Over The Edge

UNBC’s Official Student Newspaper

Volume 67 Issue 1 January 24

unserTrecaes| Strike at UNBC

Is Bigger Actually Better? On Friday January 14, 2000 CUPE Local 3799
| members braved the possibility of frostbite and
Page 6 | angry motorists to picket UNBC from 8:00 A.M. to
3 10:00 A.M. Support staff from the three other
Universities in British Columbia, UVic, UBC and
SFU joined the picketing UNBC support staff for
their two hour strike.
All vehicles going onto university property were
stopped and drivers and passengers were asked if

Soundscape four page pull-

out! they really wanted to cross the line. Few motorists
actually turned around. The picket line backed up
Page 7-10 traffic for close to a kilometre in both directions

along University, which lead to some frustration but
few problems resulted. Buses stopped and let their Strike Photos By Melissa Bostrom
passengers off before they reached university ;
grounds. Two picketers were stuck by slow moving

/ motorists, but there were
Hockey Pool Update no injuries and no charges
Page 16 were laid.

Most classes proceeded

as usual, despite the pick-
et line.

Picketing CUPE Workers Narrowly Escape Irritated Motorist.
Throughout the two hour strike traffic was backed up in both
directions for almost a kilometre.

-Photos by Melissa Bostrom