| Layoff 40° - Ri Friday, April 23, 1982 ‘Vol. 44, No. 17 sparks | walkout — page 2 — Anti-strike revealed — page 12 — manual a SR SE World peace forces say: ‘Disarm now’ — pages 6, 7, 10, 11 | Wage restraints bil called ‘far-reaching % = ‘ : ey In the. biggest demonstration ever at the plant, more than 3,000 people demonstrated outside Litton Industries, north of Toronto in the annual Good Friday protest. Litton, which manufactures the guidance system for the new U.S. Cruise missile, has been the target of protest ever since the TRIBUNE PHOTO— JOSE KAUFMAN project began five years ago. But this year’s action drew hundreds more following the an- nouncement of the federal government agreement to test Cruise missiles at Cold Lake, Alberta. Thirty people were arrested. threat to democracy’ The Social Credit government's ~ new Bill 28, the Compensation Sta- bilization Act, has been seen as a ‘“‘dangerous” piece of legislation which not only threatens the bar- gaining rights of workers through- out the province but is also a “‘far- reaching attack on democracy.” Norman Richards, president of the B.C. Government Employees Union warned Apr. 13 following the introduction of the legislation that every worker should be “alarmed by this very vague piece of legislation which offers sweep- ing powers to a small group of cabi- net ministers without recourse to the legislature.”’ The bill ‘‘attempts a direct hit on B.C.’s long-standing tradition of free collective bargaining,”’ he said. The BCGEU is set to begin bar- gaining on its master agreement next month (see story page 12). Provincial Communist Party leader Maurice Rush termed Bill 28 an. “attack on democracy’ and urged pressure to “compel the So- cred government to withdraw this dangerous piece of legislation. “Bill 28 would replace parlia- mentary democracy with absolute dictatorship,”’ he stated Apr. 16. “The legislation fails to spell out any details and gives the cabinet the power to pass whatever regulations it considers expedient by order-in- council. In other words, it makes the cabinet omnipotent. It can pass whatever regulations it wants to be- hind closed doors, without debate in the legislature, and can change them the same way. Under the terms of Bill 28, all 200,000 public sector workers in B.C., including those employed di- rectly by the provincial government as well as municipal, school board and hospital employees, are to be See CSP page 3 Thousands to walk for peace in B.C. | The peace march that could be the biggest anywhere in Canada is set to begin at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver Apr. 24 at 12 noon. Sponsored by over 50 peace, trade union, church, student, community and women’s organi- zations, the ‘‘March to End the Arms Race’’ will take demon- ‘strators through downtown Van- couver to a rally at Sunset Beach at 2 p.m. The parade will cross the Bur- rard St. bridge, continue along Burrard to Georgia St., go east on Georgia to Howe St., south on Howe to Pacific and along Pa- cific to Sunset Beach. Those who anticipate difficulty going the whole distance — about 4.5km — are encouraged to join the march at Robson Square at Robson and Howe. Several speakers are scheduled to address the mass rally at Sunset Beach including Dr. William Ep- stein, former UN disarmament director; Dr.’ Jesse Chiang, Seat- tle chairman of Physicians for So- cial Responsibility; NDP external affairs critic Pauline Jewett; and Doug Roche, the Edmonton- Strathcona Tory MP who has op- posed the testing of Cruise mis- siles at Cold Lake, Alberta. Although the Vancouver dem- onstration is expected to be the largest, ‘“‘walks for peace” have been organized across the prov- ince, indicating the powerful re- surgence of the disarmament movement and the growing alarm over the Reagan administration’s arms buildup. In Kamloops, demonstrators will march from Allan Matthews School, beginning at 12:30 p.m. toarally at Riverside Park to hear NDP MP Nelson Riis as well as other speakers. In Nelson, a march is set to end at the provincial buildings where NDP MP Lyle Kristiansen will join speakers from the B.C. Fed- eration of Labor and Iecal chur- ches. Victoria’s walk for peace takes place the following day, Apr. 25, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Cen- tennial Square and i from there to a rally at Beacon Hill Park.