A4 - Sunday News, June 7, 1981

| rate rises

OTTAWA (UPC) -
Canada’s unemployment
rate rose 0.1 per cent to a
seasonally-adjusted 7.1
per cent in May,
triggering renewed
demands by the New
Democrats Friday for
budgetary measures to .
ease inflation and aid the.)
jobless.

Statistics Canada said
the actual number of
unemployed was 854,000
last month, down from
904,000 a year earlier.
When adjusted to ac-
count for seasonal
variations, the jobless
total was 845,000.

New Democrat Bob
Rae said, however, the
figures did not reflect the

BEIRUT, Lebanon
(UPD - A new truce —
the 29th in two months —
restored a.measure of
calm to Beirut Friday as
hundreds of Palestinians
‘marched through the
streets in a funeral
‘procession for a slain

PLO official.

At least seven persons

‘were. killed and 10

wounded overnight
during heavy artillery
duels between Isracli-

“hidden unemployed”
and ‘the national jobless.
rate was actually 10.9 per
cent. —

Nova Scotia recorded
the largest increase in
umemployment with a
jump of 1.3 per cent, 10
‘per cent. Quebec
recorded a Q.6 per cent
gain to 10 per cent,
British Columbia by 0.6
to 6.6 and Saskatchewan
by 0.2.to 4.2 per cent.

Of the larger urban
centres, Halifax had a
jobless rate of 9.3 per
cent, Montreal 8.7 per
cent, Ottawa-Hull 6.6 per
cent, Winnipeg 5.8 per
cent, Vancouver 4.9 per
cent, and Toronto 4.7 per
cent.

Ceasefire set

Zahle, the besieged
militia-held city 33 miles
east of the capital.

But-the guns fell silent
at 12:30 p.m. (3:30 PDT)
as a new truce went into
effect on the eve of an
Arab League attempt to
draft a more permanent
settlement to Lebanon
multi-layered conflicts.

insulation help

OTTAWA (UPC) - The
federal cabinet will
consider proposals next
Thursday to help
homeowners who  in-
sulated their houses with
urea formaldehyde foam,
Consumer and Corporate
Affairs Minister Andre
Ouellet said Friday.

QOuellict said a special
six-member committce of
the cabinet would meet
carly next week to
finalize the proposed
program and details of it
would be disclosed after
cabinet approval was

on the way?

obtained.

He refused to be more
specific but said the
government was “con-
cerned” and wanted to
help homeowners who
learned in April that
Ottawa was banning the
sale of the insulation
material as a health risk
due to its tendency to
break down and emit
formaldchyde gas. It had
previously been approved
for use under the
government's home
insulation program.

U.S. soldier
kills 4G.1.s

SKOUL, South Korca
(UPD An Amencan
soldicr shot and killed
four Gis and wounded
another during an M.- to
rifle firing test Prnday
US) military authorntics
reported.

The officials said a
suspect was apprehendcd

and an tavestigation was
under way.

The names of the
victims and the suspect
were not immediatcly
released and the tere
official announcement
did not) provide = any
further details of the
shooting

FROM PAGE A1

Firefighters, Local 914,
voted 75 per cent for
‘rejection.

All 125 firefighters at
North Van District, Local
1183, rejected the two-year
agreement worked out
earlier last week in
negotiations with Labor
Minister Jack Heinrich in
Victoria.

“The guys are getting so
upset around most fire
departments that we're
having trouble controlling
them,” said Cairns.

Firemen are satisifed with
the first year increase of 19
per cent, identical to that
given earlier to Vancouver
firemen. But the mem-
bership feels they should
have parity - with other
essential service workers,
said Cairns.

However what they're
really upset about is that the
second year wage hike
would be decided in ar-
bitration, said West Van
union president Firefighter
Barry Campbell.

About 98 per cent of the
74 West Van firefighters,
(Local 1525) rejected the
contract.

“We don’t want any more
than Vancouver firefighters
for 1981. But we're halfway
into 1981 and we want a
second year agreement. The
GVRD won't even make us
an offer,” said Campbell.
Firemen now earn $1,907 a
month.

Two proposals that
Management wants settled
by arbitration also have
firemen furious. They are

statutory holidays and
lowering the rate on which
benefits would be
calculated.

- Campbell says the GVRD
has not been bargaining in
good faith and urges ail
North Shore residents to
appeal to their council
members to help solve the
matter.

“Elected officials have
definitely shrugged their

responsibility onto a hired —

professional negotiator.”

Campbell feels that with
1,000 firemen bargaining
together they are im 4a
stronger position than when
each local negotiated
separately. Before “they
would try and play one local
against another.” Now
everybody knows what
offers have been made so
“we're all in it together.”

But balanced against this
is a loss of regional interest
or concern, says Campbell.
“We don't even talk about
regional items with our
people from West Van. We
just talk local items.”
Likewise, individual
municipalities who may want
to reach an agreement with
their union locals cannot do
so.

The West Van local ap-
proached Mayor Derrick
Humphreys and council
“hoping they would be
prepared to try and settle
with the firefighters,” said
Campbell. But they are tied
strictly into negotiating with
the GVRD.

Only 100 Surrey firemen
negotiate separately with
their municipality. A two-
year agreement with a 16 per
cent hike the first year, nine

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