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2 She played the. victim

DEAR KEN | Georgetti: Please
_. be assured that Yam NOT
: anti-union —— any more than |

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AS JUSTICE served i in the proces: yo
leading. to the finding of Paul:’.

¥ Bernardo: guilty as charged of two
“counts of first-degree murder? .:
: On: the surface , the killer got’ what he
" deserved."
- We can all’ sleep well, comforted i in n kniow-
ing that the system works. But can we?
Unfinished business remains. As. matters ’

| stand, Karla Homolka will be eligible for day

parole in January 1997.
‘That's frightening... Ms
The public should be seething, yee:
Her behind-closed-doors plea bargain deal .

: fora guilty plea on manslaughter charges is a.
‘ telling and high-profile example of particular
“ malaise within our judicial system...

‘Her bargain was to cut a deal by finking on”
her guys? j -

i

Noel
Wright’.

I am anti- dinosaur. But to’

everything there is'a season.

: Especially during the earlier half ~

” of this ceritury, organized labor:
“achieved much for its members in
- ‘terms of working conditions, safety,

wages and benefits. In taming the,

“ruthless old robber-baron employers Y

it performed a needed service for

‘ industrial society. -

Unions also eam full marks for
raising workers’ skills through train- ,

- ing programs and apprenticeships.

And their political clout has con-

in ourt, but we'll,

never ; really, know much | ‘more. “about the.
degree of her complicity i in the gruesome sex!
killings.

:Crown’s choice. to plea bargain’ ‘with i/ |
‘Homolka i in effect compounded the victimiza‘ . os

tion of the French ‘and Mahaffy families.’ ~...

The legal strategy stinks of expedien and:
weakness. ee

“It sends the: wrong message to society: the.
‘ritle of law may be and often is subverted.

.. Now is the. time for all’ concerned: North:

7 Shore citizens to send a clear’ message to our”

MPs and. the ‘national parole: board ..that -
Homolka'should be’ kept. behind,bars for the
“full term of her sentence.” fee wR

And why not, while’ we're vat it, ‘push for
procedural changes that: would make manda-'
tory victim ‘input ‘as to the efficacy of plea
bargaining with individuals who face serious
charges such as murder. ra

(Ander employed i Genes
But it’s no longer exploitive, _—
whip-cracking employers like’ those
of the early’1900s who are to blame.
» It’s computers, robots and all formis :
‘of automation — plus a global com:
~ munications network enabling capi-
tal to be moved anywhere in the
world with a few keystrokes.
Galloping technology enables
-corporations to dispense with union-
~., Wage human workers by the jet-load
and also to have their goods made
.. wherever in the global village labor
Costs are lowest — from Mexico to '
Malaysia to’ Pakistan. And if you try

“million Canadians remain jobless or:

tributed much to Canada’s widely-.....
envied social security net," * i

Hence the glee, Ken, which I

detected in your Labour Day’ mes-.

sage, announcing that B.C. union

membership — now nearly 340, 000: a
~ (almost 50%' of all non-agricultural
workers) '—— is growing faster than ,
Preven" 4

Working people, you: said — ,

‘speaking as B.C. Federation of

Labour president — trust‘unions, to:

= “best represent their economic and’

social. interests, in difficult times.”

pra ae

cot

“recent jump to.9, 8% —

the business elite, “‘they’ re turning. to
unions as alternatives.” ....

Sorry, Ken, but it won’t work any
- longer, no matter how many new;
members you temporarily sign up.
We're into a whole new ball game. -

As CLC president Bob White ‘
points out, Corporate profits are up
«by 26% while employee layoffs ..

‘- mount by the thousands. .

Unemployment has been frozen .
‘above 9.4%. since 1990 — witha
and three .

wb a we ae eB wotate dd & bd ala te

- couple of decades, the world’s total
‘material needs will be produced by~

eB we ©. to bum up their t
Rejecting thé threadbare polices of Pup their taxes, you'll simply...

wake up to find their headquarters

-and their bank accounts have moved

overnight to a friendlier country.” |
I'm sure you've read, Ken, that

chilling book The End Of Work in

which Washington economic guru
Jeremy Rifkin predicts that, within a:

Just 20% of its workers. Our five-

-year jobless figures, ever more lay~.”

offs and soaring corporate profits tell «

‘us it's already Starting. 9.

What to do. with the unwanted

accident Aug. 17 on the Trans-
Canada. Highway in: ‘North

“were killed and’ many injured
but that it could. have: ore
‘prevented. _

Unlike the, contention
the unsigned writer: of
cheese . or .slow.' down!

» photo ‘radar will. :so
Save Us, I contend that: it'mi

-ability. to issue. ever. more
speeding tickets will

accidents, hospital .cos

insurdince rates: It never
‘However, better. roads |W:

“reduce accidents.” A” run

» faneYon that: .stéep’ hill would

have saved everybody. L kno

‘the overpass intersect:

“nota revamped overpass; the

’ simple-.water ‘barrels bef

the final barrier on‘a short

“lane. -Cost?:. Probably:

“that of those phot

_ Setups. :

“oo As an example,

-year. | have ‘seen,.many<

destroyed. in the. needless

"metre-deep ditches: al ng:

j highway ©

Needl

injury. epee as
abies don ‘trun into th

were cut off, ot had.to,jam
Nos amount'{of,

“photo, radar will'stop the se

-ousness of these: accide

: aac atent. of one lane

- the highway, ’so if you: d
‘off the road serious injury:is
_ nol guaranteed.
:- Bart Brooks’.
“West Vancouver

80%, not old: d-style boss-bashing,
the REAL problem your growing
Unions now have to grapple ith

How they respond will show

whether unions still have a meaning-

“to joi the dinosaurs, ©

“ROR FITNESS FREAKS
there's the Sunday, Sept. 10,,Coh

Run from Ambleside Park to Ki

Beach and a bus back for breakfas'
The race starts at 8 a.m. Or catch a

Shuttle at Park Royal South for the

scenic Coho Walk. At the park «.
enjoy non-stop fun all day,on ‘Coh
Festival Sunday, Sept. 10, with’
bands, entertainment, beer garde

‘and famous salmon barbecue.

Tomorrow, Sept. 7, “give the gif

" the Legion blood donor clinic,
“p.m. in West Van rec centre
Happy birthday Friday, Sept.'8, to.

North Van's Bob Booth... Ditto

’ Saturday, Sept, 9, to longtime Nort!
Van resident nt Mary Terweg

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