FOR ALBERTA UNIONS Battle still same EDMONTON (CP) — Alberta unions, plagued by many of the same problems coal workers and railway employees faced in the first decade of the 20th century, say they can't avoid a feeling of deja vu. As the Alberta Federation of Labor celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, many of its 110,000 members are fighting the same battles their did. . “Really, nothing’s changed,” says federation president Dave Werlin. “We still live in an economic system which creates profit by exploiting labor. We've algo had successive governments, throughout the history of the province, which have been pro-big-business and anti-labor.” Slocan man passes away Cyril Tamelin of Slocan passed away suddenly Sunday, May 3 at the age of 4. Funeral service was held Tuesday and today at the Brilliant Cultural Centre with burial in the Pass Creek Cemetery. Mr. Tamelin was born Jan. 27, 1958 at Nelson and grew up in Pass Creek. He at- tended schools in Pass Creek and Castiégar. He married Lily A. Chernoff at Passmore on Dec. 16, 1972. He lived at Pass Creek, Castlegar, Winlaw and has Lotteries The five winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Lotto BC were 2, 10, 18, 19 and 37. The bonus number was 6. The winning numbers for $100,000 each drawn in Brit- ish Columbia's Pacific Ex. press lottery were: 569334, 889263 and 578364. The free play winning number was 7. In the event of a discrep- ancy between these lists and the official list of winning numbers, the official list will prevail. lived in Slocan since 1978. He was employed at the Slocan Forest Products mill in Slo- can. He was a member of the IWA, enjoyed ‘fishing, play- ing baseball and the guitar. Mr. Tamelin is survived by his wife Lily, of Slocan; parents, Bill and Polly Tame- lin of Pass Creek; brother, Kelly of Vancouver; sister, Kathy Street of Castlegar; grandmother, Vera Horkoff of Grand Forks; and numer- ous aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Bridge results The plight of Canadian Pacific Railways carmen in 1908 comes to mind. With low wages, miserable conditions and loner hoees, they wast on alten re eey 08 Metre °° om ee wage cuts and layoffs. The railway hired 900 :replacement workers: “four months before the strike even began. Violent clashes erupted between strikers and pdlice ords, were called in to protect the replacement workers. In the end, the strikers lost their pensions and seniority and barely got their jobs back. REMEMBER GAINERS It sounds all too familiar to Alberta trade unionists, still stinging from the six-month Gainers meat-packing strike in Edmonton last year. For them, Gainaca is the most apparent exampl¢ of how unions in Alberta are again being forced to fight for their existence. Instead of pushing for improvments, Werlin said, “labor today is engaged in a tremendous struggle just to maintain what it has already gained.” Jim Robb, a University of Alberta professor who. specializes in labor law, doesn’t totally agree. Robb says that 50 or 60 years ago, when unions were at the height of militancy, the labor movement had a firmer ideological base. But there is evidence the labor federation is “taking important steps to revitalize the movement,” Robb said. Union organizing drives in such non-traditional areas as the retail industry have become aggressive, and there's talk ofa iliation between the fed ion and the building trades, which pulled out in a 1981 dispute over Canadian Labor Congress dues. SMALL SECTOR Only about 25 per cent of Alberta’s workers belong to unions, and many attempts to organize new unions have met resistance. But the federation, which represents most union workers, also boasts of some successes. “I think we've won all the benefits that are contained in the Labor Standards Act, which wouldn't have been legislated unless the trade union movement fought for it,” said Werlin. The eight-hour day and a minimum wage are among those benefits. However, the right to strike still eludes some Alberta workers. Nine pairs of duplicate bridge players competed April 27 in the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club at the airport coffee shop. The average bridge score was 36. Winners were: first — Bill Gorkoff and Hubert Hunchak 47; second Hugh Auld and Louise Whitehead 45; third — Ron and Rita Perrier 41; and tied for fourth with 38 were Myrna Baulne and Bert Tyson with Jim and Bev Swain. The Court of Canada has ruled that while workers have the right to free ion, the C breaking any of Castlegar’s bat temperature rec-. ‘According to the Castlegar Airport weather office, April's ‘mean average tem- perature of 10.6.C was just .2 degrees short of the record high average set in 1980. Even last month's daily high of 28.1 on the 27th was just us Oth of a degree short of one day record max- imum set in 1980. Due to a high pressure ridge over the province for most of April, precipitation was lew for the month, but heavy showers on the last day brought the total to 96 per cent of normal. April's total of 204.3 hours of sunshine was above the monthly norm of 173 hours while the mean wind speed of 7.8 kph was only one kph short of average. Sacred music concert Monday The Tour Choir of Gardner Bible College from Camrose, Alberta, under the direction of Professor Keith D. Inscho, does not guarantee the right to strike. COURT BLOW The decision was a blow to Alberta government employees, who had hoped to overturn legislation prohibiting them from striking. “T'vé always believed the only way to safeguard the right to strike is to use it,” says Werlin. It remains to be seen whether unionists will return to the militancy of the federation’s early days. Some of the most bitter battles in Alberta included the 1906 coal strike in Lethbridge, the 1908 and 1918 CP Rail disputes, and a miners’ strike in the 1930s. “A lot of people joined the Communist party during the 1930s because they were under a certain kind of pressure,” said Werlin, 52, an active member of the C ist party. will be p ing an evening of sacred music at Kinnaird Church of God (Monday). Gardner Bible College is the Canadian co-educational institution of Christian high- er education for the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana). The college provides train- ing for the development of leaders in the church today, granting a B.Th. degree in Pastora! 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