by Eleanor Brown 
     
    
   
   
    
     SAINT JOHN (CUP) - 
     
     The hand-lettered sign at the 
     
     left of the door reads “Scab 
     
     Alert: Hit a Scab Week.” 
     
     A list of 22 strike-breakers’ 
     
     names and addresses follows. 
     
    

    
     The message at the bot- 
     
     tom reads: “If you know 
     
     or recognize any of these 
     
     scabs, feel free to let them 
     
     know how you feel. Ban the 
     
     Scabs.” 
     
    

    
     A walkout 
     
     at Coca Cola’s three union- 
     
     ized New Brunswick plants - 
     
     there are five in all — is going 
     
     into its fourth month. 
     
    

    
     While management re- 
     
     fused to comment, the union 
     
     is in the middle of a drive 
     
     to hit the soft drink bottler 
     
     in the pocket-book.  Resi- 
     
     dents of Prince Edward Is- 
     
     land and New. Brunswick are 
     
     being asked to boycott all 
     
     Coke products, and cans on 
     
     Nova Scotia shelves all come 
     
     from Brunswick Bottling. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (strikers) 
     
    
   
   
    
     * 
     
    
   
   
    
     “These guys 
     
     are average citizens,’ 
     
     George Vair. “They’ve 
     
     never been in trouble with 
     
     the law in their whole life. 
     
     Now they’re breaking wind- 
     
     shields. The emotions take 
     
     over.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     said 
     
    
   
   
    
     And the representative 
     
     of local 1065 of the Retail 
     
     Wholesale Department Store 
     
     Union (RWDSVU), headquar- 
     
     tered above the 
     
     Vern’s Doughnut and Pastry 
     
     Shop, blames strikebreakers 
     
     for the scattered skirmishes 
     
     in front of the Saint John’s 
     
     Brunswick Bottling Ltd.. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “It’s pretty hard when 
     
     people go on strike — you’re 
     
     fighting for your job, then 
     
     the employer brings in some- 
     
     body and they take your 
     
     job,” said Vair. 
     
    

    
     But the strikers are not 
     
     the only ones who occasion- 
     
     ally resort to violence. In 
     
     what may be the first such 
     
     decision in Canada, an 
     
     junction against the’ com- 
     
     pany forbids the assaulting of 
     
     picketers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     The union says its mem- 
     
     bers were assaulted by 
     
     Brunswick Bottling employ- 
     
     ees. And on July 15, Mr. 
     
     Justice Alfred Landry served 
     
     an ‘injunction which forbids 
     
     management from harming 
     
     picketers or counselling oth- 
     
     ers to do so. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Grievances date from 
     
     1982 and include allegations 
     
     of attempted union- busting 
     
     and unwarranted, 
     
    
   
   
    
     ings. 
     
    
   
   
    
     mass fir- 
     
    
   
   
    
     According to shop stew- 
     
     ard Dave Brown, company 
     
     owner Ralph Hawkes hired 
     
     his friends to replace union- 
     
     ized workers. 
     
    

    
     Brown said a spring bar- 
     
     gaining session saw manage- 
     
     ment attempt to remove se- 
     
     niority provisions from !the 
     
     contract. Employees in 
     
     Moncton, Saint John and 
     
     Edmunston walked out May 
     
     28. 
     
    

    
     Saint John’s fifteen strik- 
     
     ers are feeling the pinch. 
     
     A court order restricts the 
     
     number of picketers to ten 
     
    
   
   
    
     DEAR JIM & TAMMY 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Jim & Tammy, 
     
    

    
     Could you please explain 
     
     to me why I should worship 
     
     my roomate just because she 
     
     thinks she is God? I feel in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ferior to her Holier - than -— 
     
    
   
   
    
     thou attitude. Can you sug- 
     
     8est something for me to do 
     
     now or will I have to wait 
     
     until the second comming of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christ and let him take care 
     
     of it? 
     
    
   
   
    
     signed, ~ 3 
     
    

    
     The 13th disciple: 
     
    

    
     Dear Disciple; 
     
    

    
     The last time I talked to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     'g Guy, he was a guy, not your 
     
     roomate, and he resides in Win- 
     
    
   
   
    
     nepeg at the present moment, 
     
     not here. Do what Chris did— 
     
     let her take herself down. If 
     
     you want a faster method, take 
     
     your room mate to the middle of 
     
     the strait, drop ’em over board, 
     
     and tell ’em to part the water 
     
     and walk to safety. If your room 
     
     mate does get back send me an- 
     
     other letter, quickly. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WRITE 
     
     TO JIM & TAMMY! Ad- 
     
     dress you questions to Jim 
     
     and Tammy, c/o The Gem. 
     
    
   
   
    
     * Please get your questions.in _ 
     
     before 5:00 on Monday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     New Brunswick Coke strike a long and violent saga 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     and the blue-collar workers 
     
     are receiving $100 a week 
     
     The 
     
     union locals in town are be- 
     
     ing encouraged to 
     
     a striker,” and match their 
     
    
   
   
    
     in strike pay. other 
     
    
   
   
    
     “adopt 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     take-home pay. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Shop Steward 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown said the strikers can 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     stick it out. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Nobody's put a time 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     limit — we can hold it indefi- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     nitely ,” he said. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The workers have a lot 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     to lose. According to 
     
     strik- 
     
    
   
   
    
     without 
     
    
   
   
    
     New Brunswick law, 
     
     be fired 
     
     Twenty-eight em- 
     
     ployees province- wide have 
     
     already lost their jobs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ers can 
     
    
   
   
    
     penalty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “The boycott is the only 
     
     thing that’s stopping (the 
     
     We're 
     
     nomic pressure on him (to 
     
    
   
   
    
     owner). putting eco- 
     
    
   
   
    
     negotiate), Vair said. 
     
     “We're willing to talk on 
     
    

    
     any issue, with the exception 
     
    

    
     of seniority,” added Brown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown said 50-year-old 
     
     employees who lose seniority 
     
    
   
   
    
     and get fired will never be 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     able to find new jobs because See oe eee eee 
     
    
   
   
    
     they are too old for today’s 
     
     employer. 
     
    

    
     And Brown 
     
     Coke boycott is 
     
     Production is down, sales are 
     
     down and some major food 
     
     chains have agreed to pur- 
     
     chase Coke products from 
     
     Newfoundland. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the 
     
     working. 
     
    
   
   
    
     said 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hawkes 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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