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‘April 11, 1986 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 80 pages 25¢

SHAW CABLE is stepping
up efforts (o stop vandalism
that management says has
plagued its offices since
January.

An ad, which ran Wednesday in
the News, offered a reward of
$2,500 for information Jeading to
the arrest and conviction of
anyone found guilty of causing
wilful damage to Shaw Cable
property.

Shaw's vice-president of opera-
tions Richard Morris said Wed-
nesday vandalism to company
property has increased in the last
month.

“We've had a lot of cut cables
and slashed tires on company
vehicles, and we’ve also had a lot
of nails driven into cables, which
have caused service outages in
North and West Vancouver.”’

He estimated Shaw has been the
target of about 20 separate acts of
vandalism since the company’s
head office was first picketed by
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers (IBEW) local 1003
on Jan. 10.

That picket line has since been

\ meu ' . ; honored by the 13 members of
D Dp rtme t- ‘qui kly a ich. Efi.. , : aa -§ IBEW local 213, who install
destroyed :the cargo box of a roofing’ truck ‘Thursda Pera se os ‘ fg cablevision lines for Shaw's North
‘ : ait “ftits : : Vancouver office.

: bo Ss ; : a Local 213 members have conse-
In-the P to, above, fi em: n prepare water hose i ee : HE squently Gzen out of work since
bri g the biaze, under. control, : snsing the: department’s mn : Boh i rn January. Their Kootenay counter-
min pump: “The truck (right -photo). was. ‘badly t burne ; i Te : “— parts have been on strike against
: : en . Shaw since Aug. 13, 1985, follow-
. : .§ ing the collapse of contract
negotiations over.a union demand
on , ae eee ° € : : ; to make Shaw’s Kootenay opera-

roofing com , ‘= paper 2 7 ; mee S tion a closed union shop.
back: f ‘the: truck. ‘The truck: full: ‘of tar‘and roofing |. ¥ | rire pe On April 1 and 2, local 213
was parked”in ‘the alley between West Se- 2 aon members occupied Shaw's North
ry. E “capi OL M §$Vancouver offices to back de-
; : : f mands for payment of holiday

: : . delibae’ pay.
apgrontmately 2 2:45 p.m. and the crew was on the scene. : SE 2 - North Vancouver RCMP bodily
within. twa to. Ahree minutes. 7 4 : OO a de ee aes f =6removed IBEW members from the
cog LOB, reed san * 7 we ; i, office on April 2, following a re-
_ . BE |: ; 3 quest from Shaw management,
on oon ; f a Bee 4 ne ‘ who maintain that, according to
PH OTOS fe yi : Bs: F j #Bsthe union’s contract, holiday pay is
pee pf a : w =6not due until June 30.

: , 7 1! Coen Neer’ eae 3 i But IBEW spokesman Keith
‘ff Morrison has said holiday pay is

‘ “BY. MIKE WAKEFIELD . v : | : - , B® due and payable when employees
" od ; , : Ses i . take holidays.

See Shaw
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