2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 4, 1986 ints The Terrace tocal of the Tunnel and Rock Workers, representing three laborers, set up picket tines at the RCMP building construction site. Spokesman Bruce Ferguson (left) says the lines will stay until an agreement is signed between the unlon and Hegge Construction. Council report Summer hours of operation began for the District of Terrace June 2. Offices in the municipal hall and recreation centre will be open from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Public Works will operate from 7:30 am to 4 pm weekdays. The summer schedule will apply until August Members of the Ter- race municipal council have taken the initial step toward creating an organization to improve the appearance of the ci- ty. A successful motion by Ald. George Clark at the May 26 council meeting will authorize the Terrace Parks and Recreation Committee to investigate the establish- ment of a Terrace Beautification Society. Clark pointed out that the municipal budget will not allow for cosmetic projects in the near future, whereas a registered society formed for the purpose could have access to a variety of funding sources. ‘‘There is an interest to have the city beauti- fied,’’ Clark stated. ‘‘It would help economic development and make a favorable impression on visitors to the communi- ty. The key is to get the right kind of people in- volved.’’ He speculated that the proposed society could undertake projects such as tree planting, lit- ter clean-up and land- scaping of unattractive vistas such as the slope in front of the Terrace Arena. The latest flurry in a blizzard of paving re- quests settled on Terrace municipal council at the May 26 meeting. Peti- tions were received from property owners on Graham Ave. between Molitor -St. and Kenney St., and residents of the nearby 4800 block of Warner Ave. The request from the four homeowners on Warner Ave. was refer- red to the Department of Public Works for cost estimates. The situation on Graham Ave., how- ever, was more com- plicated. Paving of the road was determined to be self-defeating at the present time due to the fact that underground services such as sewage lines have not yet been installed in the area. Mayor Jack Talstra said that a Local Improve- ment Project had been proposed for the area in the past, but it ‘‘didn’t fly’? after land owners on the street discovered what the actual cost would be. Talstra pointed out that a large proportion of the pro- perty on Graham con- sists of large lots within an Agricultural Land Reserve and LIPs are charged by street front- age, making the cost pro- hibitive to many of the people involved, The District of Terrace may increase garbage collection rates in an ef- fort to bring trash disposal revenues closer continued on page 23 Strike action by two union locals recently shut down work on Terrace’s new RCMP building for an indefinite period of time. Striking tradesmen at the RCMP site were joined by the “Ladies in Black”, two members of the Terrace antl- poverty group who laid a funeral wreath at-the site. The two women Indicated that thelr intention is to focus public attentlon on the prevalence of poverty In the Terrace area. Sirike shuts down RCMP site TERRACE — A province-wide disagree- ment between construc- tion unions and contrac-: tors surfaced in Terrace recently, closing down the city’s only major building project. At noon Friday, May .30, members of the Terrace locals of the United Brotherhood » of Carpenters and Joiners and the Tunnel and Rock Workers put down their tools and set up picket lines at the RCMP building. construction site. The dispute is complex and multi-tiered, involv- ing relations between carpenters and laborers on the site with the non- union genera! contrac- tor, and union sub- trades contractors with their workers. Union representatives at the site indicated that agree- ments will have to be in place for all the parties involved before work can begin again. John MacCormac, business agent for the local carpenters, stated, ‘‘We'll picket this site 24 hours a day, if necessary, until we get an agree- ment signed.’’ His deter- mined tone was echoed by Bruce Ferguson, representing the Court On Friday, May 23, in Terrace provincial court Vilmos Varga was fined $600 and received a six- month drivers’ license suspension for impaired driving. Gordon May was fin- ed $500 in Terrace pro- yvincial court on Friday, May 23, for failing to provide a breath sample to a peace officer on de- mand. In Terrace provincial court on Friday, May 23, Steve Kutenics was fined $400 and received a six- month drivers’ license suspension for impaired driving. laborers. ‘‘We intend to picket until these workers have decent wages and working con- ditions.”’ One of the Tunnel and Rock Workers members who has been working as a laborer on the site in- dicated endorsement of the job action, saying as he joined the picketers, “This is normal, it’s happening everywhere in the province.” Local union leaders warned Terrace council that there would be pro- blems at the site earlier this year when the general contract for the building was awarded to a non-union company from Dawson Creek, Hegge Construction. Although Hegge went to local union halls for his labor requirements, no agreements were signed and a recent decision by the Labor Relations. Board certified the site as a union job, The deci- sion to strike came after Hegge did not respond to requests for negotia- tions. Wages being paid on the site were approx- imately 35 percent below union standards. Work came to a com- plete halt on the RCMP site as the picketing began. Sub-trades workers quietly packed up and departed, and job foreman Brian Lewis padlocked all the doors on the’ headquarters trailer and left the site without comment. Comments from members of other unions _who appeared at the site to offer their support in- dicate that this summer could be a difficult period in labor- management relations throughout B.C. Numerous contracts are expiring with no ap- parent progress in negotiations. Public health care workers, the B.C. Government Em- ployees’ Unions, the B.C. and Yukon Build- ing Trades and the forest workers appear prepared for the worst. 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