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_egislation forces end to costly waterfront shutdown of B.C. facilities

HE FEDERAL government
tas legislated an end tea
ngshoremen's strike thai
as halted waterfront opera-
tions in North Vancouver
fand in 13 other B.C. ports
ver the past two weeks.

y Anna Marie D'Angelo
Vews Reporter

(Federal Human Resources
Development Minister Lloyd
Axworthy tabled legislation in ihe
House of Commons on Tuesday to
end the dispate that has cost the
Vancouver Port an estimated $1
Million a day in lost business.

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The back-to-work legisladion
will tike effect immediately after it
has passed, which could be as early
as today.

Both parties must agree on out-
standing issues within 90 days,
according to the legisladion.

Said B.C. Maritime Employers*
Association (BOMEA) president
Bob Wilds, “Obviously we are dis-
appointed, We both Cunion and
Management) worked really hard in
the bargaining process. H's untfortu-
fate that it’s boiled down to this.”

The Intemational Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union
(LW). which represents approsi-
mately 3.590 workers, bunched a
full-scale sirske on Jan. 27 after 16
months of negotiations failed to
provide a contract settlement

between the two sides.

Money was the key issue in the
dispute,

The ILWY base rate is currently
S241 an hour.

The federal government recently
uppointed a mediator to aid in
negotiations during the strike.

But Wilds said that after lengthy
mediation neither side could agree
on the size of the wage increase.

Wilds said the BOMEA had
offered a SE.80 increase over three
years. The union had reduced its
wage demand from a $2.75 increase
toa S2.15 increase over three years,

The mediator had recommended
a Sb.9S5 incredse.

Wilds said the union refused to
consider the mediator’s recommien-
dation, which resulted in

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Axworthy’s announcement of back-
to-work legislation on Manday.

Wilds rejected a union represen-
ative’s contention that the govern-
ment was favoring the employers’
position in the dispute.

“Why would we bargain from
October 1992 until now? ... | don't
have any say in what the federal
government has done. We hive bar-
gained. we have atended every
meeting,” said Wilds.

ILWUY Canadian area president
Gordie Westrand was umivailable
for comment to press time.

The ILWU*s Vancouver office
said Westrand and other union offi-
cials were ina lengthy meeting
“trying to deal with Ottawa and feg-
islution.”

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