| | | appear,” Bob Schuett said in an interview. “Not because we are out to bust them, but because they are non-competitive.” He said the problem facing unionized contractors can’t be overstated, “They're like people who were in the boot-strap business 100 years ago. they are seeing their business disappearing in front of them. They simply can't continue to exist the way. they are.” Unionized contractors are losing in bidding wars. An asociation spokesman estimated about 80 per cent of the work being done in Alberta is non-union, but said estimates for the whole country are difficult because ‘ky law in Quebec all construction work is unionized. The association is lobbying the federal government to exempt it from a section of the Canada Labor Code forbidding unionized companies from setting up parallel, non-union affiliates. WANT CHANGES And provincial associations are lobbying for changes in provincial labor codes to make it easier for unionized contractors to get out of contracts to make them more competitive with non-unionized bidders. In Quebec, contractors have asked unions to accept a 80-per-cent rollback in union wages and in Ontario, eight building trades have already agreed to take no increase in the first year of their contracts and a $1 increase in the second year. About 100 protesters from the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council mustered this week in front of the hotel where the association is holding its annual winter conyention. Al McMurray, secretary-treasurer of the council, said unions don’t buy the argument that their members are being greedy by refusing to take wage cuts. “If the union rates are lowered, the non-union contractors will drop their wage levels too,” he said. “What good would that do?” But he admitted some union b are helping to create the problem by taking non-union work, sometimes at minimum wage, to pay their bills. The construction association is sensitive about its lobbying efforts to have labor codes changed. Schuett, general manager of a non-union Calgary firm, said unions must realize that they have a selfish interest in the stays in “I find it very difficult to believe that tradesmen who are unemployed and they see their foreman, superint- endent and project manager unemployed can't see that the company is feeling the pinch.” Conservative economist Michael Walker told the more than 300 delegates that the problem of competition isn't strictly the fault of poor provincial labor codes. “The problem arose because you agreed to it. The pie was growing so fast, you didn't have to worry. Now there is a whole series of expectations you have to live up to.” q NEW CODES But Walker said he supports major changes to labor codes to enhance productivity. “John Helliwell, the association's labor director, said the only thing that will ultimately remedy the unionized contractors’ ills is “a re-thinking of the collective agree- ments and an overhaul to make them more competitive.” Aside from wage-clause changes, non-productive clauses like clean-up time and some overtime provisions should be deleted and foremen should be exempt from the collective agreement. But neither Helliwell nor Schuett believe the unions will simply go away. Although unions have an unregulated monopoly on manpower — the industry’s most precious commodity — Schuett said they play an important role. It is the unions that look after the social benefits for employees in a highly transient business. And it is through the union halls that employees have easy access to a secure labor force. Mining wages below average HARRISON HOT SPRINGS (CP) — Collecti for mines that are already agreements in the mining in- dustry have increasingly been negotiated on the basis of what the mine can afford, not on the basis of what comparable jobs are paying marginal My guess is that at least four or five more mines would be closed at present, and the date of reopening those that will reopen would be post- poned indefinitely.” » Tex president of the Mining Asso- ciation of B.C., says. “Mining does not bargain industry-wide,” he told the annual meeting of the In- dustrial Relations Manage- ment Association. “If there was industry- wide bargaining, it seems bie said a broad flexibility has developed in wage settlements in response to the economics within the mining industry. Negotiated wage increases can vary from one mine to another, and in- novative approaches have been tried at some mines. For instance, N di: indieator works in 1964, then we may be in for some sluggish activity at best. 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For the second time in three days, the RJR-Mac- donald tobacco company found itself without a winner to accept its trophy at Granite Mountain. Steve Podborski had declined to take home an Export A trophy for winning the downhill title Thursday. Read, 21, is the younger brother of former national team member Ken Read, the first prominent skier to speak out against tobacco company sponsorship of ski events. ‘Their father is a phsyician active against smoking, - and their mother resigned from the alpine committee of the Canadian Ski Association over the sponsorship issue. “If there was no controversy, I would have taken it, because it’s just a trophy for the race, but obviously that wasn’t the case,” Jim Read said after his victory Saturday. “I couldn't take it under those circumstances because I don’t support Export A.” Of the 111 skiers who started Saturday's race, 27 fell on the 1,560-metre, 40-gate course down a 560-metre vertical drop. Read won with a time of 2:23.47, for an average speed of 67 kilometres an hour, leading a Calgary medal sweep. Chris Ketit was second in 1:24.11 and Fraser Ross was third in 1:24.22. Don Stevens of Rossland was fourth in 1:24.30 and Felix Belezyk of Castlegar was fifth in 1:24.66. Podborski did not compete in the super giant slalom, which is between a giant slalom and a downhill in speed. Next stop in the four-race Export A alpine championship series is a slalom Monday at Vernon, with the giant slalom Wednesday in Kelowna. “I am not surprised that Jim would not accept the trophy,” Jeffrey Goodman, public affairs director for RJR-Maedonald, said Saturday. “His family’s attitude toward our sponsorship has been known for quite some time, the same as Steve Podborski's.” Goodman stressed that the company's support from the rest of the competitors has been “overwhelming.” Meanwhile, Podborski did it his way Thursday at the men's Canadian downhill ski championships. slow track at Granite Mountain and then steadfastly refused to accept the Export A Cup from the sponsor. The 26-year-old former World Cup champion from Toronto had considered bypassing the race in a personal protest over the involvement of the cigarette firm. Podborski reluctantly agreed Tuesday to participate, saying he felt committed to the younger racers. “It's really important for the young kids to see what they have to do to get here,” Podborski said at the awards ceremony. He was presented with the Canadian Ski Associ- ation's first-place medal by Jeffrey Goodman. public affairs for the tobacco company. “My feeling all along is that I don’t want to be i with a tobacco pany,” said Podborski. “I've compromised my position by coming here for the young ys. “I think what's important is the on-hill part, going up Podborski won his second straight national title on-a- Races all over for another year GOING FOR GOLD .. . Top photo shows C at Granite M Below, Podborski 'v' 's Felix Belczyk in his ‘tuck’ position as crosses finish line during this week's national downhill cham- (left) savors victory, while Belczyk contemplates second place. Cos 1 Photos by Ron Norman, the hill and making the run. I've done that and that's as far as I have to go.” NEW SPONSOR RJR-Macdonald Tobacco assumed sponsorship of the major Canadian ski ch. ips this winter ing a long association between Shell of Canada and the CSA. “As far as I'm concerned, Steve is a real pro because he’s lived up to his commitment by being here,” said Goodman. “It couldn't have worked out better for us. “We at RJR-Macdonald think he's a class act. He came here and competed for whatever reasons and put on an excellent show. That's why he’s a champion.” Podborski won his second Canadian downhill title with a time of one minute, 54.94 seconds on a course slowed by 20 centimetres of overnight snow. The start was delayed one hour while packers worked on the course Felix Belezyk of Castlegar, who had the best training time Tuesday, finished second in 1:55.73 — almost a full second behind Podborski. Robin MacLeish of Kanata, Ont., was third in 1:55.89. Home-course racer Donald Stevens, who lead Wednesday's training, finished fourth in 1:56.57, followed by Barry Warner of St. Donat, Que., in 1:56.66. BROOKER SIXTH Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., who finished ninth in the Olympics a week earlier, one place behind Podborski, tied for sixth with Chris Kent of Calgary in 1:56.71. Local skier Hans Edblad was a major surprise finishing ninth on the day. He started 55th and was the top junior. Podborski admitted being tired following the Olympic ion at jevo, Yugoslavia. He said the win here will give him a psychological boost going into the final two World Cup races at Aspen, Colo., and Whistler, B.C., next month. ‘Now I can go to Aspen feeling really good about my skiing,” added Podborski. “I still have an outside shot at the World Cup title. “It's pretty clear-cut. For me to win the Cup again I'll have to win the last two races and that’s the way it should be Podborski was generally pleased with his run and was clocked at 136 kilometres an hour through the fast Indian Flats area of the course, about four kilometres faster than the other top racers. Belezyk, 22, said he made an error on a turn near the top of the course which probably cost him the race. “I got really wide there. It was definitely critical to my time, but other than that I had a fairly good run,” said Belezyk, who started ninth compared with fourth for Podborski. “The course was actually pretty rough for the number of racers that had gone down.”; Belezyk was clocked at 132 kilometres per hour through the Indian Flats section of the course. Brooker, 24, said he was tired after returning from Europe last weekend and felt “like I'm still on a plane somewhere.” “I almost fell,” Brooker added. “I didn't ski very good.” He said he was racing “against Pod, basically. That's who I wanted to beat.” Other top local skiers were: Chris Mclver of Rossland 27th, Murray Greenwood of Castlegar 30th, David Buckley of Trail 36th and Bob Walton 54th. Dean Bulfore and Ken Ross fell on the course. Friday's Red Mountain Cup downhill race was can celled because of the weather. Graham captures | "Bay —_ STORE HOURS pe Monday to Saturday 9:30 a.m. to Thureday end Friday 8:90 a.m. t0 8:00 p.m. STE ANNE DE BEAU- PRE, QUE. (CP) — Laurie Graham of Inglewood, Ont., overcame unpr le con- slalom course wasn’t perfect, adding that she was late on a couple of her turns. ditions Saturday to win the Export A Cup Canadian super giant slalom ski cham- Noted for her downhill racing — she finished third in the Canadian downhill cham- pionship Thursday — Graham posted a winning time of one minute 28.68 sec- onds in the super giant slalom, which was part of the Canadian women’s alpine ski championships for the first time. Diana Haight of Fruitvale, the Canadian downhill win- ner, finished second in 1:29.12, 12 one-hundredths of a second faster than Liisa Savijarvi of Bracebridge, Ont. The race was postponed for three hours because of fog in the middle of the course. When it finally started, the skiers were faced with soft snow at the top of the course, while conditions were slick at the bottom. “The course was -pretty icy and it was wet,” said Graham. “But, the course was well set.” Graham, 23, said her pace over the 1,872-metre, 40-gate “I p ly would have been beaten if it was a World Cup race. But to win today is really good for my confidence because we'll be running a World Cup race here next week. It has to be to our ad- vantage to have raced here today.” Haight, meanwhile, wasn't happy with her performance. The 19-year-old skier, who overcame torn knee liga- ments two years ago and a broken leg early in 1983, said: “I made some mistakes that were very costly. I was wide on some of the gates and that cost me time on the flats.” Haight found it difficult to cope with the conditions once she reached the middle part of the hilt. “On the steeper part of the course, through the mid- die, it was foggy. I really couldn't see two gates ahead. Then, at the bottom, the snow was glazed because the fog had been sitting there all morning, so it was very shiek.” Gerry Sorensen of Kimber- ley, who was seeond in, the downhill championship, missed a gate and did not finish the face. | CANADIENS DOWN RANGERS Lemaire's debut a MONTREAL (CP) — Alfie Turcotte, Guy Lafleur and Guy Carbonneau broke open a tight game with third-period goals enabling Montreal Canadiens to make head coach Jacques Lemaire’s debut a winning one with a 7-4 victory over New York Rangers. Lemaire had been elevated from his assistant-coach position a day earlier, replacing Bob Berry, who was fired for the second time in the last 10 months. The Canadiens had a slender 3-2 lead entering the third period but Turcotte scored at 1:47 on a shot from the side of the net that deflected in off goaltender Ron Scott's skate. Thirteen seconds later, Lafleur blasted « shot from the slot through Scott's pads. EDMONTON 8 TORONTO 3 EDMONTON (CP) — Mark Messier had a five point night from three goals and two assists as Edmonton Oilers defeated Toronto Maples Leafs 8-3. Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Glen Anderson had a goal and two assists as the Oilers won their three-game series with the Leafs two-games-to-one. Other Oiler goals came from Ken Linseman and Willie Lindstrom. The Leafs, who lost 64 in Edmonton in their NHL season-opener and defeated the Oilers 83 in Maple Leaf Gardens Oct.)26, got goals from Bill Derlago, Don Daoust and Gary Leeman. QUEBEC 3ST. LOUIS 3 QUEBEC (CP) — Peter Stastny scored at 1:59 of the third period to give Quebec Nordiques a 3-3 tie in overtime against St. Louis Blues. Stastny got the tying goal when he deflected the puck behind Rick Heinz. The original shot came from the blue line and fired by defenceman Mario Marois. The Blues had taken a 3-2 lead late in the second period on goals by Brian Sutter, Jorgen Pettersson and Bernie Federko. Wilf Paiement and Michel Goulet scored power-play goals for Quebec. Quebee came’on strong in the third period as Heinz faced a total of 88'shots including 21 in the third period and overtime. Daniel Bouchard, in Quebec net faced only 21 shots, including only three in the third period. “ ISLANDERS 7 DEVILS 1 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Greg Gilbert scored three goals for the first time in his NHL career as New York Islanders routed New Jersey Devils 7-1. Gilbert opened the seoring at 4:09 of the first period on a power play when he fired a 15-footer from the right circle past Devils goaltender Ron Low. Linemate Bryan Trottier scored his 31st goal of the season 1:13 later with a 10- foot backhander from the slot. New Jersey cut the lead to 2-1 midway through the first period as Paul Gagne split the Islander defence and his shot beat New York goalie Roland Melanson. Islanders Anders Kallur scored the only goal of the second period before the Islanders exploded for four goals in the first six minutes of the final period MINNESOTA 5 BUFFALO 1 . BLOOMINGTON, MINN. (AP) — Mark Napier scored two goals and had qne assist for Minnesota North Stars in their 5-1 victory over Buffalo Sabres. The triumph helped pad the North Stars’ hold on first place in the Norris Division, with 68 points, 12 ahead of second-place Chicago Black Hawks. Buffalo remains in first place in the Adam Division, with the second highest point total in the NHL, at 86 points. Napier scored the game's first goal at 1:29 of the first period on a pass from Willi Plett. Minnesota's second goal came at 17:04 of the first period when Keith Acton slipped the puck by Buffalo goaltender Bob Sauve, while Plett and Bill Hait were struggling in front of the open net. PITTSBURGH 3 CHICAGO 3 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Bullard scored his 43rd goal of the season with 17 seconds remaining in regulation time to give Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-3 with Chicago Black Hawks. With Penguins goaltender Denis Herron pulled for an extra attacker, Pittsburgh stopped several attempts by the Black Hawks to clear the puck in the final minute. A rebound deflected to Bullard, who beat Chicago goalie Bob Janecyk with a high shot that immediately bounced out of the net. Although the goal judge did not signal a score, referee Mike Noeth did so emphatically, success Bill Gardner's second goal of the game had given the Black Hawks a 3-2 lead at 1:36 of the third period. HARTFORD 9 PHILADELPHIA 7 HARTFORD, CONN. (AP ) — Ron Francis and Greg Malone scored goals 4:27 apart midway through the second period as Hartford Whalers outlasted Philadelphia Flyers 9-7 in a wide-open game. Hartford led, 5-4, after one period and 8-6 after two — scoring three times in the middle period on only seven shots. ‘Twice in the first period the Whalers squandered three-goal leads and, with 29 seconds left in the game. Philadelphia used a sixth attacker to creep to within a goal. But Doug Sulliman found the empty net with 16 seconds left to seal the 22-32-8 Whalers’ third victory in their last four games. WINNIPEG 5 BOSTON 3 WINNIPEG (CP) — Winnipeg Jets scored three goals in a span of less than two minutes in the first period and went on to defeat Boston Bruins 5-2 for their fourth victory in a row. Left-winger Morris Lukowich started the assault on Boston netminder Pete Peeters at 6:57 of the opening period and defencemen Wade Campbell and Robert Picard followed with goals soon after to give the Jets a lead Boston couldn't overcome. Tim Watters and Ron Wilson also scored for the Jets, 24-27-10, whose victory string includes wins over Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens. DETROIT 4 CAPITALS 1 DETROIT (AP) — Goaltender Corrado Micalef turned aside 26 shots and four players shared the scoring to lead Detroit to a 4-1 vietory over Washington Capitals, the Red Wings’ fourth straight win. Micalef, who spent most of the season in the American Hockey League, surrendered a third-period goal to Alan Haworth to run his personal record to 5-2-1 since being recalled Feb. 4 from Adirondack. The Red Wings took a 10 lead 14:07 into the first period. "Kelly Kisio jammed his own rebound past Washington netminder Pat Rigziu fer his 18th goal of the season.