TERRACE — On the heels of complaints about a shortage of steelhead in ‘the Skeena River system, a suggestion that. sports

fish ‘for ‘‘commercial. species’’

from the audience. at a recent

fishermen should be allowed ‘to brought a round of applause.

Siddon says pink salmon Sports fishery possible

found recently that both sockeye and chum salmon presented a viable sports fishery.

He admitted that he wasn’t aware of what the “mechanical or regulatory hurdles” were in opening a sports fisheries, but he said it is ‘‘a question we have to

sockeye,. chums ‘and ‘pinks in fresh water have been in effect since the mid-fifties but a number of proposals have been made to change that.

He explained that the main

concern for the DFO has been

the protection | of spawning.

meeting in Terrace with the explore very carefully.”” grounds. “The fish are very - Federal Minister of Fisheries Siddon said he wasn’t sure susceptable at that time, and we a and Oceans, Tom Siddon. that regulatory changes could be are concerned from a conserva- 2 ' = , Gil Payne, President of the made immediately but promis- tion point of view.”’ y . ae * a Vv, veer labor! Michael Weller (eoated) recently addressed members Northwest Chapter of the B.C. ed, ‘We'll ask our officials to . Chamut did suggest though, - |

of the Terrace and District of Commerce on aspects of B.C.'s new Industrial Relations Reform Act that may be of importance to employers. The event

was aitended by about 40 people.

*

Chamber hears lawyers’ side

—of Bill 1

TERRACE — A Vancouver lawyer specializing in labor cases told a Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce’ aud- jence last week that B.C.’s re- cently proclaimed Industrial Re- _ lations Reform Act will bring

provincial labor law ‘into line.

with federal statutes and those of other provinces in Canada. ‘Michael Weiler, whose prac- tice mainly involves actions on behalf of employers, told the luncheon gathering of about 40 merchants that under the prev- ious B.C. Labor Code “disputes

have grown far out of propor- -

tion to their importance’. Weiler indicated that many of the provisions in the controver- sial new legislation grew out of decisions handed down by the now-defunct Labour Relations Board (LRB). He said numerous problems arose due to ‘‘broad”’ and “‘liberal’’ interpretations of the labor statutes by the LRB. “*There were many cases heard under the old code, and some of the decisions were very Strange,’’ he said. ' Highlights of the new legisla- tion that Weiler chose to elabor- _ate were the sections addressing *‘double-breasting”’, -successor- -Ship rights and restrictions on

: picketing to protect third-party employers, Weiler emphasized _. that in all three amended areas

. the critical point will be. the .in- . tent of the law.

~ “Double-breasting’’ refers to the establishment of non-union

corporate affiliates by unionized

companies who want to avoid the terms of a collective agree- ment, and it was illegal under the old labor code. Weiler said

the new Jaw is’ constructed, .to.

| _ rectify the basis for some past

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decisions of the LRB that he termed ‘‘devastating’’ to _the employers and companies’ in- volved. Successorship, which re- quires collective agreements to be included in some types of ‘business ownership transfers, is also limited and clarified under the new Act. “Many transfer deals fell apart under the old code,’’ he said. -

The sections proscribing hot declarations and boycotts and

setting limits on picketing were -

enacted to protect third-party employers from unfair declara- tions, he said and pointed out that in most jurisdictions picket- ing is regulated by common law rather than, as under the old labor code, special labor Statutes. ; Oo

-It appears that the courts will take a much larger involvement under the new law. Section 30 of the Act, Weiler said, provides that orders of the Industrial Re- lations Council | (IRC) may be fil-

ed by anyone in court, whereas - under the labor code only the. ‘Labor Relations Board could

file,

In concluding Weiler caution-

ed the audience that-a great deal

Wildlife Federation (BCWLF), ' made the suggestion following.

complaints from Bob Brown of the Steelhead Society of B.C. and Gord Judzentis from Water Witch Excursions that the in- cidental catch of steelhead by

commercial fishermen was one. of the prime causes of the pres-

ent “‘crisis’’ situation, _- Payne told Siddon that

although there is a shortage of

Steelhead in the Skeena at the.

~present time, there is an abun-

dance of pink salmon; he said the BCWLF had been toldin the past that the ministry would look into the possibility of open- ing the Skeena sports fishery to exclusively commercial species.

Payne said the BCWLF thinks of pinks, chums and sockeye as. the property of Canadian citizens rather than commercial fish, and he contended it is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) responsibility to manage those fish. —

He asked Siddon if it will be-

possible for the - ministry to ;

declare an immediate opening

on pinks in the face of the pres- \

- ent “emergency problem’, me Payne said he was sure sports

fishermen and tourists. alike.

would be happy to forego steelhead fishing on a temporary basis in exchange for the right to

catch two or three pink salmon. .

“Unless there is too much. pressure from the commercial fishermen to allow that to hap- pen,’ he added.

Siddon replied by saying that -}

commercial fishermen. -convinc-—

ed the ministry for years that -

commercial species. would - not bite a hook but ministry officials

of the projected impact of the @ Ui

new Act is speculative because

‘its terms have yet:to be inter- *

preted. He expressed certainty,

however, that the B.C, govern- |

ment will play a larger role in future industrial relations.

“Somewhere you’re going to |

meet (Industrial Relations Com- missioner) Ed Peck. The govern-

said.

ment will be's more involved,” he §

look into it further,” and that the proposal may present ‘‘an area of potential.’ -

Pat Chamut, the Director General for the DFO in the Pacific region, said that regula- tions preventing the retention of

that such a fi ishery i is a possibility if . fishing in the vicinity of .Spawning grounds could be avoided, and he suggested it is a proposal that should be dis-

cusses with the local Sport Fish:

Advisory Board,

Railway strike idles north line.

TERRACE — Picket lines ap- . peared Monday morning at the foot of Apsley St., closing down. Canadian National Railway operations in Terrace. ; The railway workers’ strike comes after eight months of negotiations in Ottawa, with im- passes being encountered on the issues of contracting out ser- vices, manning cabooses, and a variety of work rule disputes, A consclidation of railway unions

bargain simultaneously i

‘both national railways, Cana-

dian National and Canadian

Pacific. Both companies - have been

shut down coast-to-coast since

the strike began.

Gil Beintema, Terrace chair- man for Local 1271 of the United Transportation ‘Union (UTU) said during an interview on the picket line that about 30

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