ua Wednesday; June 10, 1992 m ON STRIKE The Pulp and Paperworkers of Canada have erected picket signs at the Celgar site. The union walked off the job Tuesday morning, prompting the mill to shutdown and neighboring Pope and Talbot sawmill to layoff as many as 200 workers. News photo by Jonathan Green Pope and Talbot forced to close @ Local sawmill’s hands tied as Celgar workers hit the picket lines Scott David Harrison EDITOR Pope and Talbot’s hands have been tied. Castlegar’s newest indus- try owner was forced to shut- down its sawmill at midnight Tuesday because of a labor walkout at nearby Celgar. “The timing couldn't -be worse,” Pope and Talbot resi- dent manager Bob Coutts said. Nor could it be worse for the sawmill’s 260 workers, who were off the job for five months before Pope and Talbot bought and reopened the Castlegar site on April 27. Pope and Talbot plans to keep 60 workers behind to continue work on the planner, . but another 200 will be issued layoff notices. “As time goes on (layoffs) will increase,” Coutts said. “We don’t have any alterna- tives right now.” Coutts said the Celgar shut- down leaves Pope and Talbot with no place to send its valued hog fuels and chips. As a result, he said the company can’t op- erate effectively. “We will contintue to run the planner as long as it is feasible to do so.” @ Wednesday, June t0, 1992: \ Se WEST KOOTENAY CAMERA CLUB 2nd Annual Photo Salon Suntfest Weekend “A competition open to all photographers* For entry forms and information CASTLEGAR: Vogue Studio, Driftwoods, The Picture Place, Kootenay Aviation NELSON: Vogue, Horizon 1 HR. 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Kristiansen slapped by NDP i Local MP has sitting with NDP leader after breaking party ranks Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Kootenay-West Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen has re- ceived a slap on the wrist from the leader of the NDP. Speaking to The News from Ottawa, Kristiansen said he was “invited by Audrey McLaughlin to discuss the im- portance of party unity.” Kristiansen announced his support Thursday of the fed- eral government’s plebiscite legislation, contr: to his party’s opposition of Bill C-81. McLaughlin says her party opposes the legislation, which would allow the government to hold non-binding referen- dums in any province, because it is open to interpretation and has loose spending limits. A report says Kristiansen, along with four other New De- mocrats, dropped the party line because he felt the legis- lation could assist the nation- al unity talks by exerting pres- sure on those provinces un- willing to agree on a constitu- tional deal. Kristiansen won't release the letter he received from McLaughlin, but says the re- sulting one-on-one discussion he had with her was worth- while. “She wanted to essentially express her concern over the importance of the image of -_party unity, especially in light of the constitutional talks,” he said. “It went fine.” The local MP says his posi- tion remains firm on Bill C-81. For theRECORD Expansion manager se eks court order Scott David Harrison EDITOR Rod Meares isn’t taking any chances. Concerned that the Pulp and Paperworkers of Canada Local 1 will picket the Celgar ex- pansion site, Meares has taken his fears to the Industrial Relations Council. “The contractors have been prepared for the eventuality of a strike,” Meares said. With that, Meares said contractors are ask- ing the IRC to issue a complaint application and statutory declaration prohibitng strike activity outside the construction site. The IRC is set to discuss the two requests Thursday at a special hearing in Vancouver. Meares said should the requests be ap- proved, a sealed court order with be issued to PPWC Local 1 the same day. “The order would prevent the union from impacting on work at the construction site and prohibit them from causing any loss of revenue through picket action,” he said. Tuesday’s walkout caused disruptions at the construction site when some construction workers chose not to return from their lunch breaks. ruption. Meares said by 4 p.m. only 100 of the 900 construction workers remained on the job. He explained that most workers secured equip- ment and tools before leaving the construction site to discuss strategy during the labor dis- Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER shutdown. Babaeff had no prediction on Loca | 1 Local 1 may have jumped the 5 gun. : MAPPING sree ee eas strike ‘eE strategy da Local 1 first vice-president Mike Babaeff said. At aclosed-door meeting Tues- day at the Royal Canadian Le- gion, some 200 striking members turned out to discuss strategy as B.C. braces for a full-scale pulp the length of the strike but did say if the companies involved in the dispute are sincere about con- trolling inventory then it could be a long one. Meanwhile, Babaeff says the workers will not receive any strike pay, saying the local union has no funds to-work with. He said any pay the workers may have received has been used up for operating expenses, wages and national union dues. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A FREE SEMINAR HEALTHY LIVING 1 In a recent survey, the top health concerns of Castlegar residents were clean air and clean water. Come and find out how you can have better air and drinking water in your own home — now. 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