RATE Aah we hawe Canada’s Number One| Suburban Newspaper THE VOICE oF NORTH AND WES January 5, 1986 News 985-2131 A LONG simmering labor dispute at West Van- couver’s Beacon Hill Lodge is set to boil over. In a. decision Friday, the Labour Relations Board turned down an appeal by Beacon Hill Lodge management to have its Hospital Employees Union (HEU) ‘workers designated essential in the current dispute between the private .' Sospital and the B.C. Nurses Union (BCNU). Beacon Hill management launched the appeal follow- ing a Nov. 4 LRB ruling that designated the 110 Beacon Hilt HEU employees essen- tial ‘‘on the express condi- tion that no replacements (of the nurses) will be employed at Beacon Hill Lodge.” ‘ HEU employees provide all hospital services not per- formed by registered nurses. LOCKOUT PREVENTED The Original ruling effec- tively prevented any lockout of the private hospital's 22 BCNU members because the , LRB would not force HEU employees to cross BCNU picket lines and work alongside replacement workers that management had threatened to bring in. That ruling, management spokesman Richard Halliburton had said, was a bad one and discriminated aguinst the employer. In Friday's 22-page deci- sion, a three-man LRB panel concluded that, rather than have the board remain neutral in the dispute, ‘‘the employer would have the board act in a manner which directly and, powerfully ad- vances the employer's s inter- ests.” NEUTRALIZE STRIKE Ordering HEU members to work with replacements would neutralize the effect of a fegal strike to the employer, .the panel con- cluded. . Ns In their appeal, ‘counsel for Beacon Hill argued that services essential to public Wine to taste: 57T VANCOUVER Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 40 papes 25¢ safety went beyond the in- terests of either side in the dispute. Counsel for the HEU pointed out to the appeal panel that the employer forced the closure of what was an open picket line, by inside PAGE 23 threatening to engage niore paid replacements than those designated by the LRB. Counsel for the BCNU argued that the employers appeal application amounted tu asking the LRB to order BCNU members to work weights PAGE 25 nurses’ union would con- sider its next step following the reaction of the employer. Stephen Rinfret, spokesman for Beacon Hill Management, declined comment on the LRB deci- sion. - alongside ‘‘scabs"* BCNU spokesman Pat Van Horne said Friday the decision was ‘‘really the only one they could make. We are pleased but what we want is a contract." Van Horne. said the AN “ACT of vandalism’ has caused $20,000 dam-. ape to a crab dealer’s boat and has taken away the ’ Deep Cove man’s livelihood. Martin ‘Sonny’? Dobay is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the per- son who sunk his ‘‘unsinkable’’ $68,000 crab boat. The 28-foot Barkley Surge was deliberately cut free from its moorage in Deep Cove on or near Boxing Day night, Dobay told the News. It drifted into a neighbor's gangway, where it wedged itself, Dobay said. . : NEWS phote lan Smith MARTIN “Sonny” Dobay displays the now worthless starter motor that was damaged when his crab boat was released from its moorings in Deep Cove. BOAT SWAMPED “As the tide rose, Dobay said, the boat was swamped: ! When the tide ebbed, the Barkley Surge rolled onto its side dumping valuable gear and further damaging the boat's inte- rior and engine, he said. . Dobay said he has no insurance. He never even thought of getting insurance, he explained,.- because the Barkley Surge is: paid off, and with its sealed bulk heads, Dobay considered it unsinkable. “The only way it could sink is if was held down,” Dobay said, ‘which is exactly what happened.”’ PLANT CLOSED Dobay, who runs a crab processing plant and retail outlet on the Dollarton Highway, was forced to close down his crab processing plant and retail outlet after the incident. Now his crew and the employees at the processing plant are out of work for at least two weeks while the boat is being repaired, This comes after almost two weeks when the boat could not work due to heavy fog. “This down time is killing us,’’ Dobay said. The Vancouver Port Police are investigating the incident, but all they will confirm is that the boat was found upside ‘down, said Sgt. Gary Fotia.