_ that ECCAD's Board of Directors received

“support staff back to work and eliminate

You may have heard that the
college applied for, and won, an in-
junction against picketers. Apparently
it was found that the walkout was not a-
"strike" in the legal sense, but that the
information pickets were a "picket line"
in the legal sense. Iuckily the decision
by the Labor Relations Board to grant an
injunction did not come through until the
strike was over, so we were all spared the
confrontation that would likely have re-
sulted.

of those who oppose it.

As for why the college sought the
injunction, the explanation I've heard is

a memorandum from the Ministry of Education,
advising them to seek cease-and-desist
orders that would send the faculty and

the pickets in front of the building. The

classes be moved to Bridges?

of B.C."s citizens... Almost ironic, because
thie is the same government which is trying
in so many other ways to destroy the rights

Will there be another strike?
Will Billy and Jack have coffee to-
gether more often? Will all of our

Will

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B.C. Place become a colony for polit-
ical prisoners? Will Bill Bennett's
nose keep getting longer? (and redder?)
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"strike" in the legal sense, but that the
information pickets were a "picket line"
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injunction did not come through until the gether more often? Will all of our
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confrontation that would likely have re- B.C. Place become a colony for polit-
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nose keep getting longer? (and redder?)

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