) Effective December 4, 1972 a.

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_ New. minimum wage Legislation .

drivers‘and attendants and the ~
funeral service’ industry the :
Orders have been made’.
applicable to all parts ofthe |

Ry The Honourable W.S, King,
Minister of: Labour, today .

announced that the Board of
, Industrial Relations has issued
new Minimum Wage Orders in

mi line with’ amendments to

+ Minimum Wage Legislation:

y.dew General Minimum Wage
Order will establish a minimum
wage of $2.00 per hour- for

en employees 18 years of age and

ot

4 Labour. Force: |
if , ‘

and unemployment

Hisummary

iq The labour ‘force in. British
#yolumbia increased over twice
fie amount of the employment
rowth in October and the total
umber of unemployed pergons

- was 67,000. The actual rate of

Seentrants.

etnployment rose to.7.1 per
agent from 6.6 per: cent in
Bteptember. The increase in
dmployment between
eptember and October was
‘igher then usual, and‘the
easonally adjusted

employment rate declined to

.B per cent from 8.2 per cent in
eptember.

fabour Fere and Eniployment

The labour force advanced by:

0,000 persons in October, close
go the expected average change.
However light, with only about
ne-fifth of the usual number of
All of the increase
wer the one-year period was for

Meqnen, while “the number of

omen in the labour foree

Minister.

between

Pye

over and $1.60 per hour for
employees 17 years of age and
under. The Order also provides:

- that’ minimum wages will. be

$2.25 per hour and $1.85 per hour
respectively’ on December 3,

' 1973 and $2.50 per hour and $2.10

per hour on June 3, 1974...
. The new. Order will. apply to

-allemployees in the Province to .

whom the. Minimum. Wage Act

. applies except those. covered

declined. Employment “was:

somewhat better than usual
September’ and
October, with 4,000 additional
jobs, but on a year-to-year
comparison there was Virtually
bo change for toal employment.

In’ -the goods producing
industries, job totals. were
stable, while in the service
group, the largest gain over the
month was in the community
,business and personal services
‘sector,

Unemployment

In October there were 14,000
more unemployed persons, in
B.C. than one year ago, the
majority of whom were in the
prime working age group. . The
seasonally adjusted rate at 7.8
per cent compares with 6,2 per
cent ‘in October, 1971.

Canada rose-fractionally to 5.4

per cent from 5.2 per cen t*in' . andh
» . . *... be the direction of the Mediation

September, « .

, j
ghee
qi

__ Serving Terrace and District.

The»
actual unemployment rate for:

__ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1972.

‘

by another Order of the Board.
‘Board. a

‘The Beard also. revised ;
Minimum Wage Orders for the
following | industries

- and
occupations; :

Ambulance Driyer... and

Attendant, Bus Operator, Cook - -
, and Bunk-house, - First-Aid

Attendants, Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Industry, Funeral
Service: Business, | physical

‘ Exploration and Oil-Well

-Drilling and Service Industries,

.Mining © Industry, _ Resident

Caretaker,,
* Truck-drivers,
“Operators, Swampers, Helpers

Taxicab-Drivers,
Motor-cycle

and Certain Warehousemen,-
"These Orders conform tothe

Mew wage rates however they
.. have special provisions relating »

to conditions peculiar to the

industries and occupations they:

cover,
In the case of ambulance

Province rather than to certain
built-up locations as at present.

“These: Orders establish
greatly improved’ working
conditons - for: - many.
‘employees in. - British.
Columbia,’’ said
’ “They raise the minimum wage
to $2.00 per hour on December 4,
1972, to: $2.25 per hour on

December 3, 1973-and to $2.50

per hour on June 3, 1974 and also

' provide rates ‘designed to
~ increase job opportunities for

young people.” = |.

“In view of the widespread: ~

effect of these Orders, ‘we are
instituting a comprehensive

' research program to assess the .

impact of these increased
rates,” he said. ~

_ Mediation Services
_ Act proclaimed —

The Honourable W.S. King,
_Minister of Labour has
announced that the mediation
Services Act will be proclaimed
on November 20, 1972, . ;

The effect of this action will
be to. transfer contro] of the
mediation services of the
Province from the Mediation
Commission to the Minister ‘of
Labour and to disband the
Mediation Commission.

Mr. R. A. MacDonald,

Registrar under the Mediation:

‘Commission, will be appointed
Director, Mediation Services

Branch, Department of Labour,

-and his prime responsibility will

“Officers: Mr. MacDonald was

pledges...

| support”

No preferential treatment — the benefit of travel throughout.

nd nospecial privileges for ane

vtion over another, That was -

¢ gist of Hon. Ernest Hall’s
mai den speech” to the fall
ssion of the Provincpal
aurist’ Advisory Couneil,

ovember 3, at the Empress |

ailet, F
“Bul L doassure yo yay of our

ghole-hearied support us team -

embers working together"

avel industry,

fiThe Minister said — his
‘riences fell shorl of thal of
Bites, most of whem has
i dedicated to tourism: for
any years. Bul that did not
an he had nol been making

me time, Mr. Hall said his
tice wes “wide open" ‘lo

Plegules whe gave their lime

{hd council to the-industry and”

pHid he looked forward . to
| wking with them in future for

Parks & Recreation Dept.: fj
_ DISTRICT OF TERRACE ff
Revised Schedule for the. Pacific.

Savings Lo
eur. Hall told the. 60-add people .-
ho represented: the entire’.

S uwn observations: At. the:

exestions, He paid tribute ta:

the province, ; .

“TH he: particularly.
inleresled in. your criticisms,"
he said. “And you can be sure
("il be listening very attentively
and very carefully,"

The Minister made a special.

plea for small operators in the |

‘more remote areas. These, he

said ,had committed their life

_ businesses, and may even have
burrowed ¢ash” to operate.
Hence, they deserved as much

suppirl as their colleagues in §
. Mare populated centres, -—

» “They're valuable unifs in - -f
tourism. Lel's give (hem a hand -
when we can,” he said. “And [i

let's make them feel- they're. [i

needed and necessary."
Mtr, Hall assured listeners the

“government had no surprises up

its sleeve, regarding tourism in_
the future... A: prime’ ain, he
pointed oul, was to cooperate
wherever. possible .and - thus
make the industry. bigger than it’

-has ever been...

establishing [i

North-west

: Chief Conciliation Officer in the.
i, Conciliation Service of the.

| Ski .

FRESH WAY TO GO _

THE

7

Be.

Department of Labour prior to
the creation of the mediation
Commission in 1969, He has
served in- a number of
capacities with the Department
over the past 21 years. - .

Mr. G. Bishop, Director of
Research, Department of

Labour, has been asked to make -

recommendations to imprave
the research programs. which
were previously provided by the,

Mediation Commission to the
parties to collective bargaining. -

“The proclamation of the
legislation is a big step forward
in labour relations” said Mr.
King, “It brin

Department of Labour and
eliminates the compulsory
features of the previous
legislation,” he said.” .. |...

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Vice President ~ Ron Kincade

From the Chamber.... -

MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7, 1972

. President Bruce Carruthers reported that the date for the

Chamber's Installation of officers has been set * » the 20 of:

January next year, .

- Western Direciories will be publishing a promotional booklet
on Terrace for the local Chamber. The stress will be neither
strictly tourism or industrial and there
the twenty-four page booklet purchased.

Cost to the local club will be about nine cents a copy with the

first two thousand copies free.

. Correspondance was received from the Prince ‘Rupert
. Chamber of Commerce backing the Terrace Chamber's bid for

a CMHC office in Terrace, ;

Mary Little, wife of. the late Dudely Little also wrote ex-
pressing her thanks for the Chambers condolences on her
husbands death, ot a
.-And a letter was received from the Caledonia Senior Secon-
‘dary School asking for assistance with their annual Careers
Day. . | . . 7 ' _

* Following the dinner Willy Schneider gave a talk on wills and

the effect of new tax legislation. He urged all business men te

look into the state of their estate and clean up the loose ends,

, Chairman of the Chamber's Municipal Affalrs Committee, Al-

McLaren presented Augie Geeraert a plague recognizing his

nomination for the Park Tilford Distillaries annual city.

beautification award. The Terrace Hotel was nominated hy the

Terrace Chamber. . oan
..In his acceptance speech Mr, Geeraert noted that without the-

help of hia wife:and the contributions made by Chris Laursen
who buill the hotel, nothing would have been possible,

President of the Jaycees Tom Chestermann delivered ao

25peech on the relationship of the Chamber and the Junior
hamnber (see last week’s Herald), te

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‘Mr. Chestermann was assured that co-operation: and ‘cl
relationships should be forthcoming on the

COMMITTEE REPORTS: va eae earn
--Membership - The Chamber has an excellent response to its
latest membership drive and nearly a dozen businesses were
added to the Chamber's role © | ”

. Industrial Development — Sandy Sandhals reported that there. -

is much activity in town with the bullding and planning for.a
number of warehouses, He ended with ‘Anyone that has friends

coming to town, if they can’t get a room, they can always get a _-

warehouse.” The remark, reflects the growing interest in
Ferrace for a warehouse and central distribution area. .
. Banquet ‘and Installation - The Chamber is looking at a

banquet and dance for the installation with the theme of Early

Forms of Transportation, '

Officers for the 1973 term were elected, all by acclaimation. _.

President will be Rich Green, first vice-president, Ron Kincaid,
fecond vice-president, Al McLaren and Treasurer .Wayne
aunt, Cg mo ;

. -Willie Schnelder asked the Chamber play a more active role in

Industrial development, noting that the committee now serves
“mainly as a recording body. : an

The proposed budget of the Associated Chambers of North -
Western B.C. and Alaskan Affliates was brought up by Jim
MacKay. Terrace’s assesment would jump irom about $300 to a
thousand dollars. The extra monies would be used to send
delegates to the provincial and federal governments to earn
stronger support for regional resolutions. ‘ 7

President of the Kilimat Chamber, Dick Mason pointed out

that this kind of support is desparatley needed because such

issues as the Prince Rupert port development*and_ the BCR.

extensions in the ara, have become Political footballs,
The Chamber agreed to tentativey accept the proposed

, ‘budget, to send-it to committee for.a. feasibility study and:to.:

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