Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 1, 1968 workers receive continued although Alliance members not legally on strike must continue to work or. Edwards said members have been instructed not to act As strike Breakers and to refuse to do work normally done by postal in Vancouver a postal Union spokesman said one company has stopped delivering mail Dur ing the strike after postal work ers threatened to picket the company. We re asking Trade unionists and the general Public not to pay Bills which normally come by regular said the spokesman. At the University of Calgary the students Council passed a Resolution affirming the Solidarity of the students with the strik ing postal workers. But Bob Thorssen a 20-year old u of c student is operating a mail delivery service during the strike. Unemployed University Stu dents in Winnipeg also have been cashing in on the postal strike. Manitoba Hydro has been Hir ing the students to deliver month end Hydro Bills in the greater Winnipeg area. Students have also been hired to deliver Telephone Bills and pension cheques. Officials of one Winnipeg insurance company Are consider ing sending some of their employees on two or three Days vacation to make up for tick rated Long hours when the postal strike ends. In Regina de Whelan new democratic member of the Saskatchewan legislature said that the delivery of mail by private agencies in Regina of Saskatchewan Power corporation Bills during the strike appeared to be illegal. Sale All dresses for the latest trend in fashion shop at support he said that delivery of such Bills through Means other than regular Domestic service appeared to be contrary to the Laws and regulations of the can Ada postal guide. Or. Whelan said that there Are few exceptions to the regu lations and these do not include Utility Bills. In Halifax More than 300 strikers marched on the Post of fice to protest postal officials holding up our the strikers requested a meeting with the District director of the Post office but he re fused. The men were told they could pick up their cheques in the Post office lobby but the strikers refused to Cross picket lines. Canadians along the United states Border have been Cross ing Over to Post their foreign mail but american customs offices have begun to turn Back first class mail unless it carries Canadian postage As Well. On tuesday 50 pounds of Cal Gary mail air bound for a Post office in great Falls mont., was held up at the Border Pend ing clarification of the new procedure. A spokesman for great North Ern airways ltd., which had been carrying the mail said the customs office told him that Lack of Canadian postage was a violation of an International agreement that one country should not deprive another of its postal Revenue. A similar situation has cropped up in Blai Piej 30 Miles South of Vancouver. A custom official there said the regulation applies Only to first class mail. Top salary to Toronto official continued Hanoi blasts Rusk continued i Unicorn 304 Kennedy St. Across from the town n country fall fashion show september 9, 1968 at the International inn Tion in the temporary absence of Xuan Thuy who was reported ill with a cold fired Back the statement made yesterday in Washington by or. Dean Rusk once again testifies to the obduracy of the . Aggressive ruling circles which Are continuing their policy of War and aggression continuing to ask for reciprocity and for a Ransom to be paid to be aggressor. Once again we completely reject the extremely absurd . Demand for reciprocity and absolutely oppose the warlike and aggressive stand of or. Dean Rusk who is going against the aspirations for peace of the american and world people. The american Side has to Bear full responsibility for what May arise from this and As a member of the Montreal metropolitan commis Sion. The chairman of executive committee gets 000 annually but As a City councillor he is paid an additional salary of and expenses. Toronto mayor William Den Nishii also fits into the High Sal Ary category earning but there Are no extras. The Quebec City mayor also makes but of this is1 for expenses leaving his Basic salary at Hamilton mayor Vic Copps receives a year plus 500 for his membership on the police commission. But a third of his total salary is for expenses and is exempt from taxes. His membership on tie hydroelectric Power commis doa provides him with an Addi Ottawa mayor Don Reid gets annually but it includes Basic mayor s salary mayor s expenses for his City Council membership and another for Council member s expenses As a member of the police commis Sion a Hydro electric commission member and As a member of the transit com Mission. In Windsor ont the mayor gets an annual renumber atom of plus a travel allowance of he receives As salary As a member of the City utilities commission and As a member of the police commission. In London ont., mayor Herb Mcclure will earn this year. Yet Only than a third of his earnings represents his Basic Salay. In Western Canada the salary schedules seem less confusing. The Vancouver mayor makes a straight and the mayor of Victoria receives of which is allotted for my taxable expenses. Stephen Juba mayor of Winnipeg receives a year which includes in tax free expenses. Regina s population is yet with the mayor s Sal expense of is Well above the Sal Ary of Winnipeg s mayor who oversees a population of in the maritime salaries Are generally lower. The mayor of Halifax is most highly paid with in straight salary. The mayor of Dartmouth makes half that and the mayor of St. John n.b., makes plus for incidentals. In Newfoundland the St. John s mayor receives a salary. It proposed a 38-month con act providing a total of 19 per ent wage increases broken Down As follows 7.5 per cent from aug. 1, 1967 6.5 per cent rom oct. 1, 1968, and five per cent from october 1969. The original government offer Vas for a six per cent increase n a 14-month contract ending sept. 28, 1968, when negotiations would Start on a new agree ment. The latest proposal for an extended contracts the same formula accepted by the St. Lawrence Seaway workers. It was described As unrealistic by the postal unions which Lave been demanding a wage increase of 75 cents per hour or about 29 per cent Over a 14 month contract. This last proposal was a weak attempt by the govern ment to Saddle the postal workers with a three year con act despite legislation which requires any agreement signed at this time to terminate sept. 30, Union spokesman Isaac Turner said. However he said the did not reject the idea of a longer contract but any such postal talks collapse continued i agreement must reflect improved a r k i n g conditions More acceptable contract Lan Guage and decent the Council represents postal workers. Treasury Board president Charles m. Drury issued a statement expressing the deep concern of the government Over the strike situation. We Hope that the unions will share our concern and that they will give sober second thoughts to our he said. In my judgment it is eminently fair and or. Drury underlined the government s willingness to resume negotiations quickly should judge Lippe decide on such a course. I must make it Clear however that we will not be prepared to entertain a Settle ment that would impose an unreasonable financial Burden on the Public or have a damaging effect on the or. Drury warned. The government offer was rejected while Cabinet was in session wednesday although no announcement came until late afternoon when newsmen were called by judge Lippe. Following Cabinet or. Tru Deau gave no hint that talks were breaking Down but maintained that negotiations were continuing in Good Faith. He did however reiterate his reluctance to interfere with collective bargaining in a Legal strike a right which the Public service had been Given by parliament in 1966. Obviously if the discussions were to go on endlessly and the parties were to appear to he worlds apart then we would have to look at further Mea sures if there were Evi Dence of the prime minister said. But once again once Parlia ment through an act of Parlia ment with the approval of the country has Given a right to strike i Don t think this right to strike should be dismissed he said. Or. Trudeau said there had been no sign of irresponsibility to Date and the number of telegrams he has received did not yet constitute weighty Public pressure to intervene in the strike. Or. Drury reviewed the slow process of discussion the last six months and said the Treasury Board had done every thing possible to Avert a strike. We thought and i am sure the Canadian Public would agree that the wage demands were excessive by almost any stand Ard of he said. Or. Drury said that for the past two weeks a Good Deal of Progress has been made in the non pay area of working conditions. Non pay offers were included in the latest wage proposal. Or. Drury said he Felt the extended Conti act could be effectively used by both parties to stabilize and improve labor management relations to the Post office the Council of postal unions however said it had yet to see anything in the government that would improve working conditions in the Post office. Or. Turner said working conditions Are largely the same As those described three years ago As scandalous by the Montpetit Royal commission. The government wage offer was unrealistic because about 50 per cent of Post office employees represented by Council do not earn the Maxi mum wage rate he said. The average postal salary is an hour with starting rates As Low As or. Turner said. The Council regretted the mediation impasse and hoped judge Lippe would continue his efforts to bring the govern ment Back to the bargaining table with an offer in keeping with the needs of or. Turner said. The Council also congratulated or. Trudeau for his recent statement in which he recognized that the democratic pro Cess of resolving labor management disputes is through the collective bargaining pro Cess As recognized by or. Turner said if the strike i continued other unions would soon announce their intention to offer assistance to the postal workers. His own Union the United packing House workers of Amer Ica is prepared to provide financial backing for the postal employees he said. Meanwhile judge Lippe said he was not sure where we go from in spite of the difficulties he had not Given up Hope for a settlement. Because i think i have the Confidence of both sides i shall work very hard to bring about a resumption As soon a Lippe said. Of the negotiations judge River Rouge sail through 5 cities on Canada s finest River cruise ship special charter rates for groups of 20 to 40f Public sailing times and rates monday to Friday evening 7-9 . Monday to Friday afternoons 2-4 . J.50 saturday cruise through the locks to Export . 2.75 saturday evening dance cruise 7-10 . Live band 2.00 saturday night dance cruise. 10-1 . Live band 2.75 sunday cruise 1 to 3, 3 to 5, 5 to to 9 . All cruises children under 15 half fare under 2 yrs. Free dance cruise 5 be. Band open to Public. Friday aug. 2nd 9 to 12 . 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