Versatile workers accept offer UNIONIZED workers at Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc.*s North Vancouver yard have voted 72 per cent to accept the latest two-year contract offer from the company. The agreement, which ended a three-week strike at the shipyard, calls for an initial 3.0 per cent wage increase retroactive to Sept. 1, 1989 und subsequent 4.0 per cent increases Sept. 1, 1990 and March 1, 1991. It will raise the base journeyman’s wage from the current $19.20 per hour to $22.42 per hour by the Aug. 31, 1991 expiration of the contract. The base laborer’s rate will go from $17.51 per hour to $20.44 per hour over the same period. In addition to the wage increases, the contract provides for an extension of seniority benefits, the provision for severance pay in the event that the North Vancouver yard is closed and an agree- ment on the implementation of work-force flexibility. Versatile’s workers at its Victoria yard had voted 80 per cent on Dec. 19 to accept a previous offer, but union Jeaders in North Vancouver were not satisfied with the final wording of the agree- ment and had recommended rejection. Both yards will now be covered by the same contract, which was worked out with the help of mediator Vince Ready. Plug pulled on studio bash THE ROCK won't be rolling after all this New Year’s Eve at North Shore Studios. Event organizer Zee Batal had to pull the plug Wednesday on a party headlined by Vancouver rocker Colin James. The guitarist will instead be added to a six-act New Year's Eve show slated for the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. North Vancouver City Council, upset by the prospect of zoning violations, had threatentd to impose fines of up to $2,000 if the North Shore Studios bush went ahead. North Vancouver show promoter Zee Batel had vowed last week to go ahead with the par- ty, but he wasn’t granted a liquor licence for the event. Said David Frinton, the promoter of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre show, ‘‘Our deal is that we're honoring the complimentary tickets he (Batel) gave away. The rest have to be refunded at point of purchase.”’ To press time Friday there were approximately 2,000 unsold tickets available of a total 10,000 tickets for the Vancouver show, which is headlined by Kim Mitchell. Few of the 1,000 tickets available for the local show were sold. Promoter Batal, the op2rator of Sunset Caterers, invested $40,000 of his own money in the event. WV cinema to reopen WEST Vancouver’s Odeon Theatre could reopen by Jan. 5 as a result of the tentative contract agreement reached this week be- tween B.C. theatres and unionized theatre ticket takers, candy counter clerks and ushers represented by the B.C. Government Employees Union (BCGEU). The theatre has been closed since the Oct. 11 lockout of union- ized projectionists at 42 cinemas around B.C. Projectionists accepted a new five-year contract earlier this month, but the strike-lockout of BCGEU workers continued at 16 theatres. West Vancouver’s Odeon was the only cinema that remained closed during the entire labor dispute. The new tentative three-year agreement between B.C. cinemas and its BCCEU workers provides for hourly wage increases of 30 cents in its first year and subsequent hourly raises of 30 cents and 20 cents, respectively, in its last two years. The current wage rate for BCGEU werkers at B.C. cinemas ranges from $6.44 to $7.83 per hour. . Theatre representative John Nixon said Friday the West Van- couver Odeon could be open by Jan. 5, depending on how soon the BCGEU catifies the tentative agreement. § ~ Sunday, December 31, 1989 - North Shore News Penguins to plunge Jan. 1 come in costume. Registration takes place at 1:30 p.m. “It’s a great fun event, the em- phasis is on plunging,’’ said Penguin Plunge Club president Mervyn Ovesen. ‘‘Jump in and get over 300 spectators. For further information about the Penguin Plunge call recCentre Ron Andrews at 929-7314. THE POLAR bears may reign at English Bay but there will be plen- ty of brave — or foolhardy — penguins taking to the waters off Deep Cove on New Year's Day. The eighth annual Penguin Plunge takes place at 2 p.m. on out fast.” Monday, Jan. 1 in Panorama The event started in 1983 as a Park. titual among a few friends and has continued as an annual event. 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