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“About: 180 North Van-
couver . bus’ drivers and |
mechanics took a strike vote
Tuesday following a
breakdown in negotiations
between the union and the
Metro Transit Operating Co.

‘The remaining 2,200

Amalgamated Transit Union |

members throughout the
Lower . Mainland and
Vancouver Island were also
voting this week.

Voting results were not
available before press time.

West Vancouver bus
drivers have reached a

separate settlement with the
municipality..

Local 101-134 and iécal

109 (transit operators) ‘have
been without a contract
since March 31: The union
negotiating committee has
already rejected a company
wage increase offer of up to
18 per cent over two years.
They are. seeking about -18

: per cent in-one year. —

The. package ° offered

would give wage. increasés of

$1.10 an hour in 1981 and $1
an hour in 1982. Operators,
now earning $11.37 an hour,

. would. receive,a 9.7 per coat .
wage increase’ “this yéar-and

eight per -cent. in 1982.
Mechanics, ©
earning $13.48 an hour,

would get‘an eight per cent

increase this year and 6.8 per
cent next.

The ATU has applied | for
mediation.

Although the 45— West
Vancouver bus drivers are

members ofthe same union,

they have a different em-
ployer and-are entitled to a
separate collective
agreement, explained

IN_NORTH VANCOUVER CITY

- North Vancouver City
residents will get a chance
this fall to express their
views on Sunday shopping.
The City will hold a
referendum on the con-
troversial issue at the same

time as the municipal
elections in November, City
council decided Monday
night.

Council also decided to
discuss the issue of Sunday
shopping with North
Vancouver District and
West Vancouver to try to
come up with a coordinated
policy...

Since January 1 only >
certain types of stores —-~-

including pharmacies and
convenience stores — are
allowed to open on Sundays
and statutory holidays.
Municipalities have to hold

special referenda to allow

other stores to open on these

company which showed. 74
per cent of B.C. residents

want home improvement
stores exempt from the
legislation.

But Alderman Ralph Hall

days. a

Council’s. ‘move w:
sparked by a plea from the
management of a North
Vancouver home im- .:
provement store, which ~~

asked for a referendum to
allow such stores to remain

open.

Robert Molle,  vice-
president of Crown
Zellerbach, which owns

HomeTown on West Ist
Street, said Bill 56 (the
Sunday shopping: act)
discriminates against home
improvement stores, &s
garden supply stores are
allowed to stay open.
‘HomeTown did a quarter
of its business on Sundays
before the bill was passed
and many of these customers
have not come back, he said.
He cited a Gallup poll
,commissioned by his

Warning
saves

stores

Two West
stores were
when a. nearby

the buildings.

Vancouver
saved from
serious damage carly Friday
resident
spotted a fire at the back of

told Molle he was being —

discriminatory himself, as he
only. wanted home _ im-
provement stores added to
the list of stores allowed to
be open.

- presently

municipal — manager Terry *

Lester. °

But . ‘traditionally the
settlements are patterned
after the: MTOC agreement.

In the agreement signed last’

week, the transit workers
receive an interim 10 per
cent wage increase,
“knowing that the final
settlement will be beyond
that,” said Lester...

‘When the. negotiations

“across the water”. are
completed, West Van ATU
members will receive the
salary increase.

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“You'd

be allowed
Sunday, he added.

Hurry for best selection

of these big p

lants at

this. incredibly low
price...only 14. 99!

-Rubber Trees
-Hawaiian

Umbrella Trees
- Weeping Figs
-Dragon Trees

still be
discriminating against most
types of businesses,” said
Hall. Every merchant should
to open on

All - Wednesday, June 24, 1981 - North Shore News

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Specializing in:
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Shampoos & Sets
Color
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. ¢Oil Treatments
*Henna_..

1981 Day-Time Style

"Special 10% or

on all'services for
months of June & July

148W. 15th St., North’ Vancouver | a
Appointments 987-3516 :

Care Card" A
plantation ©

NDOOR PLANTS

1509 Lonsdale
Open Sunday 12-5
Open Saturday 10-6
Thursday&Friday 10-9

A West Vancouver Fire
Department spokesman said
an investigation is still
underway to determine what
started the fire in an 18 inch
gap separating the back of
buildings housing the
Christian Science Reading
Room and the Village Meat
Market on Marine Drive.

The spokesman said if
fire fighters had not arrived
when they did, there would
have been a very serious fire.

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