Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free december 1982 cd i by Murray Mcneill the communications workers of Canada Union has taken about Manitoba Telephone system workers from a rival Csc National representative Bill Howes said yesterday 557 of the its workers who cast ballots per cent voted in favor of being represented by the Csc rather than the International brotherhood of elec tical the vote was taken at locations throughout Manitoba Between 9 and but the provincial labor Board did not count them until yesterday because of a dispute Between the unions and its Over who should be included in the Howes the Csc official said the cent turnout was higher than he had but the result was close to what he had Howes said he expects the Csc to be officially certified next week As the new bargaining agent for the clerical the Csc will inherit the existing contract negotiated by the he that the contract expires so the Union will have to immediately begin preparing for new although an Ibex spokesman could not be reached for comment the results Are expected to deepen the bitter feelings the Union has toward the during the 18month Battle for the right to represent its clerical Ibex officials accused the Csc of raiding its membership and weak ening the bargaining position of All its workers in the but As far As the Csc is concerned theres nothing wrong with what it has in it has now set its sights on the last group of its employees still represented by the Ibex about craftsmen and Plant Howes said winning Over the crafts men and Plant employees is very much in our Long Range he said the unions ultimate goal is to represent All of mass approximately unionized last year it lured away 600 Telephone operators who were also members of the so the craftsmen and Plant workers Are the Only employees Howes said although the Csc is generally opposed to raiding another unions the situation with the Ibex was the Union left itself open to raid ing when it opted last year to break away from the Canadian labor con he Many its workers were also unhappy with the representation they were getting from the he raids cant succeed if the Union involved is doing a Good Job of representing the the members themselves Felt and its reflected in the he he said the Csc is still pursuing the possibility of organizing about Parasiuk awaiting reply the Saskatchewan government has not taken up Manitoba offer to renew talks on the stalled Prairie Power Energy minister Wilson Parasiuk re ported yesterday he had not received a reply to the letter he sent two weeks ago urging a but he said he will give Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine some More time before he Calls Parasiuk put Saskatchewan on the spot when he took up a Challenge from Devine to initiate negotiations on the proposed three prov Ince no unionized its last after it was disclosed that its was considering layoffs and unpaid leaves As a Means of reducing a projected a number of the no unionized employees approached the Csc about becoming Howes Devine had told reporters in Winni Peg his government was prepared to resume discussions with Manitoba on the billion Hydro a month Saskatchewan Power officials said the extra Power want its awaits saudi licence by Murray Mcneill it Likely will be Early next year before a communications company jointly owned by a subsidiary of Manitoba Telephone system and a saudi Sheik will receive a licence to do business in saudi its chairman Saul Miller said yesterday obtain ing a licence for a partially foreign owned company is a time consuming process in the Arab people talk about our Fira foreign investment review Agency and How Tough it Miller i can Tell you the saudis have a tougher in told therell be no he it just takes the joint venture was launched earlier this year Between Max data a subsidiary of and saudi Sheik Abdullah Abdel Aziz Al the company saudi arabian data communication is owned 5050 by the two the venture is the first partnership its has struck with a foreign it will be reviewed in five years to determine if it was the role of Max will be to advise and consult on acquiring computer communications and other High technology mainly from Canadian for shipment to saudi its was rapped on the Knuckles by the provincial auditor last week for becoming involved in another electronics venture in saudi in his annual report released last auditor Ziprick said he Felt its had strayed beyond its legislative authority when it formed its Max subsidiary and joined with two other Canadian Telephone systems to unsuccessfully bid on a million electronics venture in saudi Ziprick said it would be Wise if the Public Utility obtained legislative authority before extending its scope of operations so significantly beyond its customary the lights Are on theres no one Home inside your computer computers Ore like some Are brighter than while some people never get smart people know that o computer is As intelligent As its and 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