Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1997 83 postal workers request conciliator Canadian press Ottawa postal workers bargaining for a new labour con tract say there getting nowhere and asked the Federal government yesterday to name a conciliator in talks with Canada the development moves Canada Post one step closer toward a possible mid August 1 stamp out postal strikes a spokesman for the Canadian Union of postal workers said talks have failed on key including a wage increase and a Post office demand to Cut in workers at All eight let Ter Carrier depots were greeted at the office by Graffiti of a body with the words Job loss Spray painted on the loading Canada Post didst bother to Call police about the we cant say for sure who did but it was said spokesman Brian adding the incident comes at a time of serious labour Nego we cant say for sure if its related or when you dont have leads of someone to go anyone could have done in workers staged information briefing members on the rising Prospect of a strike next the which represents has a strike mandate of per cent and will be in a Legal strike position by two Federal conciliators have been on standby since the main Points of Contention Are work rules set by Canada the corporation wants letter Carri ers to take their half hour lunch while on their said the that would Cut travel time to and from Canada Post depots for the weight of carriers bags and How far they have to walk on their routes Are also at Canada Post also wants contract Roll backs As part of efforts to Cut up to million from annual operating said the Canada Post has said it wants greater contract flexibility but declined to discuss specific the Union is seeking increased Job Security and an 11 per cent pay increase Over 18 full time workers now earn an aver age an Regina tries spy cams to reduce crime Canadian press Regina Regina downtown is about to enter the Brave new world of video Regina City Council has approved a plan to use close circuit television to fight crime and help the Public feel theres Clear evidence both in the United states and Britain that it can be Bill Wells As a deterrent to it does seem to in an expanding number of close circuit televisions in Public places has reduced crime and court violent crime in Gloucester dropped by 80 per cent after two Tele vision monitoring systems were in crime fell by 30 per cent and most of those charged with videotaped crimes pleaded avoiding the need for costly Regina Experiment is to be launched the initial plan Calls for installing up to three video cameras at strategic downtown including one spot across from an Eaton department the video will be monitored from a Booth and temporarily stored on in the event of or other Law enforcement officials will be Able to inspect the tapes to look for Wells said Hes aware some citizens might be worried about being there Are always concerns about your rights As an he but Security cameras Are already in wide use in shopping convenience stores and other he i dont hear any objections to Cam eras in he on the other if we could eliminate 50 per cent of the criminal activity at these that would certainly be a Bonus for the privacy groups Are concerned about the increase in Security cameras in Public rather than reduce the presence of video cameras push the activity to other says privacy Ottawa privacy legislation Doest cover sidewalks and other pub fac according to a spokeswoman for the privacy Cash for hepatitis c victims Rock hints Ottawa May compensate those hit through tainted blood Canadian press Ottawa in what appears to be a shift of Federal health minister Allan Rock has suggested he favours compensation for people who became infected with hepatitis c through tainted blood Rock does not believe victims of the virus should have to fight for damages through the his spokesman Cyrus reporter said in an but Rock insists any package would require participation by the reporter the provinces have so far refused to offer any Money to hepatitis c Vic some provincial officials have said flatly court action is the Only the Issue is one of the biggest Aris ing from the tainted blood scandal of the 1980s when an estimated canadians contracted the hepatitis c virus through blood lawyers have estimated a compensation package would be Worth Jeremy chairman of the hepatitis c society of said former health minister David Dingwall categorically rejected Calls for Federal compensation in the last rocks comments on the subject were made during a meeting with groups representing users of blood products earlier this i would say that it is a shift in Posi said we totally support we believe that is Long and that it is the responsibility of the two Levels of government to take care of Beaty said governments will feel increasing pressure to make an offer to hepatitis c victims As class action suits move Forward in three he said a class action suit has been certified in British 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