A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 21, 1999 CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Gov't hiring agency comes Royal Canadian Road Mounted Police ense ‘Riverboat Days eo Soap Box Derby August 1, 1999 For youth ages 9 to 14. Complete this entry form Park Avenue at below and drop off at the down like a ton of bricks Dear Sir: tunning the cquipment This is my impression of t 3905 Eby Street. ' ] started out referring to myself and putting my em- Glen Clark having difficulty longer than just these 10 am to 4 pm bf ” Glen Clark’s new cash grab, ployees at home on Ul. I sleeping one night. “Let’s, projects, it'll be forever. wm oo ae we Highway Constructors Ltd. have been working for a see. How can J really in- bane ie the Mane dogs, iNAME - (HCL) aka ‘the Hired Com- short while now and the ‘crease the’ stress level and being told lo si and beg and: 1 . ar as munist List? but it seems guilt for this to my employ- workload of Ministry of our children will have to | AGE; —____ DATE OF BIRTH: 1 more synonymous with the ces has built up and I feet Highways employees and grow up being obedient | ADDRESS: te way the Mafia runs all the pretty crappy. [ don’t think contractors, create more red dogs after us. ; ‘PHON E NUMBER: se : construction in the States. can comply any longer. tape and bureaucratic posi- = We can’t stand for this, we Se i You see, this is ihe dif- tions, accomplish less work have to eliminate these ! | PARENT OR GUARDIAN: ' " The HCL Mafia might work down south in the big cities where everyone is just a number, but up torth here in the small communities i's a different scenario. We have loyalty, camaradcric, and everyone knows every- one else ... thus everything works quite peacefully. 1m just a small company that was hired on by the highways ministry for a small job and the mighty. HCL Mafia muscles in with their hostile takeover, com- manding everyone that we caw’l have our long tern already-local employecs run ference beiween big city. numbers and smail com- munities. Our employees are more than just numbers. We’ve worked together for a long time and have be- come friends, go to dar- becues, our kids play to- gether. It’s like family, creating a happy work place and a happy work place is a safe and productive work place. Now tell me, would you want to phone your friend and say “I’m sorry you won't be abie to feed your kids or make your mortgage but still! blow more tax dol- lars. I've got it — HCL” He rolled over and slept like a baby. Not a bad impres- sion, eh? As if the Ministry of Highways doesn’t have enough stress already. Hf the HCL Mafia sticks, we'll probably see some high- ways employees go postal before too Long, Maybe we will look back on this and laugh one day when we are all standing in the soup line. However, I really don’t think il’s going to work up here in the north- and when to do it, it will last tyrants now or we'll be stuck with it forever. It is lime for the gloves to come off. Bryan Halbauer, Nass Camp, B.C, Kalum Street Terrace RCMP Detachment Le eid There will be 18 soap box derby karts, sponsored by local busi- nesses. Helmets will be supplied for safety. Each age group will be limited to 20 participants, drawn at random. Drivers will draw for lane choice and kart. Prizes will be awarded at every level. _* BROWNING, + MARLIN + BERKLEY + FENWICK _ MISTY RIVER TACKLE & HUNTING is celebrating their our equipment. payments, but my hands are em communities because We have to hire people tied, you are out of a job.” our people are strong willed ° from their list because It gives you that warm fuzzy and tired of being pushed ‘ “we're the Big Bad HCL Mafia from Nanaimo.” When I questioned their system, their response was, “do as we say or you are fired!?’ Yikes, So being the small time poor contractor that I am, I complied by feeling inside. Not. Ministry of Highways has been building and maintain- ing roads for decades now and have proven themselves quite capable of doing su, HCL couldn’t even build a driveway. around by these suits. We will stand up and build an impenctrable wall to keep them out. If we let the HCL Mafia forse the union on us, take contro] over all the projects, tell us what ta do, how to There isn’t any need for these guys here ALL CHINOOK ROD & REEL COMBOS All Day Saturday Combo Seaking 6'6” with Penn 309 Dear Sir: I really thought our part of the world was communist and dictatorship free, but now I have to wonder. It it time to go when you have a signed contract with the transportation and high- ways ministry for the fair wage work in the Nass Valley and then Highway Con- structors Ltd. (HCL) comes ia and takes over everything and dictates to you what you have to do and when to do it and it is my way or the highway. As I see it, Highway Constructors Ltd. is getting everyone to join a union. And you week. And then in the next breath he tells me that if the operators and drivers do not join the union, they will be replaced with a union member. When it came to our traffic control busi- ness, we would have to train some in- experienced people, who would be: paid 80 per cent of the $2015 that is their Wage for : traffic control people. Now what happens to aur employees that have been with us for two years? I guess they sit at home along with the operators that didn’t join a union. Is there something wrong with this pic- ture or is just me? Terrace, B.C. PRICED TO SELL *Free Bulk Mnofilament Line with all combos. iS PRO SHOP « MAGELLAN «= LEATHERMAN TOO LS DOOR CRASHER Zebco Spin XTR 6'6” $14.99 139" Seaking 66” with Tidewater 119° All Reds ii Reels Lots of Sees Specials Hapipy Birthday Big Guy! Bell Lewman Pump Shot Gun. 12 ga ‘299% Ambassedeur 7000 $168.98 7000C3 $178.98 / __ _& Star $99.98 _* Till Saterday Only! WA + _VMVId - AVN . ETERS : EnsavSSVaNV/ViouVv) Nay: . know where a junior union member gocs—- Thank you, Mr. Holmes, for putting our & O Hwy 16 West (a the bottom of the seniority list (which is people out of-work. 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