Back-to- work legisla tion ends CN shutdown LAID-OFF .WORKERS at North Shore port terminals are trickling back to work as CN trains resume deliveries of bulk commodities to the waterfront. By fan Noble sr neereese os mms ceeenac sete qeesarsornsns News Reporter The passage of buck-to-work leg- islation by Ottawa Sunday ‘spelled the end of a nine-day work stoppage by Canadian National Railways. With the promise rail workers would be back on the job Monday, Saskatchewan |. Wheat Pool, -Lynnterm and Pioneer Grain . Terminals recalled employees idled . ‘by the rail strikes and tockouts. Many terminals depend on deliv- teries by CN to bring bulk goods to . the North Shore. Those commodi- ties are. then’ shipped to Asian and other markets, Lynnterm ‘sales manager John Ellis ‘said. 25. workers would be .Tecalied and casual labor increased. ’. Regular service would resume at the terminal today, he added. Saskatchewan ‘Wheat Pool, ' which took advantage of the stop- page to perform an inventory count, called back .30 people laid off Friday. Pioneer Grain Terminal manager Gerry Skura said his terminal was calling 72 workers back to work for today. Labour Minister Lucienne Robillard echoed the concems of _local terminal executives when she announced the legislation passed Sungey: ro “We have an obligation to protect she Canadian economy as well as “our reputation as a reliable exporter of vital products,” she said. . ; ‘inthe short-term, Lynaterm's Ellis: said the stoppage would hit his company, but he did not know how hard. . “It's put a dent in our month, in our year,” he said. “ft's work you - don’t get back necessarily." But Ellis also casts an anxious eye to the future. He wonders how this stoppage and an earlier five-day strike and lockou‘ of Jongshore fore- men: will affect Port of Vancouver business down the road. . .“How long people will put up with an unreliable labor situation in “the port is question we don’t know the answer to but it greatly concems | ssthe best thing Pve ever ; done.” Ase you feeling: . Down ¥ © Discouraged - Unhappy A We'll work with ty foods. Hypnosis ed with counse Qor Services Include © Personalized Hypnosis Tape * Out of sorts im: ig can : help you lose weight naturally. NEWS photo Mike Waketleld CHARGE HAND Joe Febbraio checks a hopper as it unloads canola at Pioneer Grain Terminal in North Vancouver after Ottawa (ordered rail workers back to work. ~ us,” he said. When the trains began to rumble again at Lynnterm, the company was down to 20% of usual inventory for wood chips. ; “We have a lot of work to do to get caught up,” he said, Skura estimates Pioneer suffered $500,000 in losses during the nine- day rail stoppage. Laid-off workers lost tens of thousands of dollars and the compa- ‘ny had to: pay US$10,000 a day to some ships under a penalty clause. _ But, like others on the water- “front, Skura worries more about the future consequences of recent stop- pages. “I's very easy to switch the direction of grain,” he said. Due to the halt in grain trans- portation, seven vessels in port now wait. to be partially loaded by Pioneer. Although local. terminals . wel- comed the ’ back-to-work | order, upset railway workers voiced dis- pleasure about being forced back to their jobs. . “We are choked," said Jasper Brar, CN. Brotherhood — of Maintenance. of Way Employees B.C. general chairman, “but what can we do?” He said after 16 months of nego- tiation, workers. had’ the right to Sue Grant you, within the f aces ‘ou lead how. No diets * Effective Counselling Methods Daniel Ruticy, B. A. Cy CH. fos + Flexible Hours Over 15 years Experience Call now for your FREE consultation : strike. He listed the three main concerns of his union — the first to walk off the job March 18 — as job security, contracting out and the employer's wish to promote assistant foremen, foremen and machine operators on the basis of factors other than seniority. Under the back-to-work legisia- tion, the minister will establish a mediation-arbitration commission with representatives from labor, the company and government. Within 70 days of appointment, the commission must report to the minister “on the resolution of all matters,” stated a Human Resources Development Canada release. 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