;

. between 80. and 90 workers in Terrace District.
. “The lay-offs scheduled to
one quarter of the 360° BC Tel employees between
Houston and the Queen Charlotte Telands. :

_ The exact number of. Iny-ofts is complicated by a as
' .dlause in the collective agreement between B.C. Te!
and the Telecommunications Workers, Union (TWU) . .

which atates that eleva. employees must be’ lald

off before regular employ:
About 45 regular employe ‘

reside in Terrace, have been given lay-off notices.

’ ‘The lay-off’s revolve around @ previous decision

“taken by B.C, Tel in 1980-to phase out {ts Terrace

‘operating ‘centre by- 1983 or 1964.
According to Terrace. customer service manager

a Tony Praill, since the decision to shut down the centre

- _ only temporary employees have been hired.

+ m regillar einployees, mainly craftsmen ‘and. clerical:
fon workers, were offered. the operating jobs. .
Aug. ‘involve sbout ,

, of whom about /25--

“4 Victoriay
yeav 124 |

. Oo pmcessary, acéording to the. eillective Saceamesd :
“they, must be laid-off before aity regular employee...

‘In order-to cope with the. situation Praiil gays the

He aays it now appears the temporary ‘operators
‘will remain on the job while- the regular employees

“are laid-off.

_ TWU Local 33 representative Ken Blanes said he
was surprised at the news..

Blanes said ag far.as he knew all of the ‘regular
employees had been receiving retraining to take over"

". the operating jobs. -

None of the employees had 80 far refused a transfor
Blanes sald, although none would work for the’ first
week after the lay-off in order to ensure they would

iin affect present layoffs

| ‘The temporary nature of the eperaiting jobs. means :

a none of the operators can be sure how- many hours of...
Work they will be called in for each week: This means ©

Regular. employees: would have to use UIC henofits to nh
coy s ‘Supplement whatever ‘extra: they. can ¢arn aa tent Lay.

:~ “However, after a meeting last week.with Canada aa a
mo Employment officials and all other parties involved,
- * Praillgays it now appears the regular employees will. --
’ not take the operating jobs as it would reduce Abeir

woe UIC benefits. ..

. porary operators, Blaies’ said...
The union is not happy with the regular employees’

postponing their job loss,.

B.C. Tel has promised any operator with two years...

seniority another job somewhere in the province, but
Blanes said many employees cannot move because of
committments in this area. -All of the employees are
also taking pay cuts by becoming operators, he said.

The Terrace lay-offs are part of 2,000 announced by
B.C. Tel several months ago. Those lay-offs occurred

when the union refused ¢o accept a bargain with the |

company involving wage reductions and roll-backs,

B.C, Tel has about 11,000 workersin the province in - .

a total work force of about -16,500..
The union tried ‘to have the Canadian Labor
Relations Board declare the lay-offs an illegal lock-

franafer to temporary: status, since they will enly be 7

ki

“putt

poor: economig conditions,

‘workers and ‘not fron’ tha 5,500 company’s non-

productive employees, The cuts especially affect the -
‘northern division -he | says since the company willbe -
forced to bring in workers from the south to make up

for the losses: 7

Praill says-the lay-offs are the result of the first

downturn in business B.C. Tel has had since the -

second world war.

He says the company has always | had to plan for

growth b before. _

The Terrace District had avoided the general
downturn In business because of the projects un-
derway in this area, Praill said, “until the bottom fell

- out in June”’.

the board ‘ruled in favor of B. C. ‘Tel,’ "The union he
is appealing (hat decision and has.threatened to take :"
~ the whole issue to arbitration, tlaiming that. the lay- +
olfg arbithe | result of technological ebange and not :

(The lay-offs, are bound to affect subscriber service, .
~ , Blanes says, since they are ‘coming fram productive

“Although Praill says those operations are still

Wednesday, Tuly ; 2, 1982

“Thanks irlendly ¢ Canada.. This park is very nice,’ W.A. Smith
wrote. on the back of his $5 self registration camping permit at-
Ferry Island Campground. Terrace District Canada recently

- approved a motion to restrict the hours for visifors to 11 p.m. -
This will permit RCMP. to move In and. clean out local drunks
who have been using the’ istand as 8 hang out for: thelr ‘parties...

IRA haunts. are. searched

* LONDON * (AP) walched Britain's. ports,..
_Seotland Yard searched! airports and! ‘railway. 80!
-ERA haunts. today: and * . stafions - for the’ bombers -

wer FBS Pees" parks. 7"
a a a te an . =< Jo. 5 The British and: Irish’
flo os i rr —) "governments “condemned
po oe WHY BUYNEW?, >. | the $wo.bombings Tuesday,

‘WHEN USED WILL: por

4 % .Doyou want parts to tix up meh but your budget °
“won't allow 11? Beat the high c

st rnew parts with:
wally used: parts from _ menare brought to justice.”

“sg. K.B. AUTO SALVAGE, “S00
en ign _i ian stan 8 J “Page 1¢

a

“who killed niné- British -
and: wounded - bi .
ather ‘people in, two London. .

“and” Prime,” Minister”
. Margaret: Thatcher vowed.
=~ her. government will not, rest -
until the « “evil and brutal -

The bomba— one of them |
, ’ bureaucrats

Teceive.their full UIC entitlements.

25 cents

Established 1908 .

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“Volume 76 No.139

‘Kitimat residents petition for disarmament

- Herald Staft Writer
KITIMAT— - Although the idea has been
rejected once by Kitimat.Council, a newly

formed coalition has gathered close to 600
* names on a petition: wrging council to recon-

sider its position and held'a referendim. on

nuclear disarmament this November.

..The Kitimat Involvement in Nuclear
_ Disarmament (KIND), a coalition of antl-

nuclear groups in the district, has been .

collecting signatures for the petition dnd | hopes
'. to presdnt it tothe Aug. 9council meeting,

' ’ Organizer Bob Goffinet says the date itself is - -
significant since it marks the anniversary of

_ the atom. -bombing of ‘Nagasaki at the end of

World War Hjser

Kitimat - council turned down the first

proposal made by alderman Ray Brady to hold
a referendum. on nuclear disarmanent in

. conjunction with the municipal and school .
board elections this November,

At the time, the council voted against the .
referendum saying it had only limited symbolic
value and would cost too much; :

_ Goffinet says KIND has estimated the cost of

OTTAWA (CP) -. The

’ federal government look.a
tougher stand on: its price -

restraint plan Tuesday but

_ offered few. new details on.
_ how i's going-to work.

Treasury Board.

~ President Donald Johnston

said all federally ‘controlled.
price increases should. be
held to six per cent this year
and five per cent next year
— except domestic energy

‘hikes and export’ prices, -

. However, his’ statement
didn't go much farther than

the brief mention in the

June 28 budget, that it wae
intended to flesh out.: . ~
He said a cabinet com-

‘mittee will automatically
review increases larger -

than six per cent to decide
whether they are merited
by “exceptional cir-

“cumstances,”

And cabinet will roll back
any higher increases set to

. come into effect after the
.. budget, Johnston added.

He aiso confirmed’, the
policy will apply to all,

: prices set by government

departments, agencies, —
Crown corporations (such

as Canada Post and Air-

" Canada). and regulatory
agencies.

‘A: policy — stateinent. is

expected in August. ©
. Johnston : also. moved: fo

. clear. up confusion about
by an--

wage - controls
nouncing in the - Commons -

‘that senior managers will

be denied . merit bonuses
above the six- and five-per-”
cent limits. .
-Progressive Conservative.
MPs charged Monday that
between 7, 500 and 10,000- ‘top |
would. “be-
eligible for: merit pay. in-

’ greases of up lo 15 per cent.

Johnston said the decision

a to ‘deny merit bonuses was

"SAYS.

made by ‘cabinet ‘Tuesday. -

Meanwhile, a Commons
committee studying the
wage-restraint bill defended
public servants after. a

'. business group called the
whining,

workers a.
privileged minority that
wants power to “hold the

Canadian taxpayer to
‘yansom.” -
’ "You're using the

janguage of Hitler,” New

‘Demotrat MP Rod Murphy
‘told the. 5,000-member

Canadian Organization of

, Small Business.

-And -Liberal MP Dennis

. * Dawson. rebuked group

spokesman Geoffrey’ Hale
for jokingly recounting
what he said one senior

- public servant told him: It's

cheaper to shoot a gavern-
ment employee than to fire
him. -

_ The businessmen 8 said the.
resiraint ‘legislation is a

good start but other
measures are’ required,

dncluding a. hiring. freeze,.

increased ser’ charges for
government services and

large-scale cuts in- | Spen-,

ding.
Later, the committee was

told-the tegislation, which*
also suspends’ collective

bargaining for the next two

<> years, [sa far-reaching -
and *
: freedoms for 500,000 federal’
employees, and should _.be.

denial of... .rights

withdrawn,

* Ifthe bill is passed despite
dabor opposition, it should

be - amerided ‘to ensure
collective bargainitig. is
maintained ‘and that
workers al the low-end of
the pay'scale do not bear the
brunt of the pay ceilings;
added “the -

Controls, a commiitee of 10
public ; service Unions.

-government

Inter-Union |
Committee Against. Wage ©

’ holding the referendum al around §200 and says
the group would be willing to go part way
towards meeting the cost if that proved

' necessary. ‘ .

“The first time the council let it slip through
because they didn't take it seriously," Goffinet
“Now that so many. people have

demonstrated their interest they won't have
"reasonable. grounds to reject the proposal,

especially if we are willing to help out with the _
expenses.”
KIND takes the position that the citizens af
.- Kitimat should be concerned about atomic
she end of Weapons since Kitimat or Prince Rupert may
ae is aaa “well bea farget for fuclear destritction i in the
event of a war. _. .

“Kitimat: is one. of only three deep-water
ports on the West Coast and has a big industrial
smelter, ”’ Goffinet says. . “It must be at least a

- secondary larget-in case of a nuclear war. | If
development continues to. go on in Prince’.
- Rupert then it could: well be construed as a.
; primary target. " vs

' The federal deficit, ex-
pected to be $19.6 billion for
(this fiscal’ year, was the
subject of controversy In the
Commons during debate on

legislation” to grant the.
- additional .

borrowing authority.
Seeretary of State Gerald
Regan said. provinces will

not receive federal transfer -

payments, pensioners, won't

get their.monthly cheques —

and social programs will be
cul if the government
doesn’t get another $11
billion in ~ borrowing
authority to help cover the
deficit.

KIND has also been callecting signatures for
a second petition which Kitimat resident
Jeannette Camazzola will take to Japan to
present to the mayor of Hiroshima in a

- ceremony on Hiroshima Day, Aug. 6.

march.

od

The government received
‘authority to borrow $4.6
billion in June and has more

” than $3 billion incborrowing.

authority lefLover from last

year.
Conservative ~

critic Michael Wilson said

‘the government is_ asking

Canadians -to steal. from
their children when it allows
-budget deficits ‘to ac-
cumulate,

Meanwhile, more than $7

billion in unemployment’
insurance benefits will be.

pald. this year — but the.

government has no idea:

whether it will. make

in the

finance

_The group is‘also planning some: sort of
ceremony for. either Hireshima Day~ or --
Nagasaki Day . possibly invelving an
ecumenical church service. or a candlelight

KIND's top priority now is: to have Kitimat —
residents join over, 4,000,000 other Canadians in
__ voting .on. the: nuclear disarmathent issue. .
“IF a council is really listening to the people
in Hig. comunity it would know the number of. ~~
thie: position, -Goffinebwatd,: «>=.
“Council should recognize’ those: people ‘and
allaw them to vote, The people of the com-'
munity. deserve to have the choice made .
‘available to.them.”
’ KIND has scheduled its next meeting for the
council chambers Aug. 9 if the petition does -
_come up on the council agenda.
* regular meeting will be held Aug. 25 at the °
Northwest Community College at 7: 30 p.m.

The next

Ottawa takes tough price controls stand

millions of dollars In
overpayments as it has. done
‘past, senior
Employment Department
officials, sald.

* ‘The department stopped
keeping records of its

mistakes after the auditor __
general spotted $290 million |

in overpayments at the end.

~_ of 1978, the public accounts

committee . was - told.
Instead, it established: long-
term programs to improve
the system.

More than 1.3. million ©

persons. were unemployed

* in June.

Polish dissidents released

WARSAW (AP) — -The
Polish regime released 1,227

‘interned dissidents today,

hours. after. Premier

Wojciech Jaruzeiski an-

nounced: a relaxation of

- martial law regulations and _
said military. rule could be” ~
. lifted by the end of the year’
_ if Poland remains calm,

- daruzelski, premier and
chief of- the ‘Polish. -Com-.
munist party, also Faid the

“government. would welcome :

Pope John Paul's visit to:his
martial |

homeland but not- next
monih . originally”

scheduled. was he spoke," 2
Poland’s Roman. Catholic : —

‘primate, Archbishop - Jozef

Glemp, announced at the.
. Vatican thal the Pope had -

‘postponed the ~visit until :
.. next year,

Government officials said ©
Tey dissidents were freed .

outright and. another 314
‘placed on leave, They said

.637 internces were. still -

being held, and -thal all
women internees were
freed. ~.

Neither—the government
nor Jaruzelski said whether.

-Lech Walesa, leader of the

now-suspended union,-
Solidarity, and™~ other
prominent dissidents were

among those still confined. .

“If the advantageous

. changes: persist without .a

‘relapse into tensjon 4. thin
‘the: WRON ithe Polish:
acronym for the martial law
council), will” approach i
supreme organs “of: power
for ne suspension ‘ rot
aw,”
said...” -

Jaruzelski

“It. is ‘the intention’ of the ~

WRON thal the conditions
making -it possible . to

suspend’ martial law) turn”
out ta.be right by the end of

this year."

Clad in full-dress summer ,
‘uniform, the general told.

ihe Sejm (parliament)

“about a. series .of other
“moves to relax ‘martial law.
His: ‘Speech, was delivered on

See

"Polish?
. page 10.

contd