ars ct earch se a neice Te RE St hs SSE eed ‘Meeting Vancouver Island's energy needs * ll VLC sets plan ,., for emergency housing action Delegates to the Vancouver and ¢ Begin a program of land acquisi- District Labor Council this week _ tion for non-profit and cooperative spelled Out a seven-point program housing. for immediate federal and provin- « Amend the Residential cial government action on housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program & as the latest report released by, Gen 45° Gnerease grants and extend 2 tral Mortgage and Housing show- eligibility. ed metropolitan Vancouver to have the worst housing crisis anywhere ; Expaniirenitcontcols tecover all : ° rental accommodation. in Porth Amenca. : ¢ Impose a moratorium on inter- The council’s demand; outlined est rate increases-on all existing by the executive at the meeting mortgages. Tuesday night, came the same day © Make money available for home that the CMHC report showed the mortgages at interest rates accep- city with a zero vacancy rate for table and affordable to working rentals and the highest house prices _ people. in,the country — coupled with un- _ Earlier, the council had given its precedented interest rates. backing to a campaign launched by The resolution called on the ©COnomist and civic leader Bruce federal and provincial govern- Yorke demanding that the govern- ments to: ment freeze all existing mortgages. * Allocate funds far's000 ada. Yorke, who must re-nogotiate : : his own mortgage this year, an- tional non-profit and cooperative pounced the campaign at a press housing units in the Vancouver conference last week. He called a ERMAN PHOTO—BARBARA STEVENS Pra ara. public meeting for Wednesday _ ©@ Make rental aid available to low _ night to begin putting pressure on income households. Ottawa. Injunctions spur bid : is = : cond < ee ® es ; f considerable activity | ited The provincial legislature was the scene o ty last Thursday as both the Unite Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and the B.C. Students Federation lobbied the Social Credit r r _ government for legislative changes. TOP: Some 300 unionists marched from.a meeting at the provincial museum to the legislature where they called for bargaining rights for fishermen and action to limit ' multinational control of the fishing industry. BOTTOM: Students present 5,000 petition cards to univer- sities minister Pat McGeer (story page 3). i#% The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union began a new wSa round in its long standing cam- paign to win full bargaining rights for fishermen with a lobby to the legislature last Thursday and a detailed resolution pressing the de- mand adopted Tuesday by the Vancouver and District Labor 8 AIR os AA Sate Doo a tg ‘Mismanagement’ delaying mail Mismanagement by postal of- more than hiring regular employ- ment and lack of staff’ are the ficials and 7 chronic staff shor- ees but now budget restrictions _ problem, she said. Council. ‘tageare snarling the postal system have forced elimination of week-. Mail coming into the Van- The renewed demand for full, lin. the Lower Mainland, endovertimewhichhasmadethe couver office often meets a | codified bargaining rights, still i" a eect teen eeprom ie ‘spokespersons for the Canadian _ situation worse. bate and “‘they uA ship it | denied B.C. fishermen despite }Union of Postal Workers Barren’s statements b might back to Kamloops or | various amendments to both ‘\(CUPW) charged this week. iicate Gani pow Glia ee wherever,”’ she declared. Inmost | federal and provincial labor codes, ; F cases it goes back unsorted, In Surrey, d and third ~ ment who accused him of break- : ee | UFAWU letter page 11 ‘class mail teeing dave aweek ing the public service “‘oath of eee Se ane _ was spurred by a spate of court in- land first class mail by several secrecy’”” by calling for the im- °° rom it. The post | junctions issued against union fish- : denies the practice, but CUPW | 2 : 5 ‘days. plementation of a post office snisiste thas A entationvao ermen during the roe herring strike t 4 : -_ _ report on staffing. “I can’t really : — including one ex parte injunc- ~ . | eyin Vancouver the main se much,” Barren told Colum- pes fesicwareikay =| tion issued March 7 on behalf ofa | @ OLYMPICS: A fact fin- 4 pate aa ek etprer es bian reporter Terry Glavin, in pare a ainionds auiableto Fraser River processor, Arrow | aing gelepation ae ne ; 4 : : : . “They told me two weeks ago : ~ Trading. : -S. Olympic Commit- | |amalantorienmalrei~ FO roth up tat hey SeMEACucin teow cles | TE pane ijucons | tee her Tonmad Wom | | ores Cunw ident K could bring charges against me ing out, Webb told the Vancou- eae ! Ong gone out of British Col- tibees ee ciacparies be | Fees insew, k athe re ee under the Oath of Secrecy Act. ver Tabor Council Tiewlays | umbia,”” UFAWU secretary aerate aber . | tleneckisbeing caused byasimple ’'msorry but we'veall gottopro-"" CUpws contract expinedizated: