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representatives . of the” 25-
member. Service, Office and
Retail. Workers. Union = of
Canada. (SORWUC) Wed-

strike notice: ‘Jan. 35. ‘,

"LOCKOUT SERVED

Maitagement returned the
strike notice. by’ serving | the

periods Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Highs to 6°.

Management “met “witiy

_ hesday” for~"the first time .
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NO STRIKE or lockout action is predicted in a
labor disputé at North Shore Neighbourhood
House, despite tense wage negotiations.

union 72-hour lockout

notice.

But despite the move,
-NSNH president John Lakes

said’ he does not ‘think there
will be any disruption of

. services as a result.

-“The lockout notice is-a
normal response when serv-
ed. with undated strike

A TRAGIC “accident occurred Tuesday / ‘night on Mount Seymour
- Parkway and Plymouth Drive. A sports’ car travelling east on Mt.

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notice,” said Lakes. ‘‘But
unless the union inflames the
situation there will be no
disruption of services. I

don’t think there will be a

strike.’”
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However, Lakes said he
thinks ‘the recent press
coverage surrounding. the
labor dispute may be hurting
the house.

“Already hundreds of

‘people have phoned (us

thinking ‘we were on strike,”’
Lakes said. ‘‘There is a false

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helping establish
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impression of what's going
on. There is no job action
now.””

Union bargaining repre-
sentative Joanne Hochu feels
the lockout notice is an at-
tempt to alarm the bargain-
ing uhit. :

NEW OFFER
As well as serving the
union with lockout: notice,
management made a new of-
fer to the union of a one-
year. contract with a- three

per cent’ wage
Hochu said.

‘increase,

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Management’s_ first offer
of two per cent in each of
two years was withdrawn

when the union’s ‘contract’

lapsed Dec. 31, 1985.
The union had originally

asked for a $200 per month’

across the board salary in-
crease.

MEET AGAIN

The two sides have agreed

to meet again Feb. 4 after

the union goes. over, the
house’s books and the com-
pany looks at how the union
came up with its wage de-

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mands and what are com-
parable rates in Vancouver.

Hochu claims the NSNH
local. is the lowest paid
among the union's: 15
bargaining units.

And while the union is be- |
ing allowed to look over the -
house’s books, management:

_ has refused to reveal its own
wages to the union, Hochu

said.

Hochu believes the refusal
is to avoid public scrutiny, °
as NSNH is funded through
public donations and’ the |
United Way.

A MAN remains: in in-.
tensive care at Lions

‘Gate Hospital after be-

ing removed. from: the
mangled remains of his
sports’ car Tuesday
evening.

The 1980 TR7, travelling.
east. on Mount) Seymour.
Parkway, slammed into a-
Metro Transit bus.

The bus was making a left
turn onto Plymouth’ Drive’
from the westbound lane of
Mount Seymour Pkwy.,
shortly after 8:30 p.m.

The car struck the side of
the bus and was partially
wedged underneath it, pinn-
ing the driver in his
automobile.

North Vancouver District
Fire Department used the
jaws of ]ife to extricate the
35-year-old man from the

ruins.

The TR7 driver sustained

serious injuries.

He and the bus driver,
who suffered minor injuries,
were taken. to Lions Gate

‘Hospital, but the three bus
: passengers escaped unscath-

ed.
Cause of the accident is
still under investigation, said

Seymour ‘yammed a westbound bus as it was turning right ento North Vancouver RCMP
Plymouth. The driver is in critical condition in Lions Gate Hospital. Cst. Alison Irons.