Page 4 - William H. "Bull" Marah - Still Fighting

ISSUE : Issue 72

Published by Ronald Caplan on 1997/6/1

all over. Now, the men liked this. They liked this what they call "contract work." But I didn't. And the reason I didn't like it (was) because the onus of responsibility was on the man. If he needed timber--and the company normally should supply him with timber--he'd have to go and run all over the place looking for timber, himself, without getting paid for it. Or, a chuck box or what have you. Because he might get caught in it halfway through, and he'd need to secure it before he could go on and get the rest of his coal. So the company, they didn't give a damn. Why should they care? Let him go fish for himself, eh? But when we went to the mechanization, and the true mechanization, and we eliminated the handloading--we eliminated the con- 1 tract work, too. The man went down on (shift work). So, if he didn't get four tons--if he didn't get two tons of coal-- (the company) still had to pay him his shift. So then it was up to them to make damn sure that everything was in working order. Do you understand? That the boxes were there, that the machinery was in APPLE Auto Glass SERVICE DIRECTORY • Windshields - Mobile service at no extra charge • Windshield Repairs - Stone bruises etc. • Auto Upholstery • Vinyl Tops • Convertible Tops 'Sun Roofs • Trailer Hitches • Van Accessories • Rear Sliders • Running Boards • Mirrors • Plate Glass • Thermo Units 1-800-506-5665 |pH: 564-6141 FAX: 562-8115 45 Industrial Drive, Sydney 12 MONTHS INTEREST FREE I O.A.C. Located between Baddeck and Sydney on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 105) Overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes Seal Island Motel ' and Dining Room '''' (Licensed) '''??'B Seafood Our Specialty 7 TOUR BUSES WELCOME 46 Modern Units Swimming Pool Air Conditioning PHONE (902) 674-2418 TOLL FREE 1-888-732-5475 FAX (902) 674-2068 WINNER Industnal Cape Breton Board of Trade Business Excellence Award " Tourism Category ' BIN and Sadie Marsh, when they were courting good working order. Because he was going to get paid anyway. (I see. And a shift would be....) Eight- Country Living at the Seal Island Bridge hour day--he'd get paid eight hours at a certain rate. So this is what I did. I brought it into this area. Where it was mechanization. And where the work was easy, you know. And it wasn't difficult. Then they could live like human beings instead of living like ani? mals. You've got to go to bed at 9 o'clock in the night, like a fighter--every night-- in order to be able to load that coal the next day. Otherwise, you wouldn't be physi- TOBACCO THE FACTS Tobacco legal, but lethal (NC) • Tobacco is legal, but it is also addictive and lethal. There are about seven million smokers in Canada. More than 40,000 Canadians die each year from the effects of tobacco use, and 85% of new smokers start before the age of 16 years. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death and disease in Canada. t is estimated that smoking prematurely kills three times more Canadians than car accidents, suicides, drug abuse, murder and AIDS combined. In 1991, smoking-related deaths accounted for about 62 per cent of the overall increase in deaths from 1989. The economic and health care costs of smoking to Canadian Society is estimated at $15 billion a year. Source: Health Canada fiato Motion LIMITED VALARIE J. SAMPSON, B.B.A., Communications Consultant HEAD OFFICE: 32 Juniper Street Truro. N.S. B2N 5Z8 Bus 902-893-2288 Fax 902-897-2822 'Sprint Canada C.P.A. Authorized Agent HOME OFFICE: 2034 Highway 28 Sydney, N.S. B1N3H6 Tel 902-562-7661 Fax 902-539-3059 Make a Good First Impression! • Letterhead • Envelopes • Invoices ! • Business Cards • Reports • Price Lists • Newsletters • Manuals • Resumes • Purchase Orders • Menus • Flyers • Brochures • Tickets • Booklets • DESKTOP PUBLISHING- PRINTING 562-2122 < FAX: 562-7937 • 200 Charlotte St. (near Dorchester St.) • SYDNEY • CENTRES COAST TO COAST •

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