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Chamber of Commerce rebuts BCGEU

OPEN LETTER
TO THE BCGEU

In a letter to the Campbell
River and District Chamber
of Commerce Jack R.
Adams, assistant to the
President of the BCGEU,
admonished members of that
Chamber for only looking at
the dispute in question and
not the cause. Further he
states and we quote “as a
result, I believe that you
have litde credibility as an
organization, both with your
community and on a
province wide basis.”

The member Chambers of
the Province of B.C. take
umbrage with the statements
made by Mr. Adams. We
cannot allow this
irresponsible statement to go
without comment.

The B.C. Chamber of
Commerce is represented by
volunteers in 86 com-
munities throughout B.C.,
many of whom are active

union members. They take
great pride in. being
responsible and mature
citizens of the Provincial
Community. They con-
tribute countless days of
volunteer labor to try to
make this an even better
Province in which to live.
Their record is public and
unquestioned. They know
full well the ramifications of
a legal strike not to mention
the hardships caused by
irresponsible labor leaders
upon the business section in
general. In the main, it is
they who employ ap-
proximately 300,000 of the
work force of British
Columbia, not the unions.
They have the same right as
the union to voice their
opinion.

To receive such immature
and childish admonitions
from the BCGEU only serves
to show what type of
leadership the poor dues

paying member of that union
is receiving, one wonders
why they would follow this
style of leadership when they
would probably be better off
by investing their future as a
member of their local
Chamber. For the
edification of the BCGEU, in
our opinion, any Chamber
and there are many who
have voiced their free
collective thoughts, should
be commended for taking
such a vocal role in their
respective community. The
business person whether
large or small is being
represented well for less
than $100.00 per year on an
average. The time is cer-
tainly right for organizations
such as the B.C. Chamber to
make their thoughts known.
It is indeed unfortuante that
a member of the BCGEU is
not being represented by
such responsible and
dedicated volunteers. _
Mr. Adams has the un-

Let SPCA deal with strays

Dear Editor:

In the present economic
climate, too often domestic
pets are abandoned and left
to survive by any means
possible. These strays, many
of which are not neutered,
then reproduce, becoming
nuisances to commercial

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The West Van SPCA is
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animal in a live, humane trap
when it will then be in-
noculated and de-sexed if
necessary.

We would strongly urge
individuals with a problem of

Dear Editor:

In the light of the urgent
need for citizens of all
countries to dissuade their
governments from _par-
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North Vancouver Alderman
Peter Powell.

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mitigated gall to question
our credibility! Has he read
columnist Marjorie Nicholls
column in the Vancouver
Sun of Thursday, September
2, 1982? If that is creditable
actions, then we are really in
serious trouble.

We point out that many
Chambers have voiced their
respective positions to the
Premier of B.C., but to my
knowledge, not one
Chamber has chosen to
become involved with the
merits of this legal strike as it
is our firm policy not to
enter the labor management
arena. In our opinion it is
sacred ground for the in-
volved parties to stand. We
do however, reserve the
right to bring to the attention
of those involved in the
dispute and to the general
public the hardships that the
small and large business
alike are facing. We in the
Chamber of Commerce
Movement are a major
responsible voice and will
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We see statements in the
media attributed to the
BCGEU, which in our
opinion are tantamount to
confrontation like this
Province has never seen
before. Eg: “we'll show em’
who runs this Province”. The
B.C. Chamber would like to
remind the leaders of this
union, that neither they, big

business or any vested
organization runs _ this
Province. The people run

this Province and we will
work even harder to make
sure itis thus.

To the members of the
union we say ‘keep fighting
for your rights’, always
pursue what you believe in,
but above all, do not allow
your credibility to be
besmirched by the type of
irresponsible, confrontation
style leadership you are
having to contend with.

N.D. McLaren
President

B.C. Chamber
of Commerce

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