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Ten ta ti ve
agreement
reached in

|labor dispute

A TENTATIVE settlement: was : “reached - ‘Wednesday :
night , inthe: labor dispute «, between) Teamsters. and
Lafarge Concrete that ‘has. ‘kept’ its North Shore ready-
mix plant shut down. for the past three’months.

a - Local 213 Teamsters voted 60,
pet cent to accept the com-

pany’ s two-year deal, which in-
-chudes no wage increase in the
first year, bin. a 40. cent per.
Jour, wage inchpase_ in the ses
feond.. . 2"
/. The yes vote came in spite of
the - union “executive’ ‘Ss. recom-
mendation to reject the offer.

“44s a big’ relief. for both

" sides,”” Lafarge spokesman Rod =

Ainsworth said Thursday. “"I'ma 7

i pleased it’s settled, but'I regre’
that it-took three months of.a’

© strike-lockout to effect: the set-
* tlement that: we wanted to. give:

originally." 29
, But Local 213 president ‘Don ©
"McGill said: that although . he

was pleased the union:member-**.
ship would be a able to return to.’
e Teamsters. ©

works: the: union “executive.

eee oe Lafarge * "ready-mix.
‘plants. March ‘M\after.contract:

negotiations collapsed::..

one-year contract “accepted
April 27 by 170, Ocean Cement” 7
Teamsters; ° ‘which. provided. a.
minimum.65 cent per hour wage.
increase, ‘had forced Lafirge. to”
relent.

Lafarge “nad™ wanted -the

. rollback, : Ainsworth . said in’

previous News stories, to bring
‘ompany © Teamster * in ~
line with those paid the union at!
other Lower Mainland, concrete

: companic¢s.

Under thei:

“which expired Dec. 3
Lafarge Teamsters were
- average. $17.50” per hour..rate’

compared ©'withethe S17.15%
average: hour! 1

f addition to the 40 cent per

‘hour’ wage: increase. inthe’, »3C-