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1971
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
1971
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
STRIKE
POSSIBLE STARTING APRIL 27 AT THE SKIROULE PLANT.
CONTRACT
TALKS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.
THE
WORKERS SAY THAT THE LATEST OFFER BY THE COMPANY IS WORST THAT THE PREVIOUS
OFFER.
IT
APPEARS THAT THE DEMANDS OF THE SKIROULE WORKERS IS THAT A DEAL WOULD EQUAL
THE DEAL AT
THE
SNO JET PLANT IN 1968. ALSO JOB SECURITY IS ON THE TABLE AS THE MAJORITY
OF WORKERS HAVE BEEN
LAID
OFF SINCE NOVEMBER WHEN THE ASSEMBLY LINE CLOSED DOWN.
THERE
ARE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE CURRENTLY WORKING AT THE PLANT NOW PLUS THE OFFICE
STAFF.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
STILL
3 WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS AT SKIROULE.
CONTRACT
TALKS WILL CONTINUE AT THE SKIROULE PLANT FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS.
A
REPRESENTATIVE OF SKIROULE SAID THE THE TALKS WERE GOING WELL.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
SKIROULE
PARALYZED BY A STRIKE.
AT
1 MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT, WORKERS FROM THE SKIROULE PLANT WENT ON STRIKE.
A
SECRET BALLOT WAS TAKEN AND THE RESULTS OF 49 TO 26, IT WAS ADOPTED THAT
A STRIKE WOULD BEGIN.
AS
A RESULT, PICKET LINES WERE FORMED AND THE 80 WORKERS AT THE PLANT WOULD
NOT RETURN TO WORK.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
WILL
THE SKIROULE STRIKE END SATURDAY ?
AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SKIROULE WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.
AT
THE NEXT MEETING, THE WORKERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THIS
DEAL.
THE
PICKETING AT THE PLANT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MEANTIME.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
THE
SKIROULE STRIKE IS OVER.
THE
APPROXIMATLEY 80 WORKERS AT THE SKIROULE PLANT RETURNED TO WORK AFTER AN
AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.
WE
DO NOT KNOW OF THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
POLICE
INVESTAGE THEFT AT
SKIROULE
SNOWMOBILE COMPANY
THE
POLICE YESTERDAY PUT AN END TO ALLEGED THIEVES WHO CARRIED OUT THEIR WORK
AT THE SKIROULE FACTORY.
5
WERE ARRESTED AND ALL OF THEM WORKED AT SKIROULE.
THE
INVESTIGATION WAS CARRIED OUT 2 MONTHS AGO WHEN A DETAILED INVENTORY WAS
MADE AND ITEMS WERE MISSING.
THE
STOLEN GOODS WERE FOUND IN 5 PLACES INCLUDING VICTORIAVILLE.
CHARGES
WILL BE BROUGHT AGAINST THE 5 OF THEM.
POLICE
INVESTAGE THEFT AT
SKIROULE
SNOWMOBIEL COMPANY
SKIROULE
SNOWMOBILE SALES DECLINE
1972
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
