Saturday, June 6, 1992

NEWS STAFF

Air Canada travellers who
rely on discounted fares will be
looking at an increase in air-
fare the next time they fly.

Citing the “increased cost of
putting the air product togeth-
er’ airline spokesperson Denis
Chagnon said the fare hike
was necessary.

“The increase is to cover the
cost of doing business,” he said
from Montreal Thursday.

Chagnon said the carrier
introduced the increase in two
phases.

On May 12, he said the low-
er end of the discount fares
were raised, and on June 5 the
remaining portion of the dis-
count fares were raised, both

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to the tune of 4.5 per cent.

Chagnon acknowledged the
increase, but said it will only
apply to already discounted
tickets, not to business or full-
fare tickets.

“The increase to the con-
sumer is not that high,” he
said, adding that the new
price of a discounted ticket
from Montreal is Paris won't
differ much from 1977.

When asked about the air-
fare wars in the U.S. and how
Air Canada can raise prices at
such atime, Gagnon said they
are two different markets.

“It’s a desperation tactic to
survive,” he said. “Some of the
carriers have no choice but to
match fares.”

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@ OUR PEOPLE

With the help of a committee
made in heaven and chairman
who will never say rain, the
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PULP STRIKE FORCES CANCELATION OF SUNFEST REGATTA, PAGE 3 :

Wednesday

June 17, 1992

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the school year.

The award-winning Kinnaird Middle School Band delighted and entertained about 200 guests Thursday in their last concert of

New photo by Glen Freeman

Pulp industry pleads poor

Pulp bureau president claims
the best deal has been made

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

Hopes for a quick end to the province- -

wide pulp strike are fading.

Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations
Bureau President Eric Mitterndorfer
says the cupboards are bare and if the
two unions are holding out for more
money, they can forget it.

“We don’t give a final offer lightly,”
Mitterndorfer said. “(The pulp industry)
is uncompetitive and the deal that we
have offered is already stretched beyond
our means. It’s not the type of deal any
rational shareholder would make.”

The final offer called for a 30 cents per
hour increase in the first year of the two-
year deal, followed by a 70 cents per

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hour increase in the second year. The
management proposal also called for the
elimination of one statutory holiday. But
that deal was rejected outright Sunday
at 2 p.m: by an 80-member panel repre-
senting the two unions.

By 8:30 a.m. Monday, the B.C. pulp
industry came to a halt when the
province’s 12,000 unionized workers
walked off the job. In all, 19 mills were
shutdown Monday and PPWC Presi-
dent Stan Shewaga says they'll remain
closed unless management comes up
with a better offer.

“We're not going to accept 15 cents an
hour or 30 cents an hour,” Shewaga said
Tuesday. “No matter how they juggle the
figures, it still translates to a $1 increase
over two years and that’s not enough.”

Shewaga said the union is asking for

a $1.50 an hour raise over two years, plus
a better pension plan and tighter job se-
curity language..He said the union is also
demanding that management drop its re-
quest that one of four statutory holiday be
surrendered.

Shewaga said the unions have been
forced to take a stand, saying the last
agreement the two unions signed saw the
industry make millions with no return to
the workers.

“After we signed that agreement, the
profits soared and we didn’t get a share of
that. We know that industry has lost
money, but (pulp prices) have bottomed
out and it’s only going to go up again.”

The strike is the first of its kind for the
PPWC and CPW since a three-month dis-
ruption in 1975. In 1984, management
locked the two unions out for 10 weeks,

Both disputes were ended after the
provincial government stepped in.

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