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November 23, 1983

MILA wants union’s
strength lessened

SOCRED MLA Jack Davis said his government
‘*faced down’’ the public servants in the recent

BCGEU dispute.

And now Davis wants to
see the) fragmentation of
Government corporations
and departments to break
down labor power

Speaking at a weekend
breakfast meeting for party
supporters in the North Van-
couver-Capilano C onstitucn-.
cy, Davis said. ‘in the fast
few weeks we have seen a
resolution of what could have

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been one of the more serious
problems facing the
Government

‘‘We've now been able to
effectively face down the
public servants who were in a
fairly strong bargaining
position

‘i think the Government's
basic tactic is to split’ the

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GEORGE EGLESTON had his

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public service away from the
private sector side.

“Jack Munro went up to
Kelowna to talk to the
Premicr knowing really that
the private sector umons
weren't going to go out in
support of the civil servants

“Yes, there were some
concessions made, modest
ones Basically, labor wasn't
prepared to go en masse to
support the public servants
who, by and large, are paid
better than the people in the
private sector ""

Davis continued. **What
concerns me now is that the
seniority process scems to be
creeping in more and more tn
the public service. Public ser-
vants have lost texture, ab-

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solutely. Seniority is creeping
im more as a feature of the
ongoing and periodic renew-
ed agreements with the public
servants.

He then outlined his views
on special interest groups.

**Special interest groups —
we've got them in organized
labor in the province but
there are other special in.
terest groups. They'll always
be with us.

“*"| think one of the func-
tions of Government is to
stand up on behalf of pcopic
generally at icast in) some
position contrary to the
special interest group so that
their demands are not ove:
wheimingly imposed on peo-
ple because they have a

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special position.

‘One of the reasons Dave
Barrett was so quict during
the past couple of weeks ts
that he cannot, the NDP Par
ty cannot, be seen in public to
be the mouthpiece for special
interest groups, including the
unions.””

Davis again emphasized his
Government's strong posi
uion against such groups

“The Social Credit
Government has to face
down the = special interest
groups and the NDP, tf tt
ever has any hope of becom.
ing the Government again,
has similarly to do that kind
of yob.”’

Davis said revisions to the
Labor Code probably would

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not be passed until the
autumn because of filibuster
ing that well likely take place

“ft think that on the ter
rters, for example, some of
the ferries should be run by
Highways, some should be
run by the BC Fernes Cur
poration and some should be
contracted out to private sec
tor so that when the ferries go
on strike all the fermes aren't
down

He also called for different
transit corporations

“Break tup have different
unions, different contractors
Trim down these pressurc
groups, these special interest
groups. That should a matter
of declared policy for the
party,’’ he com tuded

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