; the . ‘federal. ; The ‘Public Service Alliance oO ~. union of governmental: employees : -member union publishes its own 1 ewspaper, and. ‘service ‘unions: are. ‘as. far - collect _ away from reality 2s’ their “pu -- employer, at least. as: far. as’ ‘re ‘government plex a ‘goes. Fighting” Bill. C-28, pu - which. is: ‘planned to amend. the. fav scales in use’ ‘in the : “private. sector. -” “service union disagrees: with © “the federal’ treasury: ‘board’s - . proposal to.use an universal. — + the. Public «Service — Staff. ” Relations ‘Act, Stewart said ‘that the bill is “the: most: Tepressive » and . ‘regressive piece of labour. legislation i in. recent. Canadian | history.” . He warned that there may be a ‘national strike’ of. public . a sector employees. Peas “s public service unions. (C28) se rvice. « and — “ regressive’ n average pay rate: ‘as a guide a Well, he. didn’t. coat a 7 “4301 Lonsdale Avenue, x oe North Vancouver, | B. 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All rights reserved enough that - benefits that leave most of us _ use the term ‘strike’ - he said. ie a ‘national: ‘withdrawal of | _ ~~ services’. But ‘that’s semantic hair-splitting, as far as I. am” th e: bil -.. *, concerned."A: withdrawal of: the | Se rvices is a strike. - (mon-union) employers, from’. ioe “the ‘private — : Power, | ~~ | Employees, : said “We don't ‘several ‘ million - other” — , Canadians learned that we o .— ii the. “ocean do without the mailman. _ g _ aoe we can do it again, too. oe oe “OBSCENEJOKE governs _ | argail “This ve - 7 don’ t think Til miss the tax. “. preity hard tosee these days, — ae anyways. Likewise. customs Ottawa ‘telephone directory: (for: ‘governmental. services); . : ee Departmental: section, : runs | Pee fe to '338 ‘closely. packed pages jf | wn ef department after branch “after” division . -.. names and poe _ Bill C28 ce to set wa : them do we really need? | a rather obscene joke, in my | ‘opinion. To service the debt “takes 14-cents of every tax: - dollar that we pay: And that.” debt is directly related to the © sector. Joe. ‘president of. the .- - Union of National Defence _ Department. of . Agriculture’ . for every 87 farmers. But.as - average | mainly. from. unionized industry, and he: also wants ‘the. board to drop | ‘their .. “provision to deny. union — membership to those public . servants making i in excess of — decreased, the’ number of | bureaucrat -for every 59. ‘bureaucrat. for. every 44. government activity is thus — _ creeping has turned -into a - gallop and. the government ; share of the economy now is | mobilization” of the | | economy during World: War © that we don't need most of _ “on ‘men 'S and | women! ‘Ss - shoes and sandals. "- Grained leather upper - . Doubleleathersole: 2 styles to choose from - man much.: ‘The military’ I can . do" ‘without. -- they're collectors, ‘the: CRTC, \the . anti-dumping tribunal — the - by you: and me. How many 0 of : | me “Governmental spending i is & = that*:-we. carry. as citizens “monstrously wasteful system... that. is still: growing out of a : control i in Ottawa. | oe "Think about this. In 1960. there “was one a ‘Federal pureaucrai in the |. the number of farmers has bureaucrats has expanded. - By. 1966, ‘there was one ~ farmers.: Today there is one» farmers. Professor: Richard — Bird of the ‘University: of. Toronto, who examined the © growth of the civil service § for the ‘Canadian Tax “3 Foundation said, “Existing - 5 ‘programs expand, they . almost never fade away. A. fj ‘creeping expansion ‘of total «j- almos inevitable.” Today the . over 42 percent. Only in one | year of the -- “total: hae Two. did the government | share, including defence, top 40 percent. (In 1943 - 45.4%) : AM/FM Cassette W/Auto Stop . Fully Mechanized Faat Foi fd a we _ * Power Output 4 watts per channel © Includes all wire hardware ate... -' Full Range Pioneor flush mount speakers with padded grills, ne | : Let them strike. We have to come to, grip with this disease, or it will destroy us, — ‘There are civil servants who are just as capable and @ | industrious as the best —f employees in the ' private . sector, but they're few and: far between. It certainly’ can't be very good for their: fi morale to see the decay. of: the work ethic in the system. . » | think the civil: service is. more afraid of a. national ~ strike than we are. Because if we have to do without them, | it might become very obvious; car st ~~ CARCARE STEREO 150 PEMBERTON AVE ORTH VEN UVER. po ELMS 986-1171 | Man: Sat 9:00am. $:80 pm them. mo ; Visa accepted —