Page 40, March 14, 1979 - North Shore News | Dear Editor: Much is being said these days about ‘‘right to work’’ legislation, as if the exist- ence or ottierwise of closed- shop union contracts were the only consideration in the labor-management field. In my view that is not the basic issue at all, and while I have serious about the closed shop as a restriction of individual free- dom I certainly do not favour throwing the B.C. labour situation into turmoil by trying to outlaw it. reservations . The’ basic ‘thrust of Con- servative labour policy is in.a completely ‘different direc- tion. We want to redirect the . attention of both unions and management — by knocking ~ heads together if necessary -—~ to the fact that their interests are the same. At present the attention of each of the parties seems always directed towards beating the other out of a bigger slice of pie, com- pletely ignoring ‘the fact ‘that they can both get what they ‘want if they join forces to make the pie bigger. ‘ « . wary . In a province as rich in. natural resources as British . Columbia, yet so heavily dependent on imported goods, there is a virtually unlimited opporunity for ' expansion of markets by local producers, and in the long run there is only one way to ° develop these markets — by | _ giving the customers a better deal for their money. Every time there is a strike or a slowdown — in fact Halt ‘this merciless slaughter’ Dear Mr. Speck: Congratulations on your column on the harp seals and for the beautiful picture of the baby seal. I felt I had to sit down and send you a thank you note. You are a person after my own heart: if only the government would step in and halt the merciless ‘slaughter of these lovely creatures. I am sure some other way of making a livelihood could be found for the men of Newfoundland. The Norwegians seem to be one of the worst offenders from overseas. -So many countries are now. banning the import of seal products - Italy was one of the latest to issue the ban. Greenpeace and_ the International Fund for Animal Welfare do won- derful work against over- _ Davies, whelming odds. Letters of protest have been sent to the Prime Ministers of Norway and England but no replies received. I have recently purchased a beautiful book called “Seal Song”. The author is Brian director of the LF.A.W. This book should be in every child’s library. Irene Cogan West Vancouver Sundae ., Sale This Thursday and Friday buy one Sundae at the regular price and get another one for just 1¢! Offer good at this location only. March 15 & 16/79. every. time there is an antagonistic situation in- volving labour and manage- ment — the ability of the business concerned to gain new customers and to he'4 old ones is reduced, and both owners and, employees of the business suffer. Real gains for both are readily available, but only if they can get away from confrontation and start pulling together. There is no single formula by which this could be ‘accomplished. Union or other “worker ‘participation in management decisions is one way, profit sharing ‘is an- other. Employee ownership of a substantial portion of the business, or indeed of the entire business, is perhaps one of the best ways, as the employees of Varicouver Island, Coach Lines demon- strated a few years ago. - [am not under illusion that either labour or management leaders are generally recep- live at this time to the kind of approach I have outlined, but deal’ perhaps | it is time that the general public—the innocent -sufferers in labour disputes — had someone to represent their interests in the matter, and to make those respon- sible for the present situation take a second look at what _ they are doing. Vic Stephens, Leader ‘ Conservative Party of B.C. Classified 986-6222 Province of British Columbia PUBLIC NOTICE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO URANIUM MINING PARTICIPANT FUNDING The Commission has been provided with limited funds for interested groups within the Province of British Columbia to assist them in preparing their briefs for presentation at a Public Hearing. GUIDELINES The guidelines for funding of participants before the Commission are as foliows: (a) There should be a clearly ascertainable interest that ought to be represented at the Inquiry. (b) It should be established that separate and adequate represen- tation of that interest will make a necessary and substantial contribution to the Inquiry. (c)- Those seeking funds should have an established record of concern for, and should have demonstrated their own commitment to, the interest they seek to represent. (d) It should be shown that those seeking funds do not have sufficient financial resources to enable them adequately to represent that interest, and will require funds to do so. (e) Those seeking funds should have a clear proposal as to the use they intend to make of the funds, and should be suf- ficiently well organized to account for the funds. In order to avoid duplication, various groups of similar interests are encouraged to jointly prepare a brief for presentation. APPLICATION FOR FUNDS Application for funding should be made in writing to the Executive Secretary at the address below, and should provide the following infor- mation: (a) A statement of how the applicant satisfies the guidelines for funding. (b) A description, including a detailed budget, of the purposes for which the funds are required, how the funds will be disbursed and how they wilt be accounted for. (c) A statement of the extent to which the applicant wit! con- tribute funds and personnel to participate in the Inquiry. (d) The name, address, telephone number and position of the individual within the group who will be responsible for administering the funds. The deadiine for submitting an application will be Monday, April 30, 1979. On behalf of the Commission; Brig. Gen. E.D. Danby (retired) Executive Secretary Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection — Uranium Mining ° 3724 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V6GR 2C1 Telephone: 224-2014 mc 404 Lonsdale 987-4131