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ationded _mectog where all ‘male saritess in the West
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areas of
seed and ‘they v were shown how best to utilize the services.
‘Tho first assistance centre was opened in Trail Dec. 7
" the Castlegar centre opened on Jan. 18 in the same offices

+. as the Volunteer Exchange (above West's). Neleon held its

sek Cou bal an’ cad ecbein Se ta leak

writer Scott Goddard of the Castlegar. Unemployment: :
given by

Assistance Centre. The following iss. speech ‘given

4 Goddard to the Castlegar: Rotary Club at & recent meeting. .

first general meeting on Jan. 20.

Thave outlined my personal unemployed history ond the.
history’of the centres to ‘explain that we aro a different
breed a: unemployed. We are used to working, we want to
work ‘and: mee “financial obligations, and most,

My name is Scott: Godda: di Tm ied: with ‘one’

: daughter, a yoar- and a-half old...We own a house’ in-

Castlegar and I was laid-off from‘ Cominco: April 14, 1982.

Since then, I have been from Dawson Creek to the Okanagan:

looking for work. From April to September, I was at home.
for approximately 2 total of a month. I was in'a situation

ly, we will ain when th
allows us to. The old tae that anyone who wants to work can:

, find work'is not true anymore. I placed even more

burden on my family’ by leaving’ the area to find work. All I
achioved was my own peace of mind in having tried. I do not
recommend it‘ to anyone. else ‘because of ‘the financial
The laid-off.

bills. Under normal circumstances, my. debt load was not
heavy but became’a burden when my net income was
reduced by well more than half.

In one instance, I signed up for a forest: fire fighting
course in Grande Cache, Alberta. When I called, I was teld
that even if there were no fires to fight, I would still get the
_ course. This is important, because whenever I phoned to
forestry districts to see if they needed fire fighters, : I was
informed they were looking for certified or exp

1 monthly.

and Jp:
worker today is’a victim ( of circumstances. He is not working
for reasons beyond -his control. '-

When a person is ‘laid off today, and’ his. or her :

take-home pay is drastically reduced, there is, of course, a
sense of disorientation. The person does not know where to.
turn for help, mainly because he or she) has never, needed
help. before.

He or‘she | has always. supported his or her family, met
his or her and enjoyed the Ufestyle he

fighters. Needless to say, when I arrived there were no fires,
so no course. I had borrowed money: from the bank on my
next unemployment ‘cheque so that I could’ buy the
equipment I needed for the course. You cannot believe the
frustration I felt when the course: was, cancelled and
especially whens forestry officer implied that I shouldn't be
there anyway. It wasa course for locals. After contacting ail
available government agencies, I was told it was an Alberta
Forestry decision and there was nothing anybody could do.

When one is first laid off, one, feels isolated.— the

problem is their's alone. Running into situations such as st :

have reiterated, compounds this feeling.
“About five months ego, I ded a seminar ap: d

or she had “provided for loved ones. 3
.. ‘The main purpose of the assistance centres is to refer :
people’ to the ‘proper agencies for their particular problem *
and doa {c low: -up to make sure they get the help needed. I
becoming involved, that many of the’most
are being subjected to staff cutbacks. I
ld that ‘because of our volunteer counsellors;

 Jine-ups at the. various services are shorter. The counsel:

are able to handle | many of the normal enquiries made b
clients, thus enabling the agents at the various services ta.
spend more. time on ‘the more. complicated claims. Noné-

“theless, the ‘cutbacks. are ‘sértously affecting the capabilities

by the B.C. Federation of ‘Labor. It was there I first learned *:-

,of the unemployment assistance centres. From this seminar,
‘TY received the seed of the idea for organizing the
unemployed, mainly to let people know “that they are not

alone. At this point, I canvassed the Castlegar area to see.
what services were available and how best to utilize: the :

services. :

I then attended a meeting of the Nelson/Trail and
District“ Labor’ Couneil | to explain what I had done’ an
basically to find out when we could start: At this point, Ken
Georgetti, president of Local 480 of the United Steelworkers
of America told me Local 480 would offer. their board room
for our first centre and: $1, 000. seed money to. begin. |

of the

"I mentioned before that in‘Castlegar, we are sharing @
building with the Volunteer Exchange. This agency receives
referrals” “fron: various ‘government agencies and the
community at large. The exch
to help other ag

drivers for

SCOTT GODDARD. aww fa Weil es

forbid thay if any of you are put into such a sitvaitea ‘it is
most reassuring to know help is available.

‘We are not only a referral service for the unemployed.
‘We are in the process of opening a wholesale food store,

cost.

» We are insti such as “h a”
courses, financial seminars, “do's and dont's when first
laid-off, ‘ job creation programs, e possibilities. are
limitless. We'cs unemployed are sirving to help ourselves.
There is only so much we can do with our limited resources,
but many of you, are integral members of the Castlegar
and as such, have a stake in what

ange Also:

Every: corimunity ‘needs this type of service, especially
‘hace, ‘as in our case,-there is no publle transportation: Even
so; we are at this moment -in danger of losing this service

because of government cutbacks to the tune of $2,400. If this ©

money is not raised by the community | or E provided ‘by the
all p will be

eds, in “Our,

happens to the unemployed. Moreover, many of the people
being ‘laid: off.are not part of the already established
community — most of us are younger and just starting our
families. We are the future of Castlegar and as such, must
not be foreed to leave the ity. I know it is

because I have lostmany friends in the West Kootenays,
who have been’ forced to leave for lack of work. A common
is that no dne is leaving because there ts

* Tealled a general meeting of ail d to explain

‘what we were doing, and (to) get volunteers to become lay
* counsellors. From this meeting, I ‘obtained 18 counsellors.

who were then put into a counselling training program. In
the program they learned how. to counsel and’as well, they

this because, you as concerned citizens of bie community, ~ place

‘sould be aware of what is happening. Because most of you
are self-e1 ploy loyed and professional men, you may be no more.
‘aware of tl need, than T'was before my layoff, and God

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ace t go, The’ reality is, that many are going b
even if there is no work where they came from, they at Toast
have their family’s ‘support.

- My wife'nnd Tmoved here 46 Castlagar becatuso this is
where we want to raise our family. My first priority. is, of
courge,; my family, and without help (by this T mean feeling

that.the community cares).we will be forced to. ¢
hee. “be our decision...
The ‘community as a ‘whole, must let the iinenipldyed

- know that they are aware of the situation and that, the
 eommunity is ‘trying to help. You are the business and *
~ proféssi nal men and you have it in your-power to give the .
. unemployed hope such’as sales, whereby the unemployed :

get reductions with proof of unemployment. This ‘can be

a easily instituted through the assistance centres, because wo

have to. implement just such a system for our food. store:.
‘This will not ‘only help the unemployed, and improve your
store traffic, but, most importantly I feel, instill » sense of
community. ‘It ‘will show the unemployed that you care and.

u that’ you want them to stay. Remember too, that when

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