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INDEPENDENT CANADIAN Transit Union
leader Colin Kelly will announce the next phase of

the union’s ‘‘un-strike’’ against the Metro Transit
Operating Company today.

And, at the same time, Kel-
ly has issued a warning to
drivers that he expects the
company to lock drivers out
sometime within the next two
weeks.

Kelly made the comments
following Wednesday's half.
hour shut-down of the bls
system in North Vancouver
and throughout most of the

Greater Vancouver areca

The half-hour work stop-
page, during which drivers
pulled their vehicles to side of
the road, was the first disrup-
tion of the service since the
union launched tts actions
aimed at winning ai new
contract.

There was no indication to
press time what today's an-
nouncement would contain

but it is unlikely that it would
involve shutting down the
system.

Kelly also indicated that he
would not be announcing
that drivers would not collect
fares from bus riders,
something the union has
threatened to do

Actions taken by unton
members so far — including
drivers’ refusal to wear
uniforms, limiting the
Number of over-time hours
drivers and maintenance
employees will work and
refusing to carry out jobs

an t

ay

described as management
functions — appear to have
had littl effect on the
situation.

Contract talks, aimed at
replacing the agreement that
expired in March, 1983, were
reported to have broken off
Thursday “

The umon Maintains that
neither moncy nor length of
contract is af tissue in the
dispute but that tt is fighting
attempts by Metro Transit to
water down the collective
agreement by deleting ex-
isting clauses.

drivers
take
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