Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Siim warnings allegedly removed James Haqq arty win pts fact press Winnipeg free press saturday april 18, 1981 3 Norrie unrepentant about attendance at croatian affair by Ron Campbell mayor Bill Norrie remained unrepentant thursday about attending the 40th anniversary Celebration last weekend of the Independent state of Croatia. Norrie said councillors have the right to criticize his attendance at the croatian affair but added he does t think the objections Are legitimate. Wednesday night councillors Joe Zuken and Abe Yanofsky criticized the mayor s participation and councillors Helen Promislow and Harold Macdon Ald said they agreed with their col leagues. Yanofsky said Norrie was representing All the councillors at the function and should explain his actions to the full Council. According to the encyclopedia Bri Cannica the Independent croatian state was formed april 10, 1941, and was recognized by nazi Germany and fascist Italy. Under the leadership of Ante Pavelic it persecuted and killed thousands of orthodox serbs jews and muslims before falling to communist led partisans in 1945 and becoming part of modern Day Yugoslavia. While we can learn from the past it does t change the fact that we have croatians living in Winnipeg who Are very Good Canadian the mayor said in a Telephone news Confer ence from Toronto. Nome said he will have no hesitation in explaining to Council Why he attended the Celebration banquet at the croatian Church on North main Street. History should not be held against those living today most of whom weren t born or were children during the second world War. Symbol of the City he said his attendance at the croatian banquet does t mean he approves of what happened in Croatia in past years. I see my role As mayor As being mayor of All the people. I go As a Symbol of the my function is not to get involved in the politics of Norrie said that by going to such celebrations he is saying i recognize you As an important part of the by Cecil Rosner cautionary labels warning users to guard against potentially hazardous fumes were deliberately removed from materials provided to workers at motor coach industries ltd., a Union spokes Man has charged. Mike Macisaac business representative for the International association of machinists said the labels were taken off soldering material which contained the suspected Carcinogen cadmium. He said the Union has Evi Dence the labels were on the materials when they were shipped to the company but were removed before they were issued to the employees. The provincial labor department is still investigating the allegations which were forwarded to the govern ment several months ago. A Phipany vice president Werner Martin refused to comment yesterday. He said As far As company officials Are concerned the Issue of cadmium at the workplace is behind them. Above limit motor coach used cadmium in its unventilated Silver soldering area be tween 1968 and december of last year. After complaints from employees last year the government conducted tests and found cadmium concentrations in the air in excess of a threshold limit set by the american conference of govern ment Industrial hygienists. Mac Isaac said the labels Alert users to the presence of cadmium and advise using adequate ventilation. It s Safe to assume somebody did t want people to know about the labor department issued seven orders last dec. 22 to rectify the Situa Tion including an order to install proper ventilation systems. The company discontinued using the cadmium the same Day and now uses a substitute. Macisaac said that while the cadmium has been removed there Are other times present and ventilation systems have yet to be installed. One of the government orders asked racist incidents rare officials say by Dave Barber four Core area school officials say racial hostility against students of Fili Pino descent is not a serious problem in their schools. Officials from St. John s and Daniel Mclntyre High schools and Aberdeen and general Wolfe schools were surveyed following a presentation to the Winnipeg school Board this week. The presentation alleged racial discrimination against students of filipino descent. The Board passed a Resolution to study the matter. Racial tension is a concern said Richard Mutchmor principal of St. Johns but i Don t think we re sitting on a time bomb that s going to tolerance encouraged he said St. John s has made an Effort to encourage tolerance in students. A committee of teachers and students of filipino descent was set up to exam Ine racial problems. Filipino families have been invited to join a Parent advisory committee. Daniel Mclntyre has been amazingly Calm said vice principal Jerry Moore. He said the school has taken an Active approach toward preventing racial hostility by setting up an inter National students organization and sponsoring multicultural luncheons. New students also take part in a mini general Wolfe Junior High does t have any racial problems said Princi pal Charles Martin because there s a Strong feeling of ethnic tolerance. Ernie Unruh principal of Aberdeen Junior High said there s Little tension in his school. I really have not had a problem where there s been a filipino kid and a White kid ganging up on each downtown Parkland proposed youth killed in Experiment to build rocket Timothy Sarna 16, of 389 seven Oaks Avenue died thursday afternoon in the health sciences Centre three hours after a Cylinder containing Carbon dioxide exploded cutting his jugular vein and a major artery in his neck. Police said Sarna had rigged the Cylinder with Gunpowder and a fuse in a garage behind 595 Bannerman Avenue in an Experiment aimed at converting it into a rocket. Sarna was taken to seven Oaks general Hospital by ambulance and was later transferred to the health sciences Centre where he died shortly before 5 . A Cousin who was also involved in the Experiment was not injured. M r where there s smoke motor coach to Supply a list of names of r i t j r a and attendance records of everyone tire Rigters douse a grass fire off St. Anne s Road near the perimeter Highway yesterday. A who has worked in the area since 1968. Ire department official said a rash of grass and Brush fires kept firefighters Busy during the Macisaac said Between 10 and 15 peo Holiday. He said Many of the fires were stalled by children and Many others developed As a As result of Leaf and rubbish fires which got out of control in the dry conditions workers directly affected by the cadmium in the last 13 years. No attendance records while the company has submitted a list Macisaac claims it did not in clude attendance records and also omitted names of some workers including one who filed a compensation claim after working in the area. Of 10 motor coach workers who were checked by a doctor recently six were found to have hoarseness and other Throat problems one was found to have cancer of the Larynx and another had pre cancer cells. Another worker had pneumonia which is also potentially due to cadmium. At a meeting of the advisory Council on workplace safety and health March 27, labor department spokesman John Reimer said he had known about the problem of cadmium being used in the workplace for about a year. He said there had been two incidents reported of sickness in areas where cadmium was used but there was no conclusive proof they were cadmium induced. But labor minister Ken Macmaster said his department first became aware of the motor coach problem oct. He said the end of the use of cadmium relieved the department of the responsibility of insisting a ventilation system be installed. A nurse from the workplace safety and health Branch has visited the Plant several times this year and has had no employee complain about Adverse symptoms he said. The department is directing people who were not feeling Well in december and january to seek medical assistance. A proposal to develop the Canadian National railways East Yards into Parkland at the historic Junction of the red and Assiniboine Rivers was referred to the civic Board of commissioners thursday by executive policy committee. I have Long advocated the East Yards be developed As a Large Urban said Deputy mayor Pearl Mcgonigal who presented the proposal to the committee along with a slide presentation. She reviewed the history of the site from the time it was a rendezvous for James free press Plains indians to the building of Union station in 1910 by the Canadian North Ern and grand trunk railways. The 100-acre property should be acquired from in and private owners by the City and senior Levels of govern ment Mcgonigal said. She suggested a task Force should devise a master development plan and then a National design Competition should be held. She said this is the last Large tract of undeveloped land in downtown Winni Peg. As a historic Park Mcgonigal said it pay Zero minus Mobile food service Driver wound up owing employer by Brian Cole John Greenaway can t figure out How he could work for two weeks and end up owing his employer i just Don t understand said Greenaway 27, shaking his head. "1 tried to figure it out using their calculations and i still could according to his former employer at Weimar food services lid., the calculations Are Correct and Green away s loss is just part and parcel of the Tough world of Mobile catering. We re satisfied we did All we had to do As an employer to meet the labor Laws Weimar spokesman Doug Labos Siere said of the Greenaway Case. Drivers responsible our Drivers Are responsible for the product and the he said. When a Driver does t Deposit the Cash for the product the amount is deducted from his Cheque Labossiere said. Greenaway s somewhat unusual situation began when he accepted a Job As catering truck Driver for Weimar about two months ago. Before quitting earlier this month he earned a Gross income of about but during the same time Weimar deducted about from his Cheque. There is no Way you can work and support a wife and daughter with Che ques like Greenaway said. He has left the company and his Case is being reviewed by the department of labor. Labossiere said the deductions Are legitimate. He explained that Weimar hired Greenaway As a commissioned Salesman. Under the terms of employ ment Greenaway was expected to Load his truck each morning with an amount of product including hot dishes Sand Wiches and beverages which he Esti mated he could sell. At the end of the Day Greenaway was allowed to sell Back some leftover items such As cigarettes or other things that would t spoil. But Green away had to pay for All losses due to waste Over an allowance of about Labossiere said this was necessary to ensure there would be an incentive to improve he explained that All Weimar Drivers undergo a two week training period during which the company May absorb some of the extra loss. After a two month probation period Drivers Are placed on straight commission. However the Driver is responsible for losses during the six weeks Between the training period and expiration of probation he said. Greenaway said that was unfair be cause he was being asked to absorb losses As a commissioned Salesman while still being paid a straight salary he explained that if he was consid ered an employee he should have received his full salary and Weimar should have absorbed any losses. Commission but Labossiere said the Man was t entitled to his salary because he was a Salesman who received payment As a guaranteed commission. Labossiere said Greenaway would receive the guaranteed commission until he was placed on straight commission at the end of his probation. But Greenaway said he understood that the training and probation periods were the same two months. As far As i was concerned Weimar was supposed to take care of All the waste for the training he said. Labossiere said All returns Are monitored and that Greenaway did t at tempt to sell a Large amount of left overs Back to the company. Greenaway said Weimar would t buy Back any product that was spoiled so i threw it in the Labossiere said the company has about 17 Drivers during Peak periods and currently employs about seven or eight who have been there a year or More. Fun in the Trees while Winni Eggers basked in warmth thursday their enjoyment was cooled by temperatures Good Friday. The cooler weather however did t prevent people from playing in the Trees or walking their dogs on Wellington Crescent. Would enhance life downtown draw investment capital into the area and create a More human scale develop ment to contrast with the massing of Large impersonal structures. The in main line and Union station would remain but East of the tracks would be Parkland Mcgonigal said. In an interview she said the proposal for the historic Park is not new but it has never been officially presented to City Council for consideration. The Board of commissioners will comment on the proposal and do a Cost analysis. Core area projects delayed next week s expected announcement of projects for Winnipeg s Core area initiative has been postponed until mid May. Mayor Bill Norrie and employment and immigration minister Lloyd a worthy said thursday the announce ment has been delayed because Finan Cial details have yet to be completed. Norrie Axworthy and Manitoba Urban affairs minister Gerry Mercier met for about six hours wednesday in Ottawa ironing out details of the plan. I think we have basically overcome All of the mayor said during a Telephone news conference from Toron to to his City Hall office. Federal officials however had some concern about financial arrangements saying they needed a month to get them through their system he said. Speaking to reporters following an address to the Canadian club in Winni Peg Axworthy said there was no Dis agreement Over Ottawa s contribution to the plan. He said nuts and bolts decisions have to be made As to who pays for what and who manages under the Cai agreement signed sept. 22, each of the three Levels of government is to contribute million Over the five year 1981-1986 period to revitalize Central Winnipeg. Urban cowboys Are dealt a blow that s no Bull Manitoba s Urban cowboys will have to restrict their Bull Riding to the real thing. The Manitoba liquor control com Mission has rejected a request to allow mechanical bucking bulls into the pro Vince s licensed establishments. In announcing the decision thursday a commission spokesman said the bulls made famous in the movie Urban Cowboy have been linked to a number of injuries in the United states ;