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contracts
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the
union
committee
has
amended
its
opening
position
I
somewhat
their
demands
still
I
total
an
overwhelming
330
an
hour
on
top
of
present
rates
and
benefits
i
The
union
agenda
for
these
talks
run
22
pages
long
and
I
contains
a
monumental
list
of
I
well
over
100
Items
The
companies
have
given
full
answers
on
nearly
all
of
the
demands
listed
by
the
union
In
many
cases
it
had
to
be
an
outright
no
but
in
others
there
is
room
to
talk
The
union
committee
position
Is
still
too
inflexible
The
union
leaders
demand
authority
in
some
cases
a
veto
in
many
mat
matters
�
ters
which
involve
the
companys
responsibility
to
manage
the
plant
We
believe
that
given
a
mood
of
reasonableness
negotiations
could
move
ahead
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The
Spruceland
School
youth
centre
picked
up
120
new
memberships
after
Saturday
nights
dance
reports
director
Dob
Riggan
The
centre
open
dally
from
12
noon
to
11
pm
Is
open
to
all
Prince
George
youth
A
City
fathers
should
have
dropped
Into
the
tourist
booth
last
Monday
when
three
successive
cars
two
from
the
states
one
from
Alberta
arrived
Owners
all
expressed
disen
disenchantment
�
chantment
that
the
stores
were
closed
comfortable
night
overlooking
the
city
Sprinklers
used
on
wrong
days
Prince
George
residents
are
sprinkling
when
they
shouldnt
City
manager
Arran
Thomson
told
the
citys
General
Purposes
Committee
this
morning
that
there
were
many
violators
of
the
water
sprinkling
regulations
The
sprinkling
regulations
an
nounced
last
Thursday
require
even
numbered
houses
to
sprinkle
only
on
even
numbered
days
while
odd
numbered
houses
use
odd
numbered
days
Alderman
Harry
Loder
asked
whether
the
residents
knew
the
penalties
for
violating
the
sprink
sprinkling
�
ling
by
law
The
citys
by
law
enforcement
officei
Allan
Kupkee
said
the
violators
are
mostly
confused
about
the
actual
regulations
some
not
understanding
the
terms
even
numbered
and
odd-
numbered
Ive
had
to
make
ap
proximately
25
warnings
so
far
said
Kupkee
Tlie
people
Just
dont
know
the
regulations
or
have
not
heard
about
them
Some
Just
get
their
days
mixed
up
The
penalty
for
the
by
laws
infraction
is
a
maximum
fine
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GEORGE
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City
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reported
�
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that
the
citys
water
supply
was
down
to
a
million
gallons
one
day
last
week
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8
am
deadline
In
the
tense
con
confrontation
�
frontation
between
the
British
Columbia
government
and
con
construction
�
struction
workers
passed
today
with
no
clear
picture
available
Immediately
as
to
whether
any
building
trades
unions
were
sticking
by
their
threat
to
defy
the
law
Union
and
company
officials
were
not
available
for
com
comment
�
ment
It
was
expected
to
take
some
time
for
construction
sites
shut
down
for
almost
four
months
by
a
lockout
and
strike
to
get
back
Into
operation
in
the
event
workers
did
report
bick
Carpenters
bricklayers
oper
operating
�
ating
engineers
heat
and
frost
insulators
and
plumbers
repre
representing
�
senting
less
than
half
the
20000
construction
workers
involved
in
the
dispute
said
last
week
they
would
not
return
to
work
without
a
contract
despite
a
di
direct
�
rect
order
from
the
go
ernment
to
do
so
or
face
penalties
under
compulsory
sections
of
the
B
C
Mediation
Act
The
government
invoked
Sec
Section
�
tion
18
which
pioWdes
for
com
pulsory
arbitration
Saturday
less
than
20
hours
after
the
140000
member
BC
Federation
of
Labor
threw
its
weight
be
behind
�
hind
the
construction
workers
Work
halted
The
action
was
taken
to
get
20000
men
in
10
unions
back
on
the
job
on
2
00
000
000
worth
of
construction
stalled
since
April
after
the
093
member
Construe
tlon
Labor
Ralatlons
Associa
Association
�
tion
which
bargains
for
the
con
contractors
�
tractors
locked
out
their
work
ers
The
lockout
was
lmeu
a
week
ago
on
instructions
from
the
government
Workers
defjlng
the
govern
government
�
ment
order
face
possible
heavy
fines
for
non
compliance
with
the
back-to-work
order
With
constiuctlon
sites
scat
several
days
for
the
government
to
collect
Information
to
surport
legal
action
against
any
work
workers
�
ers
that
Ignored
the
order
He
said
Sunday
that
to
Invoke
compulsory
arbitration
was
a
regrettable
and
an
unwise
de
clslon
by
the
government
and
hoped
that
Labor
Minister
Les
Leslie
�
lie
Peterson
will
use
what
time
Is
available
to
bring
about
a
set
settlement
�
tlement
before
things
really
get
out
of
hand
Mr
Peterson
who
said
Satur
day
the
government
had
In
Invoked
�
voked
the
act
onlj
with
reluct
ance
refused
to
say
what
fur
ther
action
the
government
would
take
if
unions
defied
the
back-to-work
order
I
am
not
making
any
threats
but
the
parties
involved
are
aware
of
the
law
and
of
the
consequences
of
defiance
of
the
law
I
cant
speak
for
the
un
unions
�
ions
but
I
express
the
hope
of
the
government
that
the
citizens
of
the
province
will
recognize
that
there
are
situations
where
the
public
Interest
must
come
first
We
have
had
threats
of
gen
eral
strikes
In
the
past
particu
particularly
�
larly
when
this
legislation
was
passed
In
19C8
but
the
public
must
realize
that
the
govern
ment
cant
succumb
to
such
threats
rlumbsrs
idle
Meanwhile
400
members
the
International
Woodworkers
of
America
struck
the
Tahsls
com
pany
sawmill
at
Tahsls
B
C
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
today
apparently
to
dem
onstrate
their
support
for
con
stiuctlon
workers
Some
pickets
carried
signs
expressing
support
foi
building
trades
unions
Nine
coastal
locals
of
the
IWA
served
strike
notice
on
forest
In
dustry
companies
Friday
24
hours
after
the
companies
served
lockout
notice
on
the
union
The
action
was
taken
as
I
a
precautionary
move
by
each
I
side
In
continuing
negotiations
tered
acioss
the
province
some
for
a
new
contract
to
renew
one
in
remote
areas
it
could
take
that
expired
June
15
In
Victoria
some
plumbers
were
reported
staying
away
from
jobs
involving
Independent
contractors
Police
concerned
at
death
threat
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In
I
unanimously
during
tcrnational
Conference
of
Police
end
at
the
police
Associations
has
passed
a
resol
lutlon
which
the
groups
presl
l
dent
says
could
produce
a
iwllco
strike
across
North
America
Syd
Brown
of
Toronto
presi
president
�
dent
of
the
120000
member
as
soclatlon
said
today
a
strike
Is
one
possible
action
police
could
take
If
authorities
do
not
re
respond
�
spond
to
a
resolution
calling
for
immediate
action
against
police
killers
The
resolution
was
passed
the
week
convention
here
and
Const
Brown
said
if
no
action
results
from
It
the
po
lice
have
two
alternatives
the
distinct
possibility
of
retaliation
on
the
street
oi
recommending
withholding
services
Calling
for
Immediate
action
by
governments
the
Judiciary
and
the
public
at
large
the
resolution
was
passed
following
the
death
fiuni
sniper
fire
of
two
Chicago
illce
officers
Fri
Friday
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night
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from
the
New
Nechako
bridge
He
floated
down
the
river
to
the
Old
Nechako
bridge
before
police
could
catch
him
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into
Nechako
Police
foiled
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sul
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attempt
when
a
39-
ear
old
man
jumped
from
the
new
Nechako
bridge
shortly
before
7
p
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duty
policeman
Con
Constable
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stable
Ralph
Stewart
with
his
family
was
driving
cner
the
new
briage
when
he
noticed
a
man
sandals
in
hand
contemplating
the
Jump
RCMP
Sgt
Ron
David
Davidson
�
son
said
this
morning
Cst
Stewart
droe
past
the
man
on
the
bridge
before
he
began
to
suspect
something
was
fishy
said
the
Sergeant
When
Cst
Stewart
realized
the
man
may
try
to
Jump
from
the
bridge
he
went
to
a
telephone
and
called
the
city
police
who
dispatched
a
patrol
car
The
nearby
patrol
arrhed
just
as
the
man
was
about
to
jump
Sgt
Davidson
said
One
of
the
officers
managed
to
grab
the
middle
aged
man
by
the
foot
before
he
squirmed
free
and
leaped
off
the
bridge
The
Jumper
hit
the
water
and
began
treading
water
furiously
Police
followed
his
progress
down
the
river
to
the
old
Nechako
bridge
where
Constable
RR
Tait
and
civilian
Henry
Vosse
swam
out
and
pulled
the
victim
to
shore
The
man
was
taken
to
hospital
for
treatment
and
later
scheduled
for
examination
by
public
health
psychiatrist
Dr
JA
Steedman
Strike
date
set
for
area
miffs
Prince
George
Local
9
of
the
Pulp
and
Paper
Workers
of
Can
Canada
�
ada
hae
threatened
to
strike
their
emploers
nest
Friday
morning
PPWC
contract
negotiators
recommended
the
action
for
Fri
Friday
�
day
at
8
am
unless
the
manu
manufacturers
�
facturers
increase
their
con
contract
�
tract
offers
said
Local
9
presi
president
�
dent
Len
Shankel
toda
Shankel
called
an
employers
offer
of
a
wage
Increase
totalling
1C
per
cent
oer
three
jears
ridiculous
The
companies
are
repre
represented
�
sented
by
the
Pulp
and
Paper
Industrial
Relations
Bureau
In
Vancouer
who
Issued
a
state
statement
�
ment
to
The
Citizen
which
Is
published
below
The
PPWC
originally
asked
for
a
1
an
houi
increase
in
a
one
year
contract
with
a
cost
of
living
escalation
clause
The
union
has
reduced
its
de
demand
�
mand
lo
70
cents
an
hour
said
Shankel
We
hae
made
some
conces
concessions
�
sions
Theie
is
no
reason
why
the
companies
cant
said
Shankel
He
said
the
only
people
that
can
stop
a
strike
are
the
com
companies
�
panies
by
making
a
substan
tial
offer
Theres
more
money
there
said
the
local
president
Local
9
represents
about
700
workers
here
emplojedat
Prince
George
pulpand
Paper
Intercon
Intercontinental
�
tinental
Pulp
and
at
DC
Chemi
Chemicals
�
cals
Shankel
said
a
general
meeting
has
been
called
for
tonight
at
730
pm
In
the
Duchess
Park
School
field
house
Union
wage
delegates
will
report
on
ne
negotiations
�
gotiations
now
suspended
Following
is
the
text
of
the
Pulp
and
Paper
Industrial
Rela
Relations
�
tions
statement
The
pulpand
paper
companies
have
made
substantial
opening
of-
fers
to
the
union
negotiating
com
committee
�
mittee
for
consideration
The
lat
latest
�
est
offer
July
16
provides
an
av
erage
C4
cents
an
hour
increase
oer
three
jears
for
A
and
A
plus
mechanics
the
increase
would
total
84
cents
Despite
this
offer
negotia
negotiations
�
tions
havent
progressed
too
far
because
moement
in
the
union
committees
position
has
been
slow
and
in
light
of
their
demands
quite
unrealistic
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whole
negotiating
proce
dure
is
based
on
some
give
and
take
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dally
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as
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Prince
George
fer
so
far
of
5
per
cent
m
the
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curmg
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their
sleeping
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the
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exceeds
the
settlements
reached
in
many
past
Biff
33
defied
Construction
issue
still
clouded
today
One
firm
back
in
Prince
George
Viking
Construction
of
Prince
George
appears
to
be
the
only
builder
back
at
work
today
following
the
provincial
governments
order
Saturday
that
construction
unions
re
return
�
turn
to
work
Were
about
30
per
cent
back
at
work
saidthefirms
vice
president
Severin
Vale
strand
today
He
said
his
firm
has
re
restarted
�
started
work
on
two
service
station
projects
a
new
Econo
station
on
Victoria
and
a
Union
Oil
station
on
Yellowhead
Highway
10
about
4
miles
west
of
Prince
George
Viking
president
Erllng
Skuggedal
who
Is
also
presi
president
�
dent
of
the
Prince
George
Construction
Association
is
in
Edmonton
today
and
un
unavailable
�
available
for
comment
Bert
Braaten
general
man
attempt
to
get
Information
about
local
pulp
mills
to
present
to
a
public
Inquiry
Into
forest
Industry
pollution
Dr
Robin
llarger
Society
for
Pollution
and
Environment
il
Control
head
and
assistant
professor
of
zoology
at
UBC
said
his
reception
here
was
typ
typical
�
ical
of
tne
run
around
SPEC
has
been
given
by
other
pulp
mills
In
the
province
The
anti
pollution
organization
sent
letters
out
to
every
mill
in
BC
said
the
New
Zealand
born
ecologist
requesting
information
about
mill
effluent
and
treatment
Every
mill
wrote
back
either
that
the
information
was
confi
confidential
�
dential
or
the
Council
of
Forest
Industries
would
be
presenting
it
in
a
brief
to
the
inquiry
or
the
Information
is
available
through
the
Pollution
Control
Branch
in
Victoria
llarger
32
is
in
charge
of
a
brief
to
be
presented
by
SPEC
to
the
Aug
11
Inquiry
into
what
measures
should
be
taken
by
the
forest
products
industry
to
con
tiol
pollution
The
Inquiry
was
called
by
W
N
Venables
director
of
the
pi
o
vinclal
Pollution
Control
Branch
aid
will
be
held
at
the
BC
Re
search
Council
buildings
In
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
In
meetings
Friday
with
North
wood
Pulp
and
Prince
George
Pulp
and
Papej
officials
Dr
llarger
said
he
was
refused
ln
foimatlon
about
the
tieatment
ager
of
Dezell
Construction
said
Were
trying
togetbick
but
the
carpenters
are
holding
out
Were
still
hanging
tough
Meanwhile
Fled
Scholz
business
agent
for
the
car
carpenters
�
penters
union
here
said
his
union
Is
still
holding
to
Its
no
contract
-
no
work
posi
position
�
tion
Scholz
said
he
has
given
no
order
to
his
local
member
membership
�
ship
to
remain
off
the
job
He
said
his
union
received
a
request
for
men
from
Vik
Viking
�
ing
last
week
and
he
believes
it
to
be
the
sole
company
back
at
work
here
today
Scholz
said
he
awaits
In
Instructions
�
structions
from
Vancouver
Asked
If
union
members
want
to
return
to
work
Vik
Vikings
�
ings
Valestrand
said
ves
absolutely
SPEC
expert
claims
runaround
The
president
of
SPEC
said
he
of
effluent
discharged
Into
the
drew
a
blank
here
Trlday
in
an
river
llarger
said
he
flew
to
Prince
George
from
Vancouver
at
the
Invitation
of
Northwood
officials
He
was
not
allowed
to
take
pic
pictures
�
tures
of
the
effluent
treatment
plant
however
When
I
got
out
there
I
found
out
I
was
not
allowed
to
take
pictures
The
management
said
It
had
leceived
too
much
bad
publicity
and
it
wasnt
beautified
so
people
would
get
the
wrong
Impression
At
Northwood
and
Prince
George
Pulp
and
Paper
he
said
he
asked
but
was
refused
Infor
Information
�
mation
on
the
BOD
Biochemical
Oxygen
Demand
of
effluent
from
the
mills
into
the
river
Generally
speaking
standards
of
effluent
disposal
couldbe
much
stricter
than
they
aie
he
de
declared
�
clared
Dr
llarger
said
present
meth
methods
�
ods
used
bj
the
government
to
test
the
safety
of
pulp
mill
ef
effluent
�
fluent
are
Inadequate
Hearings
resume
on
fired
profs
BURNABY
CP
-
Hearings
regarding
six
suspended
profes
professors
�
sors
at
Simon
Fiaser
Univer
University
�
sity
resume
Tuesdav
A
three
man
board
of
Inquiries
com
posed
of
piofessors
fiom
out
side
sru
began
hearings
in
Mav
into
the
October
suspension
of
the
six
faculty
members
bv
SrU
Piesldent
Kenneth
Strand