Wood industry employers have Ted it the ‘‘richest offer ever’’ Ut the pact that goes to a vote this eee has already encountered Msiderable dissatisfaction among wikers in both the wood and pulp “tions of the industry. | ae the offer is not rich at all, in- far} Workers argue, pointing out the the 90 cents or 9.5 percent in 7 year will probably be ity Out by inflation before it is C Plemented. The pact contains no A clause. 10 aM this week, more than mw were off the job at various | = around the province, most of | “M respecting picket lines put up te + Sit by the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada around mills allied to employers where the PPWC has certification. But close to 4,000 IWA members were also off in the Alberni Valley where the MacMillan Bloedel mill has been closed by maintenance workers’ pickets and walkouts among loggers have taken place over several days. Also this week, the Canadian Paperworkers U n ion which had earlier agreed to recommend accep- tance of the proposed pact, condi- tional on the resolution of local issues, withdrew that agreement and the pact will now go to the membership without a recommen- V a an cuver Indian Centre president Debbie Mearns (right) and administrator Wayne Clark look over the t's Conception of the new Centre planned for east Vancouver. Although needed for some time — Dissatisfaction with pact Seen as wood vote begins dation either for or against the agreement. The PPWC has stated that it will recommend rejection in its vote this week. Key to the CPU position is the demand by workers at the Macken- zie mill in northwestern B.C. for a northern allowance to replace extra vacations given to them as an isola- tion benefit but withdrawn by the company in 1977. The industry has refused to resolve the matter claim- ing that it is an industry-wide issue rather than a local issue which the CPU has stated. However, the IWA will recom- mend acceptance of the proposed settlement with balloting expected HEREASON. cars| | | the Present centre is too small and far removed from the main areas of Indian population in the city — | With 8 key commitment for funds from Victoria. (See story, page 2.) Indian Centre Society has waged a long campaign to win funding, a campaign boosted last week —Sean Griffin photo | | don naan Labor Congress presi- —N the Nnis McDermott has called Teeopniz, Canadian government to ment ae the provisional govern- Front j the Sandinist Liberation “Thin Nicaragua. the ae Provisional government is is tran, body in that country which of Ne _epresentative of all facets Mott ipa society,’” McDer- €xternal affairs minister Flora MacDonaid in a telegram Monday. ‘‘It goes without saying that at the same time we expect your government woud also officially cut diplomatic relations with the Somoza regime.”’ The provisional government bas- ed in Panama has established a na- tional council with 30 represen- tatives of various opposition forces. It has won wide. international CLC backs Sandinist gov't recognition from countries such as Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba and the Soviet Union, and from the Socialist Parties of Western Europe. McDermott also called on the Canadian government to officially protest the shipment of arms to Somoza from Israel, Argentina and Spain. ] Dock workers stop Candu loading Special to the Tribune | WoRlNT JOHN, N.B. — Dock faces. €XPressed their hatred for sae and their solidarity with Tefusin nian workers July 3-4 by 3120.ma to load a shipment of Mid on worth of Canadian Ab technology to Argentina. ter, out 135 members of the In- cae Longshoremen’s f Raj ae and the Brotherhood Clerks ay, Steamship and Airline tefused to cross a picket "ati line set up outside a giant port ter- minal by 40 protesters from labor, church and environmental organizations. By honoring the picket line, the longshoremen and other dock - workers effectively blocked the loading of 15 containers of heavy water, destined for use in Candu nuclear reactors, aboard the Argentine freighter Entre Rios Il. The picket line was organized jointly by the New Brunswick Federation of Labor and the Saint John labor council. The pickets were supported by 48 organizers including the Canadian Labor Congress, num- erous labor councils ac r os s the country, seven provincialla bor federations, several church groups and environmental organizations, the main trade unions in the nuc- lear industry and the No Candu j for Argentina Committee. See DOCKERS page 8 to begin this week and completion seen around July 25. Although the coastwide IWA vote is expected to endorse the con- tract, there has been substantial op- position, particularly on Vancouver Island where work stoppages have occurred. Dissatisfaction with the second year wage increase—in the face of anticipated big increases in food and gas—is again the determining factor. A membership meeting of Local 1-363 based in northern Vancouver Island heard a number of local members voice unhappiness with See WOOD PACT page 8: Scrap jet plane deal Vict. labor urges PM VICTORIA — Warning that the program would fuel inflation and “provide few jobs for Canadians,”’ the Victoria Labor Council last week called on prime minister Joe Clark to scrap the jet fighter ac- quisition plan initiated by the Trudeau government and use the $4 billion to fight unemployment and provide needed social services. The council calls on the prime minister ‘‘to reallocate the $4 billion to such areas as fighting unemployment, improving unemployment insurance, pro- viding for home construction and a Canadian merchant marine and adequate funding for health and welfare services all of which will be seriously affected by government participation in the arms race,’’ the resolution stated. It was backed unanimously by the delegates to Wednesday’s meeting. Introduced by the executive, the resolution also noted that the jet fighter acquisition program, first announced by the former Liberal government but subsequently reaf- firmed by Clark’s Tory cabinet, was in ‘‘conflict with the main theme of last year’s UN special sesion on disarmament”? which repudiated the idea that security could be based on the accumulation of weapons. Delegates also pressed Clark through the Canadian Labor Con- gress to: ‘‘review Canada’s military commitments with a view to adop- ting policies more in line with the rational and human requirements of a changing world.”’ Council secretary Larry Ryan told the Tribune Wednesday that the reallocation of the funds for fighter planes was of particular im- portance following the signing of the SALT II accords, signalling a renewed emphasis on disarmament. He added that the _ high unemployment in the Victoria area coupled with federal cutbacks in UIC, health services and the CBC prompted the council to initiate the motion. RANKIN... ‘UTA a sellout.’ Rankin leads protest over transit cuts As the Social Credit govern- ment moved relentlessly towards the imposition of the Urban Transit Authority on Greater Vancouver this week, COPE alderman Harry -Rankin led 17 delegations to Vancouver city council Tuesday evening to pro- See FREEWAY page 2 @ CUPE: The long-awaited Hall report on the West Kootenay school dispute, in supporting union demands, strips any pretence of justifica- tion for the provincial government's Bill 46, passed last December to end the strike-lockout, page 8. ee Kee