the animals were tranquilized and removed — to be released to safety in the Abbotsford area. Wednesday. October 31. 1990 - North Shore News Irban deer NEWS photos Terry Peters NORTH SHORE conserva- tion officers received calls last Thursday about two deer being seen in the Lonsdale and Queens area of North Vancouver. Later that afternoan, the animals were located at 13th Street and Chester- field Avenue where they wandered east and crossed Lonsdale Avenue at 12th Street. BC Rail management to appeal court ruling Locally-based crown corporation TWO OF seven BC Rail unions that have convinced the B.C. Supreme Court to exclude them from a recent con- tract settlement with the North Vancouver-based Crown Corporation say they hope to return to the bargaining tabie. But BC Rail management says the company will return to the courts, not the bargaining table, to appeal the decision handed down Friday by B.C. Supreme Court Mr. Justice Howard Callaghan. The court’s decision has allowed the United Transportation Union (UTU) and Local 170 of the Plumbers Pipefitters and Steam- fitters Union to opt out of a con- tract settlement worked oul Sept. 24 by industrial inquiry commis- sioner Vince Ready between BC Rail and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU). The CTU represents all seven \ oe NORTH Shore Young Greens member Irwin Oostindie group ready for more protests. By Surj Rattan News Reporter BC Rail unions and 1,700 BC Rail employees. Ready’s settlement ended a 25- day strike by the CTU at BC Rail. CTU members voted 755 to 646 to accept the deal. Shortly after the contract was ratified, the plumbers’ union and the UTU challenged the deal in B.C. Supreme Court. The two unions had put six arguments before Justice Callaghan on why they should not be bound by the contract. One of gues back to ccurt not back to bargaining table the unions’ arguments was that Ready had no jurisdiction in tak- ing veto powers away from the two unions. In his written report to the CTU and BC Rail, Ready wrote: “I do not support their (CTU) contention that every initial con- tracting-out decision must be ap- proved by a union-managemem committee or a third party. Any such process would unduly restrict the railway's residual right to manage operations.’* UTU spokesman Brian Gleeson said, ‘‘We were not surprised (at the court decision). We had ex- pected it. We've invited the railway to negotiate with us, and we're waiting to hear back from them. We're hoping they will do that."* He added that the two unions are not planning any job action at this point. 44 We've invited the railway to negotiate with us, and we're waiting to hear back from them. 99 UTU spokesman Brian Gieeson Gleeson said he didn’t think the other five unions, which accepted Ready's recommendations, would be upset by the two unions’ deci- sion to opt out of the contract. But BC Rail vice-president 2nd chief negotiator Brian Foley said Friday’s court decision came as a surprise to the company. “The railway believes that Judge Callaghan’s conclusions are inconsistent with the rationale for the existence of a Council of Trade Unions.”’ Foley said BC Rail will appeal the decision. The CTU was created in 1978 by the Labor Relations Board and was granted the power to negoti- ate on behalf of all seven BC Rail unions. Foley said Justice Callaghan’s decision may have an impact on the CTU's future negotiating powers. In handing down his decision, Sustice Callaghan said Ready’s settlement and the ratification vote has ‘'no legal effect on the petitioning unions or their members employed by BC Rail.’’ The 25-day strike, which cost BC Rail an estimated $600,000 a day in Jost revenues, caused severe economic hardship to several North Vancouver industries that rely on BC Rail service. Protester faces assault charge in McDonald’s fracas A NORTH Vancouver man faces an assault charge follow- ing a protest Sunday in West Vancouver against the use of restaurant chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) food packaging. Twenty supporters of the North Shore Young Greens environmen- tal action group protested inside the West Vancouver McDonald's restaurant for half an hour Sun- day afternoon. The — protesters handed out information pamphlets and planted CFC warning stickers throughout the restaurant. North Shore Young Greens member Trwin Oustindie faces an assault charge alter a AfeDonatd's employee was bitten in the arm. in McDonald's By Michael Becker News Reporter Oostindie was carrying a banner bearing the McDonald's golden arch fogo with the word “MeDeath” written across it, Said Oostindie, 23, “h was holding that in the restaurant and a McDonald's manager lunged at me, grabbed me and grabbed the flag because he didi’t want the flag in the restaurant. So as soon as he assaulted me | reacted in self-defence. His arm was holding me, pulling me down and his arm was there.*' To press time, charges had not been laid against Oostindie, Said Oostindie, “It's mostly up to the West Van McDonald's — whether they are interested in proceeding with any charges. We can deliver a protest again at the same resturant.’ McDonald's, which is ag- gressively advertising itself! as an environmentally friendly corpora- tion, switched from) CEC-12 to HCFC-22 for use in its foum con- tainers. The burger chain plans to be “ozone friendly’? by the end of the year. But said Oostindie, ‘*For me, my direction is the consumption socicty aspect of fast food and their false advertising -—— their pamphlets are so damaging to real environmental work."" Last week the Young Creens had 45 people protest at the Lonsdale Avenue McDonald's. “We're proud to say that within 24 hours we can deliver protesters tocany McDonald’s on the North Shore.’ Oostindie said.