RT September 11, 1991 64 pages TH AND WEST VANCOUVER Aes nei. Classifieds 986-6222 Two NV grain elevators behind PSAC picket lines STRIKING FEDERAL civil service employees have put most local federal facilities behi The job action has also idled North Vancouver's (wo grain ter- minals, where other unionized: workers are respecting the lines drawn in asphalt by Public Service Allianee of Canada (PSAC) picketers. PSAC pickets went up Sunday night at Pioneer Grain Terminal and at Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Said Ken Milligan, a grain in- spector picketing at Pioneer Grain Terminal Monday afternoon, **The Jongshoremen and all of the elevator operators have = stayed out.” The two locai terminals employ about 240 people combined and ship grain for export to world markets. Other local operations affected by the PSAC strike include: © a Canada Employment Centre at 15th Street and Lonsdale Avenue; « Environment Canada Conserva- tion and Protection headquarters; e Parks Canada and Transport Canada ship safety offices on Esplanade in North Vancouver; ® three laboratory sites (Conserva- tion and Protection labs in North and West Vancouver and a Department of Fisheries and Oceans lab in West Vancouver); #the Capilano River fish hatch- ery. The federal jab in West Van- couver is also the temporary home of the Canadian Coast Guard operation formerly based in Kit- silano. But said Jim Schellenberg, of- ficer in charge at the West Van- couver coast guard base, ‘*We’re essential service. We're designated employees and the Fisheries and Oceans people here are being very nice and letting us continue with our operation.’’ Dave Walker, PSAC strike area coordinator for North and West Vancouver, Squamish and Sechelt, said a Health and Welfare Canada old age security office on nd picket lines. By Michael Becker News Reporter Esplanade in North Vancouver, and the West Vancouver Kapilano 100 building, home to the Cana- dian Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services regional marine traffic control centre, are not being picketed. But said Walker of the federal marine traffic control workers, “They’re designated essential to the safety and security of the country. And we have not at this point escalated that to (be includ- ed in) our position on the North Shore. That certainly is an op- tion.”” Walker said approximately 200 PSAC members work on the North Shore. Their employer, the federal government, is offering civil ser- vants no wage increase this year and 3% wage increases over the following two years. The union wants a wage in- crease this year and increased job security. The average annual salary for a unionized civil service employee is $30,000. There are 10,000 public service workers in B.C. Walker anticipates a lengthy strike. ‘*There is a tremendous amount of anger. We have people who swore they would never go out on strike,’ he said. ‘What's been growing now is the anger and the contempt they hold for their employer, who seems to hold them in contempt... Even Michael Wilson, who in- troduced this 0-3-3 as a preface to the budget in the house, dropped tight into an enshrined negotiating process. And he said this is what you get and if you don’t like it we'll legislate you back. And if See Approx. page & a a TS Index GE Business ...... @ EcoUpdate ....... @ Lifestyles... 020.0... @ North Shore Now a Dr. Ruth BTV Listings .. @ What's Going On Weather Thursday. cloudy with showers, Friday. sunny with cloudy periods. Highs 19°C. Lows 10°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 WEDNESDAY NV world beaters Ancient Cultures Now spotlight: 26 Office, Editorial 985-2131 Display Advertising 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 25¢ PUBLIC SERVICE =| ALLIANCE - on ” a vlan! a, a PUBLIC SERVICE EL BALANCE NEWS photo Neit Lucente On the line PSAC MEMBERS (left to right) Daye Coates, Ken Milligan (both grain inspectors) and Richard Baziuk (grain weigher) picket Pioneer Grain Terminal on Monday morning. The picketing put a stop to ail work on the site.