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IWA Merger Madness Maybe Losing Steam Members for Democracy ufcw.net
This adventure story is about some working peoples' passion about the love for their union the IWA- the Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada.

Ken Neumann, Canadian Director for of the United Steelworkers of America wants - it would seem - people to forget the pride that I.W.A. members have in their union when he says:

'Sometimes it's not what's in the name, it's what the institution has the ability to do and what services it provides.'

Is Neumann implying that the I.W.A was not and cannot effectively serve its members? Perhaps if the I.W.A. must merge it would be better off with a democratic Canadian union like say the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC) rather than the Steelworkers.

The I.W.A might be small compared to unions like the Steelworkers, but it is the IWA members' union. It is a union blooming with history and tradition and it is one hundred percent Canadian, with no international union burdens, financial or otherwise. Perhaps all that is or was wrong with the IWA is that is was led by a neo liberal wanna-be sympathizer!

The International Woodworkers of America (I.W. of A.) was formed in 1937 by members and locals that pulled away from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in the United States and Canada. The I.W. of A. of long ago represented the loggers and mill workers in Canada as well as the United States.

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