“TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. VANCOUVER - the BC.’ Government Employees’ Union. is negotiating for longer vacations for long-service provincial employees," a John Fryer, . general. secretary of the BCGEU, said today vacation perfods for: provincial workers’ are much shorter than those for municipal: employees and those in: most private indsutries. — Municipal employees.in B.C. get four weeks’ vacation after. 15 years’ service and five weeks after 25 years, Fryer said, In the forest ‘industry, vacation allowances are four weeks ‘after 13 years’ service and five weeks after 23 years. This compares, Fryer said, with 17 days’ vacation after 15 years and four weeks after 20 years in the B.C. government, service. . A BCGEU fringe benefit brief presented to. the’ Civil Service Commission earlier this month seeks 17 days’ vacation after five years’ service; 20 days: after 10 years; 22 days after 15 years: 25 days after 20 years and 30 days' vacation after 25. years’. service, The brief compares fringe benefit improvements in’ ihe ‘government service during the past decade with changes during the same period for | employees’ ‘of ‘B.C: : Miyae, municipalities, hospitals. and a. few industries. - ; The: - comparisons show big improvements. infringe benefits ° by ‘outside employers while those in the B.C, government service havereniained virtually static,” said Fryer. “Boe example, the provincial government is the anly major employer’ in . B.C., which continues to refuse fo pay any form of shift differential.” ‘The BCGEU fringe benefit brief presses for payment of a _ shift differential of 10 cents an ‘hour for afternoon shift and 15 cents for grdveyard. - Other benefits sought: - Introduction of a shorter work week without reduction in from Nov.’ 1 to April 30 and 35 hours a week from May 1 to Oct. 31.. Most provincial employees now work 40 hours a week. Payment of all overtime in ‘casi; at time-and-a-half up to four hours double time after four hours and for overtime on Saturday or Sunday; and double time’ plus: regular pay for holiday overtime. Payment in ‘cash for all unused sick leave when an’ employee leaves the service, Fifteen cents an hour dirty money for employees working with tar, asphalt or weed | sprays. salary to 36 hours, 40 minutes - @ Reward offered — # for monster LONDON - (UPI) A whiskey firm offered a reward of $2.4 millicn last week to anyone who can bring Scotland’s legeandary Loch Ness monster back alive, ‘Generations of Scots have claimed witness to a - huge, black, blob-like creature oo surfacing in the murky waters mm of Loch Ness and’now the Cutty Sark firm is putting up the money to see if the claim can be proven. The firm has put certain conditions on the contest -- “Nessie” the monster has to be the London history-museum has : to certify that she is a genuine monster and not just-a large fish, The capture has to be made by May 1, 1972. , ready to .% ona lot brought to the shore alive, well | and unharmed. The curator of .. London is Lloyd's underwriting the offer. - of monster is snared, it becomes : the property of Lloyd's, ! Cutty Sark is also offering a ‘ case of whiskey every month for !a year to anyone who can | produce.an authenticated color i Movie film of the monster. If the Birds hy the thousands migrate to the Reifel Waterfowl Refuge on Westham Island in British Columbia just a few miles out of Vancouver, to sredictions b | despite ‘industrial: éxpansion, - vontrary P | slides.-and stream abuse’ by... some . conservationists. and n stocks have | logging operations and: loss , of fishermen,.saiman s' spawning’ areas, “ue . ma increased by-as muchas 24 million fish, or 13 percent, in the development, — | past ten years compared tothe |: ' Rod. “Hourston, . ‘regional’ previous decade director,” explained. - ‘the ; Figures show ‘that | commercial fishermen caught’ 230 million salmon in the years 196: to 1970 compared to 206 million in the previous decade,: development «program as. a”. combination: of © artificial’ -spawning channels, of which the’ $10 million Babine project is the - largest, stream. impravement, ° 1951 to 1960. - | | fishways, flaw and temperature ” Increased — revenue to ‘control — structures - and fishermen for that period was | ticheries.- . - roughly $40 million Salmon stocks haye not only been maintained but increased Hourston said‘ ‘the’ five-year hatchery program started. this °. year will cost $8.million 1. OTTAWA - The operation of competition motorcycles, compelition snowmebiles and _Minibikes willbe. governed by special regulations. under ‘amendments. to the Mctor have been. given. Government approval, . Transport Minister This 3 bedroom sein move into, ina new subdivision Vehicle Safety Regulations that | Special regulations Don Jamieson Said Under the amendments, which were published on April 14, 1971 in the Canada Gazette, ‘these “machines will established as specilic lasses of vehicles and will not have to be equipped with headlights and mufflers which are a legal . A fe 2 vehicles. machines will be for use: exclusively on competition EEX oar ~WOOW DALAL sUe ee yovuois for motorcycle competitions requirement on recreational and transportation-ty pe The competition circuits and will be required to ' bear a label clearly stating their restricted usage. Minibikes will be classified as OR ene UL) oe . oh Ae ClD LED vehicles intended only for off- road use and will be required to be’ equipped with safety ‘reflectors toassistin their ‘recognition and identification. They, too, will be ‘required to bear labels - Further, proposed indicating their “ resivicted useage. amendments to the regulations clarifying definitions of some - specific classes of vehicles, as. |. well as proposed changes in tire , | identification procedures, were included in Part I of the Canada Gazetie issued on April 3. Mr. * Jamieson has invited comments on these proposals, 1210. 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