Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1o Winnipeg free press saturday april postal demands rejected Ottawa up the government has rejected most of the demands of the country s largest postal Union in the final round of contract talks before the Post office becomes a Crown Corpora Tion. The government s detailed positions were made Public Friday in verbal and written submissions to a three Man conciliation Board on its second Day of hearings into the contract dispute with the Canadian Union of postal workers. Three themes run through the rejection of the Union demands they would Cost too much they would restrict currently flexible conditions or they would boost benefits for postal workers too far beyond most other workers. The government has offered some improvements in some main areas of health and safety Protection maternity paternity leave vacations and Boot and Glove allowances. Offers fall Short however the offers fall far Short of the postal workers demands do not address other areas such As disciplinary procedures and exclude most of the 83 changes the Union wants in the collective agreement. Also the govern ment has switched it s proposal for a one year contract to a two year con tract because settlement is taking so Long. The Union will be in a Legal position to strike seven Days after the Board issues a report. Postal Union Leader Jean Claude Parrot says recommendations in the report will be a major Factor in whether a strike is called. Robert Casault of Treasury Board head of the Post office bargaining team repeatedly accused the Union of trying to curtail management rights and made Clear that management does not approve of the style of the cup perhaps the country s most militant Union. The government has offered the Norair attendants can strike wednesday canadians favor takeover Petrovan Conquest of Petrosina approved by 45% when i _ _ when asked recently How they Felt about the acquisition of foreign owned Petrosina by Al most half of canadians 45 per cent voiced approval while significantly fewer opposed 29 per cent about Yone in four were unable to say. Only in the Prairie Region is there More disapproval 50 per cent than approval 31 per in Ontario Quebec and British Columbia Only about one in four express disapproval while in the Atlantic provinces about three-in-10 Are critical. Approval of Petrovan s takeover of Fina decreases with age and men far More than women favor the acquisition. The question which assumes a successful takeover was Petro Canada the National Oil company operating As a Crown corporation recently acquired the foreign owned Petrosina company at a Cost of about one and one half billion dollars. Generally speaking do you approve or disapprove of this results which Are based on personal in Home interviews conducted in mid april with adults 18 years of age and Over Gallup poll approve disapprove Don t know National 45% 29% Atlantic 30 Quebec 48 22 Ontario 48 26 Prairies 31 50 British Columbia 26 men 52 32 women 38 26 18 to 29 years 51 27 30 to 49 years 47 26 50 years and Over 37 34 note percentages May not add exactly to 100, due to rounding. National results Are within four percentages Points at a 95 per cent Confidence level. Sub groups Are subject to greater variability according to the Canad an Institute of Public opinion which conducts the poll. World copyright reserved 26% 28 3d 26 19 6 16 37 22 27 30 Pawley says training needed for Northern construction jobs by Bah for negotiations on the Nunn Nori Umo. Jean Claude Parrot takes a break from negotiations yesterday Union a 50-cent hourly raise on their current average hourly pay including Roll in of the 38-cent Cost of Liv ing allowance accumulated last year. The Union seeks a increase. The parties disagree on the future Cost of living allowance formula. The government has offered to give postal workers a maternity paternity leave package generally available to Public servants but far Short of the 20 weeks fully paid leave for mothers and five Days paid leave for fathers demanded by the Union. Union Mem Bers now Are entitled to up to six months unpaid leave. The government s vacation Grant five weeks to anyone with 22 years service instead of the existing 25 v Falls far Short of the Union s demands for More vacations for virtually All employees including those with five years service or More. The government flatly rejects the Union s demands for compulsory Union membership of All employees for strict limits on hiring of casual workers and for for paying overtime at the double rate instead of the time and a half rate. It rejects the Union s demand to re Duce the number of hours Over which the eight hour work Day can be spread to 8.5 from 9.5 hours. It won t pay Severance pay for reasons other than Layoff and it won t provide a fully paid medical surgical dental optical hear ing a id plan. By Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson pre employment training to prepare Northern Manito bans for construction jobs on the Lime Stone Power station should be activated immediately nip Leader Howard Pawley said yesterday. There is no reason for hundreds of workers to come North on a temporary basis to work on the project that is surrounded by communities with unemployment Levels of 90 per the opposition Leader said. He admitted the Schreyer govern ment had failed to provide sufficient training for northerners during Peak Hydro construction in the mid-1970s, but he noted that in the 1977 election Campaign the conservative party seemed committed orderly Hydro develop ment to avoid such mistakes. Promise broken they also promised not to freeze construction but the Promise was Bro Ken and Manitoba has suffered because of Pawley said. He also noted Deputy Premier Don Craik has set april 30 As the deadline negotiations on Ern Power Grid link.5 Kat Chewan and Alberta a west6m premiers conf p in Tho es6m idea of what the expected requirement be assessing construction needs which could met by Manitoba Busin esses and s ving companies an idea of what the expected requirement week will see the conclusion of these negotiations and a Quick resumption of construction on Pawley said. The construction on the Nelson River station was postponed indefinitely in 1978. Pawley said costs of the project have almost doubled As a result of the delay. He also said Jay Cowan Churchill recently discovered the government has decided not to Start construction on a Road from split Lake to Gillam. Pawley said this Means the Road which would also link Gillam to Thompson will not be ready to acco Iodate the Limestone construction if it begins this year., again the delay in the construction of this Road is going to Cost the Manitoba taxpayers. It is certainly not going to Cost less Money if it is built next year and it is certainly needed now assessment needed the provincial government should otherwise the Large National and Multi National corporations could quickly move in and fill the vacuum during the Rush to get the project Pawley said. He said he was not certain Grid negotiations would be completed next week. It looks As if neither Alberta or Saskatchewan Are As keen to buy Power As Manitoba is to sell he criticized the Manitoba govern ment for not having made a greater Effort to sell its surplus Power to the United states where a connection is already in place. Stays Federal labor minister Gerald Regan has notified Norair flight attendants he will not name a editor in their labor dispute with the airline and he gave the attendants the right to strike on wednesday. The flight attendants members of the Canadian air line flight attendants association Are not locked into that Date and will resume negotiations with the company Over the Lea Marshall contract chairman said in a Telephone interview from Toronto yesterday. Failure of the weekend talks could result in a strike she said. Marshall said attendants Are asking for parity with up air attendants because they Are the highest paid in Canada. Salaries for Norair attendants Start at ranging to a maximum of Cabinet i one Man Short Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau said yesterday he will wait until summer before filling a vacancy in his 31-member Cabi net and indicated the Addi Tion of a new face could be part of a shuffle. Trudeau also told report ers at a weekly news Confer ence he is unlikely to Call a by election before fall in the Quebec Riding of Joliette where progressive conservative leadership contender Brian Mulroney is consider ing a bid. The Riding was the Only one of 75 Quebec Ridings won by the tories in the 1980 election but it has been vacant since last month when Roch Lasalle quit to Lead the Union National in the que Bec provincial election. The in won Only about five per cent of the vote and failed to win a Tempo the Best in entertainment modern living consumer news and columnists. Winnipeg free press Home delivery 957-0550-942-2161 Manitoba Assoc. Of social workers annual meeting and dinner wed., May 13th . Knights of Columbus Hall Duke ave., Portage la Prairie speaker or. Lyle Long claws grand chill. Four nations conf Doracy topic the changing context of native service delivery Cost dinner dinner return transportation registration deadline april 30th pm. 269-9961 to Register while up air salaries Range upward from to Norair attendants must Fly 70 hours a month while 65 is the up air require ment. Marshall said Norair employees also Are dissatisfied with working conditions which they claim have not improved in years and Are below the standards of other airlines. Calfa claims there Are 98 Points unsettled Between the Union and the com Pany. Money has not yet been discus sed Marshall said. Negotiations on new contract began in october. The previous contract expired dec. Of. Norair is a Montreal based airline which serves Winnipeg at the Western terminus of its service. 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Lord Selkirk West a Honan Community pm one 1 site located on the South Side of Ringel Avenue West of Bentley Street 50 frontage x 100 zoned a suburban. Pm 81 -86 one 1 site located on the South Side of Manitoba Avenue Between House nos. 1360 and 1364. 50 frontage x 124 zoned it. East Kildonan Transcona Community pm 81-87 five 5 Sites located on the South Side of Emerson ave nue Between Hanson and Dun Doon streets. 50 frontage x 122 depth zoned rib. Pm 81 -88 one 1 site located at the South East Corner of Riverton Avenue and midwinter Street West of Henderson Highway. Irregular size 3060 Square zoned r-2. St. Boniface St. Vita Community pm 81-89 two 2 Sites located on the West Side of River Road South of Blackmore Avenue adjoining House no. 274 54 front age x 100 depth zoned a suburban. Pm 81-90 one 1 site located on the North Side of Woodlawn Avenue Between House nos. 173 and 1 77 80 frontage x 122 zoned a suburban. 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