Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 25, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba To Winnipeg free press monday october 25, 1976 . Sacred convention adopts conciliatory approach to labor Vancouver it pre Mier Bill Lienti Elt says the two Day convention of the British Columbia social cred it party which ended Satur Day was the beginning of a new Era for the organization even though party finances arc in poor shape and Dele Gate numbers were Down significantly. The party took the first tentative Steps toward a More conciliatory relationship with organized labor in the pro move welcomed and requested by or. Bennett and labor minister Allan Wil Liams. Both had exhorted Dele Gates to take the moderate route in dealing with controversial resolutions calling for tougher legislation against labor. In a keynote speech Friday the Premier in a reference to labor warned delegates not to single out one group to b 1 c for the province s problems. Or. Williams later led a lengthy and emotional floor debate after which delegates rejected a demand for right to work Laws in the province. Delegates did approve resolutions calling for waiting periods after strike or lockout notice is served and for secret ballots in strike votes but or. Williams said similar provisions already exist in . Labor Laws. In his first major speech to the party rank and file since upsetting the new democratic party government last dec. 11, the Premier was scathingly c r i t i c a 1 of the former administration. Williams vocal he accused it of being inept and irresponsible of being gutless by picking on the mining Industry and municipalities of not dealing with the debt Ridden insurance corp. Of ., and of making unemployment worse. Or. Bennett also produced what he told delegates was a budget prepared by the nip just prior to its defeat. He said the paper projected expenditures of billion about billion More than his government s budget for the current fiscal year. The so called budget was apparently a compilation of departmental requests and had not been to the Treasury Board for revision and approval. Former Premier Dave bar rett said or. Bennett was politically dishonest for re Ferring to the figures As a budget but or. Bennett re fused to change his use of the word in later interviews. There were 66 resolutions before delegates but fewer than half reached the floor for discussion. A s expected the party called for a return of Corporal punishment in schools opposed Federal gun control legislation and wanted the Wear ing of seat belts left to individual discretion. Policy advisory Council planned Clark preparing for pc government Ottawa up conservative Leader Joe Clark says he will be announcing shortly the formation of a policy advisory Council to help his party prepare for the Job of governing can Nada. We Hope to announce the name of at least the chairman and perhaps some of the Council members he said in a n interview broadcast sunday on ctr s question period. Or. Clark said the coun cil will Likely consist of five maps five persons nominated by the National party and 10 others Cho sen from the Public at the Council will establish committees to Deal with specific problems such As bilingualism. My Job is to prepare to govern and we re going to b e establishing soon i Hope a policy advisory Council whose Job will be to help us Call upon the expertise in the country to prepare ourselves to take Over the Job of or. Clark said there is a Remote possibility that he May not face prime minister Trudeau in the next election. Sir. Clark. Said there has been a preoccupation throughout or. Trudeau s Public career with Lan Guage questions and lesser attention Given to economic he said there is nothing wrong with the principle of bilingualism but problems have resulted from the manner of implement for Over 30 years Canada savings Bonds have been the most popular investment in Canada. Literally millions of canadians have used Canada savings Bonds As a Way to build a solid financial base. They re simple straightforward and easy to understand. They re a great Way to save. Here s Why. Security flexibility. They re flexible because you can buy Canada savings Bonds in various denominations for Cash or on instalments wherever you Bank or invest. And they re washable anytime at their full face value plus earned interest. This year the Purchase limit has been set at two kinds. A. Fully registered Bonds. These Bonds Are registered As to both principal and interest. The interest is sent to you automatically by Cheque each year on november 1st. They Are available in denominations of and Canada savings Bonds Are secure because they re backed by All the resources of Canada. Coupon Bonds. These Bonds Are registered As to principal and have annual interest coupons payable to bearer. They Are available in denominations of and income they pay Good income an average annual interest to maturity in 1985 of each Bond begins with interest the first year and then pays interest for each of the remaining 8 years. Average annual interest to maturity i be made it Clear that we want to take a very close look at the manner of implementation with a View to reforming he said. While declining to go into specifics he said he expects a conservative government s official languages program will re sult in an Over All "1 expect it will result in a sense that the program is being applied much More fairly than people think it is being applied or. Clark said the country should Calm Down Over bilingualism As there is a very real danger of exaggerating the significance of that tension to National answering to another question he said he will be sympathetic towards demands for increased provincial jurisdiction. I think there Are times when the Central govern ment should be Strong and times when the Cycle should move towards the provinces and this is a time to move towards the provinces i Union accused of plotting to destroy Ottawa paper Ottawa up Publica Tion of the journal was delayed for about four hours saturday due to a continuing slowdown by Union employees at the newspaper. L. A. Lalonde. President and publisher of the journal said Union tactics look increasingly like a plot to de s t r o y the newspaper a member of up publications Ltd. He said in a front Page statement that the journal has been singled out for a series of intermittent strikes which have resulted in production delays reduction in Quality and substantial economic losses in the last two ave eks. Or. Lalonde said he told a meeting of the joint Council of Ottawa newspaper unions on Friday that he could not understand Why the International typographical Union Itu had continued to deny to the journal the competitive advantage of a contract signed with the citizen a member of Southam press Ltd. He said since me contracts Between All five unions represented by the Council expired oct. 3, the pressure has been concentrated on the journal. Through the Itu local. The journal has been mov i Jig into labor saving com Puter typesetting and wants to install computer terminals speak drench Christmas Well have you speaking French by Christmas. And we can say this because of the Berlitz method of talking language instruction. Berlitz schools of languages 529-6161 Toronto Sherbrooke 819 569-9179 Winnipeg troit Riv Leret 819 378-2811 Edmonton Montreel-Peel------288-3111 Calgary Mont reel Cre Mazie 387-2566 Vancouver Ottawa 232-5343 416 924-7773 204 403 429-5602 403 265-3850 604 685-9331 or write to head office Berlitz 2055 Rue Peel suite 300 Montreal Quebec h3a 1v4 translation and interpretation services. German Spanish italian Etc in the newsroom to permit re porters to Type their stories directly into the computer. This has brought the paper into conflict with the Itu which has jurisdiction Over typesetting. Guarantees of Job Security for composing room staff had been a major stumbling Block in negotiations until thursday when the journal agreed to full Security to All employees. Still outstanding is the ques Tion of Union jurisdiction of those employees re assigned work in the event of Automa Tion. Jim Mccarthy chairman of the joint Council of unions said if the Itu accepted the journal proposal to eliminate All their present jurisdiction they would end up with about one half As Many jobs and no muscle in the next round of bargaining. Or. Lalonde said he regret Ted the decision of the citizen to end its Alliance for joint labor negotiations with the journal. No management representatives from the citizen took part in Friday s meet ing. Or. Lalonde said the citizen s decision was Surpris ing since both papers had received Legal advice that their Alliance did not contravene the combines investigation act. However he added that r. W. Southam publisher of the citizen made a com Mercial decision which he is perfectly entitled to the citizen said allegations of violations of the act were not a Factor in calling off the arrangement with the Jour Nal. Or. Lalonde said the Jour Nal remains ready to negotiate on its own. We must become competitive in production As we Are now in is what is at stake or. La Londe said. For that reason. The journal seeks a contract with the Itu with the same terms As those of its competitor. Tin you re sure to hear both sides of every Issue on Krc s in touch with today. Co hosts Cathie Grant and Kevin Evans voice their Opin ions freely and encourage their guests and listeners to do the same. You re invited to join them and air your views 9 to 11 . Weekdays. Phone 942-7537 943-4648 Iii tailed with to tray ;