Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 198e press dispute flares Over wages paid to workers at this Limestone related housing project Gillam workers under inquiry la says by Cecil Rosner some employees of a construction firm that abruptly pulled out of a Limestone related housing project this week were being paid 30 per cent less than minimum wages for Northern an la Steve Ashton and Thompson said yesterday Campbell construction is being investigated by the employment standards Branch of the provincial labor department for possible violation of minimum wage he said the minimum wage for unskilled construction labor in Northern Manitoba is an Campbell he was paying and to its employees on the Gillam housing but a spokesman for the firm said it pulled out of the project primarily because of a dispute with the govern ment Over How much it had to pay workers hired under the Northern hiring preference Al lawyer for Campbell development and construction of said yesterday the com Pany had a verbal agreement with the province that it could pay a lower rate to Northern employees on the Gillam he about three weeks ago the province reassessed the wage scale and told the firm it would have to increase pay the local la got involved and put pressure on the department of labor to do Redekopp that Cost to Campbell would be Between and he there want any Way he could see of getting sufficient Money to finish the which was acting As a subcontractor to Penner construction on the million housing left about in unpaid Bills when it left the Rede Kopp said the company is virtually insolvent and cant pay the there May be litigation Between Campbell and Penner to decide responsibility for the he resigned company president Tom Campbell refused comment other than to confirm he has resigned from the Ashton dismissed Redekopp saying the firm was Sim ply not paying proper the province pays an allowance of an hour for Northern native trainees on the the contractor is responsible for paying an additional bringing the total wage up to an a spokesman for the Limestone project office said 10 trainees were working on the housing but Ashton said Campbell was under paying his regular employees who were not Robert director of the labor departments employment standards said an investigation into Campbells payment of wages to employees is Moggey refused to comment on the which was initiated following a number of complaints by Campbell Moggey said his inspectors Likely would have informed Campbell of his Legal requirements about three weeks ago to pay the minimum construction he said the Branch so far has issued no orders against the Jerry manager of the Canada employment Centre in said As a condition of the tender All hiring for the project had to go through his about 15 workers were referred to Campbell under Northern hiring preference which give priority to Northern North canadians and others in that de of Penner construct said yesterday he was Given no notice that Campbell was pulling out of the Penner said he will try to Complete the firms which is 80 to 85 per cent by the March 1 dead Verne spokesman for Mani Toba said he Felt the whole Issue was being blown out of proper he said it was essentially a private dispute Between Penner and one of his weather City Calendar precipitation h High l Low part Liburt cold from worm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy Chance of a High near probability of precipitation today is 40 per winds Northwest at 25 mostly Cloudy Low near mostly Cloudy tomorrow with a High near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy monday and showers temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba Cloudy monday and temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario Cloudy monday and tues temperatures below Normal High is Normal Low is National 20 6 is 5 4 4 13 2 12 4 10 o 8 l 11 3 13 3 b 4 8 1 14 1 Thunder 10 6 18 5 16 4 17 6 14 10 Winnipeg comparisons mean last highest on record in 1963 lowest record in 1935 precipitation total from april 1 to 4 Millimetres Normal yesterday International 14 13 new 17 21 27 23 28 24 21 30 15 26 31 19 Tel 28 22 resort spots los Cloudy Las Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 28 33 32 31 33 31 28 30 33 30 32 8 9 14 15 16 12 14 17 17 15 10 18 14 10 20 9 20 22 20 26 24 26 25 24 27 26 22 Dusang offers Trade off hell Settle for windows overlooking the Park a Boxer Ken the obstreperous neighbor of window has a Deal for the if the City renovates at a Cost of about norths de Centre Dusang will drop a million lawsuit against the City and air nothing mind just a Glass encased elevator from the ground level to the top floor and Large front to on every the West Wall of Duangs Northside Centre now scowls Down on window that Pink Patch of purported relaxation at Portage Avenue and Carlton its Cinde Crete smile provides a lasting aesthetic pain absolutely no Pun intended for window Dusang said he wants to turn the building into the showcase be tween Colony and main a tourist attraction with a Good nightclub and the Only Glass elevator in Duangs building has been More Tomb than thriving enter prise since he bought it March his three year Legal Battle involves the air Canada and North american life Assurance Dusang claims he lost More than million in leases because of an expropriation notice placed on his building on March prospective he main were scared away by the possibility his building would be that Issue apparently has been cleared in an 22 letter to Manitoba government services minister John Plowman said i believe you Are now aware that although the land titles office did Mark the title to your property with an endorsement to the effect that it was the subject of an in tended that endorsement was an inadvertent error and was quickly please be advised that there was no intent to expropriate your property at that Point in time 1982 nor am i aware of any proposal to now acquire your property by Dusang said this week that since he received Plohmann written Assurance he has leased space to a night optical health spa and fitness Centre and a num Ber of Small certainly not bashful and not one to walk away from a make it like this and ill drop Dusang tells Barry Mullin Dusang crows about the Northside Centre being the Only game in town on the North Side of Portage Hes of to the demolition of the buildings from Edmonton Street to Colony to make Way for the North Portage development corporation was set up to adminis Ter the development and has be come another Touchy subject with last Dusang offered the North Portage through its development coordinator Harry office space on the fourth floor of his it would have been Ideal for Dusang their whole mandate is to help the North Side of Portage when we get the renovations done on the West Wall they be Able to look out Over their own Dusang said the corporation didst respond to his he said he has found out the now in the can Ada permanent building at 433 plans to move to the great West life Bank of Montreal building at 330 Dusang that on the South Side of por Tage and that Doest rest easy with that he its All politics and a lot of Winnipeg Gers Are fed up with Issie president of the North Portage development Cor was unavailable for com but a spokesman for his office said a final decision on a move Hast been Scott named associate Queens Bench chief Manitoba court of Queens Bench Justice Richard Scott has been elevated to associate chief and City lawyer Wilfred Degraves has been appointed a Winnipeg judge of the same the appointments were announced in Ottawa by Justice minister John a court official said the two men Are expected to be sworn in later this appointed to the Bench Only three months is a former presi Dent of the Law society of prior to his july he was a the firm of Thomp son Dorfman a former belgian con sul for is a partner in the Law firm Taylor Brazzell Mcclaf Story time for preschoolers will be at tuesdays from 8 to and from 12 to in the Winnipeg Centennial Call the Library to a support group for parents of physically handicapped children holds its first meeting at tuesday 8 at Montrose for Call the River family life education 621 Oxford death classified death of husband of Emily of husband of Edith of widow of Teder of husband of con stance of formerly of husband of Candy of Evangeline of widow of Harry Grace of wife of Bishop Roy husband of Katherine Jack of Princess Elizabeth husband of Doreen Thomas of old husband of Mae Charles Carl of Winni Christina Tina of widow of George Alexis of husband of Jacqueline Mae Annetta of widow of Louis Maurice of husband of Elizabeth husband of Doris i Thomas of husband of Jessie husband of Polly of husband of Anne port Helen of Stony wife of Harold of George William husband of Grace Myrtle of Adolph husband of Alvina Lena of husband of Clara Edith widow of William of 132 Glendale widow of George John 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