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Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

Local 1 remains defiant.

Despite the backing of Pulp, Paper
and Woodworkers of Canada President
Stan Shewaga, Castlegar’s 325 union-
ized workers have rejected a two-year
deal that could bring the province-wide
pulp strike to an end.

Local 1 soundly defeated mediator
Vince Ready’s list of nonbinding recom-
mendations by a 77.2 per cent margin.

“It doesn’t really surprise me,” a
union spokesperson said following the
Tuesday evening vote. “(We) figure the
proposal was a slide downward. Except
for the preservation of the one stat holi-
day, it’s a money losing deal.”

The rejected package included a 40-
cent-an-hour increase in the first year
and a further 30-cent-an-hour increase
on May 1, 1993, followed by a 40 cent
hike on Nov. 1,1993. It also called for

tighter contract language, an improved
pension plan and the continuance of four
statutory holidays.

“It’s a money losing deal based on the
way the money was being distributed
over the two years,” the spokesperson
said. “Money was the most disturbing is-
sue. If we accepted it, we'd be no better
off than before.”

One of the first locals to walk off the
job site, Local 1 now has the distinction
of being the first to reject Ready’s rec-
ommendations. Local 1’s rejection vote
comes despite the deal’s approval from
the PPWC and the Canadian Paper-
workers Union,

Earlier Tuesday, Shewaga predicted
Ready’s package would be a tough sell to
B.C. 12,000 striking workers.

“No matter how you look at it, it’s a
modest agreement,” he said Tuesday af-
ternoon. “In terms of the four issues that
were out there, the only one that seems
to be missing is the monetary value. The
recommendation is only 10 cents above
what the pulp industry offered.

“There is still a lot of hard feelings out

there,” Shewaga continued. “Manage-
ment still doesn’t realize that workers
have worth.”

The two unions had been seeking
across-the-board increases of $2 per
hour.

Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations
Bureau President Eric Mitterndorfer
wouldn’t comment on Ready’s recom-
mendation when contacted Tuesday
morning. Instead, Mitterndorfer said
the industry still study the deal. PPIRB
will announce if it will adhere to Ready’s
recommendation Friday.

“Industry committees are talking to
our customers about the costs of Mr.
Ready’s recommendations right now,”
Mitterndorfer said. “We have to know
that before we can decide to accept it.”

Shewaga has his own hunch, though.

“Management in this province has a
history of shooting themselves in the
foot and making mistakes,” he said. “De-
spite that, I think they'll accept it.”

Castlegar’s pulp strike is in its 37th
day.

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