[LabComm] PRESS RELEASE: July 28 re: Rossland Trail Club faces potential walkout at a crucial time

[Harprit Khaira]

Hi All:

Please find attached the above noted press release.

Area Office Support Staff:  Please distribute.

BC Regional Staff:  Hard copy is in your in-tray.


In Solidarity,

Harprit Khaira, Opeiu 491
Secretary, BCRO Communications


Rossland Trail Club faces potential walkout
at a crucial time

TRAIL, B.C.—Employees of the Rossland-Trail Golf and Country Club, members
of CUPE Local 2087, have voted 100 per cent in favour of striking should
their employer fail to improve the latest contract offer, currently on the
table.

“Frustrated that they have been unable to settle a contract, outstanding
since December 2002, eight out of 10 outside workers voted to strike as a
last resort,” said CUPE national representative Lee Anne Barrett.

Members are ready to sit down with a mediator in order to prevent disruption
at the season’s major golf tournament in August.

"We've called for mediation in this dispute," Barrett said.  "The idea of
disrupting the upcoming tournament is unsettling for everyone."

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Information:   Lee Anne Barrett (250) 368-1364 (cell) and (250) 364-0297
office.
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