J * et to eer ee ee Cee Pee ee ee T ! + eee : So MYTH #6 B. C. provincial employees. are Canada’s highest paid. wo Our provincial government politicians are fond of spreading the myth that B.C: govemnment einployess ai are the - =" 7 . : The government: seems intent on penalizing its employees because they make the handiest’ ‘scapegoats; not _. because-they are responsible. for inflation. It’s like a judge ruling that an accused. Person ‘is: innocent, ‘but ar deciding to © pat hi him i in jail anyway, ‘to set an n example for real: criminals. 7 _ Paes The Herald, Tussdey. August iris) yo tee rl ae ee ie ae \ eee Teas . 4, : Ef a = The BCGBU has tabled a comprehensive proposal regarding’ protection for pregnatt workers who work on .. It’s not just money that. is in dispute between the provincial government and 40,000 of its . employees represented by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union. There are other very © , Settlement can be reached. The BCGEU also wants to expose some of those myths that: have 7 7 grown about what it’s like to work for the provincial government and j in so doing, tell you. the. ‘main issues, that are in dispute, -- a — . ae ~ MYTH #1 AR government employees have secure obs from which they cannot _ be laid off... * "equipment to other work with no reduction in pay. The employer’ § response so far is thet. they may go home a Safety is is an issue rights be part of the collective i agreement, ‘MYTH #4 The government is isa a good employer... ae important issues.in dispute that must be addressed ‘seriously by the employer | before any - The ‘casual’? or auxiliary work force has tripled in the government service over the last few years. This rr means that there is no job security for over 10,000 provincial government employes. More. than.10,000 workers,- | some with seniority of 10 and 12 years, still do not have a permanent job. ‘We believe that after a full year, of working as an “auxiliary"' a person should be offered a permanent position as a “‘regular"’. Auniliary workers . can be laid off any time without notice. The employer refuses to discuss the issue. MYTH #2 The ‘émerit” principle of promotion works in the government service: ce ; | Many people believe that once you enter provincial government service you are assured of a career path | for or the rest of your life. Nothing could be further from the truth, The promotion system in governme nt service is still open td favouritism, patronage and nepotism in 1982, In - too 'many instances government ministries utilize the current bad economic situation to.their own advantage by passing over in-service candidates for promotion in fayour of. recruiting out-of-province, out-of-service candidates, : _ 7 The merit principle of promotion in thé provincial government s service is in shreds and does not ot protector: = provide a fair career path for our members. Seniority means nothing in the government service. We believe that being a British Columbian and having worked for the government should count when applying fora — promotion, We want government negotiators to deal with this issue. So far they have refused, Le -MYTH #3 The government is a safe place to work. - mo oe So heh, 5) Thousands of provincial government employees fdce the same kinds of on-the-job hazards as other workers. In the last three years of our contract, eleven of our members have been killed on the job. Many hundreds of _oilr members now work at Video Display Termihals VDT" s) and yet there are beveral studies linking vbT" s with possible’ birth’ defects. . The BCGEU insists that our members’ iwho become predint mivst have t the right to be transferred’ fom Vi VDT-- on no pay and wait for the birth of the baby. . ; VDT’s that the government negotiators have refused to deal with realistically, ; . We are also. experiencing great difficulty in getting the.government to recognize that occupational health and - ‘te Uh government, workers as well as Private, sector workers. . Child eare is an important economic: factor in today’s society, Our. Union believes that single parents should. not _ i be penalized because they have children. to look after and we have proposed to the. government a program that will help solve this problem. For six years now ‘government representatives have failed to discuss the need for | , child care in ‘ahy meaningful fashion. We believe that the issue must.be addressed i in. this round of negotiations: | MYTH #5 walt cares about its own 1 employees. _ at en te Many workers in our- province suffer from problems caused. by alcohol and drug. abuse. These are: ‘hard facts that employers must face in our province. Many, if.not most large employers i in the public and private sectors, : . : have dealt with the issue by introducing jointly. administered employee assistance. plans... - ‘The only 1 major public employer in British. Columbia that has not recognized its. responsibility i in this area is. isthe | . ‘The Union is attempting to negotiate a joint union-managemient program that would meet the needs of . “government workers, Government Employee Relations Bureau negotiators have not felt that the Union’ S. cas Proposal i Is important enough to make a TespOnse at the bargaining table. © . a provincial government. They spend millions of dollars promoting these types of programs for other employers. ol. " yet they have refused to implement similar programs for their own employees. ae highest paid in Canada becausé it supports: their current | cut-back progfam. The truth is far different. In the -. mid 1970's, we did lead the country in- wages for most job classifications. Today, we are behind all three | western provinces and Ontario in wages for almost all job classifications, ‘yet our cost of living here i inB, Cc. ds the highest in Canada. - .,. We believe our wage proposals a are modest and are 2 designed to help those at the bottom end of the wage. e-seale . EE oD .-to.catch up to inflation. All we want is a. fair wage settlement. There can be no contract without it. > John L. Fryer ", GENERAL SECRETARY a’ hol. ,08 hicaga de flented Montreal: ‘for. eighth conecutlve win ° "Yatraight; victory.” leo mame , Mondiiy night. : an. righthandey ‘who. {hit his“ two homers: - ax Harted'gne: game in April: Sandberg belted hig shot off.“ and: hap 36. ‘pelle! 4p- Scott Sanderson,’ 6-LL, “Who: pearances. : ; this” Béison, -foat ‘his seventh. straight < ° walked none and struck out. game, “two. Barr allowed singles in. i Jenin, TY. “the fourth, fifthearidt sixth fet roe nce innings, tot: shi iy 9. . : Atlanta ‘statter Pasbual | Dodgers 3 Rede ““Perer, 0-2; allowed trily one’. Pedro Guerrero: ‘plugged | “chit and faced the tisimim | asim Kern's first piteh of the. i innings): Reggié. Sitilth’s “home run to lead . Jos ie ““gnnath Reds 2; - "| Astros 4 San Diego Padres |; 3). Philadelphia Phillles 4 _ “Manager. |. Anderson left tiring Detroit ai 4 leadoff-‘single in ‘the’ fifth -itarted. a two-run : Giarit ~ pally, Jeff Leonard doubled ‘home ang of the runs and “|. Barr: singled home . the other. The. Glants scored an: : nearned run in the sixth — = and added Insurance in the eighth on wo-run tripe by — * Darrell Evana.- . “In other Monday night NL of ‘action itwas: Chicago Cubs. |: 9- Montreal Expos 3; Los : Angeles. Dodgers § Cin= Houston Pittsburgh Pirates. 3; and ~ St Louis Cardinals 7 New York Mets"2. Cubs 9 Expos 2° - BIl Buckner went 4-for-6, Including. & pair of solo . home uns, and Ryne _ Sparky blows it Sparky. starter Dan. Petry in Yankees had pounded him.. _ for 13 hits, ' « Jerry Mumphrey’s | twa-. ; ‘out double capped a ‘three- - ‘pun eighth inning and. ‘completed the Yankee | comeback in thelr 9-7. vie- |. tory. Dave Wintleld’s homer 3 : “fn the seventh inning pulleqy’- ‘the Yankees within 7-5 and ccs |-~Roy Smalley belted his 11th - “-|:. Homer’ leading. off the aaa . eighth, chasing Petry. ~. Rookie Dave Rucker, 2-3, ‘came on.and gave up a | alngle to Ken Griffey, who |. Waa sacrificed to second by - Rick Cerone and scored the tylng run with two out when “Rucker threw wildiy to first “after fielding Willle Ran- | _ Solph's. high ~ chopper. a - Randolph took second on the error and. .Mumphrey doubled: him home. Oscar | Gamble -homered: in the oninth for New York's final run : In other AL games Monday, it was: Toronto Blue Jays 4 Boston Red Sox “22 Chicago White Sox 9 ‘i Baltimore ., Milwaukee Brewers 9 Texas : Rangers 1; Kansas City | - Royals 12 Cleveland Indians . 4; and Oakland A's 8 Seattle Orioles Mariners 4. |: Blue Jays 4 Red Sox 2 . .Rahce Muliiriike's teadoff 2 home run tied the score 2-2 in the elghth inning. Loser *, Dennib- Eckersley then. Issued one-out “walks to ~ “Willie Upshaw and Hosken a Powell and was replaced by : : Bob Stanley. eee AE. tie * eGymnasiuny yr Now. RENTING! | “sami _— i 2 Stes; - " nF cle, stove: &: drapes: ‘Wall to; wall, carpeting : @RAQUETBAL couRTs . "For your personal viewing visit _.OUr apariments dally ate 2607 PEAR ST. . es oneal ys Te 635-5968 " MAJESTICMANAGEMENT LTD. “Angeles, over Cincinnati. Reliever Dave Stewart, om “6, ‘Fetired the last 18 batters . toearn the victory. Stewart, who was §1 against: the -" Réds ‘last: year -with, ‘one gave, Walked one and struck out five In his six innings. of hitless relief, Kern, 1-5, took over In the’ hth and worked out of a: bases-loaded, none-out jam, then left-two on.in the 12th - before Guerrero nalled him with a shot into, the: left. . Sandberg added @ threé-run’ "The Cubs took-a: 70 jead Pitcher-Jim Barr; 22, the: after $i innings #8 Buc ae ; "12 batters through: four ‘13th Inning for his. ‘and centre field pavilion, at Dodger Stadium. Astron 4 Padres3 Alan Ashby hit two solo home runs-and Don Sutton and typ rellevers combined on a seven-hitter to carry Houston over San Diego, Sutton, 11-8, struck out oneand walked three in 72-3 _ innings before getting relief help from Bert Roberga | and Dave Smith, who gained ‘his ninth save after giving up two runs in the ninth on-an error and a sacrifice fly by : pinch-hitter Kurt Bevacqua, ‘Sohn Montefusco, 9-7,. _pitched the first seven ini- nings for the Padres, Monday's game until the allowing ali Houston's runs, Phillies 4 Pirates 3 “Pinch-hitter George Vukovich drove -home two runs with.a bases-loaded — double in, the eighth inning - off ace--reliever ekulve, Kent enabling edge Pit wat game of doubleheader. Mike Eaaler drove in four runs with a (wo-run homer and a lwo-run single, as the Pirates rallied from a 6-0 deficit to take a 9-6 lead with two out In the elghth inning of the second game when it ‘was suspended under a. major league rule, _. The Pirates had scored four runs in the top of the .. eighth when the game was - halted by rain. The rule” prohibits resumption of play: following a rain delay pas! 12:45 a.m. ‘The suspended - ‘game will begin prior to- tonight’s game between the - - two teams. Cardinala 7 Mets 2 Willie McGee hit a‘ two- ‘out, bases-loaded triple that ‘fueled a four-run, fifth: ‘Louis over New. York. The inning made a winner _over for Dave LaPoint in the fourth inning, LaPoint was charged with both New. York runs in the fourth which gave the Mets ~- their’ 2-1: lead. But’ the Cardinals came back inthe fifth 40, score ‘their ‘game-. ; Inning rally and carried St, . . "of Jeff Lahti, 3-2, who took L winning runs and chage : righl-hander Charlie Paleo, 3-9, facilities.