tmere . PROVINCIAL LISRARY VICTORIA, & C 45 rince Rupert Daily News ~~ my) eR ah \ | ee. Published at Canado’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1962 employed conditions» Union official attacks company KITIMAT (CP)—Six hundred smelter employees are working under intolerable conditions here, the area representative of the United Steelworkers of America charged Friday. |—; rs Monty Alton, whose union rep-1 ,, The only way we can fight resents the workers at the Alu-|74 is to take every single com- minum Company of Canada plaint phrough grievance pro- smelter, said the men are being cedure. he said. “But this takes forced to accept the conditions months.” . or quit their jobs. Alton said the union has asked the Workmen’s Compensation _ He charged that the company) Board to look into conditions at is taking advantage of a NnO-|the smelter strike clause in the union’s con- , tract. Alton made the statement af- ter the Kitimat local requested the provincial labor department to look into the reasons of a number of workers who quit the smelter while having no other jobs to go to. ‘ WANTED WALKOUT Alton said many of the men wanted to call a walkout to draw attention to the conditions, but settled for an executive recom- mendation to write a note to the — Staff photo by Ozzie Zbitnew provincial government. ' The note said that the com- UFAWU waits for report from conciliation board js... Psee . .. . contract, to force the poor condi- The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Un-' tions on the men. ion here is awaiting a report from the conciliation o beran a month ego when 60 buard reo . oe ble began a month ago when 60 yoard regarding present negotiations with the British men — called stud pullers—were. pr e ‘pa r e Columbia Fisheries Association, R. L. Gardiner, nor-| oe ened old to de their owa' thern representative of the union said today. _ work as well as the stud pullers, for CX odus ers were told to do their own At ‘a’ meeting here last Friday. *-3---* seer er He said t at . : : " said the pot workers, are en Alec Gordon, business agent for! dollar devaluation,” a union re-|not now able te spend as much ORAN, Algeria (Reuters) — the coast, gave the Prince Rupert ! lease stated, Europeans prepared for a mass exodus here today in the wake] pas : rt time keeping fumes down as they members a report on the negoti-| he union threatened that if; previously had. News Desk 3204, Sports 3205, Social 3206 tty eR Medes ttwetlents VANCOUVER @ — An Alu- minum Company of Canada of- ficial said Saturday the United Steelworkers of America (CLC) has made no request in the last two months to discuss ventila- tion, working conditions or em- ployee turnover at the company’s big Kitimat plant. Manager G. H. Gwyn, said in a statement “during the same period our record shows that the company has not discharged any employee for this reason.” Mr. Gwyn was replying to a charge made by Mr. Alton. Se 2 teem age saree SHOWN ABOVE is the damaged car in which three persons were injured near Port Edward Sunday. Injured were driver Arthur Rhoads, 24, and Edward and Jack Lee, both 19. The car collided with another car driven by Angelo Pomponio of 640 Taylor Street Total damage was estimated at approximately $3,000. : Boatioad of people play bingo FOLKESTONE, England, ( — A boatload cf 1,200 bingo innatics played bingo all the way across the English Chan- nel to France Sunday. After five hours of playing more bingo on shore in Calais they returned to the boat to play bingo ail the way back. The trip was organized by a tNain ef London bingo halls. Bingo has become a principal British pasttime since the gov- urnment legalized it two years Sage a] FS oe : ee cs PRETTY SONJA BERG, a local stenographer prepares to fasten her seat belt to help officially launch the Junior Chamber of Commerce seat belt campaign today. During the next three weeks the Jaycees will make a concentrated effort to urge all motorists to install seat belts in their cars. — Staff photo by Ozzie Zbitnew - Jaycees starting all-out campaign. to equip cars with safety- 4 ' g Pv P 7 AY eee E ere a vies ras ates 4 = ARO. ations. ‘the association keeps using its of a huge oil - fed port fire) yf _. According to a union release ; ‘stalling tactics” companies will REQUESTS REFUSED blamed on the western city’s) . . “ . . from Vancouver it is expected: be responsiole for “any future He said that requests to im-|Secret Army Organization. Prince Rupert’s Junior Chamber of Commerce is juining safety groups ventilation have been| The fire, which broke out Mon-! Rescue display to be held on July 1 i A spectacular Air - Bea Rescue display involving the locally | staLioned Department of Trans- ; port helicopter will be one of. the speeial features of the July! 1 Elks celebrations, Publicity chairman for the celebration Arthur Murray day said that the simulated res- cue Will take place at 2:30 p.m, just. opposite the Canadian Na- tional Railway’s station. permet enne re . nee eee Week's halibut catch — totals 843, Halibut fleet landings at the port of Prince Ru- pert for the week ending June 16 totalled 843,000 pounds of halibut and 8,0 was announced today hy CHICS. Of this total 61,000 pounds were ehix, 626,000 pounds were medi- in, 286,000 pounds were large, and 19,000 pounds were No. 2, Troters landed 80,000 pounds of red spring and 15,000 pounds of white spring, an Increase of oy per erent over the same week Inst. yerr, CHilnetters Innded 35,- ond pounds of rod spring, 4,000 pounds of white spring and 18,000 pounds 01 HoOeKe ye. One dryer Innded 21,000 pounds at solo, 66,000 pounds of minkfeed and 4,000 pounds al other bottom tah, Landings of harring 16 tons, Crab fishermen 8y000 pounds, AL Steveston, totalled landed Vancouver and a LOe Vietariit, halibut lnctinnas intled = 471,000 pounds, 977,000 pounds of which ware lnnaded by 10 vessels on the Vancoueer hall- put exchange, | ORMES DRUGS LTD. ' DIAL to-: dition. /per pound increase for sockeye | that negotiations may. continue! for several weeks or more. The union is charging that the fisheries association has consis- tently refused to enter into seri- aus collective bargaining with the union, regarding shorework- cers, Lendermen and fishermen. “For the first two groups the canneries have never yel made aware offer or an offer to im- prove conditions, Their only of- fer to tendermen has been to: take away their home port con- Their offer of one cent and chums is so small it amounts | ‘to only a fraction of the loss | Itaken by fishermen due to the 000 pounds Q0 pounds of black cod, it the Department of Iish- Of this total 12,000 pounds were chix, 174,000 pounds were medium and 91,000 pounds were large, During the eurrent. week Lo dune 20, lwo vessels delivered 92 000 pounds to the exchange. Landings of troll-caught spring salmon totalled 188,000) pounds, higher than the 183,000 pounds reported last week and the 124,- N00 pounds for the same week a year ago, Direct lnndiogs ab Vane conver were Heht. Landings of gilinet. Msh at Ateveston consisted of 48,000 pounds af red spring whe 2,000 pounds of white spring, almost, oxnetly the snme as the 47,000 pounds of ved) spring and the 8,000 pornds of white spring for the same week tn 106l, Landings of othep fish. tto- talled 387,000 pounds down from 7an,000 pounds insah week but Higher than the 360,000 pounds reported for the same week tt your Ago, Landings of horring for rede. (Jan purposes at Steveston toe tallod 1,606 tons, Shrimp landings totaled 10,000 pounds tn shell and 3,800 poundd aft mont, down six per cent from Inst wook but well ahead of the ANIM Wea;le OW YORP AEO, Orab landings foimled 740 dow on and 868 pounds ef ment, up definitely decided that if one of dislocation of the industry.” prove A joint policy committee of the shoreworkers, the tendermen, and fishermen recently reviewed and adopted a policy designed to unite all three groups. It was turned down by the company. Alton said the company is taking advantage of immigrant workers by telling them they may be discharged as medically unfit if they take rest breaks they are entitled to. “They don’t understand very well,” Alton said. “On top of this, many of them are used to working for 90 cents an hour. “They don't want to lose a job that pays like this. the groups was forced to take sivike action to get a decent set- tloment the other groups would lend ful] support, and ‘no agree- ments would de signed until all aercements are ready for signa- ture.” The join#® policy committee has been empowered to set the dead- line for settlement of all agrec- ments with one week’s advance netice to the membership, The union release went on to state that the joint policy com- mittee has noted the Fisheries Association failure to produce any sound arguments upon which to base their rejection of the Union's demand, ‘Dollar devaluation nione has boosted the profits of fishing companies from 10 per cent to FQ per cent on export sales,” it stated. nase eenetne eetenene anime ne an eR Home ee One vessel day and was brought under con- trol by firemen early today, was at the fuel storage dump area in Oran's port district and was re- ported to have destroyed about eight British Petroleum oil tanks and other nearby tanks of an- other firm. Black smoke still darkened the sun today as Europeans made preparations to leave Oran. The exodus is prompted by an appeal of the “keep Algeria French” Secret Army here for complete evacuation in the face of the July 1 self-determination referendum leading to indepen- dence for