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03/10/2005: "The 18th Deadline For Food On Ferries"

The Executive Director of the WA Ferry system, Mike Anderson, still holds hope that the Union and the food providers can reach an agreement that will allow food to once again be available on the Ferries. After a year of discussion and negotiations the two opposing groups now have until the 18th of this month to reach an agreement. If that does not happen -or if the voting members of the union do not approve it- then Anderson stated the ferry system will look to other means as a way to provide food for the passengers of the ferries. However the official web site for WSF quoted him as saying: "Our goal is to be able to provide food service for our passengers" …"The question is what form that service will take – the state simply cannot subsidize food service. Whatever type of food service we eventually end up with will have to be self-sustaining"