Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba P p j Spivak rapped hmm to Mil Tull Mvi civil service layoffs disturb Mega head by Scott Edmonds if a massive civil service Layoff is one of the goals of the Manitoba progressive conservative it de finitely has not won the cooperation of the Manitoba govern ment employees association association president Bill Jackson said Jackson was commenting on a statement by Syd Ney chairman of the task Force on government efficiency and the at a rotary club luncheon from the perspective of the government we have won the commitment of the association in the Best tradition of the civil service to seek the goals of the Goye nement Spivak told the he made the comment in reference to the establish ment of a redeployment committee which is to make recommendations for the relocation and retraining of Dis placed civil if one of the goals of the government is to Lay off a Large part of the civil service then Well fight them tooth and Jackson countered Friday after hearing Spivak he said he had already made it Clear the agreement was Only As Good As he government was willing to make combined with assurances Mega members Laid off in the Pas would get alternate employment it helped stave off Jacksons own threatened resignation from the task on which he sits As labors Only Jackson said the province has finally named its appointees to the joint a consultative body established by the civil service which is scheduled to meet within the next few Days to set up the special redeployment he said the government members on the Council will include labor minister Norma finance minister Don Craik and Northern affairs minister Ken the Meas nominees to the Council include Vic president Gary doer and a former Fred Jackson said he is still awaiting word on what Suc Cess education minister Keith Cosens has had finding jobs for eight of the 11 Kitchen employees at Keewatin Community College in the Pas who Are not old enough for Early he said the consultation that started As a result of the layoffs is a Good sign and leaves room for some Cosens is doing As much As he can Jack son Jackson said he was still disturbed at rumours govern ment estimates would reveal a Large number of planned civil service layoffs when they Are made if the government does not consult with the Mega and simply proceeds with massive confrontation is the Only thing he it will then be left up to the members to decide what action they want to Jackson he said he planned on touring major centres in the province during the next few weeks to Contact members the represents about civil ser vants throughout the has just presented contract proposals to the provincial government and is expecting the first meeting Over the bargaining table to take place Early in Jackson said he did not want to release details of the proposals yet or give away any but he repeated the unions position that it ignores ant inflation guide lines when he has said in the past that the Mega had new cards to play in its continuing attempt to get around Aib the Union succeeded in getting the supreme court to Rule last year the province had hot entered the ant in Flatiron program legally Only to be stymied when the Lyon government called a special session of the legislature to reenter the program the Meas contract with the provincial government expires March within the decontrol period that ends april and so any new agreement is supposed to into the final year of binding the Union to a maximum six per cent wage Henry Block Block knows everyone tax situation is different our specially trained tax experts sit Down with you and ask you Well look for every legitimate if s part of our and that service is dedicated to making sure you pay Only the absolute minimum at we Are income tax Block the income tax people 565 Portal 1010 main 218 hand Araon 943 213 Mary a 2621 Portage 837 Corydon 1383 Lambina 136 rag ant 903 St 3505 Romin 158 Provancher 105o marys 86 shac Toyook Opan 9 9 9 5 saturday torn m a Mann the downtown uni City also in Polo Park Cardan City Canada Trust 230 Portage during regular Stora hours 9mi my photos by Wayne to Wacky judging by the the girls top photo Are quite agog engineering right for their support during a male Beauty contest at the University of Manitoba festival of life and learning festival of life and learning author says myth of liberation could entrap men and women by Debbie Lyon today liberated men and women May Well find there headed toward new forms of of a More fulfilling a University of Manitoba professor warned Penelope Washbourn of the department of religion expressed fears that the process of liberation is leading not toward a More fulfilling existence but to new forms of degrade and she was critical of society with its emphasis on the Promise of a new Freedom in the future a Promise she is an ing individuals from finding value and meaning in the who teaches in the areas of culture and women addressed More than 100 peo ple attending the second Day of the festival of life and focus of the three Day program is she told her audience present concepts of liberation imply individuals free from social unbound by sexual involved in alter native these concepts seem to imply some one free of internal and external restraints people Able to direct their own in unhappy with these images of she suggested that the old forms of sexual manipulation of women Are still and she expressed concern that women who Are etching out careers in the work place May be caught under the same conditions of serving the Rule of profit As men have author of a recently published Book on the life stages of said females still Arent sexually even when women Are its not legitimate for them to say no in sex without it being seen As something one has to justify Fertility is viewed As playing havoc with the enjoyment of sexuality while pregnancy has become an undesirable disruption in the liberated in Stead of learning to celebrate the birth of All society has come to View the unexpected pregnancy As an in Welcome a lapse in mans striving to control the human liberation represents More than the ability to rebel against sexual Stan its the Freedom to know when something is an expression of ones True Washbourn Sug individuals Are limited by a narrow understanding of sexuality in she warned that women May be co opted by current patterns of work and As they strive to get into the male dominated positions May find themselves enslaved to the pressures of salary and the sacrifices necessary to achieve Progress and in a form of they appear to be taking on the oppressive roles of the work place instead of questioning the nature of work and seeking changes in it for both men and Washbourn indicated absolute liberation is a myth since there will never be a time when All the conditions which limit and constrain individuals will be the truth of being liberated is to be Able to find whole value for life in the she there is no More Joy in life than can be found in the in ones own unique being in the world Here and liberation implies More than a break from traditional patterns or it is an Equality of the human spirit and liberation for living As Well As from society makes it difficult for people to discover the meaning and value of their present lives because of its emphasis on future Freedom and Tomor rows Washbourn suggest its illusory to think that today value is lost if one Doest plan for the Assumption there will be some future Ideal of time or situation or self or relationship leads people to for get that what we have though it May not be what we think it should is in itself Complete in a sense in not saying we work towards social political but when weve done Are we free the Kernel of the problem is to find a sense of peace that at the same time carries a sense of Hope of change it does not mean you Are waiting for the world to change before you begin living its not a question of giving up on things you want to but the ability to be More self accepting and its coming to some sense of self Trust that its my my fun Lon Neepawa Steinbach Killarney Grandview Stonewall Carman Melita Pilot Mound the Pas Portage i Dauphin Selkirk Thompson speaker tells of need men have to escape stereotyped male roles by Ritchie Gage if a Man feels unfulfilled on the Road to Success or in his personal life he might not fit the popular image of masculinity and Accord ing to Paul Karaska of the mens Centre in Karaska was chairman of a discussion on the subject of male liberation at the Festi Val of life and learning Fri the Centre is an unfunded mens social which encourages men to share their he said the world is full with men attempting to be the Broa Shoul business whose knowledge is Complete on the Stock mar second world whisky and at the mens Centre men get to talk to other men in an atmosphere other than traditional male image endear in sports men come to Gether for Competition which is there is usually a win Factor men Are always competing against each other with the goal of they com Pete against each other on tuesday to Price at lampoons proc Ink mondays paper Pom Complete Uit of Manitoba 1 ski shop the for for and winning is extremely he the men at the Centre build friendships which dont involve competing against each which Karaska said All men he said a Man can have drinking which he says int or sports buddies he sees Only during the game and really cant live he men seek a personal image comfortable and Good for said who is divorced and has four he said Many men dont agree with the Hollywood male but Many dont have a Good acceptable Karaska says that men often feel insecure and Defeated because they feel they must measure up to the Stan Dard of masculine he said that if you Are not aggressive or competing for positions at you May feel insecure about he said being or being the Boss int necessarily he said everyone cant be the and that we have to loosen the tie on the male image if we Hope to change the pressure on the stereotyped role of he said Many men share All their emotions with one woman and if she leaves them they feel a great he said thesis overreacting and they take it As a personal he said that men should build a Circle of male and not be ashamed of crying or showing emotion with any one of one girl in the audience said she was tired of men who showed such a pseudo masculine image that the slightest disinterest shown to their attractiveness flustered he said and women should define their own idea of Success and and feel secure inside by not following the the crowd does have an immediate and pow Erful effect on what we think about and Karaska admits that there is need for a change in and it should Start at Home with my two girls Are very ath i dont discourage at one time girls we rent encouraged to be but boys he if my two boys we rent athletic i push Karaska emits a gentle understanding Nice Guy he Clea Blue a casual and a casual restful presence enough to handle a crowd on the verge of crossed opinions on his sub Karaska says he sought the Centre after advice an said i needed some male friends after my marriage broke i found them at the College Nurs Trainin by Manfred Jager the director of the nursing school at the University of new York said Friday the nursing profession through out North America must get All nursing education transferred out of the Hospital and into the educational Martha Here to address a meeting of the University of Manitoba festival of life and learning on sex ism in nursing said in an interview the educational move to Community colleges and universities is necessary to keep up with the there was an Era on this continent known As the horseman buggy Days and people actually travelled All across the country that Rogers i could do that even today if i wanted but for obvious reasons i because time has moved on and we Are More advanced now than we were 100 years the same goes for Nurs we must make sure that nursing education is As mod Ern As it possibly can Rogers advocates considerations to Combine prac tical and diploma registered nurses at some Point in the future but allows that for the time being Many practical nurses have no intention of getting More or a different Type of professional Educa they Are completely satisfied with what they at the same Rogers there is in creasing indication that it will take the University trained nurse to carry out All supervisory roles in the healthcare system of the immediate the Hospital trained registered nurse does her Job Well and makes a very valid contribution to the health care available in the comm but if in the victim of i want the absolute Best care i want those who look after me to know As much a Rogers expressed no fear of University trained nurses pricing themselves out of the Market As Hosp ii tals and other health vices come under financial restraint and in new York people have to look a Little before they find a Job but they will still find a Job right in the in the whole of the we can place our Stu dents Many times As for Rogers said men have made a very successful and Welcome entry into the nursing pro actually without any opposition from the women us any it has been an example to other Fields and the nursing school head said the Only difficulty male nurses entering a predominantly female Field Ever encountered was in the Days of undergraduate nurses Resi during the victorian Era we simply didst know where to put but that was the Only difficulty they ran other than that they have been appreciated and have made a very valuable contribution to the Field of Nurs nursing is advanced in the United states Rogers followed perhaps by Canada and Brit with Continental Europe lagging behind in both in sight and weve moved faster have been Able to make Progress in Community col lege nursing education pro Grams and in the number of such programs i believe that human beings need knowledgeabh1 services and its knowledge that makes the if in the victim of ill id like those who look after me to know As much As and to know enough to supervise Brothers charged in stabbing of Man after wrestling match a 28yearold Winnipeg Man was reported to be in Good condition in Boniface Hospital after collapsing in the North Star inn lobby from blood loss resulting from a Stab two Brothers have been charged in connection with the which began when the victim became embroiled in a scuffle with two men outside the Winnipeg Arena following a wrestling during the scuffle the Vic Tim stabbed in the Back with a Small pocket police broke up the scuffle but did not notice the Man was bleeding and allowed the Man to Board a transit bus which took him to the hotel where he subsequently a police spokesman charged Are James Wil Bert and Phillip George both of 298 Stanley ;