Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday april 13, 1974 steel Union okays pact Washington a the United steel workers Union approved a new contract Fri Day that will provide hefty in creases in wages and benefits for steel workers and virtually assure that there will be no mass shutdowns of . Steel Mills for six More years. But Heath Larry vice chair Man of . Steel corp. And the Industry s chief negotiator said the Industry paid a heavy Price and indicated higher steel prices Are Likely to Fol Low. Us president i. W. Abel countered that the pact won t be inflationary and said it makes up for the suffering we did on the Cost of Union and management sources estimated the total Cost of the package at an hour for each of the workers. Under the contract with the 10 major . Steel producers employees will receive a 6.3 p e r c e n t wage cents an May 1, two months before the current con tract expires and 16 cents More on aug. And aug. 1.1976. A revised Cost of living for Mula will provide a one cent an hour pay boost for each 0.35 Point Rise in the consumer Price Index instead the previously required 0.4-Point in crease. The contract eventually will be extended to the rest of the Industry covering nearly workers. that the agreement was ratified overwhelmingly by the Union s 600 member committee of local officials after an All night bar 1 gaining session. No further action is needed for ratification. The settlement came Well in Advance of a self imposed april 15 deadline which the parties set a year ago As part of an unprecedented no strike experimental negotiating agreement or Ena. Soth sides pledged to submit any unresolved issues to bind ing arbitration with the Union agreeing to give up its right to an Industry wide strike in re turn for a guaranteed. Three per cent annual wage increase fld a one time Bonus for each worker. Truly found a better Way to. S o 1 v e our labor management Abel said. bargaining for mat was extended through the next round of negotiations in this will avoid any . Steel shutdown through.1980. However even with the National pact resolved the threat of local strikes Over single Plant issues continues. The Ena permits local walkouts any time after aug. 1. The Ena was adopted to avoid the traditional Boom bust Cycle that characterized previous steel negotiations w h e n customers stockpiled steel in anticipation of a strike. Despite peaceful settlements Large numbers of steel workers were Laid off As customers worked off their inventories. The steel workers will re mine wage talks chive a Flat five per cent in crease in retirement benefits in August 1976. In addition the contract permits retire ment on full pension at age 62 instead of 65, and raises Bene fits for a 30-year employee to a month from other contract improvement include a company paid dental plan increases in shift pay and a big boost in supplemental unemployment benefits. Under the old contract supplemental benefits amounted to a week including what Ever amount the workers received in state unemployment compensation. The new agree ment will give them s week plus the state unemployment pay and when the state jobless benefits Are exhausted the supplemental plan will pay them weekly for an unlimited period. The ten companies involved in the contract Are . Steel Bethlehem Republic National Jones and Laughlin Youngs town Sheet and tube Aramco Inland Wheeling Pittsburgh and Allegheny Ludlum Indus tries. F continued meeting of the company and officers of the steelworkers Union local 6500 Sudbury and 6200 both parties said these payments Are being made in Light of the current economic situation. The special allowance is a separate payment outside the terms of the collective agree ment. It will be paid monthly and is equivalent to 18 cents an hour. Under the terms of the collective agreement 1ta cents an hour increase will be paid in july and a Cost of living in crease beginning in december. These will not be affected by the special allowance. These regular Semi annual meetings were introduced in 1970, by Mutual agreement of the Union and company to afford an Opportunity to discuss matters of Mutual concern re lating to the administration of the collective on this occasion the discussions covered problems concerning disabled employees working conditions in certain depart ments safety and health mat ters and the administration of the grievance procedures. Roy Simmonds the steel workers area representative in Northwestern Manitoba announced that locals 5757 Lynn Lake and 8144 Leaf rapids have written William Clarke Industrial relations manager Sherritt Gordon mines limited requesting a wage opener on their contracts because of the inflationary period we Are going through or. Simmonds said local 7106 will request a similar Reo pening of wage discussions with the Hudson Bay mining and smelting company next i week. T. If lebanese villages attacked continued kill edit was by in the stiffest warning he has Ever issued to Lebanon Dayan said if the lebanese govern ment allows terrorist head quarters to enjoy their free d o m and conveniences in Beirut and at night they Cross the Border into Israel i think that eventually a Good part of Lebanon will be destroyed and lebanese communique said that 13 civilians were seized and 24 houses and a lower station were blown up. Beirut press reports said Vil lagers were told the 13 men will be held hostage in Exchange for the return of two israeli pilots captured after bailing out Over Lebanon Mon Day while returning from the syrian front. The israeli command said the strike Force evacuated and blew up 20 houses allegedly belonging to guerrilla sympathizers and returned safely be fore Midnight after a three hour operation. An israeli military correspondent who accompanied the raiders said the villagers showed no signs of fear and some even co operated with the he quoted Ono of the israeli commanders As saying everything went smoothly proving it possible to Deal blows at the terrorists and their collaborators without harming innocent the command identified the raided villages As Taiba my Kebab Bisida and Eit Arun All clustered about 10 Miles West of i Ryan Shonah along the Northern stretch of the barbed wire Border. Also hit were Yarin and Dah Ira a few Miles farther away. The raid was carried out several hours after an estimated residents of i Ryan Shonah clamoured for revenge at the funeral of eight children five men and five women Mas sacred by a palestinian suicide squad thursday morning. Three members of a pales Tine guerrilla splinter group crossed into Israel thursday and blasted their Way to the top of an apartment building shooting indiscriminately be fore they died in an explosion and a Hail of israeli fire. Police minister Shlomo Hillel warned Lebanon saying your blood will be on your head if you Don t clean out the nest of terrorists on your and Premier Golda Meir told parliament that Israel held Lebanon responsible for the Mas Sacre. Meanwhile president Ephraim Katzir planned to make Contact with political party leaders sunday to try to form a new coalition govern ment without resorting to elections in the Wake of mrs. Meir s resignation thursday. But most observers believe new elections in september Are inevitable. Mrs. Meir resigned after an investigating commission blamed the military leadership for Israel s setbacks in the october War. The report cleared Dayan of blame but there have been demands from politicians and a Large group among the Public for his Resig nation. Mrs. Meir wearied of the political infighting said her ministers including Dayan will continue to act in a caretaker capacity with full authority until a new government is formed. Schizophrenia the Canadian schizophrenia foundation Manitoba Branch will meet at 8 . Friday in the Norquay building auditor urn 401 York Avenue. Firefighters at Winnipeg International Airport remained off their jobs Friday but the Airport is continuing to operate normally with the help of supervisory staff. The 36 Airport firefighters walked off their jobs at 6 . Thursday to Back their de mands with the Federal govern ment for wage parity with Winnipeg City firemen. Barry Ledoux shop Steward or the Union of Canadian transport employees said in a Telephone interview Friday night bargaining was to continue in Ottawa throughout the weekend and he was hopeful a satisfactory settlement might emerge next week. Airport firemen Are paid about a year while their City counterparts Are paid about he said. The essential services arc being maintained by a Crew of six men two of whom Are provided by the local. But the two Union men will not work any overtime he said. Beside the two firemen provided by the Union four fire of Fine for finery continued sunny and Clear All the High in Winnipeg and the rest of Southern Manitoba today and tomorrow is expected to be 35 to 40, with Over night lows near 20. The wind is expected to be from the North at 15 to 20 Miles an hour. Winnipeg was already Well on its Way to its expected High at press time today when the temperature was 33. Temperatures Are below the Long term normals in Winnipeg or april 13. The Normal High is 48 and the Low 27 the Balm Iest april 13 on record is 75, recorded in 1958 and the cold est two above recorded in 1881. The Churchill area will not fare As Well As the rest of Manitoba. It is expected to be mostly Cloudy today with occasional Light Snow and to have frequent Cloudy periods Tomor Row. The High today and Tomor Row is expected to be near 25. By press Lime today Churchill lad a temperature of 17. Calvary path trodden continued tons. Men and women from Reece and Cyprus fell to their ;