Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights published seven Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 Arthur Wood publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller a member of the Manitoba press Council editorials a task for a mediator canadians must Hope that there was not a sinister connection Between the refusal on tuesday of labor minister Pierre Cadieux to appoint a mediator into the postal dispute and the report of a parliamentary com Mittee which proposed a ban on postal strikes and the contracting out of mail the government May think that a few More weeks of postal service accompanied by scenes of violence and will prepare Public opinion for a major attack on the postal if that is the then those postal workers who have obligingly provided the scenes of violence and vandalism have played into the governments the whole history of Canadas 20yearold postal demonstrates that the tactics advocated by the tory backbench ers on the committee simply wont there is no Quick fix to the postal problem and there is certainly no Quick fix that involves crushing the collective bargaining rights of the postal politicians May like to believe if the government just gets Tough it can coerce them into working faster and More efficiently for mail do not work in a building under the constant Eye of a visible or hidden they Are sent out into the largely to deliver valuable mail to Homes and what is needed in those circumstances is not an attitude of intimidation on one Side and sullen capitulation on the other but one of Mutual that attitude is not encouraged by coercive actions on the part of the the letter carriers do not have a record of constant this is the first they have walked out since they split with the inside postal workers some 20 years far from being eager to walk out at every the letter carriers did not even take the precaution of building up a strike a ban on strikes is not Likely to improve either the Good record of the letter carriers Union or the bad one of the Canadian Union of postal workers which represents inside its most probable effect will be to replace Legal strikes with illegal Canada posts management is in a Tough spot right now because it is saddled by the government with an unrealistic mandate the Post office pay for itself by next there is no reason Why the postal service should be completely in a huge and sparsely populated country such As there Are some services which ought to be provided in the National interest which would never turn a the Wise approach by government would be to identify those set a specific subsidy to pay for them and require Canada Post then to balance its even with that limited Canada Post would need some concessions from the postal unions to provide canadians with efficient service at reasonable experience has demonstrated that most mail carriers can deliver More mail in a Normal working Day than they Are now required the rules should be changed to recognize that changes Are needed As Well to reduce the incentives to absenteeism which now exist within the achieving those changes is bound to be difficult because unions everywhere resist pressure to give up things they have already won for their everything that is in the present agreement at one time or accepted As part of a settlement package by the Post office changing work rules is even More difficult in the postal service than elsewhere because the Post office has a Long history of Picayune and niggling under those it is not surprising that there is a postal strike going on at the moment and that management and Union Are having a hard time finding a Way both management and have agreed that a Way out would be a lot easier to find if they had the help of a if Cadieux is truly interested in a rather than in perpetuating a politically satisfying but economically damaging con he will give them Korea convulsion spreads South Korea current Domestic convulsion began because president Chun Doo Hwan made a transparent attempt this month to extend the term of his personal dictatorship by anointing As his presidential successor Roh Tae head of the Chu created democratic Justice koreans rightly identified Roh As a puppet through whom Chun would continue to the students who took to the streets june 10 called him the Bald Man with a meaning Chun in their demonstrations were timed to coincide with the nomination farce staged by the party that is committed neither to democracy nor to their anger at the Roh nomination is obviously widely shared in Korea Urban it is based on years of resentment about the seizure of Power by against whom students staged mass demonstrations in 1980 when he was army Security commander and acting director of the sinister korean Central intelligence instead of his they got him As president later in the year As the culmination of his manoeuvring since the 1979 assassination of president Park Chung Hee by the Hrechun head of the the dark reputation of the Kycia and its leadership in South Korea has been earned by its involvement in violent repression of political in bribery of foreign governments such As that of the United states during the Korea Gate scandal and in recruiting Witting and unwitting propaganda agents abroad by financing visits to the country through front this massively pervasive system of repression and truth distortion predates South Korea has not been a genuine democracy at any time since it became an Independent Republic in this is partly because authoritarian leaders like syn Man Rhee and Park Chung Hee have constantly played the North Korea pointing to the very real danger of invasion posed by its intransigent communist which attacked South Korea and began the korean War in Chun has allowed continuation of a tradition of torturing those who dare to seek democratic the most notorious recent Case being the torture murder in january by police of a Young University student whose now is seen on placards in the Street Demontra he has also placed his system of oppression at the disposal of the handful of Industrial tycoons responsible for creating South Korea economic this Miracle of the shipbuilders and automobile manufacturers is achieved by paying workers tiny wages to work Long hours in dangerous conditions and by firing any of them that seek to organize to improve As political Chun opened informal negotiations last year with the opposition parties on possible constitutional for he played with pretending to consider their Central demand that presidents be directly instead of through the corrupt indirect system controlled by rather he broke off the negotiations in april and planned for his succession next year by the malleable this and the january student murder combined to build up the head of that began to vent in the streets this those wondering Why Chung heavily protected riot police have shown relative restraint in the face of students throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails should understand that he wants nothing to threaten the holding of the 1988 summer olympics in the increasing participation in Street demonstrations by office Bank University professors and priests has raised the it is one thing to arrest and beat Rowdy quite another to Blud Geon grandmothers on International attempts by Chun to negotiate with the opposition have been difficult because he has never done it is what he should be doing since he cannot succeed himself under his own rigged cons Titu recourse to martial mass arrests and brutal repression would be an easy Short term answer for him but would threaten both his olympic spectacular and his country substantial foreign Trade Mulroney shows his Mettle by Stewart Macleod special to the free press Ottawa i were one of prime minister Brian Mulroney political i would give him a videotape of his speech on capital punishment and ask him to View it each Day until parliament is Dis solved for the next he might learn just How effective he can be when he forgets All about it does not happen Mulroney is a highly political one of those Quebec Paris pump souped up with Irish blood if you despite Noble efforts of he still finds it exceedingly difficult to get through an entire speech without launching a broadside at the hated brits or new in he usually finds it difficult to answer a simple question without resurrecting some sins of his political unproductive while this practice might be am it is not very not Only does it make for a very combat Ive it does nothing to enhance Mulroney stature As with the prime it often seems to be a constant election Cam this was certainly not the when he finally entered the emotional capital punish ment debate this it might Well have been his most effective speech since he became prime minister in there was not even a snide re Mark directed at another or an it was a Nellrea Well presented argument in opposition to the death there was no hyperbole no unnecessary rhetoric no references to personal experiences before the bar nothing that would detract from the Point he was it was the stuff of prime not even though a majority of his own party probably disagreed with his few could criticize his pre he neither nor wasted commanding silent respect from All sides of the Mulroney began his 15 minute speech by saying with out he opposed the government motion to reinstate the death i will be voting against capital punishment on moral and logical i believe it is he he said the debate should be con ducted with a genuine respect for opposing no one was being subjected to a overkill because of Mulroney Well established tendency for verbal overkill of with an even greater tendency to gun Down opponents one tends to forget How effective he can be when partisan politics Are cast in this Crisp presentation on capital political parties were not even mentioned by As an he naturally referred to several like minded but Only in pass his statistics were Snappy and in the state of the Mur Der rate has increased by 30 per cent since the restoration of capital Pun he he went on no matter How it is Capi Tal punishment terminates human no matter How thorough the the possibility of executing an innocent person for this is unacceptable and abhorrent in a civilized inherent dignity we that our judicial system can be we know also that the Scales of Justice can weigh More heavily on the poor and the disadvantaged before All we uphold one principle the inherent dignity of a human the inherent Worth of human i will resist with All my All my any action that would diminish that that would Lessen that human i suspect the prime minister privately regrets the fact he committed himself to launching this which result in the restoration of capital the debate having been Mulroney could not have done More to prevent such an if he can just find enough subjects that will keep his mind off his political lord knows what will happen in the opinion most expensive condemn sin regarding reids article Japan Only expensive if you pay asking Price free May 30 which was sent to me in Hiroshima where i am on sabbatical having worked Here for More than two months with the and Liv ing like the locals As much As Possi i can honestly say that it is the most expensive country of the 30 or so that i have despite what Reid japanese who have trav Elled extensively and Are in a Posi Tion to make say themselves that their country is very we All await the next Oracle from North America telling us How to save Money in this most expensive of the simple fact is that there is not a single item in Japan that is cheaper than the equivalent item in Canada and most Are far More even Sar dines at the local Market Are 50 cents Fraser Japan As a i oppose the Bill of rights for by granting them rights we acknowledge their Way of homosexuality is a i would not like to see the government support it is True that homosexuals would not become Church leaders because of this but if we allow them to be in High profile positions in or per sons of authority without promoting their they still influence indians and the Handi capped Are who they not by and they need our support with a Bill of homosexuality is a Choice people make and they should live with the consequences of their allowing rights to homosexuals does not show forgiveness it just allows them to continue in their i do not condemn the per son who is a but i do condemn his Danny Archambault letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to hearings waiting for Tokyo train now is the time for people who care about our fragile democracy to speak up for High open pub Lic hearings on the Meech Lake our Public Access to stations must be Given adequate notice and funding to televise the Complete meetings live in every Canadian City and to keep the tapes for Rexroad pressure must be applied to the major to and radio networks to put on on hour programs on prime time on their National networks on the hearings in other areas of the coun Public interest intervenor must be funded and Given adequate time and Freedom of information to re search the probable effects of this great change in our Constitution negotiated at such great expense by our political leaders and in such great Kenneth Emberley Winnipeg frenzy the Meech Lake Accord seems to have reawakened a near frenzy of our politicians and Media pundits Are having a Field Day dissecting and interpreting its As usual a Basic Factor is missing and denied a Basic social Issue is never that Basic Issue is the vital need to ensure the production and distribution of goods and services to the human components of our in View of this constant failure to Deal with the real physical Issue confronting us it should not come As a Surprise that a frightening trend has although hopelessly hampered Vand relatively politicians and political govern ments Are now unofficial to be the common Public political leaders Seldom travel afar unless accompanied by professional the general Public Atti tude runs the full Range from apathy to utter contempt for politicians and Many of our institutions usually trusted to Deal with our common social concerns and our social dilemma will not be solved through tax debt Reform Pri or Public Enterprise or More but Only through instituting a efficient and equitable method of distributing goods and services to All opinionated bickering and hostile confrontations will never solve any social Issue of major Davidson Winnipeg Safe sex with regard to the article parents warned against touting abstinence As sole method of Safe sex free june this title should have read parents warned against touting Only known 100 per cent Safe sex method to their i read with interest planned parenthood spokesperson Maureen Olaf sons comments that parents should not preach sexual abstinence As a Means of prevent ing the spread of to suggest that birth control instruction is a Protection against aids is naivete at its the birth control Olafson is refer ring to of which Are not foolproof in preventing preg Nancy but somehow Are now expected to magically prevent transmission of planned parenthood May preach these so called protective Mea sures but Only a fool would heed its Safe sex happens to Corre Spond to what can be referred to As sex within the moral framework of the Jude Christian that sex within a monogamous marriage and this is what irks planned Joanne Hatherly Winnipeg act of terrorism i would Point out that the pickets who surrounded a car at the econ Mart were not charged with executing a the two Cashiers had every right to just As the pickets have the right to these pickets performed a simple act of anyone who thinks this is not an adequate description of the pickets actions needs Only to get in a car surrounded by 40 angry terrorism should be reserved for countries where Freedom is restricted and should not be tolerated in the plight of the strikers has been Well documented in All of the Media and the people who Are crossing the picket lines have made their these people have rights in a free Everton Leaf final offer Bill i am writing in response to labor minister Al Mackling s comments As reported in the article minister firm on labor Bill free june in talking about final offer selection he said that the legislation May be a greater Challenge to some unions to do a More effective Mackling seems to suggest that the unions representing members in Manitoba who have publicly announced their opposition to Fos Are against Fos because they Are not doing a Good Job for their my Union takes exception to these in arguing our opposition to the we have stuck to the on the other is trying to discredit the unions who disagree with his Posi Why Doest he stick to defend ing the legislation on its merits another comment attributed to Mackling in the same article is that this Bill Means employees and not Union leaders will in our it is the members who our members submit proposals for changes to the contract and they determine the they de cide whether to accept or reject any proposed settlement and they decide whether to go on i have great Faith in our members ability to support whatever they think is Best for us As a in the history of my Union i have not been disappointed in one of the most insidious parts of the final offer selection Bill is that it has the potential to weaken the Union by attempting to Divide the Leader shop from the when the minister talks about employees he suggests that there Are three parties to negotiations the the Union and the employ this is often a tactic used by management to try to Divide unions and weaken the bargaining the Canadian Union of Public employees is the largest Union in Canada with members across the we also Pride ourselves on being one of the most progressive our Union takes responsible positions at the bargaining table and we maintain a constant Effort to keep Good labor relations Between reaching a settlement that is acceptable to both sides is a great Challenge and one which we take it is also hard it is much easier for either Side to abandon this responsibility and then run to final offer selection for a our Union does not believe that this is in the Lon term interests of the labor relations climate both in the workplace and in Manitoba in we believe Fos will have a ten Dency to inflame labor relations be cause one Side will come out a Clear Winner and the other Side a Clear other reasons for opposing Fos have been Well debated in the past few in i can Only repeat that our Union stands firmly behind free collective bargaining and will continue to do whatever we can to oppose any legislation which threatens its de Blackman cupe local 500 Winnipeg 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