Pee ... it’snota
threat of their oP being sold
ish 6 olum-

ee fronts for the privatization
fight in Canada. In B.C. the fight is

getting dirty with the Premier of the

snsure that the B.C. Government

Employees’ Union is not involved in
he decision-making process.
After the BCGEU made an coer

buy the entire highways syste:
i an effort to hold it in the ‘public

“a ee That thwarts any effort
to try and hold the system together

1 a re
returned to its rightful owners, the
people of B.C.

The facts are
clear on privat-
ization: it hurts
everyone, except
for the people

who own the

companies.
It hasn’t worked |;
in Britian, it
won't work here.

THE
PRIVATIZATION

Some of the frightening fae

in Britain are: only 50% of the
Shonen Britain are working. The
mployment rate has almost dou-

among those working in privatized

There has been a recent series of

ment Peach and results on pri-
vatization. There i is increasing evi-

in manufacturing investment by
25%.

When Thatcher took office, Brit-
ain was exporting 4 billion dollars

r. Now th
eae more than they a Bus
driv wages cut by

alarming level, while profits are soar-
ing. Wo rkers are being paid lower

10% ffice alsa
saw (at wages drop by 30%,

tion: it hurts everyone, except for

prove vee

ot

er
tts

Beale report:

the people

Britain, it won’t

Even more alarming i is that the
discussions on privatization are being
held in secret with no public scrutiny.

work here.

I her eae put on the market for privati-
government's failure on Baad tiza- zatio mn. Even more alarming i is that
tion is the way that it is bein,
handled in B. Cc, ie Beale’s letter, an
industry letter circulated privately
a industry managers, there is some

ee held in secret with no public
scrutiny. Who knows what kind of
deals are being struck?

6/LUMBERWORKER/MARCH, 1988