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reatens layoff reprisals

UPEt

TERRY LAVENDER

UNSPECIFIED further
action has been
threatened by the
Canadian Union of
Public Employees local
389 if North Vancouer
City council does not

recall 15 outside
workers laid off last
week. .

CUPE researcher Dave

Fairey told council before a
gallery filled to overflowing

with CUPE members and
supporters that the umeon
“intends to pursue the

matter to a conclusion that
we feel is necessary.” if the
layoffs are not rescinded.
Fairey did not say how the
unton would fight the
layoffs, but earher tn his
presentahon to council he
said city) workers who
participated ino a study
session March 16) only
returned to work because
they fel eounet would “rate
the necessary acthooas
required to immediately re
employ the 15 lard off men
Council voted to refer the

CUPE submission to a
finance committee meeting
March 28. Such a meeting
would normally be held
immediately after adoption
of minutes at the regularly
scheduled council meeting
on that day.

However, council might
decide to hold the finance
committee meeting in
camera. Alderman’ Ralph
Hall, who made the motion

to consider CUPE'’s  sub-
mission at the fiance
committee meeting.
reminded Mayor Jack
Loucks that he did not
Mention the words ‘in

camera” m the resolution.
Council and CUPE have
already met once to discuss
the layoffs, but Fairey said
that meeting “was something

less than the umon had
expected CUPE had
wanted reports. meeting
minutes and budget
documents relating to the
lay-offs, but council and

management staff were only
prepared to answer specific

questions. Faircy said im tits
presentabon Monday

Fairey said that for a
number of reasons the
uUMON was oppused to work

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shanng as an alternative to
the layoffs. The work
sharing program is ending tn
May: CUPE 1s opposed in
principle to the program.
and council “has not been
willing to provide a
guarantee of stable employ-
ment for the balance of
1983.”

He said CUPE already

agreed to a_work-sharing
program in effect by going
along with a reduction in
garbage collection crews
from three men to two.
“Council then demonstrated
its appreciation for the
union's co-operation by
contracting out garbage

collection and eliminating
eight City jobs.”

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Fairey said CUPE isn't
sure how long the layoffs will
be in effect — until the
middle or the end of June or
until the end of the year —
but he said the union's
financial analysis seems to
indicate they will last until
the end of 1983.

He proposed five alter-

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