Members' In Crisis /
Weapons Inspection Team
Members In Crisis /
Weapons Inspection Team
wtv #105 (27.30 mins)
working TV #105 April 24 1998 � Slim Evans 1998 "Members In Crisis!:" a video produced
for the Hospital Employee' Union (HEU), which describes the crisis facing nearly 2,000 disabled health care workers on Long Term Disability or "LTD" pay. After years working in health care, taking care of others, many now have to get by on LTD pay that is less than welfare.
HEU member on LTD with drugs he takes daily for Leukemia. HEU Members supporting their brothers and sisters on disability. Also Campbell River HEU rally to support members on LTD and . . .
Citizen's Weapons Inspection Team
In February this year, the United States, along with support from Britain and Canada, was poised to launch military attacks against Iraq. It wanted to force President Hussein to allow UN weapons inspectors to search the country for "weapons of mass destruction".But wait a minute . . . the United States has one of the largest stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in the world - thousands of nuclear weapons. Isn't their criticism of Iraq more than a little bit hypocritical?
Libby Davies Nuclear Detonation To point out this contradiction, and to underscore the need to get rid of all weapons of mass destruction, a group of activists from Vancouver made headlines. They travelled south, across the border to one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world - the Trident submarine base at Bangor Washington, just a couple of hours from Vancouver. There, led by Libby Davies, Vancouver East's own NDP Member of Parliament, the Citizen's Weapons Inspection team requested access to the base to look for weapons of mass destruction.
Here is there story . . . excerpted from our regular weekly program broadcast April 24 this year, working TV #105.
Segment produced by Steve Staples.
Running time - approximately 6 minutes.
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