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, Lockout Tuesday, but workers willing to talk - even about baseball , Brew stew PAGE IO - WATERLOO cmomcLE. wsopesggv. runway 27. was Mode. Martinuk Chronicle Staff Talks have broken off in the current dispute between Ontario‘s three major breweries and their 3,500 workers, and union omcialti say if negotiators don't get back to the bargaining table soon, drinkers could be in for a long, dry spell. "If we can" get back to the table quickly, it may go on for a while," said Canadian Brewery Workers President Gordon Plenderleith in a telephone interview from Toronto. "We have let the government mediator and the employers know that when and where they wish to speak on any issue, even if it's baseball, we will be there. The ball is in their court now." Early Tuesday morning, Brewer's Warehousing Co. Ltd, Carling- i)'keeie Breweries Ontario Ltd., Labatt's Ontario Breweries and Molson Ontario Breweries locked out the 3,500 brewery workers at all plants and sales outlets involved in the current negotiations. "This action was taken after the parties failed to reach an agreement 48 hours after the expiry of the strike-lockout deadline," said Bob Woolvet, vice-president of Brewer's Warehousing Ltd. Among those affected by the lockout are the 171 employees of Lahatt's in Waterloo and staff of the 450 Brewers Retail stores across the province. . Plenderleith said the union wasn't surprised by the company move: "We were apprehensive that it could occur, and hopeful that it wouldn't," he said. _ Not affected by the lockout are three small Ontario breweries: Am- stel's Brewery in Hamilton. North- ern Ontario Breweries and Water- 1oo's Brick Brewing Company Ltd. Brick president Jim Brickman said Tuesday his company had sold GET “OFF-OIL" NOW! 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"We're concerned about the loss of jobs through technological change, through different market- ing practices, through different dis- tribution practices and plant clo- sures," he said. of major, but not sole concern. Plenderleith said, are possible job displacements that could result from the increased use of aluminum cans. ELECTRIC BASEBOARD HEATING SYSTEMS 20% SAVINGS IN BTU'O The unions have also asked for supplementary pensions to induce senior workers to retire early. In wages. the unions have pro- posed a five-per-cent wage increase in each year of a two-year contract. The breweries are reported to have most recently offered 3.3 per cent, 3.4 per cent and 3.7 per cent in a three-year contract. The breweries had originally planned to lock out workers at the plants in Toronto, Waterloo. Lon- don, and Barrie by 12:01 a.m. Sunday if negotiations did not pm duce a tentative settlement. Both sides subsequently agreed to extend that deadline and talks continued. onie week. 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