We! know you are concerned a about the B. C. Tel- ,
~ + kabour dispute. os
* We have heard your conceris.

2 But, let’s look at. some facts about 4
wage | cost comparisons in 1981.

e B.C: Tel's Recent Offer fai one? You compare _

B.C. Tel totalwage costsin 1979.
ae 2 as teat : fs 7 egies .
“ae “BC. Tél fecent’ wage ‘offer costs i in 198122 354° Million i
| Increase in 1981 costs $ 42 Million |
“These costs were contained in our recently approved rate ve a
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— 7 ac. Tal total wage costs in 1979 $212 Million Data Entry Operator
2 Todi Wagecests == «266 Million. Telephone installer
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2 perease in 1961 costs .. § 54 Million Dratisman
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ran - Be. Tel is attempting to act in the uiblic interest b resistin:
a et * these addtional ibonary costs. _— me 4 3 ae Acceptance of the. offer which amounts to > 39% over 3:
: on an -. The Federal Government on the other. hand, says rs accept the years would ern Tel union employees the highest |
telephone ¥ workers | in Canada.
: ~- higher costs.
“i. »_~ Mgwever, Federal Conciliation Commissioner Peck -
po — ° pcognized the responsibility fore costin his report last September.
To quote: | A further offer this week :
pO “in the final analysis, only the company can decide. what it, it a While cur t offer i sag cod one, eve isc Pa
ae can afford, or not afford, and that will determine its recen ryone
' bottom line in bargaining and requires no justification. ” - about the effects of this prolonged dispute on our customers sand ©
ras ae > the ‘economy of B.C. In an atternpt to reach an agréementio "
"8°" "To accept these higher costs could mean financial instability nd this dispute the company has offeréd to go even further and
«. - and create.a situation for our company similar to that faced by :. meet the union halfway in 1981. If accepted, this would result in
©... -@orporations such as Chrysler or Massey-Ferguson. In the end, @ new Collective Agreement and an immediate return to work.
-” ” these companies asked the government to bail them out. We do
me ° hot intend 4 to let that happen in B.C. Tel:
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