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‘BEL TALKS
Tt will be tough —

says Terrace rep —

wy Linda Purschke

Members of the British
’ Columbla Government
’ Employees Union (BCGEU):
‘are gearing up for what
Roger Davis, northwest area
baat representative, f feels
negotiation fon the
current BCGEU master
agreement expires July 31.
“The employer is

the most they are prepar

‘to offer is 3 to § per

said Davis. We've’ a etat
buying power and our
- members are not ready to
~ accept that kind of anoffer,’
he coatinued, . The
agreement took
February 19768, and waa
retroactive to October, 197.

Davia attended a BCGEN
conference in Burnaby, held
May 4 and 5, which
established the bargaining

goals for the union’s master .

committee is nang for
prepa r
midJune negotiations witht

‘he government in Victoria

and Vancouver.
John Fryer, BCGEU
general secretary, said in a

8 petchee der

55 stent idea

City still functions ..
despite: Cc

city ee init tretore. nt
doing double duty these days
to keep up with the heavy
atrike- city.
on the rails, Prince Rupert
Mayor Peter Lester says the
city in not suffering.
_,. Garbage collections
service will continue where
required, Lester gays, and
city bills are still go: g oul,

ae

news relense dato May 7 the
BCGEU planned to present
more than 10 demands to
the governinent when the
negotiations begin.

One of these demands is
the institution of a legal ald
fund for members, which:
would be paid for by tha
government and ad-
ministered by the union.
Davis said this fund would:
most likely be needed by
probation officers or social
workera who could face legal
charges, brought by
members af the public, for
actions they undertook
ot the course of thelr

Another major. bargaining
goal of the BCGEU is in-
creased wage rates for
government emplayees who

are required to work shifts
and weekends as part of
thelr job,

“Over 15,000 of our
members are called upon to

- work weekends which is

normally the time British
Columbians spend with their
families,” Fryer saya in the
news release. “If the em-
ployer wishes them to give

me) Rati Hi

- and taxes still eomiig in,
‘The mayor has vowed that
although the 165 member
CUPE local have recently.
added grave-digging to their
list of unprovided services,
arrangements will be made
to allow for burial services,
Barring any serious
disruption, like a break In
the water system, residents
of Prince fi will con-
tinue te waa’ the strike

The lady just

wanted to win

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
_ CAP) — The ambulance was
walting, Her labor

were leas than three snitatton

apart. But Kathy Haddon, 24,
wouldn't leave the pool
tournament. Her son just
had té walt. And he did, -
At stake was thé women’s
champlonship of the city’s
Tavern Pool League. Kathy
‘was the top female shooter in
the league this year with 51
. Victories in 58 matches, She
was the heart of the team
from Mastry’s Bar and Grill.
“T've been waiting all year

Veitch
‘queries.

ballots

VICTORIA (CP) --
Tourism Miniater Elwood
. Veitch, who lost to New
Democrat Jim Lorimer in

Burnaby-Willingdon in the
provincial election,
Monday he has asked

for a check of ballota.

The minister said that
under the Elections Act, he
can ask for the check to take
place before May 23, the day
the official count of ballots in
to take place.

He sald he belleves there
could be ma
in ballots a: could
decrease Lorimer's 540-vote
edge. Hf so, the minister said
he would ask for a judicial
recount,

for this,” she sald, “And I'm

going to stay as long as I can.
Everybody wants me. to
Jeave, but I'm not leaving for
anything, 1 won't have the
baby until sometime after 1
a.m, There's plenty of time

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the
baby was nn days averdue
and the pains were four min-
utea apart, By 11 p.m.,- the.
pains were 2% minutes
apart, They got more
went,

Kathy stood, then sat. She
tugged at the front of her
maternity' blouse, sipped
orange jutce, chewed

lowsly on ber
dabbed at her forenead with

ed.
tayed in bed for two
days to rest up 30 she could
come to this,"" sald her hus-
band, Dan, shredding a
styrofoam cup with his teeth.
’ “She went into labor two
days ago, but she kind of
talked herself out of it,” he

said.
He'd been through the ex-
Petore, tno ye routine once
fore, two yeara ago when
the couple had thelr first son,
Nicholas. But that didn’t
prepare him for this.

Her husband was waiting.
So was the ambulance. So
was the doctor, down at St.
Anthony's hospital,

By 14:30 she was en route,

Later, Dan called the cele-
brants with the news: at 1:43
a.m,, on Mother's Day, little
more than two hours after
her winning shot, Ka
gave birth toa boy and 4

prepa: pay for
it," he continued. Davis
agreed, and stated social
activities are based on day
workers.

When asked if the election
of an NDP government
would have made the
negotiations easier for the
BCGEU, Davis said time
would-havetold

“F'don't see how it could
have possibly been worse,”
he added,. He-.said the
present | Social Credit
government. had not dealt
directly with the unfon on the
issues and alleged the
government had only spoken
through organizations like

the Financial Post about
union concerns such as wage
settlements.

Davis said-the Burnaby

conference proved the union ©
was prepared for the -

negotiations ahead.

“Tt was a good con-
ference," he said, “and there
was a real cohesiveness.”

There are. 37,000 members
of the BCGEU across the

province, including neatly

300 in Terrace who. will be
effected by the oe

strike :

with relatively minor in -

conveniences, the mayor
Lester sald there would be

‘no reason to seek provincial —

intervention int he strike at
this tlme. With garbage

under control, there {a not.
threat tolife, health or safety

of any residents - specific

requirements for the In-

vocation of the Essential
Services Act.

ARMED
FORCES
“SAID

’ UNFIT

OTTAWA (CP) —- More
than 90 per cent of 67,000
Canadian nillitary per-
sonnel failed to pasa baslc
fitness standards last

Br,

. Jack Miller, an
armed forces fitness
specialist, said in an
interview Moriday the
failure rate is better than
results five years earlier
when 50 per cent failed.’

“But . the defence
‘department is not happy
ae tcemcourege
ani 0 encourage
Its pe el to shape up.

clivation is a“ major
problem: “It ia very
difficult to motivate a
person to be very fit to
work at a job which
requires virtually no
fitness level at all,’’
Miller said.

However, the armed
forces ia trying to con-
vince servicemen to run,
swim or walk until they
are in good physical
cond}

the Defence and “Civil
Institute for Environmen-
tal Medicine in Toronto
has been asked to carry
out a survey.

This simmer,» over 600
angdians are xpectal ie
la
half of these fatallties will be
children and tecnagers, . -
These predictions ‘were
released the Canadian
Red Cross on the eve ‘of
National Water Safe Week.
“June $ to 9 will see a
tremendous ‘amount of
publie
»” sald Suzan Ewart,
Croas’ consultant for

a
the Water Safely Service. -

“Parents and young pevnle,
in particular, will -
focus of our publicity.”

The week's theme
throughout all of Canada. is
to canter
ternational Year of: the
Child.. Parental respon-

sibillty will be strongly ;

emphasized,

AS could be ex
said Ewart, our sate
slatistics show that children
are by far the most
vulnerable. age group in our

society, This will alwayn be

80 but the fatality rates need
not be so tragic.”
According to Ewart, our
young people are not getting
the attention they deserve.
“It’s fine for Red Croas to
offer water safety and small
craft safety lessons, but if
the parents don't enroll their
children in the courses our
efforts are not going to be as
effective as they should be.”
Ewart polnted out that far
too many accidents occur
because parents don’t take
supervision as seriously as
they should.
hin often do you see a
playing by the edge of a
Py et ile the parents
concern themselves mostly
with soaking up the sun?”
“A child can drown in inches
of water without making a
sound, ‘That doesn't leave
very much room for error."
ere are five tips which
Red Cross suggests should

Almost

eduéation hap- -

around *Ins.

be ‘strictl: followed this.
summer. T ey are: oo.

Children. 1a:
water . en. vind, the ‘to
always stay within safe
rescuing distance, at

YT

- Childrert should. never. be
allo in, oo aroun the
water ‘by themsel

- ‘Parents should engure that

thelr ‘boat: is well ‘supplied
with. P.F.D.’s (personal

i _ Hlotation fevices’ or | life

jackets) amd that, before
venturing out, all children
are opal wearing them.
_ parent has a
ty to know the
mechanics. of artificial
respiration. :

- A child can drown in seconds, the Rad Cross warns parents

‘ater safety is stressed

"Parents should ensure that
their children gain a
understanding of water
safety an in-
struction before they become
actively involved in water
activities.

Clark conceited on two

OTTAWA (cP) — Prime
Minister Trudeau’s office an
said . Monday — 3

Pra, ive. Conservative -

- leader Joe Clark wab wrong

on two counts in Sunday
night’s televised debate
among national _ party

It said ina statement that
Premier William Davis of

Ontario did urge the federal:

government in February to
act unilaterally to bring
home Canada’s constitution
and that Petro-Canada, the
federallyowned oil company,
did find natural gas off Nova
Scotia this month.

The statement said Petro-
Canada announced last week
that one trillion cubic feet of
natural has had been found
off Sable Island,

Meanwhile, Ontario's Con-
servative leader issued o
statement in Toronto which
indicated he was more in
agreement with Trudeau
than Clark on the need to
bring the constitution home
from Britain.

Clark said Sunday night
that Davis was opposed to
Trudeau's promine that a re-
elected Liberal government
was prepared to act without

cial approval to gain '

control aver the British
North America Act.
Trudeau's office released
copies Thursday of the Davie
statement to the February
first ministers conference.
The Davia text said the

federal government. “ean
ould “now : pétriate

without the hindrance of the |

ces,"
Even if there was no
agreement on an amending

formula, “Ontario would still |

Saulvocation’ to" bring’ the
equivgcation to bring |
constitution home.” a

When Trudeau . invoked
Davis's name in the de

replied that: “Our
recollection of the position of
Mr, Davis is very different
and quite prodfoundly auf.
ferent.”

Trudeau replied: “The
public . will check it
tomorrow.

“Quite ‘s0,” said Clark,

not mention Clark or
Trudeau by name In his
statement but repeated that
“the time has come in 1979 —
112 years after our finding —
to take, without further
debate, the decisive step of
patriating our constitution.”
Davis said at the last con-
stitutional conference of first
ministers in February that if
an agreement between the
federal and provincial
governments could not be
reached, Ottawa should
“patriate without the hin-
drance of the provinces.”
The Ontario premier said
again Monday that, while

there’ ‘should be no amend-

. mente to the present con-

étitution without =the
; agreément of the provinces,
the: federal, government
should act alone if necesaary
to bring the constitution ba
In its present form.
Davis ‘also said that On-
tario-never has proposed 4

Broadbent

referendum on an amending
formula such as! was
auggested by Trudeau

recently.
“We have

only proposed
unilateral patristion. We
have never proposed

unilateral adoption of
amending formula,” Davis

speaks on

radio, en francais

MONTREAL (CP) — NDP
leader Ed Broadbent will be
the first of four federal party
leaders to appear ina series
of halffour, pre-election

lews on Radio-Canada,
the French-language net-
work of the CBC.

Broadbent's interview
with talk-show host Denise
Bombardier, pre-recorded in
Ottawa today, will be
broadcast Tuesday at 6 p.m.
EDT | a network apokesman

Social Credit leader
Fablen Roy is scheduled to
tape hia interview Tuesday
night in Montreal and the
interview will be broadcast
Wednesday,

The interviews, with
Progressive Conservative
chief Joe Clark and Prime
Minister Trudeau are ex-

pected to be taped Thursda:
afternoon, with the Chir
Interview to be broadcast

’

Trudeau interview
onthe trying tod is
“ we're lo
to have the leaders present a
resume, or an assessment! of
the kinds of compels

they’ve each been wa:
series’ producer An
Gascon said.

Radio-Canada scheduled
the separate Interviews with
the party leaders after plans
fell for a French-
language debate in which all
four would have par-
ticipated,

ene at mira, declined
to - appear ra
changed his tied last ‘ede
The Liberals had sald they
preferred the format of

Thursday evening and the
Friday

Clark and Broadbent took
turns going one-on-one
agains! each other,