Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday april 21, 1981 11 walkout will bring greyhound bus service to halt Calgary up Grey hound bus depots in Western Canada have stopped Selling tickets on Long runs in Prepa ration for a shutdown of ser vices tomorrow. About greyhound bus lines of Canada employees members of the amalgamated transit Union local 1374, will walk out at Midnight tonight to Back contract de mands. It will be the first strike by greyhound workers in Canada since they won bargaining rights in 1947. " we Don t Waul in see any of our passengers stranded so we have decided to Stop Selling tickets on Long Bruce Tyson greyhound Canada vice president said last night. You can still make it to Edmonton today but not to greyhound Canada a subsidiary of the greyhound bus lines is based in Calgary. Tyson said All greyhound runs Between Vancouver and Toronto will shut Down when the strike begins but the to Ronto Windsor Detroit ser vice will continue. Served notice the Union served strike notice last thursday and fed eral mediator Don Crabbe of Vancouver has been unable to bring the two sides Back to the bargaining table. Bill Palesch the Union s financial Secretary said picket lines will go up at 6 . Local times tomorrow at bus depots across Western Canada. He said the strike officially begins at Midnight tonight but Drivers out on the High ways at that time will com plete their runs. We have no intention to inconvenience our Passen Palesch said. While travellers in major centres can switch to via rail trains and planes hundreds of Small communities in Western Canada which depend almost entirely on greyhound passenger and freight services will be the hardest hit. Both sides indicated yesterday that they Are pre pared for an extended strike. In a nutshell the Union is asking far too much Tyson said. We re simply not ready to meet these excessive but Union president Bob Saarinen retorted we really Don t understand Why. The company made a profit last year on Mil lion in Saarinen said the Union made no Effort to reopen negotiations yesterday be cause Crabbe told the Union on Friday that the company wanted the Union to drop several contract demands before it would reopen talks. And we told him we Are not ready to drop them with out an additional offer or an Assurance of such an key items of disagreement include wages and a Cost of living clause. Union members had previously rejected a 27-per cent wage increase Over three years offered by the company. Under that offer beginning with a 9.5-per-Cem retroactive to Jan. 1, top rated Drivers would make about this year. The Union wants to retain a Cost of living clause in place for about 30 years but Grey hound wants to abolish it. The Union also wants a com Pany commitment to change its pension rules to account for seniority. The existing pension is a Flat 50 per cent of pay. As Well the Union wants an improved pension plan be cause the present one is woe fully Saarinen said. Saarinen said some of the improvements the Union wants have Long been enshrined in Union contracts with greyhound in the United states. Council of christians and jews hitting snags another great West connection biking off aprif26. 3 times a week Toronto up the Canadian Council of christians and jews one of Canada s largest charities is in financial trouble and has been living beyond its Means its presi Dent says. Victor Goldbloom a former que Bec Cabinet minister who resigned his seat to take Over the foundering organization 18 months ago said the Council has had deficits of 000 in 1980, in 1979 and in 1978. The Council s Reserve fund has been pared to in three years and Goldbloom said until he began cutting staff and programs the projected deficit for this year was about Olga Fuga executive director of the Manitoba chapter of the Canada Council of christians and jews said last night the Council s economic situation is the concern of the nation National office and she was unaware of any financial difficulties. A staff meeting is being planned for Toronto sometime during the next month when any financial prob lems would be dealt with said Fuga. V founded in 1947 to promote Harmony among Canada s faiths and Cul Tures the Council has been told by consultants that its financial Trou Bles Are partly the result of inflation and the worsening economic climate businesses no longer have the Money to contribute or Are being More selective in the charities they choose. However said Goldbloom the deficits also were caused by hiring too Many people and spending based on budgets that were far too optimistic. He said senior staff thought the Council s Exchange program for Stu dents from across Canada and those in Quebec would net an sur plus last year. Instead the Council lost on the program. The Council receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in Federal Grants but relies mainly on the Pri vate sector for donations. Our financial consultants said to us that you can t expect the situation to change miraculously in the space of a few months or one he said. It is going to be a three or four year rebuilding process of ongo ing annual As Well As firing people he hired Only a year ago Goldbloom said he has had to defend himself against at tacks on his integrity. Recently several members of the Council s National Board of directors received an Anonymous open letter charging the Council s fund raising was in a Complete the president s office represented an enormous Cost to the Council and that Goldbloom spent Little time on Council business and enjoyed Over seas junkets at Council expense. I was in Public life for 14 said Goldbloom. I came out of Public life with a spotless reputation. I am not going to jeopardize that reputation and for god s Sake 1 am not going to jeopardize it by chisel Ling on expense he said the figures quoted in the letter for his salary his expenses and the Cost of his Toronto apart ment were inflated. Since receiving the letter Goldbloom has asked the Council s auditors to go through his receipts and report any irregularities to the Board. Burning rectal itch relieved in minutes exclusive substance also relieves pain. Promotes Healing want Relief trom rectal itch even itching Here s Good news. 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