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_egislation forces end to costly waterfront shutdown of B.C. facilities

HE FEDERAL government tas legislated an end tea ngshoremen's strike thai as halted waterfront opera- tions in North Vancouver fand in 13 other B.C. ports ver the past two weeks.

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(Federal Human Resources Development Minister Lloyd Axworthy tabled legislation in ihe House of Commons on Tuesday to end the dispate that has cost the Vancouver Port an estimated $1 Million a day in lost business.

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The back-to-work legisladion will tike effect immediately after it has passed, which could be as early as today.

Both parties must agree on out- standing issues within 90 days, according to the legisladion.

Said B.C. Maritime Employers* Association (BOMEA) president Bob Wilds, “Obviously we are dis- appointed, We both Cunion and Management) worked really hard in the bargaining process. H's untfortu- fate that it’s boiled down to this.”

The Intemational Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (LW). which represents approsi- mately 3.590 workers, bunched a full-scale sirske on Jan. 27 after 16 months of negotiations failed to provide a contract settlement

between the two sides.

Money was the key issue in the dispute,

The ILWY base rate is currently S241 an hour.

The federal government recently uppointed a mediator to aid in negotiations during the strike.

But Wilds said that after lengthy mediation neither side could agree on the size of the wage increase.

Wilds said the BOMEA had offered a SE.80 increase over three years. The union had reduced its wage demand from a $2.75 increase toa S2.15 increase over three years,

The mediator had recommended a Sb.9S5 incredse.

Wilds said the union refused to consider the mediator’s recommien- dation, which resulted in

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Axworthy’s announcement of back- to-work legislation on Manday.

Wilds rejected a union represen- ative’s contention that the govern- ment was favoring the employers’ position in the dispute.

“Why would we bargain from October 1992 until now? ... | don't have any say in what the federal government has done. We hive bar- gained. we have atended every meeting,” said Wilds.

ILWUY Canadian area president Gordie Westrand was umivailable for comment to press time.

The ILWU*s Vancouver office said Westrand and other union offi- cials were ina lengthy meeting “trying to deal with Ottawa and feg- islution.”

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