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“TRAINS STAND. IDLE » asin

» by B.C, Rail Workers in Nort

between here and Prince George. ‘Meanwhile, waterfront industries reel (EUsworth Dickson photo)

. North : Shore
aterfront industries.
™ oe assessing thelr

stocks. ‘and: wondering -

how. Jong ‘they could
‘with

as BC

met for. ‘hard
- talks: with
Friday
attempts to. get the
trains moving again.

_ President. ‘of the new
‘Pioneer. ‘Grain Terminal.
Doug ‘Larson says: “What
with the bridge’ out and now:
the ‘railway, it’s just killing
the North Shore.”
“BCR workers who set up
lines) at) North

am

their

‘of | ‘their : ‘wnion,
their ‘contract demands,
have ensured that no trains

have | run on the line this past

week, at

The site oti Raith Shore
industries: has been im-
mediate. and though

management is reluctant to:

talk in terms of layoffs,
things cannol continue’ as
they are without, a quick
neiteme tess
“The action ompounds the
difficulties that were already
being experienced since the
Second Narrows rail link was
knocked out in’ Cctober

Door on

when : a Japanese freighter. -

slammed into.the CN bridge

crossing. The BCR line has

been unusually busy | since...
then with the CN trains that.
have, been. ‘Yerouted along: it

to reath: ‘North’ ‘Shore a
_dustries.. ue :

“wemmstovD”

But the only cargo moving
to. the North Vancouver
terminals this week has been:
‘by limited barging and John
Mackay (of Vancouver
_ Wharves says of the rail
workers’ action:

, “tt has cut off one of the
last two lifelines we have and .
the effect is pretty drastic.”

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spoilage | of |

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| Industries running. low on ‘commodoties

“Vancouver; ‘Prince George :
and: other ‘locations on the”
‘line: without the sanctioning.
‘to, support

Preliminary talks
BCR employees began
Thursday .and BCR
spokesman Hugh Armstrong
refused to speculate Friday.
just when things might. be
back to normal or how close
‘the: dispute ‘was to: being,
resolved,

with

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‘He: ‘also - refrained from
* calling the picketing. wildcat |
action. The. union senvedk ade
‘hour strike . notice on the?
railway a. copple of ‘weeks.
earlier but later agtéed not
to halt work without. 48-
hours notice tO” revent..
per shable
‘shipments. ce

Director of customer
services: for Neptune: Ter-

nojhing ino moves : behtind the “plebet lines 5 set up under the blow which, ‘together with the crippling of the Second Narrows.’

Vancouver and at various other locations . train crossing, has put paid to any rail cargos, reaching the North Shore. -

minals Gunther Klinkow
says: “Nothing is moving | and
everything is: affected - from
coal to potash Pellets, !

“We didn't’ pet any traffic,
at all this week. ©. With the
bridge down and now,” BER,
we are shut off, aan

“We still have EY me;

.on the sido here. byt we’

_ Cleaning out and cannot: last.
Jong. .-We have one ship here’
now which) is Joading and
another one waiting 2 nd.we
“have: cargo for these but I
don’ t know, about atten that.”

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His frustration is, ‘tom
pounded by the fact that he’
has: shipments: which” ave
been held up en-route j

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