Closed SEES SOD Ly ; | ‘By MICHAEL HOWLETT “ : ‘ Herald Staff Weiter °° ‘Alcan’ a Kitimat Smelter could be sbut dawn pride asthe ~ Canadian Association of Smelter aad -Allied Workers . _ Prepare bo. declare ‘April wa protest day. A ; “CASAW Js. making: the move-in order to ‘cess the government to (alte action to protect the workers’ Realth. CASAW . spokesman Ron Perrier said. the.setion, was’ Intended to “open up the government's eyes. and the —~ . Workers’ Compensation Board's and get them ‘terious. 7 about matters of workers’ health and safety,”:: oe " Union officials expect to set up an information line at the Plant entrance at6 a.m. and to coitlpare ttuntil4 p.m, : Pants 7 sqntauative LIBRARY, 3 — * COOP. TUS PARLIAMEMT BULLDINGS,. Compensation , PICKIRLA, B.0.,° 1. a . of “he day of protest marisa step up in labour wetivity at’ "the Kitimat plant following the completion of the Workers’ - Board “Health Study April 9. ‘The study revealed the existence of unhealthy conditions in the. plastt, and recommendéd remedial action: |. . The’ tinioh presented Alcan executives with a list of nine committee: "Apri 15 demands for immediate action on health and safety matters ata meeting, cat. the Plant's ioint oeeupational health On Apeil rt “pelderd in the Smelter Potahell Repair "Shop located in Building 226 stopped work asa protest against the ‘ ‘company's ‘attitude on health matters, in Thehealth ound had shed that orkernin Bui egal 4 , “pad jean t found to have “light but significant” rises in , blood haematocrit and haemoglobin, Which might be due to- chronic: exposure to carbon monoxide. Works manager Dave Mortimer bas gone on record as ‘ being unsatisfied with the company's pérformance in Its efforts.to clean up Building 228, and the company took no workers: ‘disciplinary action towards the , ,But the plant has not taken any action on the unions list of “ ~ demands. According to Alcan Public Relations Officer Alan - _ Hewiteon this was “because they still haven't been formally “presented.” At a. meeting of the plant's labour relatiogs " personnel and CASAW officials Monday, Alcan declared . ‘that ney would consider this Friday's planned action plants Joint Occupational Health Commitiee.: fot their court now," said Taylor. _ . _, Wednesday, April 72, Lae | Tr R Q Ser 7 ; Volume 75. No, 78 paaenr ext a co - Last | ‘bus - | gone ‘The last Greyhound bus left Terrace at 2:10 p.m. - Tuesday as both freight and passenger. services shut -down due to a drivers’ strike. |” ; Freight will be frozen : where it was as of yesterday as 1,400 employees of Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd. went on strike. -. The strike affects almost | ‘all the operations of ‘Canada’s largest inter-city bus transportation system. " ‘The only rums not affected § ‘are Toronto ‘to - Landon, .Windsor, St. Thomas, Detroit and: Buffalo : and in 1947. . The strike, which began at midnight Tuesday night, all. Greyhound operations from Vancouver to Toranto.. _’ ‘The workers, members of . the Amalgamated Transit ‘Union, Local 1374, walked out as scheduled after last- ditch negotiations called by federal mediater Don _ Crabbe of Vancouver failed to produce “a contract « agreement, | But the parties will return ‘to the bargaining table today, said union vice- president Mel. Litule. - "T think a cerlain amount of progress was made in the talks, but we're stl! a considerable distance apart,” Litile said Tuesday night. About 850 of drivers. Others are ter- minal workers-whose jobs "include: ticket ‘sales, bag- gage handling and mainte: nance. The ‘company operates more than 400 ' buses’ in Western’ Canada. . Greyhound stopped - selling tickets, for.-long-. | journeys on Monday in. preperation for the strike, .... said Bruce Tyson, vice- president of the Calgary- bastd company, a sub- sidiary of Greyhound Lines. . Inc, of the United States. The strike does not affect Eastern Canadian . Greyhound Lines services in southern . Ontario, Ser-’. ‘provided = by vices Greyhound Lines Inc. to U.S, destinations from Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver will also con- tinue’ as ‘drivers on these - : routes ‘are not covered’ by the contract under dispute, Many small communities In Western Canada, which depend extéigively on Greyhound buses passenger and freight’ serv. lees, have already stated making alternate trdn- Sportation arrangemerits. The strike.is the first by’ . - Greyhound: workera since . § _ they won bargaining rights "the: Greyhound employees ate. ‘for. Negotitard ‘for whe’ .C. the . ‘difficult - to reach:: “an ‘Medical Medical Assgpiatin 8 eertivbat vil return’ to thé nascar table this week after reaching a “significant breakthrough" at a meeting Jim Nielsen sald. Nielsen and cabinet cal leagues, Consumer Affairs , Minister Peter: Hydnman and Atlorney-Geneyal Allan Williams, met for two hours’ with the association executive to discuss the stalemate aver A 1981 fee schedulé for the: province's 3,700 fee-for-abrvice doc: .; Nielsesi “sala t ‘the two mans, to clear up * “what a red to be a difficult: inbpasse”’. over ‘interpretation o varlous components. of proposed fée achechile. The idinister said he fett - there may ‘have been some misunderstanding! ‘tn the part of -both ‘Regottating Tuesday, Health ‘Minister ‘groups at doctors’ | ‘teams aver somne of thoes components,” making’ lt’ ‘agreement, . “He dectined to be more specilic; “saying there are. “hundreds | of. variables: “within: the ‘fee - schedule includiig how fees for some -.serviess relate to dthers, - what period’ of time - the | agreement would . cover, ‘when increases ‘become. effective and whethei some Indexing of fees would occur. ; "Talks broke off in Victoria “last week aftet the govern- ‘ment increased its offer: only 1,1 per cont to- 16.3 per “ gent — far short of the#1.6-- per-cent increase jn fees sought by the doctors. . ' Nielsen said the two Tuesday's meeting didnot : discuss money, but concentrated on. trying to gaitt-a better un- ‘derstanding of the. .In- tricacks of the ¥eé schedule. ' “I think the negotiators. “The government agreed to take a sincere | Attaea Tall'kicks off Terrace's Think Spring Recreation Programs in a _ Tuesday session of her [ju-{itsu class. Talt is a yellowbelt with two years - Ln ‘experience.. Other ‘programs which will start In full swing this week, — aa «tachude body bottding. fitness classes, youth: programs and adult t sports. ge Dootors make breakthrough — “felt a tittle restricted i in the negotiations. Now that rigidity: ~ has - been . elimina’ ” . . Nielsen said he expects 4 report from the new round of talks by next week. Association president Dr. ’ Alex. Mandeville, who. ap peared somewhat lees than oplmistic entering the two ‘hour meeting, said af- ‘terwards be was encour- "aged by the progress. ; veal progress ‘i've seen for the first time,” he said. has look at our fee schedule.” ” And while Nielsen refused . to aay whether’ the govern: ° teent- would make more money avalalable, Man- deville said he felt the negotiators ‘‘could very likely come up with a reasonable offer now." ; * 4P think the government is prepared to move quite # “ways.” * Before conteriig the -meeling Nielsen: ‘sald he was. unconcerned, about. renewed threats by the doctors: to opt: out of medicare en masse and the - aseoclation’s drive to get as many a8 2,000 doctors to ‘show vip at the. annual -¥ meéting- in Penticton * on May 14.0. ” The association has sent: . aut formal papers to all doctors ‘asking them te: declarethelr intention to opt out. Mandeville said that in : light = of Tuesday's . - developments, that would to be discussed further, Earlier, ‘Mandeville ‘sald -he thought as many as 80 per, cent of the -doctors would suppott opting out of - medicare, When fteporters asked Mandeville whether be still ; By BECKY RAGLON . :, HeraliStafl Wiser - Terrace homeowners. wall. face a 15 per cent tax. | Increase in 1061-82 it was. confirmed. Tuesday: in. a special council ‘session. ‘called to adopt the amaual, : budget and levy tex: rates.. However, the beint of the tax increase’ is’ expected fo be. borne by the business” commuaity. ‘The -- tax assessment formula which - was changed to offset the high market. values of - résidential propertiég hagin - tum moore of the tax . burden fo, corimereial -: - properties. - While property taxes will. be . increased,- . capital spending will be eut back by half of what it was in 1960- al. as Theadopted bude abou’ an Increase of $577,705 over . lest. years Talsing the mill rate from o3011 to ‘fie. vente in the | 65.Git. An ‘Increase ‘for’ ‘the: . poe he ar mT i wor ea Aen i Ec ae aoe Ril ke a One ag oat Ae Gray oer UTNE np eee ome cat a Beet ae eer te a gg a A a eg eb a a a Thecompany claimsto have initiated programs ‘aimed at finding solutions to the problems. presented. in the bealth study says these programs take time. In regards to ; 1228 Hewitsonsald the problem is that the state-of- ‘ tHiéart technology doesn't provide answers to difficulties - raised by working on large irregular. shaped objects." Solutions to’ problems arising trom poor ventilation miuist be tackled from the design stage up. ". . ‘According to CASAW president Harold Taylor, the only , way the action might be stopped is if the company réacts to mounts ennads oto tentative Torey ee 7 “+ aled: the milirate by 4.5, , Other coats which Increased © * the imillratz included a foan ~~ repaytient of $49,658 for | a public works building and a ‘transit subsidy of $68,637. Budget ‘surpluses have been used in’ the past to . "prevent large increases in: || the --millrate.: This “year, | ‘auditors . informed council "that reserves were low and _ there arene surphises: ‘to - carry forward as there-had’ _ maintenance, The budget provides. toe . Fepaira t@ the library, rool, . been in previous years.. . for the boards in the aréna to be replaced and for the undertaking of a recreation ' master plan. There ‘will be no new park developments, however. The only increases * planned in municipal, staffing are ', administrative fay-olfs may occur eee result_of the restraint ‘substantial projects such as “reservoir forthéoming. wher for an. aasistant. ' and a building inspector, No. other manpower increases. - have been provided for, and “could engineering: studies are complete... : ‘The musnicipallty’s jotal: 7 revenue from taxes, sales of: services, and levies from ther goveraments amounts total expenditures, Some of. .ihe larger expenditures: include $1,058,468." for . transportation ‘services including . street and traffic. control;- 41,036,411 for recreation and . ‘and: $227,678 - for. garbage- cultural services; © collection and’ disposal, Also ‘covered by the general revenue fund is the policing contract amounting : “and ‘ to $41,288 “Budgeted ‘for, -general : government: services. is — : $104,080: for administration, $211,026 .- for -Tapnegement,, $a, Ap for ae ee tae rT mee $2,500 was set aside fo, RCMP. contract of $187,400 sewer lines and a water” _indemnities. avloadiat Alice Arm may. téfecesary ana _ radium , 226 ‘from. eating . ‘Bearing ¢ - production, dumping 6,000 - Last resort to balt the Amax “ten” consume * envugh. cohtaininated. Benfood.to an mine . "han “been aa up: ‘fér © fall’ ef Canada Ltd. molyb- cause cancer, he added,’ ‘ _ tones of tallings a day derum mine from going into | full productiog “at Kitsault, in northwestern B.C. says : _MP Jim Fulton, federal | Nex Democrat "el vironment critic. - Fulton, who oro Skeena, told the. amual Nishga tribal council convention here that. the mine’s operation is a “real - fl question sf genocide.” - Social“ actlon may be necessary to bring about a "fy public inquiry, be said. -“Amay, in cooperation -with the government, is . eommiltting an act. of ‘ yiolence. The dumping has . * get to be-stopped, It ina danger to the Nishgn people. and @ dacger to the rest of vpultes based - his t on accounts of . ‘scientists be sald he has contacted. . He ‘said 12,000 tonnes of mite ° failing -Uhat | Amas: “plans to dump daily into the ocean. inlet will harm both ‘the marine environment “INSIDE ~ | All about People B.C. loses again ° : Family power. 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