Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1980 bartering firm finds business booming bargain Hunters sign up to Swap skills by Laurie Streich the ancient practice of bartering exchanging goods and services for goods and services is fast becoming a booming business in Joann manager of the barter directory says she has received hundreds of Calls from people who want to Trade skills since she started the business in her Home in fort Garry about two weeks there Are already about 40 she the company is the first of its kind in Denesiuk the idea for the service came after Denesiuk read a Story about corporate bartering last december and thought Vlf it works for Why wont it work for individuals companies and individuals Trade services All the she but you May need something done and not know someone who does that in your immediate Circle of the object of the service is to save she there is an initial membership fee of for one a person is Given three referrals on their first after any Exchange the company initiates costs trades also can be purchased in but once a person contacts someone for a ser women warned against false sense of Security by Joe Rubin the myth that a married woman has a Man to look after her for the rest of her life is one of the major causes of poverty among older says an official of the Canadian advisory coun cil on the status of speaking to an audience of about 60 at a meeting of the Canadian pension conference win Loewen Gardner said the fact that women out live their coupled with inadequate is leaving Many widows and divorcees too Many women Are Only a Man away from said cacs first Vic president and director of its Western Many on welfare too few said have saved enough for old because they believe their husbands or the state will take care of Many women end up on in an interview Gardner cited the example of a hypothetical woman who enters the labor Force at age for seven years she pays into the pension plan and then when the woman becomes she leaves work to raise her Gardner said this hypothetical woman usually takes her pension credits out in a Lump sum but Doest invest them for herself Shell spend the Money to Ward a House or for baby women Are not looking at them selves As individuals who will be in need at a certain Point in their because they have been raised with the myth that somebody is going to look after the cacs director said part of the problem stems from the guilt Felt by working she Are regarded As traditional 40 per cent of the workforce is composed of with the Man being the sole provider in Only one in four Gardner the problem is compounded by what Gardner sees As discrimination in pen Sion in some she said women Are expected to retire at and men at in other women cant opt into the plan As soon As men Gardner believes women should be come More involved in pension plan a report published by cacs last year found that fewer than half the recommendations of the 1970 Royal commission on the status of women have been the Canadian pension conference is an organization addressing itself to matters dealing with income Security and Benefit Jumes fbe6 press they can Contact them again the process starts with a question Naire which lists All the skills a person or their family the skills can be traded for any other service and All the details Are worked out by the person using the if i use your but you want my we can work it Denesiuk they can be traded to another person or used As a credit for a service she Denesiuk said people have a limited View of what services they can provide or use until you Lead them and ask them any skill or service is something someone else will she babysitting can be traded for Snow transportation to the super Market can be traded for a prepared car repairs can be traded for dental the list goes on and depending on Talent or she one of the most unusual requests Denesiuk has had came from a Man who wanted to Trade a windjammer cruise to Florida for a car or camera Worth Denesiuk said she is looking into the of providing discounts on clothing and say we have 200 members with before school starts we could Contact a wholesaler for a discount for so Many pairs of she Denesiuk expects there will be at least 500 members within the next couple of the company plans to publish a monthly newsletter listing different services being it also wants to offer the service to with a membership fee of and for each company initiated Denesiuk said several compan ies have called to find out what services Are being offered and whether they could get while the service eliminates Cash Gary Public relations officer for Revenue Canadas Winnipeg District said people Are still liable to report the value of the the onus is on the individual to report it on the voluntary assessment he warning that these services could be traced through the audit something will show up or there Are people May Start bragging about getting away with this or people get caught up that Joann Denesiuk patterns her bartering business on trading schemes used by Job fair designed for teachers a on Day Job fair giving teachers an Opportunity to look at alternative employment will be held 18 at the Winnipeg John Manitoba teachers society said Many of those who will be interested face the loss of their Job because of declining enrolment while others May simply want to try another about 800 Manitoba teachers leave the profession every year through retirement or the province has about Public school teachers and Wiens said he expects declining enrolment will reduce that by 200 to 250 during the next school the fair is sponsored by the Winnipeg chamber of Canadian manufacturers personnel association of the teachers society and the Federal and provincial manpower Wiens said society members Are upset that the provincial legislature has refused to give teachers the right to an arbitration hearing if dismissed ten ure after less than two years experience in a school he said members Are also upset at the Lack of educational guarantees for children with special no payments no interest til 1981 shop for hundreds More store wide savings weather precipitation h High Preti ure l Low cold front Waim front Winnipeg area forecast some Cloudy periods this afternoon and wind increasing to South at 30 by evening and diminishing to Light High today near Low tonight near sky Clearing by Dawn brisk Northwest wind by High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly sunny Friday and clouding Over temperatures near Normal All three Normal highs near Normal lows near Northern Manitoba Cloudy mostly sunny saturday and temperatures near falling to below Normal by Northwestern Ontario mainly near Normal Tern Pera Tures turning colder temperatures Canada and world Winnipeg medical unit wins militia Competition a Winnipeg militia 17 medical has won the 1980 Competition for the Eaton cup As a result of Points accumulated in a Daylong military 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