Labour conference

Delegates warned

PENTICTON, B.C. (CP) — Trade unionists were told Wednesday they cannot afford to be complacent about soaring wunem- ployment because they might be the next to be hit.

Delegates to the British Columbia Federation of Labor’s annual convention endorsed a policy statement recommending the establishment of ‘'storefront type unemployment offices in various communities throughout the province to organize community groups and register the unem- ployed.” —

‘The federation said it will compile its own statistics on the extent of unemployment. and then lobby the provincial and federal governments for fuli- employment policies.

Some delegates advocated massive demonstrations to draw public attention to the plight of the unemployed. to draw public attention to the plight of the unem- ployed.

“We should take the battle out to the streets, not in a raving maniacal fashion but in a dignified expression of civil disobedience,” said a delegate from the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union.

WANTS ORGANIZATION A policy —_ statement drafted by the federation’s special committee on unemployment proposed the organization of community groups, union members and the unemployed “with a view to a massive rally at the opening of the legislative assembly early in 1978."

Compensation awarded for crime victim

VANCOUVER (CP) — A 33-year-old woman has been awarded §3,090 under the Criminal Injuries Com- pensation Act for injuries and mental anguish suffered when she was attacked and indecently assaulted by a man while aboard her cruise chip docked in Vancouver harbor,

The victim suffered in-

juries to her jaw, groin and it arm and also

aggravated a back con- [¥) ty

The award was one of several announced under the act for September by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The act provides compensation to apyene in British Columbia who is a proven victim of a crime.

A 1%year-old Vancouver man who suffered a frac- tured left cheekbone . and damage to the area of his ett eye, reqiulri extensive P ery, whely’

An award of $4,986 for loss of wages and injuries went to a 33-year-old Victoria man, shot in the abdomen and left arm by a mentally- unstable man wielding a

2,

The mother of a male youth from Vancouver who was attacked and strangled by a mentally-disturbed man in West Vancouver was awarded $492 for funeral and incidental expenses incurred by her son’s death,

A 24year-old Vancouver .

Island man who suffered a serious concussion when he

-was attacked and beaten

outside a hotel beer parlor was awarded $3,200 for loss of wages during the three months he was disabled.

A monthly pension of $180 was awarded to the six children of a 39%year-old East Kootenay woman who died in hospital after she

_was shot by her husband. At

the time of her death shé

ked‘ahd “‘was'partially contributing t

ten by a thale’youth Yiedr” “the support of the children

a Vancouver beach area, was awarded $3,844 for loss of wages and injuries.

Workers move a lot to new jobs Penticton, B.C. (CP) —

Canada is becoming “a country of pack-sack miners’ as workers move ‘from place to place locking for jobs, Ontario MF John Rodriguez (NDP—Nickel Belt) said Wednesday.

In a speech to the British Columbia Federation of Labor, Rodriguez blasted the federal government for the shortage of job-creating

secondary industries in Canada. has been

developed as a resource economy and the companies have come in and ripped it

Rodriguez said once the multinational corporations have taken what they want,

A public trustee will ad- minister the pension on behalf of the children.

The policy statement advised unions to negatiate for strong contract clauses protecting them from the effects of technologica

change. “There is not one single job that is immune to the effects of technological change.”

Statistics Canada reported last month that the national unemployment rate in September was 8.3 per cent of the workforce.

Labor leaders say the federal agency's estimates are inaccurate because they do not take account of persons who have given up searching for work.

COUNT URGED

The federation urged all affiliated unions to im- mediately start a count of the unemployed because “there is little use in at- tempting a lobby or to co-or- dinate activities with out- side groups if we are unable

_ to produce our own internal

statistics ployment.”

“There are some who still argue that the unemployed

on unem-

are just too lazy to work or.

that they prefer to live off the welfare of unem- loyment insurance,” the ederation said, “however, the facts tell a vastly dif- ferent story.”

trend in-the th department said W

six per cent.

productivity.

averaging 7.7 per cent.

year,

of 6.4 per cent in the fi

of the subsequent years.

Wage increases show downward trend

OTTAWA (CP) — Average annual increases negotiated by major unions continued a downward auarter of this year, the labor

y.

The department said in a news release that annual increases provided for in 128 settlements in the quarter averaged 7.5 per cent, down from 7.0 per cent

. in the second quarter of the

The statistics are based on collective agreements covering 500 or more workers in industries other than construction. In the construction industry, recent settlements have been running at slightly more than

year,

Anti-inflation rules in the third quarter permitted basic six per cent raises with another two per cent for

Ninety-seven of the agreements in the third quarter were one-year contracts, which provided for increases

In 25 two-year agreements, the averages were 8.2 per cent in the first year and 6.7 per cent in the second

Seven three-year agreeming provided for increases st year and 3.3 per cent in each

about unemployment

In the first three months of this year there were only three vacant full-time jobs in B.C, for every 100 unemployed, the federation sa *

id.

The federation said its affiliates will attempt to hegotiate technological change language “to protect not only those presently employed, but also to protect future job opportun- ities.”

There should be limits on the extent to which em- ployers can reduce their workiorces by attrition.

“The attrition solution is extremely dangerous because it destroys job opportunities and earning capacity and reduces fur- ther bargaining effective- ness,” the policy statement said. ;

“We cannot allow the trade union movement to be put out of business in this manner.”

The federation said employees should share in the benefits of technological change.

Affiliated unions were urged to give hargaining

riority to a reduction in the Fours of work.

CLAMS HAVE LONG LIVES.

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Geographic says Dr. Ida Thompson, professor of geological and geophysical sciences at Princeton University, has found that about 25 pér cent of clam samples are almost 100 years old, There are thousands of claim species ranging from tiny nut clams measuring .3 inches to giant four-foot clams weighing more than 500 pounds,

_ Boycott u

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rged against -

Essential Services Board

PENTICTON, B.C. (CP) — Executives of the British Columbia Federation of Labor recommended Wednesday that the trade union movernent boycott the activities of the Essential Service Advisory Agency established under a new provincial bill.

In a_ strong _ policy statement against the new Essential Services Disputes Act, federation leaders recommended that the trade union movement also should boycott the activities of any fact finders appointed under the act.

Instead, federatiao: executives recommended that in order to ensure the delivery of services “which

are truly essential to the.

life, health and safety of the public, the B.C. Federation of Labor will establish an ongoing Emergency Ser- vices Advisory Council composed of represen- tatives of the federation executive council and unions involved in the delivery of emergency services."

“This council will guarantee the continued elivery of those emergency services in line with the practice of the trade union movement.”

STRIKES RESTRICTED

The government’s Essential Services Disputes Act, passed two weeks ago at an emergency session of the B.C. _ legislature, restricted the right of provincial public servants to strike.

It expands the scope of public services designated

as essential services and allows the cabinet to impose a SOday cooling off period which would compel em- ployees to stay at work,

The federation executives described the bill as “hostile and provocative legislation.”

The policy statement said members of the 240,000- member federation would “guarantee any affiliate of the federation maximum and possible support if, after consultation and approval of the federation oificers, it chooses to defy a cooling-off period ordered under Bill 92.

If an‘affiliate were to defy a cooling-off order with the approval of the federation executive and then ‘found itself In contempt of court for reasons relating to the passage of Social Credit anti-labor legislation” it would receive the fullest possible support of. the federation.

BOYCOTT SUPPORT

The federation policy statement also pledged support to any affiliated union which ‘‘wishes to boycott a hearing or activity of the labor relations board because of the board’s in- tervention as a result of a politically-motivated order y the provincial govern- ment.”

The policy statement said the Essential Services Disputes Act is the latest of a series of acts passed to restrict the rights of public servants, treating them as

. becond-class citizens.

“Attacks against the rights of public sector workers are attacks against

the rights of all workers and it is clear that these attacks against the public sector are designed to test the labor movement and that this legislation will be expanded to the private sector if it is not defeated now,”’

The previous definition of an essential service referred to a_ service essential for the life, health and safety of the public.

The definition ig broadened under the act to take in a dispute which would threaten ‘the economy and welfare of the province and its citizens.”

“If the government chooses to continue escalating its attack in the trade union movement using recent new anti-labor legislation, then the public should realize that we have no possible alternative but to respond to this

ovocation with all possible oree,” the federation sald.

Tn Victoria, Labor Minister Allan Williams said the federation resolution is premature.

“I consider it to be very short-sighted on the part of the federation,” he said in an interview.

Williams said that eventually, labor leaders would see the wisdom of the move to set up the agency, and they shouldn’t react against it so quickly.

The minister added that the boycott ‘won't affect our appointments to the agency,” and said there are many rsons from organized labor who would be willing to serve on the agency.

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