Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free March 1996 a5 Union to stay in lab despite Ngeu Boss predicts by Paul Samyn legis future reporter the Filmon governments privatization of the provincially owned environmental sciences Centre May not mean the end of unionized jobs at the both the province and the Mani Toba government employees Union said yesterday the 46 civil servants at the lab May be Able to keep their Union we will be applying for Succes Sor Union president Peter Olfert the privatization Doest mean that the Union will disappear and we anticipate we will be the move that sees the province turn Over the lab to the Edmonton based end protest laboratories etl at no Cost is being sold As a Way to create a world class technology As the free press reported yes etl has promised to pump at least million in private investment into the facility and create 30 new jobs within the next five As etl will bring in consortium partners from Canada and the United states and about additional work to the Centre Over the next three etl will also be introducing a profit sharing plan for finance minister Eric Stefanson said the privatization will bring new investment into the lab with out any risk to its accomplishing the maintenance of the Centre and Job Cre Stefanson Manitoba chamber of com Merce executive Vic president Lance Norman said the Deal with etl sounds in this particular the government is doing the right thing turning it Over to the private enter prise which has Money because taxpayers certainly dont have More Money to put into nor Man care workers Eye strike by Paul Samyn legislature reporter the Manitoba government employees Union is threaten ing strike action As part of its Battle to halt the provinces plans to privatize Home Union president Peter Olfert said yesterday the provinces Home care workers Are prepared to take strike votes beginning March 28 if the tories do not put the privatization plans on they Are prepared to put their jobs on the Olfert said of the strike that could begin As Early As april the Home care workers contract with the province expires March the Union launched its Advertis ing Blitz to save Home care today with newspaper ads and a province wide radio the Union has written directly to Premier Gary Filmon demanding he Call off the privatization plans and hold Public hearings on the future of the Home care health minister Jim Mccrae said the province is not about to change its plans and expects the first two Home care contracts in Winnipeg to Start on july but Olfert said a strike May be the Best Way to get the tories to rethink Grey Drivers reach pact Grey Goose bus lines and its 85 Drivers have reached a tentative Avert ing a strike that was set to Start details of the agreement were not available the Drivers Are members of the Canadian Auto workers Union and had voted to strike if no agreement was reached this the workers previous collective agreement with Grey Goose which 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local family Ovind since 1894 843 Sherbrook trustees want legalization of teacher lockouts by Manfred Jager staff reporter Manitoba school trustees will ask the province to open the door to Legal strikes and lockouts As Long As school boards and their teachers agree to that approach before they sit Down to the move comes in recommendations for changes to the Manitoba Public schools act that would allow school and teacher by Mutual to utilize strike and lockout in place of the modified arbitration trustees came out in favor of the changes in a Resolution passed by a Large majority during the first Day of the Manitoba association of school trustees annual meeting at the holi Day inn crowne Plaza the Resolution also Calls on the province to let school boards and teacher associations to continue using the existing arbitration process As a final method of resolving Dis Linda president of the Manitoba teachers society and one of a number of observers at the trustees said her group came away extremely this Means we would not be Able to bar gain for anything beyond salaries and we Are not going to accept teachers after today feel much More distanced from their referendums there Are 57 teacher bargaining units in Manitoba and All their contracts Are being renegotiated this were looking at a deterioration of the climate for contract negotiations York trustees yesterday rejected proposals that would allow strikes or lockouts but limit them to two followed by binding they also rejected the idea of submitting tentative agreements on labor contracts to refer Carolyn president of the Manitoba association of school said on thursday that recent Public hearings have shown people generally dont want to have to vote every time tax increases come i would be very surprised that it would get a lot of support anywhere on the basis of what Ive been hearing so said who yesterday was pleased with the trustees Gary chairman of the associations labor relations said he expected the Resolution on strikes and lockouts to pass All to Many the subjects of arbitral strike and lockout have always been difficult issues to address because they Are such an emotional trustees see the possible end such As students not being in the classroom and teachers being out on the picket Nelson said there was More unanimity on the Issue than the association has Ever its not so very Long ago when trustees would not even have discussed this he to the people who receive Home care services and their i from the people who provide the service Michu the Filmon government is preparing to destroy the Home care Manitoba is known throughout the world humane Home care health care experts from around the world have come Here learn from the Manitoba we Are the women and men who make the daily do the and cleaning up for the the elderly and people with we dont need experts to Tell us How important this service our work saves the Public Money by keeping people out of but it does More than we have built up Lon term relation ships with Many of you and your we have seen our work help keep people in touch with the Community and provides an Early warning for any developing Home care not Only saves lives it helps make life Worth our Reward almost All of us Are going to lose our the government is replacing this efficient Public health Model with a privately owned we have been told that we can apply for work with these new All these firms pay substantially less than we currently and offer fewer if any fringe there will be no improvements in the service that you or your family our salary cuts will become the private health care firms the government is also trying to squeeze out established nonprofit agencies such As the victorian order of this is the next step towards a us style health care within a few years the government will let the firms charge patients and their families for we have worked with you and your families to overcome Many difficulties in the Home care workers Are not going to stand by and watch the government destroy what we have worked to we have asked Premier Filmon to halt the privatization of Home if the Premier does not halt the privatization in the next two weeks Home care workers Are going to meet to discuss our the last thing we want to do is interrupt we want to make it Clear that strike action will be one of the options under together we believe that we can get the government to abandon this reckless if you wish to work with us to save Home please fill out the following form and mail it to Home care 6th floor 275 r3c 4m6 or fax it to us at help us save Home care Call to Premier Filmon i am writing to urge you to Slop the privatization of Home privatization should not be taken without Public hearings that allow the people who use the service and the people who provide the service with an Opportunity to make their views name address City phone number ;