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November 2, 1983 Newsroom 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

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NORTH SHORE PICKETING

Government employees close down services

NORTH SHORE residents are finding out how dependent they are on government services.

NEWS phote Eric Eggertson

iT SEEMS everyone ~ and everything — stocked up on liquor over the weekend and Monday in the face of the threatened provincial government employees strike. (Ac-

tually the three pictured above were picking up supplies for Hallowe'en parties Saturday.)

By MARK HAMILTO

The Monday midnight strike of B.C. Government Employees Union members has closed liquor stores, motor vehicle branches and other public service agencies.

As well, such facilities as courts, Ministry of Transpor- tation and Highways work- yards, land registry services and Human Resources of. fices have been closed or ringed with pickets that are hampering operations.

To press time Tuesday there was little reaction to the walkout and the uncertainty about future action by public employee labor groups

Negotiations between the government and the BCGEU are continuing despite the walkout but reports indicate the two sides are sull far apart on the terms of a new

agreement.

The next move in the strike appears up to the provincial government which will decide at a cabinet meeting today whether it will go ahead with the planned lay-off of 1,600 people.

Hanging over the entire stutahion is the threat that other public service groups will yoin the BCGEU strikers over the next two weeks.

Teachers and other educa- tion system employees are scehduled to walk off the job on Tuesday, Nov 8 Employees at Crown Cor porahions — including the North Shore's B.C Rail and !CBC headquarters would leave their yobs two days later and civic workers and (transit company employees would join the general strike on Monday, Nov 14° Hospital employees would be the last to leave their jobs, walking out on Friday, Nov 18

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