Friday, July 9, 1982

40° Vol. 44, No. 28

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Provincial Communist Party _ strictive enough and. may have
leader Maurice Rush urged to be tightened up to match the |
trade union leaders to “‘guard six and five percent limits im-° |
against any attempt to draw posed by the federal budget.
them into a tripartite arrange- “Bennett is obviously using
Ment to impose a restraint and the federal government’s bud- |
Wage freeze program,” as labor get and wage restraint policy to - |
and employers’ representatives _ take his austerity program and |
emerged from a closed-door attack on public employees a |
Meeting with premier Bennett step further,” Rushwarnedina |
Wednesday. statement Wednesday. i

Bennett, together with labor “B.C. labor should not allow
Minister Jack Heinrich and eco- him to get away with its.
nomic development minister Rush also voiced concern
Don Phillips as well as govern- with statements by federation
Ment aides, including deputy president Kinnaird prior to the
Minister Jim Matkin, architect meetingindicating preparedness {
Ofthe publicsector wagecontrol to consider a restraint program}
Program, met for two hours provided it-was applied across |
with B.C. Federation of Labor the board, involving prices as
President Jim Kinnaird, Inter- well as wages. =
National Woodworkers presi- Kinnaird told the Province
dent Jack Munro, HospitalEm- before going into the meeting
Ployees Union secretary-busi- that he supports, in general, a
Ness manager Jack Gerow and proposal made by former Labor
Employers’ Council president Relations Board chairman Paul
Bill Hamilton. Weiler for sweeping controls in-

Although none of the partici- volving all forms of income In- J
Pants at the breakfast meeting cluding prices, profits, divi- |
Would comment_on the discus- dends and wages. i
Sions, all agreed that the premier “Without committing myself |
had indicated that the economy _ in advance, I would be prepared |
Was worse than many had to discuss and explore some |
thought. form of fair and equitable pro- |

The meeting was called gram that would see everyone }
amidst mounting threats from subjected to the same re-
the federal government that  straint,’’ he said. :
tougher wage controls may bein “Jf there were serious re-
the offing and from Bennett straint on wages, profits and ‘
Who has warned that his existing prices, we might consider it. ; The ‘Catch Up-Keep Up’ bargaining slogan was much in evidence Monday as 3,000 B.C. Government

Controls program may not be re- See INCOME page 8 i Employees Union members turned out for a strike vote rally at the PNE Agrodome. A strong strike
L é | mandate is expected as the union continues its poll across the province. (Story page 8.)

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