sea LiL LAL JI a Mentill LM a sh dll Ll a a me a |) NN a eres Ut ta “eres Dandelions take root among jobless ys. Wednesday, May 14, 1986 eas and Price 40¢ Vol. 49, No. 18 PACIFIC — page 12 Si RIBUN BUILDING | TRADES Wi BUILDING ) YRADES cTHIKE 4} be Heat : *onstre Frost Insulators Local 118 members Larry Zalinko (|) and Steve Tu Ction site in downtown Vancouver Tuesday. aes bargaining council of the B.C. epan a Building Trades Council Rtio, Onday picketing selected con- lang, 7 Sites around the Lower Main- Cp Victoria following the refusal of tion Ction Labor Relations Associa- mang oder any movement from its ‘i for major cuts in Building Also Collective agreements. Were this week, CLRA contractors Unio ig nPleting a lockout vote and *Sociat, expect that the employers’ In " ©n could move next week to Of its 2 Ndustry-wide lockout as part Plan to terminate collective agree- ‘ments and impose unilaterally new wages and conditions. Building Trades set up picket lines at some of the most high-profile sites including the Bank of B.C. office tower in downtown Vancouver and the Anna- cis Island Bridge to get the maximum effect from strike action short of an industry-wide shutdown. After those projects are completed there is little con- struction work on the order books and the trades have been concerned that if negotiations drift, the major projects will be completed without new agreements being signed. ck picket outside the Bank of B.C. tower Meanwhile, CLRA is continuing to advance demands for contract conces- sions, including immediate wage cuts averaging $4 an hour, increases in the work week, changes to holidays and travel time provisions, the introduction of piece work and elimination of the hir- ing hall through employer-request hir- ing. Negotiators only returned to “big table” talks — involving all the trades — last week after three weeks of fruitless trade talks but it was clear shortly after see TRADES page 12 — page 3 — Meet calls CLC staff to account on policy — page 7 —