Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press wednesday june 24.1981 Wayne free press protesters to seek meeting with car continued from Page 1 nation and the emf will bring More people in to bolster the protest and they will be calling on in regional vice president Ralph Hansen to come to Dauphin for talks on the subject. Earlier yesterday Morrisseau said he offered to ask the protesters to suspend their demonstrations temporarily if Hansen would come to Dau Phin for a meeting but the Winnipeg based railway vice president declined. Morrissey accused the railway officials of acting in bad Faith and was particularly critical of an internal in investigation of the walkout which found that there was no discrimination. The workers who walked off the Job were not intervened during the in probe. In a statement yesterday Hansen invited the Federal government to hold an investigation into working conditions at in s extra gang or at any of the railway s other operations. He said he Felt the Canadian human rights commission which has already been notified of the Metis complaints is the appropriate body to Deal with charges of discrimination and he said in would cooperate with an investigation. Morrisseau said officials from the humans rights commission telephoned him yesterday and suggested the pro testers Stop dismantling the rail track a suggestion which was rebuffed. Hansen expressed concern that rail Way property was being damaged and that Normal train operations were being threatened. Both yesterday arid monday freight trains were delayed for several hours As a result of the Dauphin protest. Two More work Crews will be in the Crane River area on july 15 and aug. 1, but those men who have been charged with damaging in property will not be eligible to apply for work on them Hansen said. Other Metis and Indian workers May apply and will be consid ered he said. The 19 women and four men who have been Given court appearance notices As a result of the demonstrations could face fines of or two months in jail each for violations of the Federal railway act. Morrisseau said other locals of the emf across the province have been notified of the protest and May be joining in support at other areas. He said neither he nor the emf could t be held responsible if people take it upon themselves to dismantle track at various locations. Long claws said the Dauphin situation represents one of a number of attacks which have taken place against native people across Canada recently. He said natives will be staging a protest on july 1 to denounce the attacks and assert their rights. Ust v company cites rising costs in rate request two ramp officers attempt to persuade Metis women to leave rail track in Dauphin yesterday. Deal to Avert strike hinted continued from Page 1 in the commons nip Leader de Broadbent tried to get Johnston to Promise the 17 weeks pay recommended by the conciliator. The minister knows that As of Mon Day we could be faced with a postal strike which is desired neither by the inside postal workers nor the people of Broadbent said. Considering that the chairman of the conciliation Board in the postal dispute has recommended a fair for Mula Why does the government not live up to its commitment to women. And postal workers. By accepting his the nip Leader asked. Johnston said the government demonstrated last year in negotiations with Federal clerks that it is committed to the principle of maternity benefits. It is a very important area and one that we believe has to be he said. Whether or not it should be addressed during the course of these negotiations is another Johnston said he wants Federal negotiators to sit Down with representatives of cup As soon As possible and he pushed aside extra questions on the grounds that he does not wish to negotiate in Public. He said he would not immediately get personally involved in the talks. Cup is in the process of taking a strike vote and results Are expected today. Besides maternity pay conciliator Jasmin recommended a 12th statutory Holiday Jan. 2 and four weeks vacation after five years instead of 10 years. The conciliator s report was weighted in favor of the Union although Union nominee Jacques Desmarais differed with the final result. Jasmin took the Union s Side on the question of closed circuit television monitoring of postal employees. The cameras installed to Stop mail theft should Only be used if their benefits outweigh the damage they represent to worker dignity he said. Continued from Page 1 is to have Public ownership he said. Company president Austin Rathke told the Board the firm paid million for its Gas in 1980, compared with million in 1973. This is a Rise of 474 per cent. Rathke also said that during the same period property corporate and other taxes increased 124 per cent to million from million. As Well Federal excise taxes imposed in 1980 will take another million he said. And while the consumer Price Index Rose 87 per cent Between 1973 and 1980, the firm s operating expenses per con Sumer Rose 70 per cent he added. In a written Brief presented to the Board Arnie Makinson president of the Manitoba Gas workers Union which represents 259 greater Winnipeg Gas employees said a recent Utility Board decision to allow the company to charge an interest penalty on unpaid Bills is creating a hardship because of the firm s practice of estimating meter readings. Prior to the interest penalty Makin son said a consumer could wait a month until an actual Reading was taken if he Felt an estimated Bill was too High. Interest penalty but now the company has introduced an interest penalty charge for unpaid Bills forcing the consumer to pay the Bill even though it May be information submitted by the firm showed that of meter readings in May 14.2 per cent were rejected by the computer because they were grossly underestimated and 8.8 per cent were rejected for being grossly overestimated during the re cent Gas workers strike. During the 79-Day strike earlier this year the firm spent on Security labor and on other Security according to figures introduced by the firm at the hearing. Jerry Kruk the firm s vice president for operations said Security labor included the Cost of hiring a private Security firm to guard company plants and other major company assets 24 hours a Day during the strike. Figures presented to the Board showed the company saved in wages during the strike but extra strike costs totalled one of the items was for systems Kruk told the Board this involved hiring six surveyors to complement the regular two in order to Check for possible leaks in major build Ings and make sure Gas company lines at construction Sites weren t damaged by construction work. The Cost for the eight people works out to per worker or a Day during the 79-Day strike. Company officials told the Board the total overtime Bill for All employees during the strike was he also said the final Bill for strike expenses in t in because the firm is still reimbursing Consumers who had to pay their own repair Bills while the strike was on. So far the firm has paid out the hearing continued today. Job matter of ability not age9 continued from Page 1 Tive agreements Between employers and employees. His remarks contrasted with those of Sam Newman a Semi retired music teacher who said such agreements should be allowed. Otherwise Newman 68, said employers should not be permitted to dismiss workers simply because they have reached an arbitrary age. Some people can work until they Are 60, others can work until they re he said. It s not a matter of age it s a matter of Sheila Crawford of the senior Citi Zens Job Bureau told the inquiry that health of older people is less Likely to decline if they Are allowed to retain their jobs. Stays healthier arguing that people should have the Choice of when to retire she cited studies that indicate the aging per son in Good health remains mentally and physically fitter when continuing in the work she referred to evidence that people with cancer who have taken casual jobs made Progress against the disease be cause they Are being treated As use Ful participating human beings and not dying people " society by dismissing a healthy Vig Orous worker merely because of his age is condemning him to hours a year of compulsory she said jobs give people a meaning in life particularly the current Genera Tion of senior citizens who tend to have a Strong work ethic. Crawford whose government funded Agency finds jobs for the retired also said Canada has a shortage of skilled labor and older workers can help fill this Gap. 65 Homes reduced to ashes q in California arsonist s fire Napa Calif. A winds that fanned an arsonist s fire Over More than acres turned against the Blaze late yesterday after it already had destroyed 65 Homes in the wine Rich Napa Valley. Now the wind is turning around and blowing Back on said Chuck Chrysler an information officer for the California department of forestry. The winds were blowing out of the Northwest and Are now out of the South he warned that it would be Prema Ture to say How much of the fire might be controlled by today. Although the wind shift appeared to be helping Only 10 per cent of the Blaze was controlled and 20 per cent was contained. The 18 wineries nearest the fire and the posh Silverado county club were spared in the initial conflagration but Chrysler said 65 structures destroyed As the fire advanced through the tinder dry canyons about 60 Kilometres North East of san Francisco were All Homes. Damage was estimated at million. It looked like an atomic bomb had been said Maureen Grinnell irritated Levesque intends to Boycott Energy conference Quebec up Premier Rene Levesque irritated by Newfoundland s support for Ottawa s omnibus Energy Bill abruptly announced yesterday he will Boycott a conference of Eastern premiers and new England governors opening in St. John s on thursday. In a Telegram Levesque told Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford of his dismay with the province s backing of the Bill which would allow Newfoundland to build a Power line through Quebec to Send Labrador Power to . Markets. It is no longer advisable for me to participate in the St. John s Confer the Quebec Premier said. Not Only would there be no Progress on Energy the top item at the annual conference there is also a risk of displaying in front of our american colleagues and eventual clients our inability to solve differences through negotiation. Quebec has stressed for three years its desire to reach in Good Faith through negotiation a mutually advantageous solution to the problem of development and exploitation of Labra Dor Energy resources. We still believe that such a negotiated solution is the Only one possible. But you do not encourage us by augmenting judicial and legislative threats and by supporting at this time a Federal encroachment on provincial Energy Levesque added. Peckford did not immediately react to Levesque s Telegram released in Quebec City late last night. Although it would prefer exporting electricity through the existing Hydro Quebec network Peckford and Newfoundland Energy minister Leo Barry Are pleased with Ottawa s intention of giving Newfoundland the Chance to build a line through Quebec by giving the National Energy Board the Power to authorize necessary expropriations. Quebec has always insisted Labrador Power be sold to its Public Utility Hydro Quebec at the Border for resale in the United states. In another Telegram sent to Ottawa Quebec demanded the Energy Bill be withdrawn. One of the hundreds of people forced to flee their Homes. At one ruined Home the bottles in a wine collection had melted into a shapeless mass. Investigators reported finding incendiary devices at two of the four Sites where the fire began monday. The devices used a cigarette As a crude timer they said. Ten people including at least two firefighters were injured As they fought the Blaze or watched. Before last night s shift in direction winds blowing at about 48 Kilometres an hour Down at least 32 Kilometres from monday had pushed the Blaze toward Vacaville site of a state prison and Fairfield near Travis air Force base. Fire information officer Richard Schell said firefighters were backed by 15 air tankers four helicopters 108 fire engines and 20 bulldozers in their efforts to Stop the Advance of the worst Northern California fire this year. Four locations the fire began in four locations about . Monday. Officials said it appeared that one person probably in a car sped along the Silverado Trail through the heart of California s wine country setting the blazes As he went. Wind scattered Sparks and flames touched off Brush and scrub dried by temperatures and the four fires merged into one sending a thick plume of smoke thousands of metres into the air. Jerry Burns said he tried to reach friends in the fire area and got within a few Kilometres of their Home when the temperature gauge on my truck pegged out and the paint started Ray Dominga a rancher whose Home was reduced to ashes said he had been offered for the place last year. I laughed at the Guy and said which Fence Post do you Raymond Berendsen fled to a High school gymnasium after watching his Home Burn to the ground. 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