"VANCOUVER {CP) ~The B.C. Telephone. Co. ‘agreed Wednesday to meet the de- i . mands of its 11,000 striking we ’ Telecommunications employees if it can get ap- proval from’ thie! “Canadian ; be Radio- -televislon and Commission for another rale increase. —- The company agreed to accept a two-year. contract proposed last year by federal . mediator Ed. Peck; : which would: raise a. journeyman © lineman's wages to $13.75 an hour from $11.15 by July 1. It altered an additional 12-per- cent, Lwage increase’ in a third year beginning Jan. 1, 1982. ‘The Teiécommunications Workers Union flatly rejected the atipuiation that wage, Ipereases be con- ditional'on a rate increase. Unjon president Bill Clark called the proposal “a stupid, dangerous and ex- tremely Provocative thing to do” Z we ” Senior federal! ‘mediator Bill Kelly said the rale- “ Ineyease rider is unusual and “a new experience in’ eny mediation Ive been involved in”. roam “They hive an ogreetneti, . but I can't’ cope with a situation where oxe party or another puls a third party (the CRTC) into the pic- _ ture,” Kelly sald, ‘before . booking out of the dispute “and returning to Ottawa. Kelly said the demand for another rate increase is outside his furisdiction and that of the labor ministry. He said federal Labor Minister Gerald Regan “has no thought of legislating a. settlement,’ ‘The CRTC es granted B.C. Tel a 12.5-per- ‘cent increase for residential phone rates anda 15-per-cent increase ‘for commercial ” susbecribers. _ CRTC chairman - Jobn . PROVINCIAL LIBRART . PARLIAMENT BLDIS Tel wants. ‘increase to cover costs. ERR ACE-AIT MAT dai * . Thursday, February 19, 1981 | vobine 7 No. 35 Meise! said in an interview from Ottawa that the commission doesn’t want to he. dragged into B.C, “Tels dispulé. “So far as | know we have never. been involved in a labor dispute and do not want to be now,” he said. - Theunion has been without a contract since Dec. 31, 1979. ’ The company’s rejection : af the Peck report alter the Transportation has changed In-the Terrace area since the 1920s _rwhen le ~ burners p 3 .“Complete Office Coffee Service” oodhost "638-1825 4928 Hwy. 14 W. TERRACE Ing was done byhorse and sled (above) and the old coal Siffed Into town, (below). The Dally Herald Is running The TV Knowledge network in Terrace: was officially put inte action Thersday, It's on channel 12, Page 3. whiz kid Wayne Gretaky pul some daylight between Mmself and Marcel Dicane. Page 7. ‘restraints of the B.C. Labor Edmonton Oilers union voled ta accept it was--~ the main reason the union” -government and. employers ‘ workers walked off the’ ob; Feb. 10. , Meanwhile, the © B. CG. Federation of Labor called for a return to the militant - ‘days of the past, vowing {0 place its financial and political muscle behind all’ ’ Rabor disputes this year and to counter the - legal ’ Relations Board. these and other pictures during Heritage Week In Terrace. For more historle Photos § see page 10. (District of Terrace collection), hell," - federation president | ‘haraher, . - He recalled that ‘disputes ‘of this: “province to go to. in those ‘days. were “longer, Jim Kinnaird ‘told a rally of about ‘£500 trade unionists. “You wanted a fight and you got one" Kinnaird ‘said — the federation is tired of playing by the rules and is returning’ - to the ‘aggressive policies *“pedited” them." F ederation seeretary- ‘treasurer Dave ‘McIntryre _, Said: ‘that under this new labor INSIDE THE HERALD - " FEATURES ’ Crosewort, Page: ‘ : Cinssified ads, - People inthe News, - . Camles, Page ¢. : -'TV schedule, Page | fHarvecope, Page 6. 2 . Sports, Page 7. Gomer, Page 4. ; ealed in an office building,” hgller and,. yes, ' bloodier, but we won most of: policy, affiliates will: be. expected to ‘boycott’ “ex- ‘board: which-took Inbor relations in. _ bearings during which: the’ ane provines ora rough tide - board rules .on requests for, “Union of Publle’ ‘Employees municipalities. ‘where a mupicat revue — because its act. Dilthere aré oe growads, performers appear in the nude, . ‘ : Burlesque Entertainers, everybody," “Being nude in a public — of four women and three men, place or nude andexposed to. appears unclothed for seven. view while on private. minutes in the course of the’ property is anoffenc?Uable ‘twohour production. =; to summary conviction." : cease and desist orders and; the " Vaniccuver against pickeling. . Municipal and Regional © -Melntyre also announced District” Employees Union the federation will sponsor have ibeen on ‘Strike | since. rallies throughout B.¢,~ to Jani. © >< * support union demands. in- ; But be won't let the dispute! upcoming negotiations in the “dose ‘ schools for a’ forest, mining -and fishing’. jrotractéd period. 2: industries andatB.C: Hydro.- His warning came after. - Picketing will be escalated | unions representing the: and affiliates will help 10,000 municipal workers. bolster picket lines - which ° paid they will escalate their’ . have. been weakened by: strike to force: the ‘Greater’. court or labor board orders; ”-Vancouver Regional District: _ said Mclatyre, Pickets: will "jp * accept: ‘clerical staff ‘onight', i'm 1 telling the through muctr of the Lots. show no mercy for. “mult.” : demands for equal pay with tenant areas” ‘where’ a: jaborérs, = * _ , 7 a strike bound employer is Jo; Clerks, most of whom ‘are women, earn ab average of $5.45 ‘an’ hour. while. male eres , Bet about # an construction - project: or. shopping centre, he said...- In other strikes throughout ° BC.; ; Labor “Minister “Jack © ea leaders ‘said the . Heinrich said he is willing to - strike might spread to .In- let garbage ple wp in. the_ clude” nonteacHing stalf oan nine ; Vancouveratea " pehioal districts," The regional district ‘his offered. _wage:. increases — eng 1 is: ‘Per. cent, members ° of ‘the . dian ., ‘is setting up- housekeeping Terrace RCMP are investigatingthe break in and a | theft of a water bed, clock radio, end table, stereo | equipment ami‘tools from the beme of Barry McKenzie of Scotton Ave. in Terrace Wednesday, - ‘There was a lot of water damage as thieves emptied the water bed on the floor:. 30! , RonCote} reparted to police thathelt of a Homelit ; power aaw, three-horse power fire pump, ¢ first-aid a Kit, acetylene,. cutting outfit, a yellow portable | - generator, an eight-horne grey Briggs and Stratton «' _ motor, a dine-horse power pink Briggs end Stratton motor, a 12-volt trouble light with a 12-foot cord and ; 4 case of chain a] from his sawmill on Highway 18 - Weaty <0; aie oe : eens _— Alarges mouse ne steel was stolen from Lean-to . Creek Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. - Police are. alsd looking for a-1978 Chev truck _Slolen from Finning Tractor. ‘The license mimber is “GS and the truck has the usual company markings on it. : One man was charged with then, under £200 and assault aid one woman was clarged with assault when: police epprebended them for shoplifting in Safeway. Wednesday at2 pm. cn ry for pursuing charges ‘cf: discrimination in this case,'" “We-were expecting com- ‘Hall also complained io the plaints from tie League for morality squad of the Metro. Decency,” saya : David —_politan Toronto. Police. Sgt. Paquet, the producer of the . Richard. Dewhurst - was: sex farce. “But not tnést™ 7 unaware that .an ‘olficiat Stirling Hall, president’ of complaint had been lodged:: the Canadian Association of = “If the nudity is fust part of the show and not intended says dancers in Let My. to offend, we don't try to atop, People ,.Come perforin... i” he said. : without G-strings, and that Producer Roy said when discriminates against etry: Hall spoke with him on the. pers. _ matter, he thought she ‘just: : wanted to discuss the a priori “The law is the game for truths of nudity.”.. <. 4 she sayf: _ Intheshow, the entire cast: ‘t's a ballet and totally Hallsays the troupe should artistic,” says Paquet. “It's: either wear G-strings or the © po bump and gtind. with law should be changed. . ’ raunchy tousic.”’ Hall's complaint to the Hw- Hall now says she's going: man Rights Commission to see the show before: purzled one of its officials, deciding what to do next. i Howard Jones. . 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