To deadline for today’s
issue there was no indication
that the Metro. Transit
Operating Company and the
Independent Canadian
Transit Union had budged
from their positions and
moved towards talking
about a settlement.

At issue is the inability of
the company and the union
to reach agreement on a new
contract to replace the one
that expired in March, 1983.

AS - Sunday, June 24, 1984 - North Shore News

IN TRANSIT STRIKE
Little evidence

of bus progress

COMMUTERS HAVE survived their first week
without buses amid increasing indication that
they'll have to get use to the car-pooling, hit-
ch-hiking, bicycling and walking.

By MARK HAMILTON

Discussions that have taken
place sporadically since then
have left the two sides at
loggerheads on a number of
issues.

As well as the issue of
wages, the two sides are in
disagreement over proposals
by the company to use more
part-time drivers during
peak ridership hours.

Rush hour traffic is con-
siderably heavier than
normal, the demand for
parking in most shopping
and business areas has in-
creased and the number of
people riding West Van-
couver’s blue buses, the only
ones still running, has in-
creased.

About the only good news
for the commuters at week's
end were indications that the
Lower Mainland’s on-again,
off-again gasoline price war
was coming back as prices
began to inch back into the

35-cent-a-litre range.
Find the sun
come

RAFTING
with

the River Runners 987-2958

Burned
with oil

A MINOR fire that left a
man with burns to his arm,
chest and face has prompted
North Wancouver City fire
officials to issue a warning
about grease and oil fires.

The man was burned while
trying to throw away a pan
of grease that had caught
fire.

Officials say don’t try to
move a pot if cooking oil
catches on fire. If possible
turn off the heat and
smother the flames. with
baking soda or with a lid.

If that’s not possible,
leave the fire alone and call
the fire department.

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