"PAGE Aé, THE HERALD, Wednesday, January 19, 1977

Alcan-Casaw program
deals with alcoholism

An employee program
aimed at early prevention of
alcchelism or drug ad-
diction has been announced
by Alean Smelters and
Chemicals Ltd and the
Canadian Association of
Smelter and Allied Workers
(CASAW), the union
representing some 1,900
Alean workers in Kitimat
and Kemano, :
‘The program deals with
alcoholism as a curable
illness and is designed to
recognize and treat it in its
early stages. An employee
whose performance has
deteriorated would be
referred, by his or her
supervisor, to the com-
pany's medical officer.
Should alcohol or drug
abuse be diagnosed, the
employee will be referred to
a professional outpatient
counsellor for treatment, or
to a rehabilitation institute.

With input from both the
company and the union, an
affected employee would
enter into a commitment to
receive treatment § as
prescribed. During treat-
ment, the employee would
receive benefits from the
company as if he or she was
being treated for any other
illness.

The Alcohol and Dr
Commission of Britis.
Columbia played an im-
portant role in the
development. of the
program, The Commission
met with representatives

from the company and the -

union several times to ad-
vise them on the design of
the program and the
necessary ingredients.

CASAW Business Agent,
Peter Burton, said the union
is committed to the

by Hugh Power
' CONTINUING
EDUCATION

All continuing education
courses have now started
this week. These courses
include University Transfer
Courses, Trades Courses
held in the evening, School
District Adult Education
Courses. Many of the
courses still have space for
‘more students, so if you still
dant to register — contact
the Northwest Community
follege for the University
nd Trade courses at 635-
111 and for the School
istrict courses contact
ugh Power at 635-4931 or
5-3833.

RUSSIAN COOKING
Learn how to make
orsch, Russian Style
abbage Rolls, etc. Russian
ooking is mainly
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ould be interested in

king such a course contaet ~

ugh Power at 635-4931, or -
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$ CROCHET
3 This popular course can
flso be arranged if there is
ufficient interest, Contact
ugh Power if you are in-
erested,
é COLLEGE
: FILM SERIES
* The second film of the
College Film Series is
‘Sleuth’. This film stars
Laurence Olivier and
ichae] Caine. Each actor
is challenged at every turn
af the plot with the outcome
Gantalisingly in doubt until
fhe very end. This film will
shown at the College at
31 McConnell at 8 p.m. on
anuary 29.
» LABOUR COURSES
i There willbe a seminar on
February 19-20 covering the
following topics: Labour
w,; Trade Union History;
adership Training; Ar-
bitration Grievance
rocedure; etc. There is
Iso.a course on Sociology of
bour which may be taken
r university credit,
owever no special
quirements or academic
levels are needed to par-
ticipate. This course will
Kegin on February 7 at 7:30
Rm. at the College campus
Terrace. For registration

er m of

yp in B.C.

$ A report of regional housing
ih British Columbia recently
issued by the Central Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, show
that there were 1,067 single-
detached starts and 1,558 starts
@ all other types in urban
British Columbia in November,
76, to give a total of 2,625
oe with 2,497 starts in
e same month last year.

| j Housing

* Urban Canada reported 20,919
starts in November, 1976, of
which 7,755 were single
detached and 13,164 were all
dther types. Overall, this
jepresents an increase of 10 per

mt from the 18,935 starts

corded in November, 1975. Of

gnificance is an increase of 20
yer cent in the multiple dwelling
starts comparing this year with
last year.

{Seasonally adjusted annual
ars are 31,900 for urban
ritish Columbia, 244,500 for
urban areas of Canada and
34,500 for all areas of Canada.

Community

Education
Services

or further inforniation. on
Labour Courses contact
John Jensen at 635-6511 or
635-9634,

program. “For the union,”
e said, “our primary
reason for feeling this policy
is an important step, 1s our
commitment to the welfare
of our membership and the
welfare of the community.
There is a voluntary aspect
built In to the program
which should help to en-
courage the employee with
an alcohol problem to seek
treatment instead of feeling
compelled to doso only after
the problem has advanced
to the point of grievance
procedures,”’ he said.

Alcan Works Manager,
Bill Rich, feels the same
way. “Our major concern in
developing this program
with the union is for the
health and well-being of our
employees and_ their
families,” he said. “We
believe that we have a
responsibility to our work-
force that extends beyond
disciplinary action for an
employee with a serious
alcohol problem,”’ he said.

Rich said that he was
hopeful that other em-
ployers and unions in
Kitimat will use the services
of the out-patient counsellor,
that will be employed as
part of the program, “so
that the community as a
whole can realize the
benefits of this type of public
health care.”

Gables at the West End. The ski hill van will pick up
people at the point each morning the hill is open at
7:45 a.m. Persons driving past the point on their way
to the ski hill are asked to pick up skiers who are
waiting for rides.

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A booklet detailing the
environmental protection
efforts of Canada's

troleum industry has just
Been published in English
and French. Titled “En-
vironmental Protection and
the Petroleum Industry”, it
has . been’ sent to
representatives of govern-
_ ment and industry, and to
educators across canada.

pristine environment if
' Canadians were prepared to
.... Stop creating any form of
waste,” says the Petroleum
Association for Con-
servation of the Canadian
Environment (PACE) in the
new booklet. The group
aims to help discover and
coordinate practical
solutions for our en-
vironmental problems
without depriving
Canadians of the Benefits of
modern technology.

Short texts and a large
number of photographs
show how the industry seeks
to maintain the environment
in its different operations of
exploration, oil and gas
production, refining,
transportation and
marketing.

PACE is publisher af the
booklet on behalf of its
member companies. Single
copies may be obtained free
of charge from PACE at
Suite 400, 130 Albert Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4.

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