Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday june 26, 1973 railway labor demands Don t seem unreasonable by Bian Cohen As the Holiday season moves into Lull swing it would be Wise to keep one Eye on the labor scene while making your Holiday plans. Quietly and with Little publicity tie Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways Are in their second week of conciliation with the seven unions which represent of their employees. Another workers not yet in Nugo t i a t i o n Are watching these meetings for clues As to their own future demands. So the settlement Between the non operating unions and the rail ways will be one of the most important of the year. The out come of the present Concilia lion talks is unpredictable. There is no More than a 50-50 Chance that a settlement will take place. The unions want a 15 per cent wage in crease for this year and next plus several important Odds and ends eg., a guarantee of employment after two years and a 10 per cent Bonus to the person who fills a Job that has been designated bilingual the companies say they can t meet these demands. At first glance the Union de mands May seem unreasonable and inflationary. But after Reading the five volume Brief which accompanies the de mands this impression must be revised. Here s How the unions arrived at a wage demand of 15 per cent first they argue that they arc entitled to wages equal to the Rise in the Cost of living. Tills would nol give them an extra cent of additional purchasing Power but would just maintain their last years living standards. They had several choices in deciding what the Rale of inflation is. For example on the basis of what has already happened this year the inflation rate is running at about per cent. The unions Haven t asked for that. Instead they turn to time Ilag Azine and quote the time Canada Board of economists. This conservative and respect Able group predicts that the .973 inflation rate will be 5.45 Ler cent. Second the unions argue hat they arc entitled to have heir wages raised by an amount equal to the increased Iro Declivity of the Economy. This Means simply thai if the Economy is capable of producing say 3 per cent More each ear through efficiency gains Alicr than because More peo ple Are working Ihnn everyone Canadian Schenley appointment Maurice j. Agnew the appointment of Maurice j. Of new As sales representative Winnipeg Region is announced by w. E. Kubik Manitoba manager Canadian Schenley distilleries Ltd. Or. Agnew. Olio is Active in numerous clubs in the province is a native of is entitled to share in those gains. This is a widely accepted principle in both Britain and the . The unions calculate that efficiency gains in the railway i n d t r y have been significantly higher than for the Economy As a whole. Canada s Long term productivity increase has been just Over 3 per cent a year Union figures indicate a Long term productivity increase of per cent for up and 5.6 per cent for in the unions Are asking Only for a wage boost equal to the National average. Finally the Union Brief says thai the policy of gelling wage increases equal to the Cost of living plus productivity gains is valid Only when you assume that workers Are already gel Ling paid a wage Ihal com pares favourably with wages received by workers in comparable industries. The railway employees Don t qualify either on the basis of comparison with other transport workers or Ca Nadian workers in manufacturing. Even the Gap Between Canadian and american rail Way workers has been Widen ing. In order to Correct this situation the unions Are asking for another 5 or g per cent. Thai s How they get to 15 per per cent for inflation almost 3 a per cent for efficiency gains and c per cent for past inequities. In asking for guaranteed employment the unions Don t Dis Pute Ihal advancing technology is displacing workers. They concede Ihal Between 2 and 3 per cent fewer railway workers Are needed. But they say thai people have been leaving the Industry either quilling or re living at the rate of 18 per cent a year. So there is no need to fire anyone who wants to stay. They can be retrained. Whatever the Justice of the Union s demands a settlement Manitoba Massey Ferguson May be heading for clash Toronto up the new Manitoba farm machinery Ward May be headed for a confrontation with Massey Fer Guson lid. Over legislation go verning warranties for Agricula ural equipment in the prov nce. The Manitoba farm Machin Ery and equipment acl re lures dealers to provide Emer gency repair services within 72 weekends and r e q u c s t. It is Abii Shes a minimum i rec year warranty Lor tractors and combines and a minimum one year warranty for other farm male mints. Sections of the act dealing with emergency services went into of feel May 1. However there is a Section in the act which allows the purchaser to waive provisions of the warranty with respect to labor and trans Poulalion. The waiver is Point of Dis Pute Between Massey and the Board because the company has required its dealers to make the signing of the waiver i condition of Purchase. Warranty coverage now required in Manitoba is More sex Len Sivc than that which the major companies provide in other provinces. In complying with the Manitoba acl inc companies have adopted a sur charge based on suggested list Price of tractors and combines to cover the estimated added expenses. Adding the warranty Cost As a surcharge ensures thai in is a visible Ilem and the Farmer knows whal he has to pay for the warranty. In other prov inces the charge for the War Ranty is built into inc retail Cost. Company charges for the three year partial warranty on parts for traders and com Bines Range Between 1v4 and Ivi per Ecol. Companies offer ing the full warranty on Irac lors and combines have added or 4vi per cent to the Sug go std list Price. The Massey surcharge Foi tic partial warranty is 1.154 Pel cent of suggested list Price Foi tractors and combines. Executives of Massey Wil give the company position 01 inc Manitoba warranty but Are cautious about talking for attribution. Prime office space excellent location 305 Broadway at Donald select your requirements now in this new Ultra modern ten Storey office building located in the Centre of the Broadway financial District of Winnipeg. Consider these features efficient column free space centrally air conditioned and humidified individual area temperature control two High Speed Eleva tors solar Grey Glass windows space plan Ning service available Complete cleaning ser vice convenient parking competitive Ren Tal rates. John a. Flanders limited Una wat to a Muff i inv tilt Phat w-w0.5 a spokesman said they re fire thai a dealer nol sell a actor or Combine if the pro Pec live purchaser will nol in the waiver. The waiver exempts the manufacturer and dealer from be extended warranty provi ions. The Basic warranty overs parts and the extended overage is for labor and and Massey con ads that they cannot predict transportation costs in funding warranty coverage. Transportation basically is Blank the spokes inn said. The company s interpretation t the act is Ihal the extended warranty would cover delivery f parts for emergency repairs i the Field along with a me chanic or transporting an out of service unit to the dealer s shop and Back to the Field. There Are deadlines for Emer gency Only during season of the warranty provides that the Farmer be paid half the Cost of renting replacement equipment if deadlines Are not met. The Massey spokesman said Farmers Are Price shoppers and May travel More than 100 Miles to find a dealer who can offer discounts because of vol ume sales. De Hudek chairman of the farm machinery Hoard said in Winnipeg thai the Board has told Massey by letter ulat it believes the company is contravening the act by making the signing the waiver a Northstar inn dispute resolved the 29-Slorcy North Star inn is now fully owned by famous players Ltd. Of Toronto following a trans action that ends a dispute involving the hotel s owners. A spokesman for famous players said his company has Purchase d All the assets of Western theatres Ltd., the company thai built Hie million hotel. Western theatres Ltd. Was formerly half owned by famous players and half by a private Winnipeg company headed by s. Richard Miles r. G. Enterprises. The transaction leaves famous players with All the assets other than tile d o w n i o w n theatre on Portage Avenue and the sky View cafe in the overhead crosswalk. The Purchase Price has not been revealed. T h e Clarkson Gordon company was appointed mediator to replace the company s Board of directors earlier this year when the shareholders could t agree on How to finance the completion of the top five storeys of the North Star inn. William Shields of the Clarkson Gordon company which was appointed by Manitoba court of Queen s Bench to handle a winding ill order said the trouble began because the directors of the company were unable to get along. Or. Shields said lie was discharged a s liquidator about a week ago. The famous players spokesman said the North Star inn will probably be completed this year Al though no contracts have been let. About so guest rooms Are expected to be added to the hotel. There is space on the roof for a restaurant but i think Well wait and see on the spokesman there was originally going to be a Reslau rant on the top of the hotel but the Pool bar above the 12th floor has been so successful we May not go Canadian Pacific holds which operates the hotel under a lease management contract is not expected to alter its operation of the hotel. Condition of Purchase. He said the Board has had no reply from Massey but is hop ing the Issue can be resolved through discussions. The Board does not have the authority to Lake the matter to court and if in recommended Legal action would have to refer the Issue t o the provincial attorney general. The Massey spokesman said sales have been buoyant so Fai this year in the province and Lac company cannot Tell if it position has affected sales. Our problem is availability of product not Lack of the spokesman said masses has had some complaints from dealers because some have had problems getting bonded because the act is so severe.1 a Section of the new act re quires a dealer be bonded t do business. If they want to reduce the number of dealers then the Are going the right Way Abou he said. Spokesmen for Tyler Valiona Harvester co. Of Canada Ltd Hamilton and John Deer Canada Ltd., Hamilton Sai they have had no reports o their dealers having difficult getting bonded. Or. Hudek said there was a i n i i i a 1 misunderstanding o bonding because Bond Compa Nies were under the Impressio that Bonds would cover Poss ble crop losses where Rapai services were not made aval Able within the specified Tim limits. This is not the Case h s a i h and As far boar members know there now is n problem with bonding. By no neans certain. In the first place the Compa ies have said they can t at Ord to meet Union demands second Union members arc in militant mood. They feel Leir leaders should and could ave gotten More last Lime found and they want to get it of. Third most labor rela ions experts Are agreed Lylial lie conciliation Board method f settling disputes has a built n failure component. At this Lage it s psychologically no Onger the railways and the unions bargaining directly but Union appointee a company appointee and a judge Imper orally conducting a hearing and coolly writing up a report. The Federal government probably agreed to a Concilia Ion Board because they want d to make every Effort to ave the dispute settled with it getting involved itself. It is ways politically embarrassing o have to Force workers Back o work. The unions really cannot set be for much under 11 or 12 per cent unless a great Many if their other demands Are met. Air Canada settled Al Aboul 9 per cell and uie rail Vay unions contend that 9 Pel cent just barely covers Cost of living and productivity gains. All in All in will take Anol Liei couple of weeks to wrap up the Ica rings and get a report am Hen another couple of weeks a fore a strike can happen. 1 you re vacationing in August you May nol be Able logo by rain. Koyi iat lid. C. Thompson Hoy Nat limited announce the appointment of j. Camcro Thompson As manager of it Winnipeg office. Or. Thompso was previously investment 0 Ficor in the Winnipeg office Pearl red wines Choice of cabernet Rogdeberg growth rate warning sounded pairs up the growth f Canada s Gross National product has been too rapid in in last six months and the country risks developing an overheated Economy says be chairman of the economic Council of Canada. Andre Raynauld told the trance Canada c h a m b e r of Commerce Here Friday the Igns of bottlenecks Are Al Eady showing. Skilled labor is rare in some arts of the country delays in deliveries in some industries re getting longer and orders re accumulating on the books e said. A More regular growth is or. R a y n a u 11 Aid expressing Hope this will be possible without a drastic return to stabilizing policies. Beef live beef futures monday open High Low close Fri. By 45.50a be 45joa no 45.00a a Friday s volume no contracts. Dividend notice notice is hereby Given thatch aboard of directors at a meeting on the 15th Day of june 1973, has declared the following quarterly dividends convertible preferred shares series a dividend no. 22 25 cents per share payable on August 15lli, 1373 to shareholders of record at the close of business on july 27th, 1973. Common shares dividend no. 11-t 20 cents per share payable july 15th, 1973 to share holders of record at the close of business on june 25th, 1973. By order of the Linurd Dean c. Kitts secretory London Ontario. Debentures earn you on your Money term 5 years 4 years 3 years 2 years 1 year minimum Deposit interest payable half yearly or compounded. Founds 1880 Call 942-5515 or. R. Scott main floor-286 Smith Street Winnipeg r3c1k4 Amouli to raft subject to confirmation for amounts above Mem Canada Deposit insurance corporation memo to advertisers 67037 million Complex planned for downtown a five acre residential commercial a n d Recica l i o n a i development ulat could Cost More than s30 million is being planned Tor the former site of St. Paul s College in downtown Winnipeg. Ken culls pics Ideal of by stands development Ltd., which plans to develop the site with Felark Borough properties Ltd. Of Toronto said in a Tele phone interview monday Ihal the concept of the development is almost finalized and definite plans should be announced in Aboul a month. The Sile which is bounded by Ellice and Quap pulic avenues Balmoral and Kennedy streets has been vacant since when St. Paul s College moved to the University of Manitoba. Or. Cuts said plans Call for a homogeneous blend ing of residential and com Mercial space year round recreation facilities and a Large amount of Parkland. The developers Are considering a hotel apartment building on Ellice and underground parking As part o f inc development he said. Although plans Are still in the most preliminary stages is Little doubt the project is going logo he said the two Compa Nies have taken a different approach to inc project than is Normal. Instead of taking a package proposal to regulatory bodies such As cily Council the Compa n i c s have already approached civic and Provin Cial authorities to see whal Ulcy want on the site. The City s Board of com missioners traffic and planning departments environment committee and the mayor As Well As provincial officials have been asked for suggestions he said. Occupants of neighbouring property also were approached. Out of All this we be come up with a or. Cults said response to the method has been favourable. Architects for the project arc the Libling Mich nor Archile Clial group of Winnipeg. Canadian Schenley appointment o 0.016 w. E. Kuhik the appointment of w. K. Kuhik As sales manager Manitoba is announced by u. W. A Chile. Oneal sales manager Western Canada Canadian Sci Henley distilleries Mil. Or. Kubik. A native of Winnipeg was formerly a sales representative in the province. Me will make his Headquarters in confused sometimes h is difficult to find your Way through All the claims and counter claims of advertising Media. But there is one no nonsense report that tells it exactly like it is not like to or anyone else dreams it to be. 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