Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 22, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1976 a viewpoint Csc faces three main stumbles Over strike Call by Dudley Magnus free press labor reporter Quebec City staff Many hard hitting issues were raised at the Lith by Canadian labor Congress Centennial convention of the this but three stand out constitutional a manifesto of policy and and plans for a nationwide work the constitutional change measure to Cut Down representation set a precedent in that it was thrown Back in the executive councils face and that was an action Vir t u a 11 y unprecedented in Congress from the coun cil have been rejected be but never in the 20 years of operations has so important a matter As changing from Delegate representation by local unions to proportional representation by numbers of members in a Union been raised and thrown particularly a s growing membership i n the More than two million member labor is burst ing conventions at the and drastic measures to reduce turnout will have to be implemented sooner or the significance of rejection was that Delegate Power still runs what this Means is unless a Hall that can House close to is available in future such As the Winnipeg convention Centre the Csc is in this will be needed to accommodate the delegates and hundreds of the Resolution brought in after a vote of re ferral on the structural Revi Sion report from these members of the Sherbrooke municipal police Force take a leisurely coffe break this week in the midst of their work slowdown Over contract Only 10 of the 16man Day shift reported for work in the morning As the harassment tactics entered the fifth consecutive despite the a no increase in crime moved earlier by the Canad Aii Union of Public employee s was carried almost unanimously to explore ways and Means of settling Dele g a t e representation before the next convention in 1978 in the which de mands equal voice for labor with government and Busi Ness in drafting National eco nomic was accepted by the though some delegates wondered Why Csc needed a Manifest because there was also a plan of action approved by delegates and want this the same thing it was explained the plan of action was to enable the executive Council to act on the suggestions in the Mani the important action being authority in councils hands to Call some kind of National work stoppage in protest against Federal controls on both the manifesto and the plan were approved almost though a hand Ful of dissidents maintained that a Date should be set for the strike or and that the Resolution to give Congress Power to Call a strike should not have an escape Hatch that said Congress could Call one if it is thought but there the matter Congress brass Hap the authority to Calla walk out across the nation or use some substitute measure but As its Joe returned for a second two year term with an overwhelming majority vote of support a Lone contenders 375 said of the till need Mas Sive the convention ended Fri Day can it be expected a National strike will come soon this question was asked by delegates As they left the five Day convention in the Quebec municipal convention the consensus is hard to experienced Trade unionists that nothing could be done with out strike votes being even though strikes during contract periods Are William Bill for your viewing pleasure this weekend bungalows bile Els 2 storeys split level 474 Gagnon featuring single family Homes 234 bedrooms Large rectangular and pie shaped lots improvements in and paid Stone and Brick fronts Large and handsome front entry Foyers elegant Roomy dining rooms luxurious powder rooms some Homes with Bow and Bay windows and garages member of Udam All our Homes Are protected under the builders new Home certification program of Price fully furnished show Home 474 Gagnon open 29 daily 8890789 office 2225263 directions straight West on Portage slightly past the uni City turn left at Charles Mohawk service station to Allard then right 1 Block to Hois i Prairie Region Vic president of the Canadian brotherhood of transport and general workers said in an our rail Way Union has to have a two thirds majority before any strike can be others in favor of a strike but also cautious not to do anything the Rankan file would object were Ada Mant about the need for a strike most were Ner Vous of asking members for a even following a and then finding that a poor turnout would hold the unions up to a major development though it occurred the Satur Day before the was the formation of the National Union of provincial government employees Csc at a special Conven Tion and its official acceptance into Congress on the opening William Ridge Way of head of the Manitoba government employees was elected president of the member a policy statement that confirms the longstanding policy of Csc to support the new democratic party was overwhelmingly endorsed by delegates a routine biennial in other Dele Gates passed a Resolution calling for full disclosure of All details of investments in connection with pension funds for employees and pro vision for Union participation in administration of pension funding and related a policy paper on women rights was adopted that asks provincial governments to re View relevant legislation respecting maternity provi Sions the 14point paper in a declaration of rights for women As they Are affected in their jobs alongside men who get preferential treatment in Many Csc will now create a department of research on this subject aiming at highlight ing the status of women in the work elevator briefs due by june 3 Ottawa up the deadline for submission of written briefs to the Comis Sion of inquiry into employ ment conditions of country Grain elevator managers and agents has been extended to june the labor department announced the commission was established to determine whether the hours of work provisions in the Canada labor code should be applied to the approximately employees who receive and Grade Grain from producers in the Western prov All briefs and notices of in Tention to make Oral presentations should be sent to Judith Weinman of the labor department in to get to Eden memorials proceed North Salter turn left on Templeton turn right on Ferrier also known As Mcgregor 2501 Ferrier phone 3399223 Norbert woman protests to pm about language by Pat Zanger free press staff writer a bilingual Norbert woman has protested to prime minister Trudeau Cit ing discrimination when she was refused a Job As 1976 census taker in her area be cause she Doest speak the who Doest want to be identified for fear Shell be regarded As anti French in her was a census taker in 1971 but has become a victim of a new Federal government poli census offices across Canada this year have hired Bilin Gual census takers for areas where at least 10 per cent of the minority residents speak one of the official languages French or if the area is designated we would recruit a bilingual were try ing to work within the spirit of the official languages Jerry assistant director of the census office in said Norbert is a bilingual enumeration Page bilingual areas were deter mined by the Federal govern ment from responses to the 1971 the who Speaks English and wrote the prime minister May 17 saying she was told she passed the required aptitude but was not she said she was informed All Norbert census takers must be Bilin Gual by her District census commissioner Mary i had to hire French peo ple for one of about 30 census commissioners in said in a Telephone interview who Doest speak French super vises the census taking in 15 divisions in the fort Rich Norbert three of the divisions Are classified because the Over All percentage of French speaking residents in the District is less than 10 per Turner is not bound to the bilingual speak ing requirement she said there were 21 applications for the 15 positions and three of them indicated they were bilingual French English on their aptitude bilingual applicants must also pass a verbal exam Given by a qualified tester from the census office to in sure language Turner All the applicants wrote the aptitude test in the Norbert woman complained to prime minister Trudeau it is ironical that three other persons were hired because they spoke French on application they chose to write in she said when she took the 1971 census in what would be generally thought of As a predominantly French Only three families requested census forms she was Able to edit the returned forms because of a limited background in French Learned in High she the woman said she has done statistical including surveys other than for the Federal government since she is anxious to see if the bilingual interpretation will affect any other Survey she she is not she her husband and oldest daughter have Good French comprehension and two Young sons take French Tor she said she respects anybody who can speak French but when it comes to putting somebody Job on the its not Why were three new people hired when she has previous Cen sus she the census under statistics is acting at the request of the commissioner of official said Stan chief of Public relations for the census in two Basic principles Are being every Cana Dian could or would receive the census questionnaire in either official language and service would be provided in the official language where 10 per cent of the Popula Tion spoke that Boswell the regulations Only apply to the two official languages of Canada As designated in the he questions on the census forms have been translated into 13 languages including hungarian Maita dutch and but the actual official census forms which Are to be filled out june 1 and re turned to the census statistics Are writ ten in French or Boswell anyone who has difficulty understanding the census forms can request question translations where Nec an interpreter will be sent to he bilingual under the official languages act Means French and the bilingual principle was established because a lot of French speaking people were critical of English Only Lan Guage bos Well Hospital workers defy order Vancouver up non professional Hospital employees refused to return to work at Vancouver general Hospi Tal defying thurs Days government Backoo work but it was reported later that a tentative settlement had been reached and that the workers May return to work saturday about other members of the Hospital employees Union heu returned to work at four other the resistance developed among about Vancouver general workers because of a dispute Over How Many would be recalled to Jack heu Secre said the hos Pital is saying that scores and1 possibly hundreds of our members Are not required for we have agreed to comply with the backs work order but Vancouver general is blatantly in contempt of that Manitoba department of highways special notice respecting the operation of vehicles on highways in the province of Manitoba the owners and operators of vehicles will please take note that pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of Section 82 of the Highway traffic being chapter h60 of the revised statutes of Manitoba that on and after Daylight saving May 1976 and continuing until further notice weight restrictions will be imposed As follows 350 pounds per Inch Width of tire Gross weight per Axle Assembly on the following provincial trunk highways and provincial path 21 to South path 3 path 1 to path 2 path 31 to path 3 path 42 Shoal Lake to path 83 path 45 path 10 to path 83 or 235 path 6 to path s or 250 Souris to or 249 Rivers to path 24 or 251 path 21 to path 83 or 262 Mann Edson to clan William Minnedosa to path 10 or 267 Sifton to path 10 or 268 Birch River to Lenswood or 269 Ethelbert to 6 Miles East or 274 from Miles South of path 5 to North or 267 or 275 path 10 to Saskatchewan or 276 path 5 to or 585 or 362 path 5 to Sifton or 366 path 5 to 5 Miles North or 432 Morden to 5 Miles South or 480 path 5 South to Makinak or 581 path 5 to or 360 general in addition it should be noted that during the period of restrictions overload permits will not be issued on those highways that Are not affected by these by order Peter minister of May ;