pie aren ener ' EEBISLATIVE Lrarany, PARLIANENT BUILDINGS, - WECTORIA, &.¢., Cer-2E4s #61 CoHP. 77 - ‘Terrace "tonight to set up Terrace's +.,gontribution — to ' Canadian Coalition for _ Nuckear Responsibility, and - Dow feels that nuclear arms Wiho Papenbrock, ha “arkérs (GASAW) lal 1, waals to pl pressure on . » the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) to’ go aptkesman for: . the ~ Qecupstional Health Committee at CASAW, sayshe wants waion members to condemn the WCB for ‘what he calls a cover-up and lack of setion tégarding workers’ health. Papecbrock says the health study commissioned by the WCH, which was released last Thursday, is - ~~ being sent by the union for a ‘critique by outside specialists. One of these specialists is Dr. Carnow ‘(who worked onan earlier health atudy for the union. Papenbrock condemned the WCB study for. ‘avoiding the issue of cancer, and said he was. _ concerned that the WCB was not taking the whole health, h tseue néxioualy. “The union executive at “ts ww ‘te implementation of & deadline for improvements in . the workplace. Papenbrock would also like to see fines levied against Alean by thé WCB if threshold limil values for tar and welding fares continae fe, . "be exceeded. |! ‘Some ‘of the criticisms. levied by Pajenbrock. ma ‘against the stady dea) with what be ternts “a lack of” os - external controls.” The ‘‘controls" which were used: to delermine the prevalence of back pain were'often a “themselves 1 workers who had been’ io the Bollines oS Pay hadi tar bate calle the “bealthy worker affect “The sick worker transfers out of the will quit and you're: left: with. ivor ’ Papenbrock. “It’s a’ self-sélective provess,!" He was also disturbed by the fact. that the WCB.” > dy wasnt termed a ones study whlch . _ Reluned We acknowledge findings brought out by the a ' Carnow. study... “At the tinte of tie’study, 38 workers were on Joag:. _ term disability and Papenbrock says closer to 50 a * proportion “aboonmal. “We have compared: ‘these -. wo findings with. the data available from the State of "Washinglon on oceupational mortality,” the report teas," “"it appears that the : “ Jympbomas (incinding leukemia) ia unesualty high. Le However, the total number of workers on disability... 4.0 email? thal these findings may be due to chance.) | _ 8 is therefore essential to try to obtain a larger “ae Bamber of cases and we will attempt to do 90 by mumber of WCB go puble_ - staying tha moctay patil te sar ig . "daring employmest ag well as those ofthe retirees” of Alan? - : An far a the.safely features already in effect are : e ~~quucerned, Papenbrock said that putting cream aa the: face“ and. wearing goggles, masks, ° and: ‘eedphones might have been scoeptabe in the 0's. | @ompensation. ooo “Papenbrock: says the Oecupational Health - * (Committee will be pressing for implementatiat. of the health study's recommendations, and would like - to .nee workers with Jong term disability’ ot *. s_."Wedhould not have te put up with this attitude of . the: company and government that workers are experimental animals, that we must,die before Yoteme 75 No. 73 TERR ACE-REFIVAT "Tuesday, Aprit.14, wet organizes rally "organizational meeting {s scheduled for wise Sendo : support for the rally which will feature films and speakers. One speaker already. lined up will be Dave Martyn, minister at Knox United. Lucas is acting os the local representative of the B.C. chapter of the Coalition for World Disarmament. the United Nations _Amociation, among others. Tbe Hbrary room has been booked for the day of therally although Lucas bes — approached Terrace Council about. using public grounds. * Lucas; first became involved a8 a concerned parent and says that of first . she “didn't want W get involved." However, she “gre. the “most important . “single iseue facing us” and “if, we ean do > Hewald Stall Weiter — the Kitimat District > fend! in lots DL. 6196, 6197 r \ ged ¢198 between Cobo and » Chinook» Avenues and Holdings involving the development of “a two hundred strata = title conddrninkum units in two Jan Sewell, eft): and James Bain (righty have been hard at work on a salmon- production Jine this past week In Kitimat removing fins fromthe chinook and passing them on to Syivia Willis center) who then — passes: them through a coded -agging machine. Over 70,000 tagged fish ar 2 ready to be released af Hirsch Creek and