Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tee angry at Over letter sent to strikers the Union representing striking workers at Tan jays notre Dame Avenue Plant feels that a letter sent by the company inviting workers Back to jobs May be a violation of the provinces labor but a fan Jay official says the Tetter was Only informational and is not a violation of labor our primary Eon eem is to make sure the employees Are aware of their because we Felt the Union was not giving them the Complete fan Jay treasurer Phil store said v Morch said there is no contradiction at All Between the management letter and the fact a new negotiating session with the Union is scheduled for tonight it had very Little to do with the City timing of the Horen f Erry International ladies garment workers Union represent Tive for Western expressed Surprise at the timing and also questioned the letters they dont have the right to make individual she adding that the 1l6wu is the certified in not quite sure if there is not some real violation of the labor 1 have to think about we have discussed the entire matter with our lawyers and they assure us there is no Morch about 120 workers at fan jays notre Dame sewing and ing members Otlo Cal 288 i have been on strike since july the onion wants the wage increases in the contract to be calculated on the provincial minimum tip if that rises higher than the base rate stated in the the company is against this Rofeh said the Baek Twork Vita Tion was hand delivered last night to strikers it offers the per cent wage increase Over three years Active to april i and All the other contract terms management and the in Gnu have already to addition to All the provisions in the unsigned management offers tote strikers Safe transportation for As Long As necessary to and Chieft Tempany had already teen offering almost since the strike began and free Legal advice about your rights or the tactics of the Burroughs defends Man the Manitoba labor Board was told yesterday Burroughs business machines did not fire technician Rubin Kantorovich because of his Union activities or marxist Leninist party of but for insubordination and advocating slowdowns and overtime Boycotts among lawyer David presenting the company Side during summation argument at a hearing into Kantorovich application for praised management for its restraint in the face of what he termed harassment by the technician during the last two of his years at the president of the Bur roughs employees association whose application for certification As bargain ing agent is pending before the had two verbal and two written warn Ings about his conduct1 before being dismissed june making final argument in in Stead of written form As earlier ordered by the Newman said Kantorovich seems to have concluded he had the right to disrupt the factors work Force As Long As he met minimum work performance Manuel Legal agent for told the Board that Kan Torovich was very much on trial for his Union and political Gitterman said Burroughs manage ment had failed to prove that Kantorovich had encouraged work slowdowns or that such activity had indeed taken Board chairman obie Baizley told the parties the Board will Render its Deci Sion on the Case in the near Tan Jay is staffing phones with peo ple speaking filipino and other languages vied by company employees in ease they want More information or transportation to v of tech said the switchboard lit up almost As soon As the company letter reached the More than 40 people of which at least 12 said Fiey will come Back to work today and others said they wanted the weekend to think about Morch he said the Only negative responses were not to the but to the local 286 business agent Leslie Lett said the Union canvassed All its strikers last night and the company has been telling them the Union and the company have arrived at a settlement and to come Back to work Manley said the company now has seven Union members crossing the picket line to 13 nonunion Mem Bers and another six employees in the shipping a company press release yesterday claims the Union has been trying to intimidate no striking Hanley said eight Union members called on the seven no striking Olowu members last night to try and persuade them not to Cross the picket poor would stand on the sidewalk while the Ether four would go to the porch of the members we were definitely not being Intima Hanley the visit was to Tell them their rights under the Spollett the Union has several other actions planned to make its Hanley including a mass i Pip of yesterdays company to be held at the notre Dame Plant this dismissed supervisor loses his award a former supervisor at motor coach industries who was awarded after he was dismissed without notice lost his award yesterday on a company in a unanimous Manitoba court of Appeal ruled that because Daniel Kirby was on three months probation when he was the three week salary settlement provided by the company was entirely reason Kirby challenged the settlement in county and judge Jewers awarded him an additional or the equivalent of about three months Justice Charles who wrote the courts said judge Jewers award reflected the fact that it took Kirby months to find other suitable but was inappropriate having regard to his probationary what constitutes reasonable notice for a probationary employee May Well be insufficient for a regular he adding that employment status is one of the factors to be considered in assessing appropriate when Kirby accepted his he understood he was not yet a regular employee and the first three months would be a testing period with a sub Stantial risk that the employment never would become permanent in the judge said three weeks wages in lieu of notice is an entirely reason Awe amount under the particular circumstances of the noting the decision May be the courts first on the rights of probation Ary judge Huband said he Tor Edithw effective August the rate of return on 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ring stolen during the break in at his North Kildonan Home in the Homeowner told the Crown the Crown attorney told the and the police arrested the spec Tator outside the the Spectator turned out to be the father of Wayne Wil Liam who appeared in court to plead guilty to 21 counts of enter and including the breaking in which the ring was in the Wayne David was subsequently charged with possessing goods obtained by he appeared in court yesterday on the and was remanded without plea to molester jailed 30 Days a former Security guard was jailed yesterday for 30 Days after pleading guilty to two charges of indecent As Sault involving two girls aged five and Skafti Leslie fired by Sentinel Security services after he was charged was described As a mentally ill person who has been seeing a psychiatrist since court was told that dal was an acquaintance of the girls on one he went to their Home and got into bed with the on another of he indecently salted the 10yearold while sitting in a car at a driven theatre with court was the offences occurred Between july 20 and Crown counsel Dale Hajj vey asked provincial cd Iii judge Bob Kopstein to impose a jail he said the Public demands punish ment for sexual especially when Young Chil Dren Are the Harvey added that the indecent As saults were among the most serious cases judge Kopstein said the Public has a right to be angry with such but he said he doubted the Man was Lively to become Normal in his Jesu Al habits by serving 3 jail judge Kopstein also or dered that the Arajj be placed on probation for two years Ajo that he continue his psychiatric in an interview after sen Harvey said a Crown Appeal is i i ;