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Strike would be third of year in Vancouver Port

-A WAGE dispute between ‘Ports Canada police and the Canada. Ports: Corporation threatens to. lead to the third strike at the Port of Vancouver this year.

~By Ian Noble Business Reporter

“") The possibility of a. strike comes in the wake of work stop- pages by« port foremen and rail

“workers that shut port businesses in March.

‘We do not want to withdraw

.services but it is within the realm. .

‘of - possibility,” - said Ian , Whittington, the president of the Ports..Canada. Police Assuciation -for the Pacific region. Sit will definitely be the last : “option open to us,” ‘+’ Ports - Canada police have . vapproved strike: action if. it’s “deemed necessary, ‘Whittington . added. : “Whittington? said other union- fed workers who work on or in , ‘businesses related’ to the water- front would ‘honor police Picket dines. “That would shut down various entities .of~ the port,”, he said, “adding. he could not elaborate on which entities he meant. ‘ ‘ However, a strike is likely. a few months away. ’ Only .-after ~ conciliator: Bill Lewis books out and his report is iccepted by the federal minister of

labor, will the port police be in a _

position’: to strike, . Whittington

explained..." 1.

That process could take ‘four to

ix weeks, he added.’: an

we ‘Meanwhile, another meeting Lewis is scheduled: for May —

‘The’ two. sides are still far apart,

d Whittington.

In, all fairness: 10 both sides i can’t” be... more’ “Whittington: said,," calling. - Monday meeting “disappointing.”

Ports police are seeking wage:

parity with the. Lower Mainland’ Ss. ‘municipal’ police ~ ‘Whittington said,

On‘ their last :t ree-year con-..

Tract, | ports police made $47,100 ‘per'year, or 11.2% less'than their “municipal counterparts, he said.

» That works out to about $5,000 ; “per officer per year. “Ports police are also ‘asking for ‘retroactive pay, Whittington said.. -.. Before the’ 1992 contract, ports “police historically maintained wage parity, with Lower Mainland

municipal police, he said,

Shane. Foreman, Canada Ports Corporation’s assistant: vice presi- dent of corporate affairs, would not talk about the negotiations. .

“We are not going to negotiate through the press,” he said.

The Canada Ports Corporation is a federal Crown corporation that oversees ‘the operations of the Vancouver Port Corporation.

All 28 port police involved in the dispute work at the Port of Vancouver, Whittington said.

Ten years ago, 38 officers policed the port beat,

Ports police are not paid by tax- payers, but through revenue from shipping, he said.

Ports police perform the same functions as municipal police, including enforcing the’ criminal code and narcotics acts, Whittington said. i

They are also immigration offi- cers, enforce the Canada Shipping Act, and take part in Search and rescue work.

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