Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 1985 Page 3 up air machinists Turner supports elected versatile blames slumping sales for 200worker Layoff by Julia Necheff versatile farm equipment is planning to Lay off about 200 workers this summer because of poor farm equipment a spokesman for the employees association Ron president of the Hydraulic Engineer and workers Assoc a said yesterday company officials told the association monday the workers will have to Lee said workers were told the layoffs would be indefinite and last police practice assailed by Patrick Mckinley frequent use of interpreters by Winnipeg police has led to More criticism of the departments hiring practices and its relations with min police called in Volunteer interpreters from the International Centre on nearly occasions last year to Deal with people who dont speak the Agency Yoram a member of the Manitoba intercultural Alliance and critic of police hiring proce said the frequent use of out Side interpreters is one More Indica Tion police do not have enough minority group a Mizrachi said police should have yielded to minority requests last year to set up a special ethnic squad within the if the Force would have More officers with ethnic backgrounds and knowledge of in Many cases they would not need the services of he in a letter to mayor Bill Tom executive director of the International complains the cites annual Grant to the Lan Guage Bank Doest come to covering the he said the service filled City requests for interpreting and translation last Al most double the requests in Denton said in an interview that besides the police the 24hour service aided several civic agencies including Winnipeg Park the cites dental clinic and the fire it has been a remarkable in crease in the demand for services Over the last three year he but the cites annual Grant has risen by Only about 10 per cent Over the same last years contribution by the City was about he Denton said City use of the Lan Guage Bank accounts for on third of the Denton said the Centre would like the City to consider paying on a Feero service rather than a Lump sum the City has yet to respond to the Harvey Smith gent Park said yesterday if the City is using the it should be paying a fair he also agreed with Ham Izra Chi that police have to make a More conscious Effort to recruit members of minority Smith said he would rather see minority constables in jobs throughout the rather than in a special Eric Stefanson chairman of civic finance agreed that hiring More minorities would make it easier for police to Deal with ethnic he said police have to look at All of a candidates qua Ifica that ethnic background is certainly not the overriding criterion for hiring he City Council recently approved plans for a stepped up affirmative action including establish ment of its own language Sharron the City official responsible for the said she is drawing up a questionnaire to identify civic employees with non English language these employees could be called in by other City departments when the need she until Market conditions he said company officials were unsure exactly How Many would be but that they estimated it would be about we dont feel Good about the but we kind of expected the association president we dont have any Choice but to accept if you fight you just prolong the provincial labor minis Ter Al Mackling said yesterday the cuts were Only nobody going to be Laid Mackling said when contacted at the he said that versatile Board of directors and management told him there would be no but that some changes would be company Vic president Blue confirmed later layoffs would effective but re fused further were still working on the exact Blue he said the fort Garry firm Al ready had filed its Layoff intentions with the Manitoba labor the company has not yet told the province How Many employees will be he Lee said the company has been in a tight spot for the past few it was forced to shut its Plant in february because of overproduction and had been laying off workers since last he the association president said that from an original work Force of free press shades of summer red River Community College students Don sunglasses and shed clothing to soak up some Sun at Assiniboine Park yesterday repairs Force Road closing Portage Avenue Section to be reduced to four lanes a five lock stretch of Portage Avenue will be reduced to two lanes in each direction for five months starting a City official said last the partial closing is necessary because Portage Avenue Between Colony Street and Furby Street will be Mel a City Hirt said the reconstruction will be done in two stages to avoid comple Tely closing the area to motor work will begin on the North Road Way and East West traffic will be diverted to the South Side of the he during this westbound left turns along this Section of Portage Avenue will be once reconstruction has been completed on the North Side of por the South Side will be at this Point eastbound left turns along the stretch will be motorists also will not have Access to Mary Avenue at East West left turns at the Colony Street and memorial Boulevard intersection will be prohibited for the duration of the Hirt no parking will be available along the five lock Section of Portage Hirt said pedestrians will have Access to All businesses and Resi Dences in the the 18 Corydon transit bus will be rerouted via Kennedy Street and Mary Avenue to Osome Street and the 14 marys bus will be rerouted via Ellice Avenue and Kennedy Street on to Portage Hirt acknowledged the reconstruction is going to inconvenience the but he said the work is badly Broadway temporary Corydon transit route temporary marys transit route the Section of the Roadway has deteriorated and it is no longer practical to just resurface he said the curbs and sidewalks will be removed and re Hirt said if reconstruction is not done now the Section soon would become unsafe for he said his staff is monitoring other sections of Portage Avenue to determine where additional re construction might be Jae chairman of the cites works and operations commit said the Portage Avenue reconstruction is part of a Effort to rejuvenate 38 Kilometres of City roadways this Eadie said the bulk of the construction will begin in the next few he said the work will cause some inconvenience but added the cites infrastructure desperately needs up Eadie said he Hopes a greater percentage of the cites capital Bud get will be allocated to the Upkeep of the cites sewers and water Mains Over the next five the company is Down to 700 after layoffs in december and he said 500 of the 700 idled since the Plant were to return to work May la Charlie Birt Garry said he asked the govern ment for information about the Lay offs yesterday during question period after hearing rumours the number involved might be As High As that Means theres very serious problems in the Manitoba agriculture Birt versatile is a major farm equip ment manufacturer in Western it the layoffs Doest Bode Well for National Farmers Union Board member Goldwyn Jones said the news came As no things Are Tough on the farm and its reflecting All Over the Jones he said that farm implement companies such As versatile Are hit hard when Farmers profits Are because the first place they will Cut Back is on Igelski spotted an impaired Driver while on his Way Home from Igelski arrested the Man and held him until uni formed officers arrived to take him into Why did he act Myers because he thought it was his responsibility As a police if there is a risk even a minimal then i think it justifies an age if there is an it should be on the Side of Public Myers did not Complete his arguments the Appeal hear ing was adjourned to june guards accused retirement ruling Wron Appeal by Murray Mcneill a human rights adjudicator ignored evidence and Legal principles when he ruled police Deputy chief de Igelski should not have been forced to retire at age an Appeal hearing was told Mel lawyer for the City of said Vic Savino ignored evidence that showed mandatory retirement at age 60 was a reasonable requirement for Deputy police As he did not take into account that under the Law the City Only had to show there is a potential danger or risk in letting a Deputy chief work beyond age rather than an actual Meyers told Manitoba court of Queens Bench Justice Scott the City is asking judge Wright to overturn savings March a Winnipeg ruled the police department contravened the age discrimination provisions in the Manitoba human rights act when it ordered Igelski to retire 10 months he ordered the department to reinstate Igelski in his old Job and to pay him for lost Igelski has returned to work but has been assigned a new Job in the departments training Savino was appointed by the attorney generals department to adjudicate the Case after the 31year Veter an filed a complaint with the Manitoba human rights commis he said police and City solicitors were not convincing when they argued Oge skis health and that of other officers and the Public could be jeopardized by his return to he said Deputy chiefs function basically As desk men and the chances of them seeing frontline action were but Myers argued yesterday there was abundant evidence called to show it was not uncommon for Deputy police chiefs to attend the scene of major such As hostage takings or prison and to take he said Igelski and other Deputy police chiefs had done that in the past and that there is medical Evi Dence to show that such stressful situations can pose a health Fisk to persons older than there is an increased risk that persons of that age could suffer a heart which could endanger their plus the lives and safety of their fellow officers and the pub Meyers the City does not have to prove that such a scenario would he it Only has to show it could but the adjudicator completely ignored that he said Savino also ignored Evi Dence that police Are expected to intervene when they see crimes Tak ing regardless of rank or whether they Are on duty at the he said such intervention could involve physical and the risk of injury is greater after age he noted that several Days prior to one of four inmates charged with murdering two Penitentiary guards was beaten in the Winnipeg remand Centre after being refused medical his lawyer Frank code was punched and strangled during the incident defence counsel Michael Tracey said a Bruise on codes face and red Marks on his neck were visible when he appeared in court Tracey said code told him his Handcuffs were fastened so tightly his wrists became swollen and he lost feeling in his Gode said his client demanded medical attention after the but was the lawyer said sheriffs officers told him they would relay a request that he get immediate Winnipeg remand Centre superintendent Sally Walker could not be reached last night and the senior officer on duty refused Tracey said the incident occurred when the four accused were brought to the remand Centre in the Public safety building for he said Gode was carrying cigarettes which were seized by remand Centre Gode and another Donald became upset later when guards refused to return the cigarettes and they started to shout and cause a Tracey codes was punched and choked he was handcuffed so tightly his wrists were swollen and he lost feeling in his Tracey said he supplied the cigarettes to All four accused have been allowed to smoke during recesses in the Tracey said he want alleging excessive Force had been used against his client because he want familiar with All the he said he didst plan to take further but he May if Gode does not receive medical Atten mothers abuse group lottery sales hit record and official says the 198384 recession didst Stop Manitoban from buying lottery the annual report of the Manitoba lotteries foundation for that year they bought a record Worth of tickets during the year ending March about million More than in the previous foundation general manager Garth manness is predicting even better business this estimating Manitoban will spend million on the manness attributed the financial Success to the popularity of the lotto introduced in june its been an extremely attractive he said the game brought in million in 198384 and will play a big part in this years Man Ness during the 198384 Western express sales dropped slightly to million from million in the previous by Catherine Mitchell mothers of abused children Are often blamed for their husbands a sexual abuse counsellor said Brenda Gravenor of the child Protection Centre said most Moth ers in her therapy groups say they have been blamed by professionals for the sexual abuse of their children at some Point after their spouses have been the women in the families seem to be getting it in the ear All the Gravenor told a workshop on treating sexual they Are blatantly or subtly accused of allowing the crime to occur by social psychologists and As Well As rela Tives and she the wives Are asked things such As Why didst you know or whats wrong with you that your child didst Tell you Gravenor and some people Are blatant enough to say whats wrong with the marriage she a woman May also be asked Why she want sexually satisfying her forcing him to molest their she sex jail terms shorterv9 Gravenor said such accusations Arent As prevalent As they were 10 years ago and Are usually made by people inexperienced in abuse she said women who blame them selves Are particularly vulnerable to questions that can be construed As implying she said there May be some who still believe wives make their Hus bands sexually abuse children be cause they need if not blamed for the there sure blamed for wanting to reconcile with the abusing Hus she Gravenor said reconciliation be tween abuser and spouse is frequent and court imposed orders restricting an accused from seeing the family before he or she is judged Are often Eric Ellis of childrens Hospi Tal told the workshop there Are Many misconceptions about people who sexually abuse we have a Conception of the offender As being a typical dirty he in very few offenders look like that they look just like everybody he said the Public also wrongly believes that sexual abusers can be you always have it in its something you have to be Vigi Lant about for the rest of your Ellis comparing paedophiles to its never Safe for the abuser to go he said the Best social workers can do is prepare a personal Protection plan for victims in families that insist on reuniting after the abuser serves a social workers must build a Bond of Trust with the victim and family so they Are informed if sexual advances Ellis but measures can he noting that in some cases abuse begins again soon after the offender returns ;