Page A4 ESTABLISHED 1912 PUBLISHER — Roy Spooner EDITOR — Peggie Rowand ADVERTISING ‘SALES — John Tate The Review is published every Wednesday at Sidney, Vancouver island, B.C by Review Publications Ltd...2367 Beacon. P.O: Box 2070 VBL 385 - Tatepitone: 656-1151". Subscription Rate: $15.00 per year by mail; $25.00 per year out of Province SECOND CLASS MAIL mEIETRATION NO: 0128 Member ot B. C. Division Cacadian 1 Weekly aiwspayare Association Member Class °'A‘* Newspaper : Chance for jobless - Interest rates are down and we. seem to be winning the battle _ of inflation but there’s no real occasion for rejoicing as long as the list of unemployed continues to grow. But merchants on the peninsula can do their bit. Most are having a tough time and many will need to pull out all the stops to get through the next few months but if they need to employ someone it would be helpful if they chose workers from the _ peninsula.communities. = The new unemployment office on 2nd St., Sidney, a federal funded Outreach project, was established here for the benefit of local workers and employers; it’s aim, to fill jobs by using local ~ people. : Counsellors provide a service to the employer by sidvine his "requirements and assist by pre-screening applicants. They also provide information on programs available to employers — such as ‘‘job creation’’ in which employers are reimbursed for up to $2.50 per hour for an employees’ salary. For the unemployed, counsellors provide list of available ‘jobs, give special attention to youth and young adults, help with _ resumes. and prove counselling and worsnors on Job search . Skills... ~The trick lies” in’ bringing: the two together - — “the employer and the job seeker. No one assumes this is an easy task or that oe ~ there area number of jobs out there but there’s more chance for “the ‘unemployed on the peninsula if a use the service. : - Call 656-0851. Food bank - f people t have been taking Stock al year “end, most can be feel. : ing ‘genuinely ‘pleased and’ satisfied with. themselves. They till. many people. out ‘there needing help. ae coe Their problems. haven’ ti: disappeared © ‘with the. season, ‘the. 3 Review : at 656- 1151 and 1 leave their fame Rolle address. “Recently, I wrote a Solan ‘on Sac alternatives. to. the economically. suicidal. system: of} labor-management. relations in this country, and. the. response “knocked my socks off. fies Hf you're ted up to the teeth: with what is commonly called the adversary. system. of collective am | _ bargaining, believe me, you’ re not alone. ao soothsayers. re ponded toa ete and helped provide a. decent Christmas din’ “ = . vices ‘in. helping: to establish the food bank should call The mee prices. and: tow 1 of ‘ Mondelganice on THE REVIEW Murray Sharratt Photo With 1982 behind us | feel sure. But what ‘might we there. must be a collective sigh of. ab relief. reasonably anticipate in 1983? «. Forecasting is. the _appropriate..: response at this time. of year, so. prediction’. from ‘the Interest rates are predicted ‘6 edge lower in 1983. ‘The: con- sensus at the moment seems to be- in-the. range ‘of 2-3 per cent. This.” «means that mortgages and loan — rates might also. be. expected’. tor! decrease: However, it also: ‘means ~-that: the” i interes : ea eae c Se ae fEipy y Sof can, and stick with it ‘unless you... al the legislature “abil 100. sillageys: “They ior called : the new company ULGOR,, é a founders Ky jobs | for: Mi ade. kerose provided : “people, When) > expansion necessary,’ the five. name derived: from, the initials of ~~ bieveles'to furniture, When the Company: opened, iooeMondt ragon 17,000" people, butyou might just on “as well’ refer. to them as owners, “bee ause that! 's What they are, "ye “To became: a> member, vou have a firm offer to switch. Predictions. on the. Canadian “dollar. are mixed. “However, it: seems the majority of forecasters: are predicting ‘a decline below 80, per. cent’. US,. with: some. estimating a gradual decline to ie cents US. : “Stock ° prices - “are: hope this to be the case. . {Stephen. Taylor” isa “represen: “3 ‘tative. of Pitfield Mackay Ross 7 Limited, Victoria]. es , Lo 6 plastic. : components, “Altogether, the co-ops, in athe ere hones ve TO Make acapital investment generally : % expected to move higher over the: ~ Next year, with, many analysts, ~<“perhaps’ the ‘majority, suggesting we vare in avery strong bull ~~ market. That is not to: say there’ will not be retrenchments, but at Teast the overall: trend: should be : eoods front agricultural products. ft ont. employ: rs ; Mednesday, January 5, 1983 60 YEARS AGO - From the Jan. 4, 1923, issue. of The Review ens An -automobile.. circuit. tour from Bellingham, Wash., via Sidney, Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver will be established next May with commissioning of the Canadian Pacific Ferry in the service between Bellingham and Sidney. Arrangements for this circuit tour.are now being made, the details of which will be an-_ nounced later. _ 50 YEARS AGO. From. the Jan. 4, 1933, issue of The Review ; ; The Sidney Lumber Co.- Limited, which’ “has been. in continuous operation for many years, closed down’ at the end of the year. The miil was closed a short time before Christmas but the planer kept in operation until — the end of last week. The local mill is one of the last “to close on. the sland, having kept going when many of the major mills were closed. The office will be kept open for business as. usual and the retail yard is ready to serve you with any of your requirements in spite - of the fact that the mill is not operating. The closing -of the mill throws “many. men out of work and ef- “fects: a large “majority of the families in our district who have — been employed there. for many. years. 40 YEARS AGO. From the Jan. 4, 1943, issue of | , ; The Review -Got your respirator? Over. 100. residents of the Sidney ARP area were. fitted” with respirators by: — = members: of the ARP and the. Sess Canadian. Red Cross C Ors . on 7 Le : Shy and Sunday last SON potential casualties oe 30YEARSAGO. obless: will likely:t Temain. SO, people) wall still g0 hungry’ af they; re - unemployment _ “pecedce. 2 roveranen : “move “upwards : ae From the Jan 1, 1953, issue of not. helped. oe aticles ” wear. out | or. have to be themselves. i early 1970s, rent increases tobe. The Review See “We urge” readers to. think in ‘terms of donating ‘odd items of replaced, and. impetuous | problems? 398 ~ modest” and Tents.” 10. be every, a No. air from Tete =e . dried. or canned food ona a fegular: basis to. a food bank to. be "purchases. will lead to a demand Unemployment is ‘expected to soMpetitive,. tage ale ‘atricia ay: established here. : -» for goods or services. and a remain at” historically high levels” - Overall, it is very. unlikely that lo oe ; 2 ' < : We Food left over from, donations at Christmas will s start up the modest. ae will, be un-. for most of the year. Unless there 1983 will be as bad as. 1982 and _ Only the remains ofthe marine food bank and with support from residents in the three penin- derway. _ 18 a Strong recovery, extra that by the end of the year we at ‘base. The majority of per- ~sula communities there will be help for the ones s who need it in rude “Nevertheless, we have been. workers are simply, not needed. _ should be better off than we arc sonnel “have: been posted - the months ahead. : a “Severely shocked by this recession Consequently, wage increases are at the beginning of the year: Let's. elsewhere, in ‘Canada. The Storage. space has'been ‘donated pul final détails have yet to: and) the consumer will be a expected 10 be small and com- ‘remainder ‘of the. men will leave during the next two weeks, The Review was. informed. . . Since the” construction of the ‘airport in 1940, the air-sea rescue. “squadron has’ formed an im-» ‘portant part of the operations at ‘Patricia Bay. During the'l2 years of its operation it has played an “important part in the search for. crashed aircraft’ and has’ also: -comtribtited to the safety of» wivilians in the area..Its services “have been responsible for the’ saving of a. number of: lives’. : during. the past years. ca eae 20 YEARS AGO - From the, Jan. 9 ve, Review 7 1903, issue of of _ Poverty by. applying the: soci ic of $4,000.16, necessary, -youean > ~vrealized that they must decide’ on’ "borrow that money fram the ¢o- ea structure, for their, company. “scope bank which: iscibe tinancialene “of maximization of profits and, They turned to Don, Jose, the — backbone ofthe co-op network, the Marxist” teachings ‘of state oo village priest,’ whojrecommended “The: capital holding “reamiins ' collectivism. ee ei stot, AE AM Oye" adopt. a, CO" operative the, investor's property, Each cor “He opened a anal technical — Sirqeture, They followed - Ais. oop member , is paid aomonthly "4 school open to all local boys. The #4vice and it's been an incredible salary, the going rate for cach: 1 got numerous: phone’ calls, = indicating. a “Willingness aNd ss ‘eagerness ‘to’ serap the scurrent ‘system” and replace fib with 7 something alittle more cane. such | as, the. system, practised i in Austria ‘ and Germany, » Ay Mm. . These’ two, models, however: “-teiects" both the capitalist credo, Abe. : “Vietdria® seoming session, then the future. College “Act in’ : “ oh ah prade +13. classes Saanich. a 1 “school was. financed..by the. SUeess story ever since, particular job in the Basque: oe dna might” ‘be. work. ‘best in large . pCOPDOT A aoe cris) Sey a eea meee nem aaa people of Mondragon. Out of its: Today, there are more than 80 “eouritryy. The greater the job. 3 dia qi: a “structures, . but. there are other”. with an. ‘organization called: first” class, ‘about qn dozens. industrial. co-ops. in’ Mondragon responsibility, the higher. the "100 omar’ * ~ models suitable. for’ smaller © Global Village, a group that can. ' and graduates! went on 10! become thes surrounding. Basque oosalary, but the highest-paid never COUNTEY, all based on the original oy businesses, One: such: mode) Jias: sinell a good idea om: miles & a frome n “engineers and five of these were 10 VEARS A AGO” ne : “pets more than three times the A : been in existence in Spain since’) away. oo tee pla k whe — ULGOR: model, AM are: labor | owes, oo o From the Jan, 3, 1973, nse of (1986 and it’s thriving, thank you, 0 Mondragon: is a small town in I : lo ee a ey role. in: nat intensive and some aye very large, “TL the co-op: iain a lose, Ww: us The Review: , - Let me introduce you to the > Spain's Basque country, a town [OU ONE ay eee eee ~ indeed, f “oper vent is absorbed by the co: Emerg ney measures were _Mondragon Experiment. AS. whieh | in 1956 pave birth: to what The, five. worked ina “inetal The rial ULGOR, which op's collective reserves, but the “taken by Sidney council Wed cexperiments go, this one's right) is perhaps the world’s “most fact tory and, in ‘accordance with | tari ied it all, now: has” 44) halanee is taken from tbe cnesd ay hoe guard “against © soup there with sliced bread and — successful CO “oper ative venture, Don Jose's teachings, they. asked. workers: i six factories. Isis 8 members” -enpital holdings: The tepelition ah sewage. backup m Alexander Graham | Bell's first. 9° talk about coe Now when we, management 107 aps here, those trained i intheding degree of worker “introduce a Spain's Jargest: manufacturer. of “Gor aa atargc stake inthe, oeoowhich rained Christmas Day. for. participation, . Nousehald appliances... scab = DNS omen they tithe many Sidney residents, [ telephone. call. IVs. been, moment, attention. by David. “Weston of Nan MO, Weston, ‘is. WOOP" # Fue fngiast eae tiveng el ie . “phighomenally successful cee ATL wl Ligdit Wing, politign,. will, Managers fiiacd,, SWYU ULGOWS.. A production aakse seth ca Wray: Fi Cooke, 102 ts “The: Mondragon Experiment, ‘invariably smell drat and spedk such a move: would usurp, the includes 200,000 © refrig gerators, But. ‘years in: whieh the. cat “opt Resthaven,, was one’ of about SO 3 which: 1 will explain fully inva darkly of scclalisna,: Let me. set tights of shareholders, — 100,000° washing machines, .haye lost money: have. been rare, Homeowners who: spent the: wan” brought Tala my cara vey errant hte: The’ Mondragon: The five quit their johe and anne’ their, own factory,’ IThe « _ Slarbeup, Fania, was, “taised by 396 P00 te cr hoaliday. saunchine the flow: of» _ Se ane | inta > his bathtub’ and Vhrough: drain outlets, “ one well ne rs. Other Iisautunvommon foto aiginbs). 10 retire with a good pension plan aS oe Continued on Pake AS. : | Baperiment. has. nothing to do’ with poctalisny, fr alee steers clear in olved: a