SIGNS of labor protest were all over the North Shore Monday as buses (above) and the SeaBus (right) were among local services behind picket lines. Monday's 24-hour general strike was staged by all the B.C. labor movement to protest the proposed legislation contained in Bill 19. BILLS 19, 20 PROTESTED Lives disrupted general strike hits WHILE such major North Shore iservices as Lions Gate Hospital, the Seabus and North and West Vancouver schools were behind general strike picket lines Monday, few incidents were reported. LGH president John Borthwick said close to 50 per cent of the hospital’s nearly 2,000 full and part-time staff did not show up for work, ‘‘but there were no real problems. We had to cut out elec-. tive surgery, but we handled all emergencies and everything else that was necessary.” : In all, he said about 20 cases of elective surgery had to be cancelled because of the strike. North Vancouver’s District 44 school superintendent Leo Mar- shall said 31 per cent of the district’s 800 teachers turned up for work while 15 per cent of the district’s 15,029 students attended classes. : Though Marshall said no major incidents had been reported to the school board office, Keith Lynn Secondary School. principal Tom Tupper said all locks at the school had been jammed with sticks and glue. Three of the school’s nine teachers eventually got into- the school. Eight students showed up for classes. In West Vancouver’s District 45, 38 per cent of the district’s 280 teachers taught 28 per cent of the district’s 5,095 students. District 45’s assistant superin- tendent of schools Doug Player said the school board offices had MINISTRY OF Environment enforcement officer’ Mark Hayden...“‘The (creek’s) environ- ment has been degraded by the ur- ban environment.”” By TIMOTHY RENSHAW ‘ - News Reporter received just two calls from con- cerned parents Monday. North Vancouver-based BC Rail ran at about 50 per cent capacity. Corporation spokesman Barrie Wall said non-train activities such as engineering and maintenance were most affected by the strike, but BC Rail’s main north and southbound passenger and freight trains operated. He said the overall demand for the railway’s services was reduced because lumber companies and other major customers were shut down by the strike. Tradesmen at Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. also joined Mon- day’s strike. Marine Workers and_ Boiler- makers Industrial Union -secre- tary-treasurer Bill Scott said none of the union’s members currently employed by Versatile worked at the yard Monday. A Versatile spokesman said none of the yard’s 361 unionized workers reported for work Mon- day. ICBC spokesman Pat Monk said operations at the corporation's North Vancouver claim centre NEWS pholo Terry Poters as were nearnormal, , Though she had no final figures . of how many employees had join- ed the strike, Monk said the number of ICBC union workers who showed up for work was greater than the number who did not. : The SeaBus was back in normal operation Tuesday. H.C. Transit spokesman George Stroppa said there were no sailings Monday. He added that the advance war- ning of Monday’s strike gave regu- lar SeaBus users a chance tc make alternative transportation plans. Monday’s 24-hour general strike was called to protest Bill 19, the Industrial Relations Reform Act. Scott. said the overall thrust of the bill threatened the future of unions in B.C. and‘ would, as it presently reads, bring about the extermination of B.C. unions within two years. The provincial government, which has agreed to 48 amend- ments to the original bill, filed a writ in B.C. Supreme Court Mon- day seeking an injunction to stop the B.C. Federation of Labour, the B.C. Teachers Federation, the B.C. Government Employees Union, the Hospital Employees Union, the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Independent Canadian Transit Union from advocating force to bring about government change. Education key to stopping From page 1 by small numbers of Lynn Creek coho salmon. Lynn Creek is an important en- vironment for both coho and steelhead trout. ‘Most of the’ North Shore’s creeks run into the area’s four ma- jor waterways: Lynn Creek, MacKay Creek and the Seymour and Capilano rivers. Hayden said the ministry, using such information pamphlets as Are You Killing Your Fish? has em- pollution barked on a campaign of educating the public on the dangers of dump- ing substances down storm drains and into area creeks. That education, Mathieson said, is long overdue. “You know there seems to be a cowboy economy here:. once this range is gone we can move on to the next. But this is the last one, there are no. more after this. | don’t want an aquarium to be the only place where | can take my kids to see live fish.” 3 - Wednesday, June 3, 1987 - North Shore News Oe ELINA NE ote er mere rarer NEWS photo Stuart Davis UNION PICKETS surrounded North Vancouver’s Sutherland Secondary School Monday as part of the 24-hour general strike organized by B.C. unions. In North Vancouver's District 44, 31 per cent of the school district’s teachers ignored the strike and turned up for work. INDEX Auto.............. 25 ‘Business........... 19 Classified Ads.......34 Doug Collins........ 9 Comics............ 32 Editorial Page....... 6 Bob Hunter,........ 4 Lifestyles .......... 21 Mailbox............ 7 Sports............. 15 TV Listings.........33 Weather:, Wednesday: and Thursday, mainly sunny. Highs near 23°C.