Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jug Winnipeg free october 1985 porkers advocate sought after Limestone firings Thompson special a work ers advocate is urgently needed to hear complaints about firings at the Limestone construction North Ern Indian band and Community officials reports and rumours of workers being summarily dismissed from the site without being Given a reason Able Chance to demonstrate their skills indicate the need for an advocate who will blow the whistle and see that each individual is fairly chief Joe Guy Wood chairman of a Limestone native advisory cited the Case of the Pas ban member Ron who was fired after less than 24 hours on the Lime Stone Mcgillivary dismissal notice said he was totally unfamiliar with a new Type of grader he was supposed to be who has 30 years experience operating heavy construction says he was not allowed to demonstrate his skills on the expert they had an expert from the United states who explained the operation of the he most of what he said i knew al i was convinced i could operate the grader with a bit of but was never Given the Chance to Lay a Finger on the estimates vary on the number of dismissals to contractor and Union records show five or six but Mcgillivary said at least seven and possibly 16 people were fired along with him on worker shocked Albert a 25year Veter an of heavy was Dis missed after Days operating a fronted Ballantyne says he completed All the work assigned to him and was shocked when he was fired after his first full Day a Well known Metis spokesman and former King trapper of the Ballantyne said he went to a Union shop Steward but was told nothing could be done for the dismissal notice handed to him by a superintendent for Bechtel the Limestone project said Ballantyne does not have the necessary skills to run a 966 did not know How to Start the Ballantyne insists he had no difficulty starting or operating the Lehi both Ballantyne and Mcgillivary say its the first time Treyve Ever been fired from a construction or any Tom Bechtel labor relations said he was sorry if some people acted in too much haste with regard to some of the he said Mcgillivary has been offered the Job of pump operator and Ballantyne would be gladly Wel letter takes to travel six six blocks in six that the time it took a letter to travel from Lombard Avenue to Carlton the sent to the free press by the downtown Winnipeg association last announced a monday news Confer on the Day after the Media the letter found its Way to the i am aghast that the Post office would take that association executive director John Stokes said Stokes said about 30 of the letters to local Media were depo sited at a postal drop outside the Grain Exchange building on Lombard about 3 wednes a few hours before the news he he had his Secretary Telephone Media out the Calls were intended mainly As a although he noted the association normally allows a full week for mail delivery in the six Days City blocks Stokes said association Mem Bers were disappointed Only three reporters showed he said he originally attributed the poor turnout to the fact that it coincided with another news conference at Gull Harbor no other Media outlet mentioned anything about not receiving an he Canada Post spokesman Allan Skrumeda said he found it hard to believe the letter would have taken six Days to reach its Desti he said Canada Post investigations into la email complaints have found the problem often originates with letters being mis placed by senders or channelled to a wrong department by recipe although the Crown Corpora Tion Doest guarantee overnight he said 70 per cent of letter posted in Winnipeg for local delivery do arrive the Fol lowing it on the face of that we were late delivering the he corned Back possibly As a Bull Dozer Cummins says he feels a More careful screening of Job applicants by Federal employment Canada Job centres before making referrals could help the right now we find despite people often do not qual Ify for he who also Heads Manitoba Keewatin now Okina kanak the umbrella body for Northern said a workers advocate should be appointed immediately to hear these and other he said the Post is strongly Dorset by two other Board Mem Bers Yvone president of the Manitoba Metis and de president of the Northern association of Community creation of the Post was part of an agreement the directorate recently negotiated with the Federal and provincial Wood said a Northern aboriginal Leader has been approached and is willing to accept the Lack of experience reports from Bechtel say Mcgillivary and Ballantyne were dismissed because they lacked experience in operating the More Complex equipment at there Hast been a contract in Canadian construction for a Long time where weve seen such a said Jack chair Man of Hydro projects management which represents All contractors on the Limestone Callum also noted that Bechtel says neither Man filed a grievance Over their Frank chairman of the Allied Trade which represents the unions involved at Lime said the two men were entitled to file they could also have stayed on the at the contractors until a reply was received from their he if the grievances were sent to the workers would be entitled to transportation Home and could apply for Back wages if their complaints were he Thomas agreed there is a pressing need for a workers advocate on the in the he said he will talk to shop stewards about inform ing new arrivals at Limestone of their rights under the Union con employment Canada could also give this information to workers before they Are referred to the he there Are about 200 workers at the massive Thomas estimated 67 per cent Are Northern Manitoban and almost All of them Are he said a building is to be put up near the site Entrance to House representatives from the con the unions and possibly the workers weather temperature comparisons Winnipeg area forecast a plainly sunny this Cloudy with Chance of showers this High near Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with Low tonight Uear High tomorrow near probability of precipitation is near 20 per cent 60 per cent tonight and 60 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba becoming sunny Cloudy with occasional showers occasional showers or flurries temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba mainly sunny variable cloudiness with isolated showers or flurries sunday and temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario Cloudy with showers gradually mainly sunny Cloudy with isolated showers temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is City Calendar a Farewell program for Marcel Toupin will be held at 7 today in the Centre culture 711 Leola a greek food festival will be held from 5 to 11 today to saturday in Demetrios greek orthodox 2255 Grant Avenue children Gerald Vandezande of citizens for Public Justice talks on Ottawa changing a critical look at Progress Ive conservative at 8 today at the Indian family 470 Selkirk Mike Browne of Vincent Union of teachers talks on adult literacy education in the at today in Maricana 595 Clifton society for manic depression of Manitoba holds depressed and Young double featuring Maralyn at 8 today in room Winnipeg convention musicologist Doreen Romanyk presents recent re search on the vocal music of at 8 today in the school of University of Elizabeth Hancocks discusses the United Empire loyalists and other topics at the Manitoba genealogical society annual seminar tomorrow to sunday in Gordon Bell High for Call the the nigerian association of Manitoba holds an Independence anniversary program with academic presentations on Nigeria at 25 a political imperative at 10 tomorrow in the education u of deaths classified death National 20 16 7 5 0 16 3 16 1 16 6 16 3 11 0 13 5 12 3 13 1 13 7 14 4 15 5 15 3 16 a 19 14 Winnipeg comparisons mean 2 last highest on record in 1897 on record in 1883 precipitation total from april 1 to 2 Millimetres Normal yes Gerdav 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and Albert Widenmayer said they would Appeal the guilty the two men were found guilty of murder in the May 1978 death of Petro Yury at his Rhodes District South West of in imposing the life sentence with no parole eligibility for 10 Justice Wallace Darichuk said the actions of the pair were As reprehensible and despicable As they were cowardly and Yury was the victim of what was originally intended to be a the second suffered by the Farmer in four Decloedt and Widenmayer beat the 71yearold Man after breaking in his door to Rob court was but defence lawyers John Menzies and Fred bortoluzzi argued there was no direct evidence that the pair had beaten the the autopsy report concluded yurts death was consistent with a heart attack precipitated by a minor possibly involving two other the trial heard from 49 witnesses and lasted almost four the two men were arrested and charged with murder in december and january and still face robbery their initial court hearing ended in a mistrial on june after Only two Days of it was granted after Menzies and bortoluzzi complained Crown evidence had been withheld from them until it was presented in Manitoba nip endorse California table grape Boycott a Boycott of California table grapes has been by two Manitoba labor organizations and the provincial new democratic the Manitoba federation of labor and the Winnipeg labor Council have thrown their support behind the Boycott being promoted by the United farm workers the Ufa is urging Consumers to pass up California table grapes in an Effort to Force growers to Stop inter Fering with Union to bar gain in Good Faith with the Union and to Stop using certain toxic Pesti a Union led by presi Dent Cesar spent two Days in Manitoba this week As part of a Cros Canada tour to publicize the although the nip As a political party has announced its support for the farm workers it has refused to do so As a provincial Cliff an aide to Premier Howard said the govern ment has a policy of not endorsing Scotton said yesterday govern ment support for a Boycott of Cali fornia grapes cannot be compared with a government ban on South african wine and the government Doest sell he Chavez said yesterday he was unaware of the governments policy on adding he had been under the impression that Deputy Premier Muriel Smith whom he met tues planned to discuss the matter with her Cabinet were sad we didst get the in but our work must con Chavez we got the party endorsement and that of the farm labor Leader said Only one state legislature Massachusetts has officially endorsed the Chavez said the which does not include Raisin and wine already had its effect on in California where the product normally Sells for a he the Price now is Between 32 cents and 66 he said a Regina store was Selling the product last week for 86 cents a adding the Price of Cali fornia grapes is usually about 250 per cent More in Canada than it is in the United California produces about 50 Mil lion boxes of table grapes Worth 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