Ritecond- A LABOR Trades charge talks scuttled after Bennett announcement Continued from page 1 At the picket site, unionists waited, clearly demonstrating that Kerkhoff will not easily take away the jobs of Building Trades workers, On Saturday, Gautier had urged those at the rally to be down at the site Monday morning, adding that strategies and tactics would be formulated “ton a day-to-day basis.” Noting that unionists had already faced a demanding schedule of picketing, he told them “the battle ahead will demand much more of you. “We're here to defend wages and condi- tions won over years — and they were won only because unionists were prepared to pay the price demanded of them at times of crucial struggle. “When labor history is written, it will be said that we did our part,” he said to cheers. Guatier slammed the provincial govern- ment for its role in the dispute, noting that a well-timed announcement by Premier Ben- nett had scuttled talks with Pennyfarthing which might have resolved the issue. According to the Building Trades, nego- tiations aimed at returning the job to a union contractor were well advanced Mar. 14. “But suddenly at 5 p.m., Pennyfarthing did an about-face and refused any further talks,” Gautier said. “We don’t know exactly what hap- pened,” he said, “but their position came immediately after Premier Bennett made his announcement that Expo 86 and other pro- jects would be open sites. “T ask you to draw your own conclusions.” B.C. Federation of Labor Art Kube also blasted the Socred government for its role and warned that the whole trade union ~ movement would be involved. “Last fall when we needed the help of the Building Trades, you were there. 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