1) Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción, Madera y Materiales de la Construcción- FENTICOMMC Dominican Republic jaom hellsma erto 15 1,500 IX pniteem am ritX x IsnoipeЯ erit, insat 40,000 nits n aww. 1,200 2) Sindicato Nacional de la Construcción- SINATRAC Paraguay 3) Federación de Sindicatos de Obras Públicas- FESINTROP Ms91 Guatemala op settimma msel iten no englaiseb inshooml MENO BIGUS 1,500 ildstes need as 4) Federación de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la que Madera- FETRALCOMA- Ecuador ser olozen insh1.100 197 6 Organisations in contact Moreover, the traditional enoitseinsgabetsinA 1) Federación Nacional de Sindicatos de Trabajadores Forestales, de la Madera, Celulosa, Papel y sus e( t MOOARTE 3,500 T1000 Derivados- FEMADE- Chile orga a un 2) Sindicato de Trabajadores de Productos Duralita Guatemala 3) 00 V brings the bloatsbaggle( S noicutiempo 100 do noinu( 8 Federación de Sindicatos de la Industria de la Construcción, Transporte y Similares- FESICONTRANS El Salvador there were a 4) Marceneiros- São Paulo- Brazil sollquqsh sl eb 20x Мілерта negiA 20 liated organisations 2010bsisds1T sb otsolbni2( A 00 y 201slimi2noiosox3 5) Sindicato de Carpinteros, Albañiles, Armadores y exeM of Similares de Managua- SCAAS- Managua, Nicaraguaject or the abertaubnisl eb 2910bsisdeiT eb otsoibniz( a 6) Confederación, Sindicato de Trabajadores en 2- noloountano Construcción de Bolivia- CSTCM- Bolivia Star IFBWW events and activities in Latin America nce of the central Latinamcan denbio noirdulica(@ The following activities took place during this period: t and motivation ssions: the IVth Regional Conference national housing Ricciomshana( T velebsMbse in Buenos Aires the This Conference was held in September 1986, in Panama City, and was marked by massive attendance by affiliated, and also fraternal, organisations. That attendance was possible because the Conference was combined with an international seminar. developed ith the support The IVth Conference produced very important resolutions of great impact on such subjects as external debt, employment, human rights, and education policies. The members of the Regional Committee were also appointed. Oudom in Meetings of the Regional Committee condemnation and protests rejecting anti- union government of office in imme late the VIIIth meeting cation on w September 1986 Panama IXth meeting inter September 1987 ns. Xth meeting October 1988 XIth meeting a October 1989 Buenos Aires, Argentina Caracas, Venezuela babe Santiago, Chile At present, the Regional committee has consolidated itself, since the most representative organisations of the region are on it, as are other smaller organisations that nevertheless have bright prospects in the future history of IFBWW in Latin America. has helped in the shapis ganisations ution of national Industry Under the leadership of José Borges( FETRACONSTRUCCION, Venezuela), Chairman of the Regional Committee, a good working team has been established that has produced important decisions on national education programmes, international seminars and conferences, and important resolutions on human rights and union freedoms. 619b6M Ter 198 196 7 Membership of the Regional Committee doopnicsquab erd the tete zahtnuoodiate Nation José Borges Chairman FETRACON Venezuela eight. José G. Texeira dos Santos Member IFBWW Brazil Hector Blanco Member UNATROPYT Costa Rica ied not Raymundo Botello Member SITRACE Mexico le to stant Eliecer Solarte Member FETRAMECOL Columbia Mivation Ricardo Comargo Member UOCRA Pablo Arosemena Member IFBWW Panama eor aelgoog International seminars ked Argentina ablish iv to jemstedt marit ebsm esd dph plasd to 1) September 1986 orgar Seminar on the economic situation in Latin America- Panama 2) September 1987 International seminar on" Building for the the 29 3) December 1987 4) March 1988 Region 5) October 1988 of this boneg 26 homeless". A resolution on the subject was passed. Buenos Aires Seminar to evaluate educational activities, CEDAL, Costa Rica for union course International training instructors, CEDAL, Costa Rica International seminar on" Occupational health, the environment and working conditions in the building and woodworking industry", Caracas, Venezuela At this event important recommendations were produced that were sent to IFBWW, such as: Bein 169 A) Position of the union organisations on legislation on the subject: ador, national legislation, international agreements and recommendations. S B) Union organisations, hazard prevention and occupational diseases. ni endis C) Identification of the problems of occupational health in the building and woodworking industry. erti be noit glupp)&& cation D) Education objectives, content and material on occupational health, vities amel conditions and working environment. erif bas 6) April 1989 raining eldsellbeing bettindu attimduati also aallupiibeans and Seminar to evaluate IFBWW education programmes in Latin America and advanced training workshop for the planned niviseamet Koh implementation of action on occupational health brs fo 7) October 1989 matters, CEDAL, Costa Rica Conference on human rights and union freedom, Santiago de Chile. 008 201 199 Contac 8 With the deepening of the general crisis that is mainly affecting the countries of the Third World, a worsening human rights situation is emerging in parallel. In Latin America, this process is particularly disturbing, since every day there is an increase in the number of killings, cases of torture or imprisonment, and all kinds of restrictions and repression directed against organisations and persons who demand their rights. admeM Within this specific universe, the participation of the union movement is notable in improving the economic, social and cultural conditions of our peoples. This special dedication of the unions and its activists in defence of basic rights has made them the target of violent attacks and persecution from governments and power groups that refuse to accept their existence or their insistent defence of union freedoms. yaser edmetqe2( t This situation concerns our international union organisation, IFBWW, the IFBWW Regional Committee for Latin America, and especially our affiliates in Latin America. We therefore deemed it appropriate to prepare an investigative study on human rights and union freedoms so as to be better apprised of the situation of union organisations in the region with to the topics mentioned. soif... s riod: respect 88et ronsM( A This knowledge will enable us to state our educational and organisational policy on human rights in general and on union freedoms in particular. City, Historical phase of the development of union training during the period atte use was Because of the absence of an education programme for the region, it was difficult for the regional representative to visit the affiliated organisations, and he was therefore unable to ascertain more objectively the real situation of the affiliates and the various countries of the region. In an endeavour to remedy the situation, IFBWW decided to hold a seminar on union education in March 1985, at the CEDAL installations in Costa Rica. m flsen Isnoinst Sept eldonq 87ntauba soitiinebl.( O As a requirement for participation in the seminar, IFBWW had asked the New Argentina organisations invited to draft and submit their union education programmes. As a result of the seminar, light was shed on the problems and difficulties facing the affiliates for both the regional office and the central office in Geneva. ni zemm 010 It was noted that most of the organisations had submitted unrealisable projects: although the projects had been approved, the receiving organisation was unable to run the programme because its structure and capacity were inadequate compared with the magnitude of the project. Import solutionlirt shogirisaobesion freedoms. res eer 200 Of 9 ains In other cases, the projects were based on all the needs of the ano organisation, without any effort to determine which were the immediate edj priorities. That kind of project was the result of too flexible an affiliation policy that made entry easy for organisations without any specific weight. noitsein histe IFBWW itself was also going through difficulties. In Geneva, it had not proved possible to establish an education policy, because of the constant erit changes of education officers. There were problems of communication eltti caused by language barriers. So it had not proved possible to establish a noll coherent and planned education policy. biloa s qu ghibliud of of beterib need een voiloq ainT BA U 190 NIU ns The regional office, because of the lack of education programmes, lacked pnio the practice and experience that would allow it to play the role of mentor for the affiliated organisations. lebo The implementation of the education programmes submitted by the organisations at the seminar was reduced to naught because of the difficulties and problems we have noted. OFTAMFET In September 1986, when the VIIIth meeting of the Regional Committee and the IVth Regional Conference were held, the members of the Committee, like the leadership of the various organisations, pressed MONIFBWW to start national education programmes. the reol oping As a result of this, a mission to of Central America and certain countries of South America was programmed, and made by Ulf Asp, Dietmar MO Kneitschel representing the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the regional representative. From the mission, and the direct consultations with the base, IFBWW acquired a knowledge of educational needs and approved the running of education programmes based on seminars in Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, starting in April 1987. ДИА MOITAUJAVE Union ASCER stec vd it of this acti The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, as part of the programme, produced 9 audiovisual modules that were given to those countries together with projectors to show them. those countr 10398 In December 1987, a seminar was held to evaluate the education programmes. The organisations submitted reports on educational activities for the year, based on their achievements and difficulties. They also submitted education follow- up projects based on daytime, evening and weekend training activities. allstani JA030 SA During the evaluation seminar, the regional office suggested to Ulf Asp and Dietmar Kneitschel that it would be appropriate to hold a course to train union instructors, because most of the organisations affiliated to IFBWW did not have their own instructors and it was becoming necessary for the regional office to have a higher standard of educational competence. the subject SOS .00 ЗОЛЯТ 201 по e 10 erit The central objective of the course was to ensure that the participants etsit would be able to reproduce the same course in their own organisations, but because of its limitations and other factors, including the budget, the Jripi regional office realised that to achieve the objective it would have to start national instructor training courses itself, and also that each organisation would have to set up an education commission that would support the Jon work of the education officer. Instaño er Volloq noitsoube ube ns raildstee of eldiazoq bevonq nolls Thus it was that the regional office, when it became more familiar with the s die problems of union education in Latin America, also managed, little by little, to put together an education policy that was supported by the education officer, Ulf Asp. This policy has been directed to building up a solid bex education process in each organisation, whose base is made up of an oin education commission and a body of instructors who are capable of doing their job scientifically for, by and on behalf of the organisation. erit ert setti The IFBWW regional office, on the basis of this policy, defined a model based on the following organisation chart: INTERNATIONAL UNION INSTRUCTOR TRAINING( UIT) COURSE enousinspidates Bs an ms so as to be better anwireberrimerorespect rtVi erit to tredném rerbticbled enew eonersino Isnoige VI erit bns beeeenq enoitseinspio zuchsv erit to qirlanebeeld settimme NATIONAL UIT COURSE coube de NATIONAL EDUCATION general and on union COMMISSION rticular aehtnuco nisheo bns o bns sohemA IST mA Istined to of nolezim sair to use B aA Твпо Tano REGIONAL UIT COURSE TRAINING ACTIVITIES REGIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSION ent bevore obs Blouse EVALUATION sidmolo? AND FEEDBACK 8 be ritiw SPECIALISATION ON of navig SPECIFIC TOPICS noitsoube dia 18e1 InqA ni gniste EBWW กร hip crew ish colbbon iste volpuens in mert worle of antojo ved the igation oals Chronological account of union instructor training courses bas lems 1. International union instructor training course held in San José, Costa Rica, CEDAL installations, from 15 to 24 March. Attended by organisations affiliated to IFBWW. bas de Avas nist 2. National union instructor training courses: Instructor in charge: Carlos Guerrero ww Bulevet editignusable oatien themteibiving tep doinue and vonlari evert tonbilect sonea) SINTRACODE, Colombia, 9 to 14 April, 10 participants iger b) FETRAMECOL, Colombia, 12 participants c) SITRACE, Mexico, 7 to 12 November, 12 participants ros 202 of allie f) SI 11 enixhowe) FENTRACOMAP, Panama, 21 to 26 November, 9 leaders UNATROPYT, Costa Rica, 1 to 6 December, 12 participants FETRACONSTRUCCION, Venezuela, 12 to 17, 12 participants h) FEMADE, Chile, 18 to 23 February, 12 leaders the ed erit 18) lenoit FENTIMAAP, Peru, 27 February to 6 March, 15 participants the j) FETRALCOMA, Ecuador, 10 to 16 March, 12 participants etrisqib k) FENTICOMMC, Dominican Republic, 24 to 30 March, 12 participants contact 1) SINATRAC, Paraguay, and CSTCM, Bolivia, will hold courses in anoiteained May ni vllsjpegee beve beyes veb b a 36 Seminar to evaluate the IFBWW education programmes in Latin America and advanced training seminar for the planned implementation of training activities in occupational health, CEDAL, April 1989 and Isno Within the framework of the policy developed by IFBWW in Latin America ytivitin 1988, it was possible to strengthen the educational structures in each affiliated organisation, to train leaders capable of expanding and strengthening union action to satisfy adequately the needs of the affiliated blu workers. The starting of this educational process was supported by the creation of a body of instructors duly trained in pedagogy. In addition to erit the responsibilities of developing educational activities, it was suggested that an education commission be set up to strengthen and support the work of the person in charge of education in each affiliated organisation. 926 en It was to that end that IFBWW, with the support of the Friedrich Ebert eebi Foundation, held an international union instructor training course in May 1988 at CEDAL, Costa Rica. to Isnoip As a result of this activity, it was hoped that each union organisation, with the support of the brother who had been trained, would run training 21015 activities to train the body of instructors and also set up the education egbe commission at the same time, and train the base of the union. A year after this training activity was carried out, an objective review was needed of the results obtained by the affiliated organisations and by mon IFBWW itself so as to consolidate what had been achieved and overcome Isno the problems encountered, so as to be able cope with the responsibilities erit that would be assumed in 1989. to evits In addition, in October 1988, IFBWW held in Caracas, Venezuela, an international seminar on" Occupational health, conditions and the working environment in the building and woodworking industry", where the ed importance was stressed of incorporating in IFBWW's education policy for 1989 the subject of occupational health, since there are many occupational is b erit. 203 Sr II 12 hazards and diseases that workers in the building and woodworking industry are exposed to without the necessary knowledge and skills to all cope with them consciously and systematically. beel start The objectives outlined by the regional office to be achieved at the (@nisation seminar, as the next phase in the follow- up of the running of national union instructor training courses were intended to encourage participants to: with the by little, pninist hed describe and identify the results obtained in their union organisations as their union education programmes develop in 1988, especially in the training of union instructors; identify action that should be taken to consolidate the results achieved in 1988 in developing the education programmes; decide on action to be taken to overcome the difficulties encountered in 1988; OW sohemA prepare, carry out and evaluate in a planned manner their educational rose activities and their content, budget, expenditure report, and activity bns Treport. ebse nient of noitseinspio betsilitts betsilitts art to absen erit vietsupabs vieilsa of noitos noinu pnineritonite erit For training in health matters, our objectives were that participants should: of not yooosbeg ni benist ylub enotountani ADONALDSON beta- run in a planned fashion training activities on occupational health in the erth hoq building and woodworking industries in each union organisation. noitseinspio betsilis dose ni noitsoube to epiado no With the holding of the April seminar, we moved immediately to the phase of preparing teaching material on hygiene and safety in the building, woodworking and forestry industry, by preparing manuals or texts, slides with projectors provided, and supplying additional audiovisual projectors. The regional office arranged for the participation in the April course of specialists in the preparation of teaching material on occupational health. enin In this way, the regional office prepared the ground for the instructors attending the seminar to be able to improve and expand their knowledge and skills when starting to run the educational activities put into effect by each organisation, through the training projects supported by LO/ TCO in asw July of this year. ns juo benso asw vividos pninis air 1918 189 A vd basanoitsinspro batsilis edf vd begistdo atluagy edit to bebeen emo After the April advanced training workshop at CEDAL, we are moving, from 20 the second half of 1989 onwards, to the implementation of the national programmes approved by LO/ TCO, under the responsibility of the organisations themselves, and the orientation, follow- up and inspection of ns the regional office, in matters relating to the educational and administrative pnil aspects of the programme. no snimee isnoitsmetni ritiw nouts erit erwylaubni ubni prihowbo oow bns pnibliud er ni inemotivne holy From July 1989 onwards, national projects supported by LO/ TCO will be Isno started. The beneficiary organisations will use the instructors prepared at the national seminars. As part of each national programme, the EOS 204 13 organisations will develop feedback and evaluation activities, under the supervision of the regional office. Practice at these events has specialised the instructors in specific topics. IFBWW has thus strengthened the educational structure of each organisation, so that the organisation and its own instructors can be responsible for training members in future. LO/ TCO established, from July onwards, an additional budget line so that the regional office can combine follow- up, feedback and evaluation activities, contact and motivation missions, and the holding of small seminars. indA to binhiged ert to s eildstee asw soitto Isnoige enT Projections for the future, m bensta ilagaimana llama.vey.giset Training course for those in charge of union education programmes in organisations affiliated to IFBWW- March 1990 nd without To complete the functional role of the officers responsible for education and instructors of the organisations affiliated to IFBWW, it is essential to improve and extend the development of educational activities with the design, management and evaluation of the forms of union education. In order to be able to meet these new training needs, the regional office has submitted a project outline, the requirements of which can, it is hoped, be met by the 14- day training course to be held in March 1990. This course will be aimed at union leaders responsible for promoting, running and evaluating the union education programmes of their organisations. It will be attended by leaders who attended the training courses given in 1988 and 1989 and are still active in their organisations with responsibility for the coordination of education programmes, or as instructors. Them en 280 015 ooountant erit ennsm visibloss The role of international solidarity within IFBWW yd.batste era The tasks to be done by our affiliates in union education cannot be carried out by them alone, because of their limited and weak growth, which shows ⚫ up in the shortage of properly trained human resources, the lack of technical pedagogical resources, material resources, and especially financial resources. Traditional international worker solidarity is therefore particularly important. lls evods bas sellivi( qu- wollol) This solidarity is currently made manifest through various European organisations and institutions. In the Latin- American context, the assistance has been coordinated efficiently, considering the independence, autonomy and needs of the beneficiary organisations in accordance with their plans bns elsunsm and objectives. Doriw soitto Isnoipe In this context, there is excellent coordination and collaboration from the donor organizations and IFBWW, which direct their economic resources to contribute to the development of an autonomous, politically strong, combative, free and independent unionismo isnolpen edit not trucs et 19V 80% Quibbs nl 205 14 12 Fortunately, this is also the case with the education policy of IFBWW and king its donors: LO/ TCO, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Danish unions, is to and the Nordic Federation, vis- à- vis the recipient union organisations. eti bris noitseinspio el jar Administrative operation of the IFBWW regional office for Latin America the Historical backgrounddeel.qu spio 10 rose to enufounta Isnousoube teanimes lisme to lisme to priblor eri bns, an onal ito sanienants noitsvitom brs lostnico The regional office was established in Panama at the beginning of April 1983, in very small premises. It started from scratch because it did not have the documentation and files processed by former regional representatives. The first years were difficult, but rich in terms of the experience accumulated. einmoved of sit of betsilitis an New tasks and responsibilities of the staff of the regional office James Atered Only teamwork and the extraordinary dedication of the people working in spio elf to anotounteni bris the office have made it possible for the very limited staff to do the wide Monal range of work that is being done in the office today. The volume of correspondence, documents and reports processed in the office is so extraordinary that it has required great efforts of the staff. Today the administrative work is more competent and complete, owing to the following: tivity buld: ' th the adoitsains10 The office has more space and equipment to match its new responsibilities. 26 S. Carlos Guerrero has the merit of having assumed in an excellent and ides extraordinary manner the role of instructor for the union instructor training programmes started by the regional office with the support of Geneva in of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, alth, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, and Paraguay. aworle daid nd HRctors. onal the As regional representative, I am pleased and satisfied with this immense dge work which will continue in the future with nine national seminars for organisations in other countries where none have been held so far and, in by above all, with the no less important task of participating in feedback ( follow- up) activities and the evaluation of national activities carried out. 6 wa When brother Guerrero is in the office, he helps and supports me in the Unsaid from planning of policies, programmes and activities. The documentation centre that is now operating in the office prints and reproduces thousands of n of manuals and documents needed to advance the programmes of the regional office without any ostentation this has meant enormous sacrifices of time for all the staff.iboo inelleoxe ei enorit xainco airt nil Sister Indira, for her part, as secretary, has gradually been given new doidw wwal basanoitesinegie tasks and functions. In addition to the tasks already listed, she has to do the accounts for the regional office and exercise administrative control over 206 204 30S be at the 15 the various education programmes with LO/ TCO, and also deal with documents sent and received, international telephone calls, local travel, and the use of fax, telex and the computer. Because of the many trips abroad by the regional representative, and also brother Guerrero as instructor responsible for the national training programmes, sister Indira has also had to take charge of running the office, which gave her the dual function of executive secretary and office administrator. I feel it necessary to repeat once again that the success of the work done by the regional office depends not just on the regional representative, but on the real sharing of the tasks by all the staff. Without the participation of brother Carlos Guerrero, it would not have been possible to run the national union instructor training courses, and without the support of sister Indira, we would have been unable to meet our administrative and financial responsibilities. To brother John Löfblad, General Secretary of IFBWW, who placed his trust in the team in the office, we can say with satisfaction that, despite certain difficulties that are normal for this kind of work, the team has not failed and has done a job consolidated as never before in Latin America, thanks to his patience and trust. We would like to thank brother Ulf Asp, who, as officer responsible for regional activities and IFBWW education officer, maintained a direct link with the regional office. For us he has the principal and special merit of being responsible for the development and planned action dynamics of regional activities and for the improvement of the competence of the whole staff of the office. On behalf of the organisations of Latin America affiliated to IFBWW, we would like to express our profound gratitude to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and its national offices, and particularly to Dietmar Kneitschel, Eckhard Deutscher and Jürgen Eckl; to LO/ TCO for the financing of national activities and the operational budget of the regional office; to the Danish unions for their support in Peru and Chile; and to the Nordic Federation. Our gratitude goes to Irene Brenes for her work as instructor responsible for the international courses. Prepared by Pablo Arosemena Regional Representative International Federation of Building and Woodworkers Regional Office for Latin America 16 March 1989 207 diw Iseb oals bris 0OTO iw emmispor noiteaube auonsy or its donors: and the Nordic Federation, vib gels bas evising sole avd bonds aght vnem prit to see erit poinnin to episdo exist of bar oels esrl shibal hotele emmspon somo bris( 1.191bee evitusexe to noijonut isub erit her evsp ribiriw, soitto The regional office was established in Panama at the beginni 91 16 housqoinsq editormw.fista of its y exist or to oneria ise Shu ho art nut of aldiaaoq nsed ever ton bluow ti onsmeu aohso harltond getale to hoqque erit tuodliw brs ago oninis notontani noinu Isnoitsn Vi bluow ew, stibni Only teamwork and the extraordinary dedication of the people 186 brix aint or lemon ors ed esutulib nished even as botsbiloanco do Benob een bris belist Today the administrative work is more coming 91 BP Jidine 190llo es, odw.qeA U torilord insrit of exlill bluow ew inil toeb s benisinism neoitto noitsoube WWEL bas esitivitys lenolpen to them abega bng isqioning on asif en eu 104.bomto fsholger erit fllw 18 25mshyb moitos beninsiq bns inemqoleveb erit not oldianoqee gnied aloriw art to spratempo ent to inamovongmi erit not bris agitivitos lenolpe] edit ero has the merit of having extraordinary manner the role of instructor for the union Carlos 100 asique of ex 1 hote bation meid of hislubinsq bribesmo lenotten eti bns noitebnuo to egionsnit or not OOO of embos erigatus bibl 10150 abo ( follow- up) activities and the 292 When brother Guerrero is in the office, he helps and suppor planning of policies, programmes and activities. 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