“Labour union. - Withesses..
Began their tes imony. Tues-:"
- dayi ata ‘labour relation board |
hearing © involving — ‘former
employees | of the “North:
Shore’ News.” ne

“The hearing i is . being held 7
by: the LRB_ inorder:to .

examine and rule on charges
of: ‘tunfairness’’ filed a
“the: twice-weekly mmunity

newspaper. by the Intern
“tional Typographers Unio .

"Specifically, 5 the Ls
_ alleges that four members o

the newspaper’s production. |: |

staff, laid off three months —
“ago, were victimized because
‘they: tried to join a union.

“Ina published ‘statement.
at the time the management’
of the News denied the union
- charge. wo thae

“company has, accused :West .

.. Vancouver “of empire’. build- ©
ing, and hinted that munici-.

- pal staff jhad already taken

action they were
council to approve.

asking.

_ The garbage can: teoversy'

“hit. council Monday when
 minicipal staff asked: for an-
additional .26 large garbage -
containers | for - commercial -
and - apartment ‘buildings. -
The municipality provides |

garbage service to all tax-

payers and charges commer-
ial customers $15. a ‘month.

“y think it is time the
municipality got. back. . to"
‘fiscal responsibility.and gave
the waste disposal ‘business _..
“to | somebody ’ who knows
what they are doing,’’ said
Lyle. Johnston, director. of ©
. Operations for Smithrite Dis-
‘posal Ltd. - Of, North —
/ Vancouver.

aq would ask. council to
reconsider their actions and
_drop this empire building.

~ Get off the ego trip that you

a “From good |
“sources we understand that .
‘these containers have been |
- bought anyway even before
‘this meeting was held.
tonight,”

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‘Highway. reported that there
‘wouldn’t be. any. significant
impact and the: ‘municipality
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“larger. staff - = ~ not. in saving -

the: taxpayers money.” 5

iit doesn’ 't-make ‘sense.”’ ann

Johnston’s | chief objection

was the cost to taxpayers for

‘subsidizing garbage. removal -
for commercial enterprise. ©
He maintains that Smithrite
can do it cheaper than the
municipality and the’ com-
“mercial customer would’ pay ©

fori it instead of the taxpayer.

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caused automatic transmis-—
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manifold and burst | into

flames, Monday © afternoon, .
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ae a total staff of about 50; is not,
a: unionized, operation.

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~ lished statement, “said sever-
; | al'production employees who
‘overall: ‘reorganization: ‘which:
“ad! been: made. essential.
because of. declining produc- 4t
tion. department * efficiency.”
coupled.
ith increasing production —

Apparently ‘some . West a
Van Citizens couldn’ 't believe
their eyes when an economic.
‘| impact: study on ‘development

above the. Upper. Levels.

‘McCallum - of ‘Price - Water-"

personally at
council meeting. .

“same and the. wording of the :
_ report h has. not t changed. .

; ‘suggest
“that: . you ‘don’t -know the

me containers to” put. us out. of:
“business. you “are in.

a business |
“money,’

out. that ‘the — municipality

' financial ~~ eollects_ _ garbage” from: ail.

tain classes of taxpayers by.
not picking up garbage: from:

“When I'see ‘you ‘dumping
somebody’ Ss. garbage. for $15.
‘a month when: the container |.
-alone:costs:you $22 a ‘month,

_Mayor asked. .

oo cipal staff should. meet. with:

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‘The News, which ‘employs

management,

Organizers - of. a a. "Victoria - ‘participants a are. ‘called upon : with: the ‘opening the follow- oe

. Day: protest demonstration to“ carry out’ a non-violent _ ing day of the UN Conference | ace

% es aiid application. for: against construction of. the occupation of the base ‘‘... on Disarmament. ine New | ie oeraerae

- membership | remained a ucle until their demands are met | York. Syed Be
at work after the layoffs. es eo

_ base < at Bangor, ~ Wash.,

‘or they are arrested.”

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| ‘claim that it is. shaping up as At earlier ‘demonstration: won cod
Jast up to. » four. aatye sone. of: ‘the : arge: _demon- ‘Bangor. “last | _ August ’ “the self-styled: ““May.22nd eS
continues. 2 7 iSO ever heid | 4 itracted 2,000 participants, Coalition”’ are: | Pacific: Life ea
“some: 500 of whom commit- , Community, . .. Greenpeace, ©
ee =, ..ted civil disobedience by © The Friends (Quakers), Voice |
are Supporters of over’ a ‘dozen

‘occupying | the * ‘base ~ “site, of ‘Women, SPEC, the’ ‘War

“anti-nuclear “groups plan’ te

5 Organizers of that protest © Resisters .- “League, - Comox.
—_ hold an: all-night: candlelight say no arrests were made. Valley. and’ Fraser ‘Valley —
vigil

outside the — base,
. starting at sunset on Sunday, ©
May. 21. At ‘sunrise ‘May 22.

Nuclear. Protest branches
and. -inter-denominational — wien
religious. leaders.” aoe

This - weekend’s ‘demon
_ stration is. timed. to ‘coincide

“Council “invited | Mike
house’ Assoc." who prepared _
the study to give the findings.

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Mayor Peter Jc ones pointed _

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taxp payers. 7 |
“Should | we ‘penalize: cer-

commercial enterprises -‘and=
apartment” dwellings?” the:

- Council: ‘agreed that muni-. o

‘Smithrite ‘staff “to. compare
costing and then report back -§
before council _ a fF.

The three-yard metal con- |
tainers:cost $630 each. West
Van already. has 120 of them
‘plus. another» nine smaller.

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