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TERRACE - More than. 100,

local teachers walked out of

classes an hour early last’

‘Wednesday to demonstrate in

front of: provincial government -

offices against,.a _ provincial
statute. that could roll back
public sector wage increases.
Calling Bill 82 a ‘‘vile law,”
Terrace District . Teachers’
Association president president
Rob Brown denounced the con-
troversial legislation and called
‘on Premier Rita Johnston to
repeal it immediately. -

‘We're out here to tell her to
take off her designer hardhat
and give her head a shake, and
to consign this bill to cblivion
along with Bill Vander Zalm,”’
Brown told the crowd. ''This

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legislation must be repealed. A
deal is a deal and we won't
renegotiate any collective
agreements,”'
. Contracts negotiated by
teachers and other public sector
employees after Jan. 29 are sub-
ject to approval by Ed Lien, the
compensation fairness commis-
sioner appointed ta review
negotiated contracts,

He’s to. examine contracts
and make final. pay raise deci-

sions based_on ability. to pay

and on private sector increases.
Organizers of various local
unions, striking Kitimat
teachers, alderman Rick King
and local teacher and Skeena
NDF . candidate . Helmut
Giesbrecht also spoke against
the government and Bill 82.

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Prime wants to have its main.

contractor chosen foy the first.

section of the road by the end of
the month, :

The company met with ‘nearly
10 potential main contractors

- here last week, ,

Mac Gibbs, a spokesman for
Corona which owns 48 per cent
of Prime and has controlling in-
terest in the company, said the
intent is to have as much of the
work as possible go to northern

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That follows statements by
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“We'll want to use local peo-
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He added that the Tahltan
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Brown called the one-hour
protest “stage one’ in a
province-wide program of

labour unrest aimed at forcing

the government to axe the
rollback legislation.

He said he hopes the school
board doesn't carry out a '‘veil-
ed threat’ it leveled at the
teachers. School board chair-
man Edna Cooper sent Brown a
letter indicating the board might
consider the protest a strike and
take some kind of action.

“Our fight is not with the
board — not yet,’ Brown said.

‘But he hinted more teacher
walkouts could be jus. around
the: corner depending on how
the next bargaining session —
slated for May 4 and 5 — with

Judge
leaves

TERRACE — Terrace provin-
cial court Judge E. Lloyd Iver-
son is leaving the local bench,

Iverson is moving to
Nanaimo to take a new posting
as a provincial court judge
there. —

He has served here for a
number of years as the senior
judge at the Terrace cour-
thouse.

- [verson’s replacement is ex-
pected to be named soon, The
new judge will likely be chosen

from ationg the senior lawyers

in the local community.

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Carpenters’ ‘union’ president
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‘ing: school board. trustees’ for
giving Tri-City Contracting, of
Kamloops, the contract for a

$607,000 addition and -renova- -
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Building. trades unions here
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job to go to a Prince George
contractor whose bid was
$25,000 higher, - :

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