Roy Gauthier, chief negotiator for the B.C. Bullding Trades
Council, addressed a group of more than 100 local construc:
tion union members in the Terrace Arana last week. Gauthier
was here to update union locals on the state of contract talks
between the Building Trades Council and the Construction
Labor Relations Association. Michael Kelly photo

; Letter

TERRACE — Roy
Gauthier, chief negoti-
ator for the B.C.
Building Trades Council,
was in Terrace recently
to meet with Jocal union
officials and to brief
union members on cur-
rent developments in
negotiations with the
Construction Labor Re-
lations Association
(CLRA).

In an interview,
Gauthier expressed mix-
ed apprehension and
determination with
regard to the ap-
proaching expiry of the
current contract between
the Building Trades
Council and the CLRA.
**There is no absolute in-
dication that anything
will happen,’’ he said,
“but it may be difficult
to avoid a confrontation.
This isn't a desire on our
part, it comes from their
proposal, Any action
will come from the con-
tractors’ side.’’

The present contract
between the unions and
the contractors’ organi-

{

Trades Council head |
fears confrontation

30, and the CLRA has
announced its intention
to bring down a
province-wide lock-out
on that date unless an
agreement is signed. The
Building Trades Coun-
cil’s proposal calls for
terms similar to the pre-
sent contract with the ad-
dition of cost-of-living
allowances, but the
CLRA is demanding
wage reductions in the
order of 25 percent,

scrapping of the union

hall dispatch system and
several other conces-
sions. Gauthier termed
these demands ‘“‘out-
rageous and unproduc-
tive’

A prolonged dispute
between union workers
and union contractors
could provide a broad
opportunity for non-
union . contractors to
become more entrenched
in the B.C, construction
industry. Gauthier in-
dicated that he has ex-
pressed these fears to
representatives of the
CLRA in informal talks,
and he said that a con-

this situation is self- Hegge Construction,

defeating.

Gauthier went on to
suggest that much of the
labor conflict which has
historically been a part
of the B.C. construction
scene could be moder-
ated in the future by
adoption of a provincial
fair wage standard based
on union rates. ‘There
would be a public
perception of everyone
working together,”’ he
said. “It would be to
everyone’s benefit.’’

With regard to the
local effect of. the im-
pending — lock-out,
Gauthier stated that

general contractor for
the new Terrace RCMP
building, will .not be
directly affected because

the company is non- .

union. He added,
however, that all but one
of the sub-trades on the
job are union and any of
those firms who. are
members of the CLRA
would be forced to com-
ply with the lock-out ac-
tion. A survey by the
Review determined that
of five Terrace firms
who will work as sub-
trades on the job, three
are members of the
CLRA. —

continued from page 5

educated people who
cope the best. Surely,
our society should invest
more in education for

positive results rather.

than paying more for
negative results.

In Ontario 30 percent
of high school graduates
go on to university. In

B.C, if you live in Van-

couver or Victoria the
rate is 16 percent and for
people in the Northwest

- Or other areas outside the

university centers the
amount drops to 7 per-
cent. Why? I believe it is
Socred education

~ policies. Student aid in
B.C. is very low. The

government has raised it
to $11 million with the
new budget but that is
still less than half of the
$24.3 million available in

1982.

Now that we are in an

election year the govern-

ment says the ‘‘re-

_. Straint’’ on our young is
over, or is it? The

Socreds promise $600

Million for education
- Over the next three years
with $110 million in a

“Fund for Excellence’
this year. The $490

Million for the following

two years is in my opin-
ion, meaningless as it is

-based on the economic
_ growth of four percent

and an increase in capital

investment of nine per-

cent. We will probably
get four percent
economic growth this
year with the boom of
Expo, but what about
the bust of the post-Expo
recession? _

The government said
in our period of
“‘renewal’’ this past year
we would get an eight
percent gain in capital in-
vestment; we got one
percent. Predictions by
Statistics Canada say the
rate for. the next two
years will be lower.

In conclusion, I would
like to say that education
as an investment is good
business. The United
States went through in
the 70’s what B.C. is go-
ing through now. The
U.S. government came
out with a report on
education, ‘‘A Nation in
Crisis’’, which found
that when the majority
of the States cut back on
education, New England
invested more. The
knowledge and tech-
nology developed at their
universities stimulated
their economy to the ex-
tent that they are on the
leading edge of in-
novative and diversified
economic growth.

It is my opinion, that
bridges must be built be-
tween business and
education. I do not
believe that the Socreds
can do it, nor can the
NDP. They both seem to

zation expires on April frontational approach in

Terrace man sentenced
to prison for

child sexual abuse ~

TERRACE -— A man The crimes occurred
charged with over 200 over a period of six to
episodes of indecent eight years and involved
assault and sexual abuse four of the man’s step-
was found guilty in Ter- daughters in’ two
race provincial court last separate families. The
week and sentenced to children were nine to
four years in prison. eleven years of age when

The man’s name js the incidents of abuse
banned from publication began.
to protect the identity of | Garret-Rempel in-
his victims, however dicated that the man will
crown counsel Jim be eligible for parole
Garret-Rempel did state after serving one-third of
that the man is a long- the four year sentence
time resident of Terrace, and will come up for
age 42, and has no mandatory release after
record of previous con- two-thirds of the
victions. sentence.

Mother’s
March
a success

To the editor,
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March Campaign on be Education
P gn n be Despite the Eritreans’ long
half of the Kinsmen battle for independence from
Rehabilitation Founda- Ethiopia, education continues,

ion w _ National Geographic reports.
' Y as a orien Success Children go to school for at least

our assistance in three hours every morning, five
conveying Our message daysaweek, and classes for fight-

to the people of Terrace, ersareheld at the trenches.
made our work a great
deal easier and your con-

find it more profitable to

Editar maintain polarization in
Editor's Quote Book BC.
We must always have old What could we build if
~ | mettoriesand younghopes. we worked together ?
Arsene Houssaye William Hayes

Provincial Liberal
Candidate, Skeena

tribution is highly ap-
preciated.,

Please accept our
heartfelt thanks for a job
well done.

Scott Cooke,
Campaign Chairman
Kinsmen Club of Terrace

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