executive would now decide

vi Said h
. firmative Avge vote “was 55
per ci Appr onimately 200

on its immediate course of
“action.. -He . confirmed,
“however, that negotiations
with the municipality for a
“new contract had “not yet
been broken off.”

The association wants a
“gontract broadly similar to
“that being sought by striking

members of the Canadian
Union of Pubhc Employees
elsewhere in the Greater
Vancouver Regional District

“ee ‘including a wage increase

of the order of 30 per cent
and no withholding of pay
during the first two weeks of

‘, sickness.

‘Meanwhile, Municipal
‘Manager Terry Lester, chief,
“negotiator for the
“municipality, said =a
provincial government
mediator had already been
* appointed to intervene in
‘the dispute if necessary.

The mediator, - V.R.
Ready, would be called in,
said Lester, if the association
decided to withdraw from

direct negotiations following
the strike vote.

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ut Seep

“HOLD THAT FIRE A MOMENT, Guys: North Van District Fire Department's + Chiet Tralning Olticer Don Taraift
wonders just how he can fix the threaded fire hose connection to the truck's bayonet fitting, The new fitting adaptor
on the track is being experimented with by the fire department in an attempt to bring standardization to fire hose
connections, of which there are some 27 different threads currently in use across Canada. The District has been
chosen as'a test department to try the new non-thread couplings on a six-month trial and If the department likes
them there couplings may r eventaally he introduced across Canada. (Ian Smith photo)

yates

fe aN

INSTEAD OF
RAPID TRANSIT

. 2

third Vessel. is still: ‘ander
way, there are. tocal
concerns that nothing |
short. of a rapid ‘transit.
system for. the North
Shore will: do more. than

just play with the
problem.
' While the demands on the

North Shore transit .system
are ever increasing as the
area grows, and will be
further strained by the
completion of the Lonsdale
Quay and downtown trade

and convention’ centre
development, North Van's
bus system is already

strained to its optimum,

according to local transit
superintendent Brian Kelly.

CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

weather

SUNDAY:
Periods of rain,
remaining mild. .

MONDAY:
Little change.