Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1981 9 by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson the Thompson chamber of Commerce got straight to the Point during a meeting yesterday with Inco metals company vice president Charles when in the hell is this Damn strike going to end former chamber presi Dent Don Johnson asked Hughes during a meeting at Meridian club Volker another local businessman and member of the Thompson Industrial development said bad publicity generated by the 76dayold strike has undercut the commissions efforts to attract new business to the the company has got to come up with something More at least a Little More Beckmann some body has got to make a move to break this stalemate and get Thompson Back on the Road Hughes said the stalemate is of daily concern to the but answers Are not always easy to despite a difficult economic squeeze brought on by High falling Nickel prices and a sluggish world Hughes said the company has offered its hourly rated Thompson work ers a contract that is truly competitive under the circumstances in today Canadian labor Hughes said the contract fares Well against recent agreements ratified by 4 1s this Damn strike to end businessman asks Inco employees at Algoma steel Elliot Lake mines and Cominto he said it would also stand compari son with the contract to be voted on thursday by steel company of Canada limited employees in Ontario and que Hughes said the mining As Well As Federal and provincial govern must recognize the fierce Competition in the world mining mar he noted that 90 per cent of incas Nickel production and 85 per cent of All other products Are sold in Hughes Inco supplied 85 per cent of the no communist ramp asks businessmen for Aid in phoney and Case the ramp commercial crime Section is appealing to business men to report incidents of possible phoney advertisement solicit ing by a Winnipeg based Jan Banasiak said individuals have approached pizza florists and other Small businesses with offers to sell advertising space on plastic Telephone Book the individuals have taken Between and As a 50 percent but the victims never hear from them he the advertising firm is a Small Winnipeg operation not Well known to the Banasiak he said while it is unusual for police not to Lay charges at this the investigation is still under Way and More information is being Banasiak said ramp Learned earlier this month of 12 com plaints about solicitations in three from Brandon and three from although police suspect Many others have been the Brandon incidents Date from the Winnipeg and Treherne incidents to Early he but Many of the complaints have come recently and ramp want to know How Many businesses have been victimized and where they Are before he conceded that while this will give the firm a Chance to skip it would also put an immediate halt to the worlds Nickel requirements from Sud Bury now incas share is about on third supplied from Thompson and he said in the 1950s and Indus trial analysts forecast a six percent annual growth in Nickel this year the forecast is for a Sipper cent decease compared with 1980 and 12 per cent compared with it will be a very disappointing year for most of the industrialized he noting that Inco operated at a loss in the third Quarter of this it was the first time in its 50year history that the company had recorded a quarterly As for Thompsons Hughes said Inco has a Lon term commit ment to the cites he said this commitment was demonstrated by the company recent decision to proceed with an open pit develop ment at Thompson bailiffs auction Gravs auction Mart 104 King at Bannatyne december 2 at instructed we will sell by auction chose Type Freezer 7 Chrome table and chairs table lamps Clair Tono stereo in Walnut Cabi net toasters dishes Black Decker shop vacuum Hoover hand vacuum Wood tables and chairs 6 Wood step ladder Coffee and step tables Chrome Arm chair Pius state auction of 4 Gibbard Walnut bedroom 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