B6 - Sunday News, November 22, 1981 Auto Workers leaders are urging their members to boy- cott General Motors Corp. “Road to Survival” movies . designed to persuade workers to give up benefits for the sake of GM’s . financial woes. But company officials say they will go ahead with plans for an extensive pitch in advance of next year’s contract talks. In a joint statement issued Wednesday, UAW President. Douglas Fraser and Vice- President Owen Bieber called GM’s “Road _ to Survival” program a “perver- _ Sion of the contract” with domestic autoworkers. Divisional general mana- gers have been sent detailed plans for the program, which GM hopes will “reduce or eliminate unrealistic ex- pectations about economic gains in the forthcoming contract negotiations.” Under the program, plant managers will set up meet- ings with workers to show the films and then hold ques- tion and answer sessions afterward “to discuss the hard realities that may be required for survival.” GM said it was willing to swallow production losses to stage the meetings. The timetable called for the entire campaign to end early next July — just before talks are set to start. Following a meeting with 1980 VOLARE WAGON A.T.,P.S., P.B. $5995. 6 Cyl., But Gi ‘pushes ahead DETROIT (UPD - United GM officials, the union told . its members to skip the screenings. “The union considers ‘The Road to Survival’ as a docu- ment designed to convince the GM membership to accept General Motors’ view as to the scope of collective . bargaining in the economic field while at the same time attempting to generate dis- trust of the UAW leader- ship,” the UAW leaders said. “We are advising our local union leadership that it should not participate in this unilateral program.” The union leaders said GM is trying to avoid negotiations at the bargain- ing table and instead “shift a major portion of its efforts into the workplace and to spoon-feed it to a captive audience.” A GM spokesman stressed that the films are not a new idea and that workers have been shown movies on the “state of the business” for the past six years. But GM Chairman Roger B. Smith said in a prepared statement that this year's feature is “certainly more important ... because we are coming up to a crucial time in the corporation.” GM and Ford Motor Co. have been pushing since January for wage or benefit concessions from the union. They contend Japanese automakers enjoy a $1,500 per car cost advantage and that domestic costs must be reduced. GM lost a near-record $468 million in the third quarter, although the auto- maker posted modest profits in the first two quarters of the year. Stay in the car! Do you know what to do if your car hits a power pole and an overhead wire falls on the vehicle? “Stay where you are, warn other people to stay away, and have someone phone B.C. Hydro or the police — at once,” says Art Deptford, B.C. Hydro safety manager. You"ll be safe as long as you stay in the car, he says, but if you must get out, leap free of the car with no part of you touching it and the ground at the same time. ' “Never try to cut of move fallen wires. Wires that appear to be dead may not be,” adds Deptford. Ideally, the best rule is to wait for an experienced B.C Hydro crew to respond to the emergency call. Now you know... When completed, the Po Mong Dam, being built 15 miles upstream from Vientiane, capital of Laos, will be the first to span the Mekong River. The dam will stand 325 feet high, stretch close to a mile and back up twice as much water as Lake Mead holds behind Hoover Dam. eee John Cobb, a. British driver, in 1947, over the Bonneville Speedway on the salt beds of the Great Salt Lake desert, was the first 1979 | FORD FAIRMONT 2 DOOR, 6 1980 PONTIAC SUNBIRD HATCH | 4cyl., $7295, 4 spd., radio PLUS MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM 1177 MARINE DR.,N.V. QUT OF TOWN? CALL COLLECT man to travel more than 400 mph on land. Car Rentals Oldies but Goodies free mileage from $12.95 Monthly Rates 980-1515 708 Marine Dr. GOOD NEWS ! for Honda Owners ike of 1.8. Auto is pleased to announce the addition of TAKASHI SAWADA since May. Takashi Sawada has been employed by the Honda factory in Japan and brings to 1.8. Auto the benefit of his over 10 years technical experience. |.B. Auto wishes to remind its customers that. as in the past. well-trained staff is vallable for service to your Japanese autos. 986-5122 986-3116 1189 W. 16th St. N. Van 1.B. AUTO — JAPANESE AUTO SPECIALISTS Te Ait ERS ee ae ioe No it’s not an aircraft it’s the UNBEATABLE 81- MAZDA PICK UP LONG BOX — SHORT BOX AND SPORT From $6695 + Tax Gordon Imports 1Om& Alma, Van. 733-8105 The team with experience to care for your wie automobile Mirko Bicic Billi McCartney + Hg PEUGEOT 5 ROLLS MERCEDES BENZ ROYCE JAGUAR Ted Smith Personal service provided tor all luxury imports Backed by tactory trained technicians Call Bill McCartney (Service Director) at 984-O21) CLASSIC PEtcreaot C.EGESEOE dp 740 Marine Drive North Van MOPORS PE tb DS962 «—-984-O211