Ao - Friday, October 26, 1984 - North Shore News ES clit or ia) News Viewpoint Criminal intent IF PRIME Minister Mulroney is serious about creating ~japs---or even retaining present ones---by uraging private enterprise, he should get onfeé of its major enemies on the leash without de We're talking about Michael Warren,~the $185,000-a-year boss of Canada Post, who is busily planning to ruin a wide range of in- dependent businesses with OUR dollars. Mr. Warren wants to use Canada Post’s huge network of outlets to sell merchandise and other types of non-mail services in direct competition with the private sector. He’s also moving into the flyer distribution business, hitherto an important source of newspaper revenue whose loss could prove particularly disastrous for smaller community papers. As an earnest of his intentions, Mr. War- ren’s posties have recently been delivering sample packets of cookies to every B.C. household. His highways services division already handles baby chicks, bees and beef. A Canada Post spokesman talks gleefully about ‘‘mailing fruitcakes at Christmas’’. Coming from a Crown Corporation that’s into the taxpayers’ pockets for some $300 million a year and, even with the third highest postal rate in the Western world, can’t be relied on to get a letter from one province to the next within a week, the pro- posed competition with private companies struggling for survival in an ailing economy is not merely unfair. It’s criminal. The PM should slap Mr. Warren on the wrist and order him to earn his generous keep by mastering his own job properly ---not robbing others of theirs. It's a pity, City! LD. Ralph Hall denies that City coun- cil is nickel-and-diming over gifts to its sister city, Chiba, during Mayor Loucks November visit) to Japan. Five aldermen, he notes, voted to spend the re- quired two grand, with only Ald. Frank Mar- cino opposing. Sadly, however, Frank's nickel-and-diming plus the Mayor's pride add up to the same result anyhow: gifts to Chiba trom Jack Loucks, but none from its North Van twin. It's a pity (wo such nice guys risk piving the City an international blach eve. Display Advertising 980 0511 northshore Classified Advertising 986-6222 news Newsroom 985 2131 Pep EERIE FETE TTP EUERET=OVTOEt Circulation 986 1337 Subscriptions 985 2431 1139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver 6. V/M 2H4 Publisher tee oe Associate Publisher t ditor in Cnet Advertising Otrec tor Ve ite nr er) "doe Horsonnol Dino tor ( lassitied Manage: Cree station Otro tur the 4 egeties yaae ' ra howe Production Director Photography Manager North Shore Nowe trvtere ¢ P04 North Shore free Penne ot AL ightn soe vod Member of the Bb C Prosaa C.oune tl Lae THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE Ser SNUG ON OUR LEFT. WE HAVE A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE LAST REMAINING GIANT TREES IN BC...... Be SANANRASAAESARSS ARAN: 4 2 4 StI Ly} arama seepage t % Yy y 7 @ va | mM LUMBER Po \ GRE 917408060808 enna /77///,\ [ Wp a “niin eee / /, A, CS ON Ms La 7; si UADN JARV a M(sewmwwiia oe es a snd. ee EE MAX“ SR MAW“ | |. | SMMiKnrrwrys == a ——— P——j YU. essay YW J commas YU om Wits How to cut B.C. food costs N THE UNITED STATES the 1.3 million unionized workers at the large supemarkets have fallen on hard times. Their hourly wages rose only 3.6 per cent on the average of $7.51 an hour in 1983, after they had risen $.S per cent in 1982 and 10.1 per cent in 1981. Since one third of the cost By HERBERI GRU BEI of retatl stores as labour, tos consumers have benetited from resultant lower infla New economic conditions, in tion LES) tood retail prices SIST ON Pay incheases and Ro rose only 2.1 per centin allot on strike, are finding their 1983 work places gone Faced by The pressure on the union unton omilitaney oun Bart has been due to new compen Sburgh. othe giant Kroger tion trom discounters, huge chain recently closed 44 warehouse stores and coven SLOLES This tough action, tast food restaurants whieh combined owith the well employ noth ubronised known precarious financial workers and operate on very poston oof other Kroger thin margins As a tesult, the old) supermarket charms and thet stores has Jed to union wage comeessions fo Kroger and other Chagas throuphout the Lonuted States <6 . Why don t we see this kate of bebavior ob food retailers umonized workers are in trouble The othr denarii bow wage sethlemenes and cn rears MUSEO EN ONCE pat tec bias and umions ii Vancouver and trons UC orans that anore the other partsof Beeish © olunm LETTER OF THE DAY Unilateralism Toe badatict effeotive heflonec ot yerenne Partie wole tien. Nac and the West Britain thoouph thre ecbtor ors sey poo that ott EeTOCTETOT Of thas Teak Weapronis deserves requstelistrrmp bo ceter isocewe tam bre diate oanibess atid her a detrer teste several dere catatal wee abbbe ter reach oa Hee ets aA ae be aban . Mya satinbae tory Apreeuiet cult fe ee i en hh He ANAL OS arf rovvrdbadvyta or at mr hha pal ‘ fou hisarthvarecil with odve ’ Poe ciate UL NSSK WA, Mo vtade pe dt, Thc ee ee ee | , 4 ' crOpastbssaatbetas vende ate © NY) \ , 1 : 1 J tC YS Oe ce ee 0 t ry nN ! , ol . cde beac Ht fe ee ee tia \ ' ta brea . wood stares Cbprert the teopoate ' , 1 \ OS Oe J! rare ' Lrg 1 Atios ce qe ais Ih, 1 1 Moy va a en ‘ ! \ \ i ' renee ' re aad ‘ ' ‘ i,t | ry . a" waite {> vid t Vet i) bia? Wage rates are certainly high enough. Check-out clerks in) major Vancouver supermarket chains earn about $18 an hour There are precedents of other employees taking cuts) Pro tessors at) Simon Fraser University accepted a 2 7 per cent reduction in wages The main problem hes with the BC labour Code Think of what hkely to happen to anvone who Opens asuccesstul chain of discount stores, cutting ito establish ed chain business through lower prioes and the cmployment of labour? stores! non uno There ts just one doubt that would be unionized quickly, such oa) busimess face strikes and other hassles The advantage and cventual ly oall the invested would be fost capital Londen the present $s ¢ Labour Code Uo 7 abhor and the cxcrowe oof uion Home counb of the pres agberag CCC PUMOOn AT APC UPS CAS lt pear toc cba bahiotial order atic st take as cereeril colt bye alae cof tty USSK and the spectal kind of Ihreat tl poses toe the sureisal of the West as a conmimanely oft free Thaticonis Wee. abbtieol ae pl thre wnibater atiscs charm that Che preservation of peace owithan burope since a A Oe the West woblurvyperve ss) this Poayr tes pe tunes sash fae ve as ready dered Saeed Ce re Wie toe dae ir i shernrarnabedd fey othe ONT ot, ' neta Seb gy dae ree pea “ ud 4 iw ' tpopte i} visdecnn ' bean nT Se ‘ R en A t ‘ I. ‘ N\1 boy Lh weed ’ power are much easier than almost) anywhere in the United States Under these conditions, | wouldn't invest in) Britush Columbia and neither would most readers It must be understood that workers are basically no dit ferent in) British Columbia than elsewhere. 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