Canadian factory wages fall behind peers in 1980 study
A United States labor bureau working paper shows Canadian manufacturing workers dropped to third lowest among 10 leading nations in 1975 to 1980. It notes weaker bargaining, inflation, and currency factors, with U S pay advantages narrowing as Canada saw wage gains accelerate in 1980.
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Clayton Sinclair
Financial Times News Service
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Canada
Sweden
U.S
Ontario Steel
British Columbia Forest Industry
Belgium
Japan
Korea
Spain
Mexico
Strikes Spread Through British Columbia
Vancouver area workers including municipal staff bus drivers and retail employees walk picket lines as a widening wave of strikes spreads across the province. The BC Federation of Labour declares industrial war warning of escalating economic actions coordinated with CUPE representing 10,000 municipal workers.
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Vancouver
B.C
Insurance Corp
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
B.C. Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Jim Kinnaird
B.C. Tel
GVRD
Greater Vancouver
Nabob (Foods Ltd
Kinnaird
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Vancouver-area
Thatcher to skip Canada on Washington visit
The Daily Telegraph reports Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will bypass Canada during her Washington trip later this month. Aides say Ottawa’s plans to patriate the British North America Act would dominate and inflame controversy without resolving issues.
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London
AFP
Daily Telegraph
Margaret Thatcher
Canada
Washington
Thatcher
Ottawa
Workers seize factories in Jelenia Gora strike
In Jelenia Gora workers occupied factories and offices in a general strike after negotiations over access to a government reserved resort and clinic failed. Solidarity warned up to 100,000 could strike, with talks to resume in Warsaw and Katowice.
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Polish
Jelenia Gora
Warsaw
Communist Party
Solidarity
Poland
Independent
Warsaw Radio
Katowice
Silesia
Walbrzych
Hobby cost bobsledder Jim Morgan life at Cortina
U S bobsledder Jim Morgan 32 from Saranac Lake New York died after the No 1 sled overturned on the final curve of the world four man bobsled championship at Cortina d Ampezzo Italy He suffered a severe throat cut and neck injuries as his helmet and the wall repeatedly struck him Fellow crewmate Paul White was injured Morgan was pronounced dead at Codivilla hospital and teammates recalled the fatal moment as the last curve proved deadly for the sport.
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Cortina D’ampezzo
Italy
U.S
Jim Morgan
Morgan
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Jim
Mike Hallcock
Codivilla
Randy Bielski
Towson
Paul White
Michail Minassan
Goodyear Canada plant in Medicine Hat reaches three year contract
Agreement reached between Goodyear Canada Ltd and Local 628 United Rubber Cork Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America over a three year term. Wages rise 33.5 percent total, effective February 13. Productivity pact aims to boost cooperation and plant efficiency. Talks began in January for 94 bargaining unit employees. Details to be released at a press conference.
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Medicine Hat
Goodyear Canada Ltd
Dave Middleton
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
Hong Kong and China Move Toward Quiet Accord
Hong Kong relations with the PRC have improved while the 17 year lease on much of the colony nears expiry. Peking forecasts growth through Hong Kong trade, with governors and businessmen shaping a possible accommodation preserving current arrangements.
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Hong Kong
Peking
Southam News
People’s Republic of
China
People’s Republic
Chou En-lai
Britain
MacLehose
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Kin Coulee
Ian Scott
Stanislaw Ciosek
Lech Walesa
National Commission
Luciano de Paolis
By Les Whittington
Murray MacLehose
Guangdong
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