The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 40

Ottawa Journal National news 40 Tuesday, June 15, 1976 Indians blockade road to protest pollution B.C. legislation ends rail strike employers and employees to resume operations within 48 hours of midnight Monday night. The bill was rushed through second and third readings Monday and Immediately given royal assent. Labor Minister Allan Wil- VICTORIA (CP) The strike- plagued British Columbia Railway Is expected to be moving again by Thursday. The legislature passed by a voice vote Monday the Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act which forces main up until the appropriate government agrees to begin negotiations on a ban on fishing in the system.

Chief Mandiman said the only uninvited non-reserve personnel who will be allowed to cross the blockade will be government officials working on the reserve, Ontario Hydro employees and OPP officers. The four tourist camps to WHITEDOG, Ont. (CP) The Islington Indian band, demanding a ban on all Ashing in the English-Wabigoon River system, set up a blockade Monday across the only road leading to the Whltedog Indian reserve and four tourist camps north of the reserve. Band chief Isaac Mandi-man said a cable gate and manned checkpoint will re k- t7 TJ. jT Y- 1 ii Hams told the legislature the government Is attempting to offer a new approach to free collective bargaining.

The bill will not only end the current dispute between the BCR and the United Transportation Union, it will, also provide government assistance to avoid future labor' problems on the railway and B.C. Ferries, he said. Mr. Williams said a government-appointed commission would be empowered to Language issue may split union the north of the reserve were reported full on the weekend but Chief Mandiman said "they began pulling out this morning." Those at the camps were allowed to cross the reserve to leave but no one will be allowed to enter the area via the reserve. The road is the only land connection with the camps.

The English-Wabigoon river system is polluted with mercury contamination and the 925 people on the White-dog and nearby Grassy Narrows reserves have been cautioned not to eat Ash from the system as the main staple of their diets. As well, they have found their fishing and guiding jobs gone and most families arte now on welfare. The fishing and guiding jobs disappeared when industrial pollution from Dry-den reached a point where it forced the closure of a commercial fishery and two major sport fishing lodges. The government has provided alternate food sources to the two reserves but Indian leaders say some of their people refuse to stop eating the local fish because white sport fishermen continue to eat their catches. jt IE III It EJD fj stuay tne aeep-rootea proo-lems on the railway, where, he said, "we can conclude 'that something is very seriously out of joint." The minister added: "The British Columbia Railway' will be run by railroaders, and not by politicians.

The board of directors will be equipped by people who are in a position to manage the railway." The over-riding issue in the BCR dispute Is payment of overtime on a daily basis. UTU members began work ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH OF THE GEORGIAN MONTREAL (CP) The dispute over extending the use of French in Air Canada's operations is threatening to spread from pilots and air traffic controllers to the airline's 4,000 maintenance workers, union officials say. Recent moves by French-speaking technicians to push Air Canada into expanding the use of French on the job have provoked a sharp reaction among many of their well-paid unlllngual English-speaking counterparts who hold a two-thirds majority in the technicians' union. Spokesmen for both sides agree the language dispute Preview inquiries are invited on Phase two of our executive and seigniory collection homes in Hunt Club Chase. ing to rule last month which resulted In a May 18 announcement that 2,800 of the railway's 3,100 employees umnlrl ha lalH nff Telephone: 621-6461 HECTOR'S ALL EARS Hector the has sett hound Is all ears as the Bob Hamilton family of Winnipeg pot him on skates at a skating party.

He seems to be hoping for some hints on what to -d. next. The ferry -dispute centres around a government proposal to lay off 420 workers as a cost-cutting measure. Hospital anti-strike law urged MONTREAL (CP) The Conseil du Patronat du Quebec asked the provincial government Monday to pass a law forbidding a general has seriously strained English-French relations at the city's Dorval International airport and Is threatening to divide the union as It has done in the Canadian Air Traffic Controllers' Association. "This is a very emotional issue and it's tending to split the union right in two," said Real Vaillancourt, president of the Montreal local of the International Association of Machinists.

"We are trying to stay neutral but the difference seem to be widening." About a third of the 1,500 French-speaking technicians have asked Air Canada management to translate technical manuals into French and they plan to step up their campaign this week by seeking a court injunction to reverse what they say is the airline's English-oriented policy on language of work. The technicians claim the policy, which makes English the only language of work in technical operations, violates provisions of the federal gov-ernment's Official Languages Act guaranteeing equality of English and French In Crown corporations. Hugo Tremblay, shop steward for the technicians union, said a petition will be filed by Thursday in Superior Court. It asks the court to require the use of both official languages in all Air Canada operations. Mr.

Tremblay said Liberal MP Serge Joyal, Rosemont-Malson-neuve is supporting the petition. Both English-speaking teachniclans and air-traffic controllers are afraid that a move to expand the use of French will hnrt their chances for promotion and will contribute to technical problems. "We are Involved in some delicate maintenance and assembly operations, and it's essential that people understand each other at all times," said union trustee Pat Carey. "If French is brought In like some people want, I can guarantee there'll be one hell of a screw up." strike by hospital employees scheduled to begin Friday. The influential employers' group said a state of war has existed in Quebec hospitals for the last six months, and unions have had ample time to make the public aware of their demands.

The right to strike in social and health services should not be unlimited, and the government should act this time "to strengthen the rights of the public. "If it is Impossible to reach a negotiated agreement as everyone wishes, let the government then proceed by decree, but the people must not again be subjected to the difficult days of 1972," the Conseil said In a statement. Representatives of. 80,000 non-professional hospital workers and about 5,500 nurses have declared an strike beginning Friday. Spokesmen said the walkout will be called off if there is significant progress In contract talks this week.

RODRIGUE SEEKS CNTU LEADERSHIP MONTREAL (CP) Norbert Rodrigue, first vice-president of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU), said Monday he would be a candidate to succeed Marcel Pepin, who Is retiring later this month as president of the federation. Mr. Rodrigue, 35, made his announcement a few hours after Mr. Pepin issued a statement confirming speculation thai he would not seek re-election at the CNTU's annual convention In Quebec City later this month. Union officials have said that Mr.

Pepin president of the CNTU since he succeeded Jean Marchand In 1965 will remain on the executive of the giant labor federation as a special advisor to the new president Michel Chartrand. nresldent of the CNTU's Central Council and a fiery figure within the federation for nearly two decades, has already told reporters be will also be a candidate for the top job. Mr. Pepin, a dour figure at the head of the often-turbulent Quebec labor scene, said it was time to stand aside and give another man a chance to run the federation, Quebec's second-largest During his presidency, Mr. Pepin presided over the first province-wide collective agreement between Quebec and many of Its unionized public service workers.

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