eae SENIOR OVERWAITEA employees affected by plan here to cut labour costs have yet to receive their official layoff notices. But as many as. 15 aren’t on the store’s new work schedule, a first step to them being officially told they don’t have jobs anymore. ‘The plan, approved last month United Food and -Commercial Workers Union Local 1518 mem- bers, establishes a system * whereby half of the store's _- labour hours are worked by senior employees and half by junior ones. - In return, Overwaitea More people finding jobs THE NUMBER of people with jobs in the northwest increased substantially in December even though un- employment remains high. The jobless rate actual- ty tose slightly from 11.6 per cent in November to 11.7 per cent in December, . according to Statistics Ca- nada’s latest labour force survey. But the survey found there were nearly 1,400 mote people with full time jobs in December than the previous month. That brings the number of full- time employed in the re- gion nearly back up to the 38,000 level of a year ago. Meanwhile, the number of part-time jobs continued ‘its steady climb from 10,400 a year ago to 12,600 in December. The lower unemployment rate except that the participa- tion tate also rose. _ It shows the number of people either with. jobs or unemployed but looking for work has climbed, says federal employment ana- . lyst’ Karen Wienberg. That can be a signal increased jobs . should have resulted in a” that people who had pre- - viously given up looking for work are back in the job market because they are more optimistic about the prospects now. “People appear to be finding work here,” Wien- -- berg said. “It looks good, but there’s no holding our — breath on this one.” She noted the future re- mains uncertain for major industries in Kitimat as well as the overall forest industry. And dramatic natural gas price increases could force businesses ta trim ’ their workforces to save money while at the same time reducing the amount of money consumers have to spend. Plus, she added, De- TERRACE STANDARD Business REv ae a Job losses begin to hit Overwaitea workers has stopped plans to close six of its stores, including the one in Prince Rupert, and has removed Terrace and another store from a ‘watch list’ of financially . troubled ones. Company and union of- ficials were reluctant to talk about details of job _losses pending a final re- Solution of how many se- nior positions will be cut. Overwaitea did commit itself to spending up to $1 million on its Terrace store and at one other location - to improve their competi- tive position if the union agreed to the job loss plan. 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