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September 28, 1988 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

Distribution 986-1337 56 pages 25¢

NEWS photo Terry Peters

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Amanda Niven holds up a favorite stamp from her collection. Amanda was at the first meeting of North Vancouver City
B Library’s junior stamp club. The club is for seven to 12 year olds and meets the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the library.

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osth Vancouver-based

Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. voted 89 per cent Tuesday

to strike.

No 72-hour strike notice bad
been issued to press Hime Tuesday
by the Joint Shipyard Conference
(SC), which represents the 23
unies umploved at Versat
Ne Vancouver and Victoria
van. oul further negotiating ses-
sions have been scheduled between
Versatile and the unions for this
week.

Contract offers from Versatile in

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

Seine Reporter

January and August were boul re
jected 96 per cent by the JSC. In
‘Tuesday's vote. 803 of 907 ballots
cust were in favor of stoke action.

Marine Workers and Boiler-
makers Industrial Umion  secre-

tars-treasurer Ball Scot sind Tires
day on ar agreements fad been
negotiated this vear between
unens and smatter local shipyards
“without the requirement of con:
eossiom:, Versatile is the only
holdout fookie for coneessions 7
Burt Versatile representatives hive
san the company needs union co
operation it Versatile is to remaut
competitive in che current depress:
ed shipbuilding market.

Versanle president David) Alsop
said) Tuesday's vote was at solid
mandate for unto negettators

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“and we cam onty hepe they exer-
cise that mandate wisely.”

Heosiad the companys cenmianed
confident of a nevotiaicd settle:
meot.

The upiens want a two-vear
SOMTTHEE WATE DO Wage ineredse in
the first year and it five per cent
increase in the second.

Versatile has offered a five-year
dead with a zero per cent meredase
soothe first year aud cheree per cent
raises in each ef the four subse-
quent years,

But JSC Fitz.

chairman Joha

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patrick has said unions should not
have fo shoulder the entire
eoonomic burden of the indtstry
changes caused by othe current
stagnation in world shipbuilding,

AN major issue in the negotiations
Sa Proposed (weo-tier ware system
thar would start semibs killed
and unskilled Bates,
tower than UALOP
mentbers currenths serch
Versatile.

The current contract expired
Aue. Al, 1O87 and cover. arpros
imately 1,260 Versatile oo piers.

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