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Show rw. rw 5, WEEKLV REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL.! NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JULY 30. 1961 Know The Weather Rising Demand For Nonunion Employees . A Babson's Reports Inc. statement of July 9, 1981 indicated that the persistent upward course in labor costs and the high rate of unemployment in many of the nations key industries is causing a marked reshuffling in the labor field. For instance, it is becoming easier all the time for nonunion and generally lower-pai- the greatest part of the joblessness in their segment of the economy has been caused by At its early stages as a source of power, nuclear energy was looked upon as the ultimate solution to the nations electric energy position, eliminating the need for reliance on coal, oil, and gas for generating fuels, low-wag- nonunion labor. Best according to the Research Department of Babsons Reports. HOWEVER, NUCLEAR power development today is a stagnant industry." No new reactors have been ordered since 1978, and many units ordered or under construction have been victims of cancellations or construction timetable extensions. In 1980, 16 nuclear reactors were cancelled and completion dates for 69 units were extended, some for as long as 48 months. It has been two years since the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a construction permit. esti- mates indicate that the proportion of the total done by open-sho9 contractors in was a mere 20 percent. At the present time, however, better than 60 percent of all construction business is in the hands of nonunion companies even though there may be some hiring of union subcontractors along the way. p 1968-196- AT THE basis of this situation is, of course, the fact that union wage rates have become so exaggeratedly high that it has been impossible for some building to be started at all. The pressure has become so great, in fact, that the open-sho- p firms are spreading in more and more cities. According to the analysts, the building trade unions still have a powerful grip on indus-- : try activities in a number of the larger metropolitan centers eluding Chicago, New York ;and Philadelphia. But even in THUS, IT would appear that the pace of nuclear power construction and development is on accounting now for only about ten percent of the countrys electric power requirements. In contrast, industrialized nations abroad have embraced nuclear power generation with fervor. By the end of the de ionists are making conside- News Service dead-cente- r, National Geographic rable headway, particularly ; where restrictions of various types (including the use of Baby leopard cats snatched from the wild and stuffed into cages to be sold at a Bangkok market. Exotic birds taken by the thousands from Australias coast and surrepetitiously boated to Singapore for sale. Rhinoceroses slain so their horns can be fashioned into dagger handles. All are victims of illicit wildlife trade. -- subcontractors) are (flexible enough to permit nonlabor advances. f ASSOCIATED Builders and Contractors represent appr- oximately 16,000 .merit shop1' or open firms. It should be noted that in areas flush with open shops, even trade the approximately lf $20 an hour in the paychecks of their American counterparts. cade France expects to obtain 75 percent of its requirements from the atom. residents bore the brunt of the experience, but since that time an extremely vocal group of has been on the warpath plaguing nuclear construction projects on a national basis. cent, but in 1980 was only 1.5 percent. While recent declines may be attributed to recessionary pressures, it is true that traditional power usage patterns may also be changing. Future development of nuclear power generation may hinge on several remedial factors: A curb on inflation and interest rates to allow more manageable costs. and financing by utilities; and a growing nuclear waste disposal problem which deserves prioritv anti-nuk- BRITAIN IS aiming at half of its needs from 20 new reactors by the centurys end; and although Sweden may phase out nuclear power in 20 to 30 years, it will maintain an active program until alternate energy sources are developed (e.g., solar). The Soviet Union, West Germany, and Japan also have nuclear power programs of substance. Undoubtedly the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island station of General Public Utilities is largely responsible for the near shut-of- f of licensing for nuclear plant start-up- s and full power operations. It was this accident that brought into focus the shortcomings in new plant operating procedures PROPONENTS for ongoing construction of nuclear power stations argue that this is the only means of countering the escalating costs of fuel charges on electric service from utilities. However, since its inception nuclear construction costs have soared, what o with the punch of -digit inflation and doubledigit interest rates. At present, while costs, regulatory pressures, and inefficiencies beset the nuclear power industry, there is also oil-fir- attention. ALSO, THREE Mile Island must be put to rights, removing an albatross from the neck of double- one-tw- the utility industry clean-u- power. ALSO, AS TIME passed after the TMI mishap, it became evident that even a nuclear accident is difficult and costly to repair, with considerable loss of interim revenues, in this case possibly to the brink of bankruptcy for General Public Utilities. Also, the effect upon public confidence from the TMI incident has been traumatic. Area IN 1976, percentage crease in demand was 6.3 may take as long as p seven years to accomplish. Solution of the foregoing problems, together with more rational licensing and operating procedures, should help the industry regain the stature that it enjoyed during the development period of the last decade. less urgency for electric and safety rules. this in- per- - And even with shipping outlays, Japanese car prices here are still lower than or at least matching the retail costs of U.S. autos. While auto sales are still falling, and are below the levels of a year ago, the wage rates of auto workers are some 60 percent higher than the average U.S. industrial wage. In the middle 1960s they were only 20 percent above the nations industrial average. MANY ECONOMIC observers are convinced that such soaring pay rates are entirely unrealistic during a period of overwhelming setbacks in production and sales. It has been pointed out many times that a number of our enterprises permit themselves to be priced out of world markets because of lack of restraint in terms of labor costs. It is easy to see why employers wherever possible prefer to take on open-sho- p employees rather than the elite workers whose hourly take has been pushed trim EVEN THE lizard-ski- n on the trendy boots in a chic New York store might be illeg- union- ists in the field are often forced to accept more moderate al, imported under false raises when their contracts expire or come up for reopening. permit. Illegal wildlife trade is big business, although the past decade has seen laws passed by many nations to restrict sales of endangered animals. Even the fact that automotive workers have long been mostly organized has not been able to prevent heavy job losses under the troubling conditions that have developed over the past few years. Industry officials are mainly agreed that WITH SOME tiger skins and birds going for $18,000 each, there are plenty of middlemen who will circumvent laws to VIKING For weather trends. Birds migrate at night as often as in the day- do. NEWLY-HATCHE- light. You can observe what native birds are present in your birds, left by their parents, often fly a thousand miles or more to their summer habitat location at various times and note a variance from year to year. Often their departures or arrival will give a clue to future weather. Its an interesting hobby in itself. joining their parents, even though they have never traveled the route before. "A Hide bit of Son Fronchco con be found at. the bedutiful Bratten's Cove in Bountiful" SUPERB SEAFOOD & STEAKS FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE nearly through the roof. Not for many years has the search for men and women willing to work for fair but not wildly excessive wages been so avid. Naturally, this is making it more difficult for unions to organize and to keep their clout. Mon. thru Thurs. 11 Fri. Soafood 11 and Sal A.M.-1- P.M. 0 Closed Sundavs 135 S. 300 Wd FHom Bountiful 295-23- according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. OFFICIALS estimate that for every 10 shipments of wild animals or their products that enter by proper channels, as many as four shipments enter illegally. Back-To-Scho- Grade Empire C Hen Turkeys The world might be a great deal better if some people were not so anxious to prevent anyone else from succeeding. Western Family Ripe Sugar Bananas s7?9 We often wonder whether the politicians believe the things they say one-ha- lf A man writes to ask who runs the average American home. 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Just as birds have an uncanny sense of direction, they sometimes know more about the coming weather than we Slaying Wildlife the strongholds the V one-ha- d MANAGEMENT IS of course, quick to encourage the e hiring of employees to help keep within reason labor costs that have been steadily on the rise at a brisk pace for several decades. Over the past 20 years, there has been a gradual but widespread increase in the share of the nations building done by .open-sho- p are highly paid in terms of their own economic standards, but they are receiving only about Nuclear Energy Mooli workers to compete successfully for available posts in or related to such industries as autos, steel, coal, and especially construction. : the relatively cheap labor in Japan. JAPANESE auto workers Likewise, birds will return to the same yard year after year from thousands of miles away. Can you tell anything about the weather by watching the flight and migration of birds? 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