ALL LIT UP . . . Celgar pulp mill appears to be getting into the Christmas spirit witha light show of its own. Actually, mill is usually well lit for shift workers. Photographer Doug Harvey's long exposure makes it appear even more so. Extended exposure also gives pulp mill smoke eerie appearance. WITH B.C. COMPANIES Lockouts on the rise VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Rail and the pulp and paper industry were among the first major employers in British Columbia willing to lock out their employees to get a suitable contract It is a willingness that is growing. There are four lockouts in B.C. and the Yukon — Slade and Stewart, a restaurant supply company; Famous Players’; Brink's; and Cyprus Anvil, a lead-zinc mine in Faro, Yukon B.C. Rail negotiator Brian Foley said for 10 years the railway tried to get its crew sizes down to the levels of its competitors, but it wasn't taken seriously by the unions until a lockout deadline was imposed several weeks ago. “This railway had a history of being dictated to by the unions,” said Foley. “All we heard were jeers at the bargaining table until the lockout threat was made. They didn’t think we'd take such drastic action.” Then, the parties agreed to settle the question by binding arbitration. Dick Lester, former president of the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau, has few regrets about the decision early this year to lock out 13,000 employees, to force a settlement of their bitter contract dispute SLOW TO ACT “We were very slow to act but also very deliberate to act. And part of the exercise is to have the balls to do it, which is money in the bank when you're dealing with unions.” After 10 weeks, the provincial government finally ordered an end to the shutdown, which was financially crippling to both sides. Jim Matkin, president of the Business Council of B.C., said lockouts can have a negative impact on the bargaining climate. And some union leaders say employers are using lockouts to fan the anti-union sentiment in the province Foley said economic pressures are forcing employers to look more favorably on lookouts as legitimate tactics at the bargaining table Area woman graduates A Christina Lake woman received her degree at the University of Victoria's fall convocation ceremony Nov 24. Mary Louise Coleman re- ceived her Bachelor of Sei- ence degree at the ceremony, which granted degrees to more than 340 students. HILLTOP CAFE iS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. 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A lockout can sometimes have a difficult phsychological effect on your members.” Feder clout AIDS UNIONS But Kramer believes the increase in employer lockou may yet aid union leaders. “When an employer is prepared to do anything to take his pound of flesh, that will help us in the long run, because employees still have some loyalty to the store. “Lockouts help dissolve that loyalty. Hell hath not fury like a rejected suitor. When you're smacked right on the nose, you get mad.” Kramer doesn't blame employers for using lockouts. “If the situation was reversed and we had a hammer, we'd be going right at it, too.” But Cliff Andstein, a B.C. Government Employees Union director, calls the trend frightening He said they are taking place “in small, marginal unions, where they're directed at breaking the union, where the members are part-timers, young people and new to the labor movement.” Andstein said employers who lock out are taking unfair advantage of anti-union sentiment in B.C. 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