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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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