Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 8, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Winnipeg free press ii u j thu know this company they won t give in Brandon steel firm strikers locked in bitter dispute workers Are in their Lith week of patrolling the picket line at Brandon s Behlen Wickes Plant. City Sells 7 of 22 Core area lots seven of the 22 Core area lots the City had approved for Sale at a minimum Price of each last year have been sold with the largest and most expensive bringing the lots sold on the provision that the purchaser build Low Cost family housing were tendered in december with the sales approved by civic finance committee in late March. Harvey Akins manager of land sales and development said yesterday the lots were sold by tender. The City held a Reserve bid on All the properties. Three of the seven lots were sold to flair Homes with the remainder going to individual citizens he said. The lot that sold for on Pacific Avenue at Isabel Street was higher than the next highest tender. Two of the other lots sold for each one for another for and two for Akins said. The remaining lots will probably be put up for Sale this summer depending on How soon any encumbrances and encroachments can be lifted he said. Under the terms of Sale a purchaser is required to build a Low Cost single family dwelling of at least 650 Square feet with a minimum of two bedrooms. It must be completed within one year. City Council originally designated 22 lots for Sale but Akins said three of them were deleted and we Are propos ing to add one or two in All there will be about 20 lots offered to the Public he said. Akins said the City received 12 bids on the first seven lots which were advertised in the free press on dec. 13 and 15. Weather City Calendar Winnipeg area forecast mostly sunny today. Wind West at 25 this afternoon. High near 8. Low tonight near -3. Sunny tomorrow morning clouding Over in the afternoon with a High near 7. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny thursday Cloudy Friday show ers Likely saturday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 5 and-6. Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness thursday and Fri Day Light Snow Likely saturday. Temperatures below Normal readings of 3 and -10. Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 6 and -5. Temperatures Canada and the world or. John Ryan of the University of Winnipeg geography department will give an illustrated lecture on Quebec at referendum time featuring travels through the Lac Saint Jean Region and the Gaspe. The lecture begins at at . Tomorrow in the Centennial Hall u of w. Professor Ben Chud of the University of British Columbia school of social work will be the guest speaker at the annual fund raising dinner for the Canadian jewish Outlook at 6 . Sunday at Sholem Aleichem Centre 366 Church ave. Nue. The Winnipeg singers with members of the Winnipeg symphony orchestra will present j. S. passion according to St. Matthew. The concert begins at 8 . Sunday at Westminster United Church Maryland Street and Westminster Avenue. William Baerg will conduct. The singing Carillon of Stonewall will perform the passion of Christ at 7 . Sunday in Weston gospel Church 1535 Elgin Avenue april 17 at Calvary Temple 440 Hargrave Street and at 6 . April 19 at Kings Park Tabernacle University Crescent at Pasadena ave nue. Deaths classified death National Victoria. Vancouver. Regina. Thompson. Of Phon. Thunder Bay. Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. International Chicago. Minneapolis. Hew York. Boston. Amsterdam. Athens. Berlin Helsinki. Lisbon. Stockholm. 12 Tel Aviv. 19 resort spots los Angeles Clouds Las vegas Clear it Wenix Clear Honolulu partly Clouds Tampa Clear Miami partly Clouds Bermuda Lair Nassau rain Kingston fair Barbados partly Clouds Havana fair 16 28 29 25 26 33 29 28 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean 10.5 1.9 4.2 last year. 5.8 0.5 3.2 Normal. 5.6 -5.0 0.0 on record 24.4 in 1900 lowest on record -26.7 in 1936 precipitation total Jor april i to april 7 to. Millimetres. Normal 5.6mm. Banks William 57. Of 778 Manhattan Avenue Hus band of Yvonne Banks. Baskerville Dora Sigrid 54. Of 524 a Sargent Avenue. Suite 7, wife of Gordon Bas Kerville. Browning Myrtle a. 62, of Winnipeg widow of Harry Browning. Clarke or. George Maurice. 81, of Kamloops b.c., husband of Carrie Clarke. Demetriff Doris 59, of 573 St. Catherine Street wife of George Demet riot. Duchene Hewet 55. Fingland Julia Beatrice 76. Widow of Evan Fingland Frommelt Karl Gerhard 47, of Petersfield. Grabish Ruby Eleanor 60, of 1590 Henderson Highway widow of John Grabish. Gulyas Donna Lee 28, of Stony Plain alta., wife of Walter Brian Gulyas. Ingram Al Gladys Nellie 67, of 466 Marjorie Street wife of t. Herbert Ingram. Jarn Ouin Joseph Ernest 26. Of Nelson. B.c., formerly of Swan Lake District Hus band of Cindy Jarn Ouin. Kennett Joan wife of or. Stanley Kennett. Lamb Grant of Portage la Prairie husband of Margaret Lamb. Luffman Rev. E. M., of 240 Enniskillen Avenue husband of Sally Luffman. Prettie Craig 18, of Gar son son of Clara and Lawrence Prettie. Ramsay Hugh 91, formerly of 811 school Road husband of Andrina Ramsay. Skinner Victor Sidney 60, of 158 Woodhaven Boule Vard widower of Margaret Skinner. Skinner Lucille 74, of Tuxedo Villa. Stepko Mary 68, of Vic Toria b.c., formerly of Winni Peg. Tesch Harry Robert. 68, of Winnipeg husband of Emily Tesch. Wheeler Beatrice Mary. 68, of 737 Simcoe Street wife of Alexander Wheeler. By Tom Goldstein Winnipeg free press Brandon cars pickup trucks and four wheel drives line the shoulder of a strip of Road just a few minutes Southeast of downtown. Groups of men walk along the Side of the Road talking sports and making Idle conversation. A pair sit in a truck Reading a newspaper. A Man and a Little girl play catch. The scene could be a Day in a Park. In fact it does take place in a Park an Industrial Park. Although they Seldom Wear signs to distinguish themselves the men walk ing beside the Road Are members of the United steelworkers of America local 7913. They Are on strike against Beh Len Wickes co. Ltd., a manufacturer of prefabricated steel products such As Grain bins and Sheds. Inside a trailer across the Street players float in and out of an ongoing cabbage game. After almost 11 weeks on the line things have settled into a routine. We figured the strike would last anywhere from three to six Judy Latcham says. You know this company they won t give in the workers went on strike Jan. 22 to protest wage cuts implemented by management a few Days before and to demands for a new contract to replace one which expired oct. 31. According to a company advertise ment tb2 pay cuts implemented Jan. A averaged eight cents an hour. The Union says the average reduction is 40 cents. Market declines one Guy gets Cut 95 cents another 62 cents another 45 cents and some got says Latcham a machinist with the company for years. The workers say the wage cutbacks were due to several factors including a decline in the Market for Behlen Wickes products and the end of a 10-year moratorium on City property taxes. Management has refused to discuss the dispute with the Media. Wages which ranged from to an hour under the old contract Are not the major problem. Behlen Wickes management has said it would rescind the wage cuts and the Union is ready to accept the company s 20.6 per cent offer to be implemented in four stages during a two year con tract. But the Union wants a Cost of living clause and a guarantee of 25 cents an hour if the consumer Price Index rises by More than 7.5 per cent in the first year of the contract. But the company has rejected any cola clause. Workers also Are unhappy with management s plans to reclassify them every month. The actual change in jobs is one thing but the accompanying wage shifts if they Are another. You can t budget on Latcham says. You Don t know what you re going to be earning from one month to the a week pickets earn a minimum of a week depending on the number of hours they spend on the line and the amount of donations the Union receives. Nobody s starving everybody s get Ting says Trevor Nordquist. None of our members has gone to work at about half of the original 63 strikers Howe left the line and found new jobs. Most he says will probably not return when the strike is Over. I think it s surprising just How Little air cadets get 12 new scholarships transport Canada will sponsor 12 new scholarships for air cadets this year covering flight instruction and for the first time air traffic control. Andre Dumas president of the air Cadet league of Canada said in an interview that it is Only fitting trans port Canada provide the scholarships because one of its roles is to Foster the growth of Canadian aviation. I feel transport has missed the boat by not getting into sponsorship earlier. I have Many sex cadets working for me and find them highly motivated and he said. Dumas administrator of the Quebec Region of transport Canada said inclusion of air traffic control As a Cadet course is a natural. We found that most cadets when taken to a major Airport Are fascinated with the air traffic control Tower and operations he said air traffic control instruction will begin in Quebec this year and there is a possibility it will also be offered in the Prairie Region. Dumas said 300 powered flight scholarships will be awarded this year in addition to another 300 to Young glider pilots. The air Cadet program is for youths Between the Ages of 13 and 19. You can get by Latcham says baking bread and making Home made she says the strike has brought workers closer together. Nobody wants the says Nordquist a machine operator for four years. We re out now and there s no Way we re going on our hands and the strike by the 10-year-old local is the first in the company s 11-year his tory. The strike has die support of the Manitoba federation of labor the Brandon and District labor Council both of which have asked their Affili ates to Boycott Behlen Wickes goods the National Farmers Union. Workers blame the dispute on the hard line stance adopted by Ken Kad ing who has managed the company for about a year. Kading has refused to talk to the news Media since the strike began other than to elaborate on an and the company placed in the Brandon Sun March 9 to Correct alleged inaccuracies in news reports regarding the workers wages. No we Don t have any comments at he said during a break in Concilia Tion talks. The talks which ended yesterday without Success were the first negotiations to be held since the strike began aside from an unsuccessful session feb. -25. The Union asked for the ser vices of a provincial conciliation offi cer who must be appointed by the minister of labor on request by either of the parties involved in a dispute. Conciliation the Union claims conciliation was necessary because of the company s Adamant refusal to realistically bar gain at the table and As a result of the company s attempt to Scab the about six people began working at the strike bound Plant March 23, after responding to a company want and. They joined non unionized supervisory and clerical staff on the production line. Pickets say More than a dozen people decided against applying for jobs once they Learned of the labor dispute. The arrival of the new workers aroused the anger of the pickets who vowed to use every Means possible to prevent them from crossing the picket lines. However the threat of possible Vio Lence on the line was averted monday when the company won an uncontested injunction preventing the Union and the local labor Council from denying anyone Access to the company s prop erty. Pm b clearance s s classical female i ii vocal country auant Mes albums i ;