x Answers demanded over govt spying on CCCA The Concerned Citizens for Choice on Abortion is demanding — the attorney-general’s department hand over all files on the group resulting from a clandestine spying operation carried out on the orders of former attorney-general Brian Smith. CCCA spokesman Norah Hut- chinson and counsel Dick Gathercole said Tuesday the group was also con- sidering legal action against the aoe - } GATHERCOLE government for its role in the infiltra- tion of the pro-choice group by four private investigators. In a copyright story by Vancouver Sun columnist Nicole Parton the former attorney-general said that Premier Bill Vander Zalm was kept aware of the investigation through his principal secretary, David Poole. The Sun broke the story on Tues- day, citing an anonymous source. Vander Zalm has denied he had knowledge of the investigation. see GOV'T page 3 We’re away for 2 weeks With this issue the Tribune shuts down for two weeks while staff members take their vaca- tions. We'll resume weekly publica- tion beginning with an issue on Aug. 17. July 27, 1988 50° Vol. 51, No. 29 4 | | SORPANY UNFAIR | ‘ 10 CARPENTERS corn. 1928 Ss % Bolstered by the refusal of a BC: Supreme Court justice to rubber stamp an Industrial Relations Council decision, and the support of other trade unions, workers at Citation Industries Inc. in Richmond continue to maintain a critical 24-hour picket line. Picket line members and union officers say they are not intimidated by the firing Monday of some 100 Citation employees, and the company’s intention to bring in scab workers. On Friday, 20 people, mainly shop ste- - wards and members of the negotiating and strike steering committees, were fired. The company, a kitchen cabinet manufacturer, has also sued the local for $500,000. “The firings were intended to intimidate people and weaken their resolve. But if any- thing, it’s strengthened our resolve,” said Dave Streb, financial secretary of Local 1928 of the United Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners. “The company’s done this as a scare tac- tic, but it doesn’t scare us,” agreed chief shop steward Patricia Dafoe, one of those fired. Unwittingly, the 130 members of the Carpenters’ industrial local have become the focal point for labour’s province-wide Members of Local 1928, Carpenters, hold picket line Monday. battle against Bill 19 and its arm, the IRC. Last week the Local 1928 members said they were prepared to risk contempt-of- court charges after their employer July 19 sought a B.C. Supreme Court order to enforce an IRC ruling that the picket line and strike were illegal. In a decision that raised eyebrows and made labour history, Justice William Trainor found that Section 30 of Bill 19 —the Industrial Relations Act — requiring courts to enforce decisions by provincial tribunals is contrary to the Can- adian Constitution Act. see COURT page 8 ea earn a