PAY HEQUES for. North Shore nae!
House ‘employees were expected to have been .

uesday, or today at the latest, following
the arrival of provincial: ‘government funds earlier

ment day care rae pve are.

rived, enabling the cheques to
be issued.

The cheques will go to
employees five or six days
after they were due and after

employees. set up an. informa- .

tion picket at the Neighbor-

hood. House to spread word

-of their plight.

Because the Neighborhood

‘House is operating at the up- :

per limit of its bank over-

draft, pay. cheques could not
be written last Thursday

when they-were due.

The missed pay day was
the second so far this year for
the employees and is an in-
dication of: ‘financial Pro-

Botti the directors of the
House and. employees,
represented | by the .Service,
Office and* Retail Workers
Union of Canada (SOR-
WUC), agree, that the major
problem i is the deficit the ser-

at:
to -

| News, said that statements
' attributed to her in Sunday’s
News .about ‘the role of the
union inthe deficit were not
intended to imply the union
was at fault..

“The Aebt burden

»-felated to the’ “House’s first

negotiations ... was such

that the House has not been |

able: to. recover a break-even

hood“House in 19 land re-
cent cuts in government fun-

ding levels.
-Coustalin, in a letter to the

editor. that arrived too late |

Coustalin : wrote. .

“ty was not and ami tiot imply-
ing that SORWUC had acted
in an irresponsible manner or
was ‘at fault’ in the genera-
tion of these expenses.’
Coustalin has taken her

concerns over the ‘deficit to.

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North Vancouver.. “MLAs
rAngus Ree and Jack-.Davis.
She said it was a “‘very open
and productive”’ meeting but
that it doesn’t lodk like they
will be able to provide ‘‘any
long-term solutions” to the
House’s problems.

While Neighborhood

House employees have
received their latest pay che-
ques, the situation has not
appreciably improved. |

Coustalin says the board of

directors has made. a:-con-
tinued effort.to deal with the
deficit, but a leaflet distribu-

ted by the employees ‘Fhurs-

Point Atkinson -
Wednesday

wage increase. in ‘the:last two:
and a half years and say they
have been asked to. wait
another year before talking
about a wage increase. ~
“The Director’s : ‘position

' received a 12 percent (pay)

increase a year ago and the
Day Care director’s position
received a 10 per cent in-
crease in November, 1983,"’
according to the information

pamphlet.

yet ready
for Mews
on Friday

’
,

THERE’S A NEW reason for saying ‘‘Thank God,
it’s Friday’’ — the first issue of The News’ new Fri-
day edition hits the streets this week.

Friday morning, we're tak-
ing our first step toward full
daily publication, with a
feature and news packed
issue to round off your week
and get you ready for the
weekend.

Unlike the Wednesday and
Sunday cditions, the Friday
News won't be delivered to
your door It will instead be
available through a number
of vendor boxes and
newsstands. And if you find
them sold out, copics will
also. be available through
North Shore real estate of.
fices.

The newsstand price for
our Friday edition is a
bargain at 25 cents and we're
also dropping the price of our
Wednesday and Sunday edi-
tions, starting this Sunday, to
@ quarter.

The Friday paper will be
chock full of news, features
and opinions.

Along with the breaking
news stories of the week and
up-dates on continuing
issues, we'll have columnists
Bob Hunter and Doug Col-
lins providing their own uni-
que perspectives.

Inside the News, there'll
be heavy emphasis on the
entertainment § scene, the
North Shore business world
and the real estate picture,
with a feature home cach
issuc.

Behind it ail remains the
News’ tradition of service to
the North Shore and our
committment to provide the
best possible newspaper for
readers and advertisers.

So, get ready for Friday.