Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 citydesk@1reepress.mb.ca nip set to overhaul labour Laws by Paul Mckee the nip government is about to change the provinces labour the legislation will be introduced this session before the summer said labour minister Becky weve made commitments to make some very major changes to some pieces of legislation we didst feel were As fairly drafted As they should have said though Barrett refused to changes to the labour relations act Are widely the nip and organized labour have Long been critical of the former Filmon governments 1996 changes to the labour those changes included mandatory secret ballot votes for All organizing Dri Prairie dog Central collides with truck Choo pops the Prairie dog making its third run of the collided with a pickup truck yesterday in Grosse Stonewall ramp said no one was seriously Hurt when the Driver of the truck drove into the path of the slow moving train at an uncontrolled railway Cross ing in the 15 Kilometres Northwest of ramp Doug Lukaway said the Vintage train was about Halfway through town on its Way to Warren about when it struck the which was travelling West on Highway the train hit the Drivers Side of the cab and sent the vehicle into the Lukaway the Driver went to the hos Pital to be checked but want and the train continued on its the Prairie dog Central is a Vintage train which runs weekends from May to railway officials said the train did not sustain serious damage in the layoffs confirmed in Csc newsrooms Csc staff across Canada Are bracing for layoffs when president Robert Rabi Novitch announces the Fate of the Public broadcasters supper hour news shows this the abcs Board of directors met in Montreal Over the weekend and approved a plan for the 6 Oclock news across the including Winnipeg the information from the Canadian Media Guild contained no information about what the final plan would Ini talk revolved around Rabinovitch wanting to eliminate the supper hour show and fit local stories into a National program based in abcs web site confirmed there will be but no details would be released until Csc executives will Brief Union officials before announcing their information from the Guild quoted Board members As saying they had listened to canadians and responding to a question on whether he had compromised his life is a the announcement to Csc staff is slated for 11 fuel Effi enc that goes farther and farther and farther Hwahl Tsvi Ovitt you Ami no Mew cum inc now instead Al Wiuf we we i a Whf if i it next ring 1360 dug 1 Block East of 2375800 i i business Community wants to be at the table9 filing audited financial statements with the labour Board and giving the labour minister the Power to Force a membership vote on a final contract offer from an the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce anticipated the government would alter the labour according to Loren the Chambers director of Public if changes Are to be the business Community wants to be at the he but some business leaders fear labour Law changes will harm the the highest taxes in the country Cou pled with strict labour relations would be a disaster for said Dan of the Canadian federation of Independent Kelly expected changes such As reviewing the minimum wage annually and increasing safety but he said the minister should be wary of labour relations act changes that affect the business wants a stable labour environment to attract new said no one group wants to see the pendulum swing one Way too far Only to see it swing Back the other Way too organized labour wants Mil president Rob Hilliard said a lot of tory alterations to labour Law were ideologically Hilliard would like to see the return of automatic Union when 65 per cent of employees sign Union cards instead of mandatory votes for every but Hes Hilliard guesses the amendments will remove things like reporting audited Union statements to the labour the labour Board Doest have the resources to Monitor the process any said even business agreed with us that it served no he business leaders believe they have a voice in labour Law the government has revived the labour management review the advisory chaired by Wally Aims for labour manage ment consensus and reports Back to the the government trimmed the Mem Bers from 26 to 10 after labour and Busi Ness groups recommended a smaller the government no longer appoints the management a larger called the Manitoba employers appoints five Dele Gates to the a Mac the committee will receive the draft proposals debate them and return consensus if Possi said committee members cant disclose the contents of those proposals while they Are before the said who is a the committee is a Good said but he urged the government to consult with other people and organi Wayne Lowacki free press a classic Shine the Sun want but the cars certainly Mike Hoban polishes up his 56 Chevy Belair at the Manitoba Street Rod associations show and Shine on Mcphillips Street this was a fund Raiser for the wetlands foundation childrens education fund and coincided with a nearby Golden seat hinges on hearing that starts today by David Obrien a three Day court hearing that begins today May leave Al Golden no Choice but to resign from City a jury ruled last month Al Golden is a tax though the councillor for vital has steadfastly refused to accept that Golden was convicted of failing to declare in income in evading in following a four week jury trial in court of Queens he was acquitted of tax evasion for 1990 and City councillors convicted of indictable offences must resign their the cites Legal department has said the resignation must occur on the Day of which is Why Golden Hast yet been forced to but the councillor said he Doest believe he be sentenced because the Jurys ver dict was in a Golden says the evidence for 1990 and 1991 was basically the he and his lawyers plan to argue the jury must have convicted him for issues that Are unique to the Golden and his lawyers have is that the Crown presented no Evi Dence during the trial on those alleged offences that Are unique to judge John Menzies requested the three Day hear ing to help determine precisely which taxes Golden so a penalty can be said he plans to ask for a stay of arguing the court has no basis on which to sentence if the judge which Legal experts have described As a faint then the conviction would but Golden would be Able to keep his councillors other options include a mis trial or overturning the Jurys Golden Golden Hersh Wolch and Tim could it be both said in previous interviews they were unaware of any other Case where it was necessary to determine the facts after the jury had delivered its ver if Golden is he is liable to a maximum penalty of five years in prison and fines equal to twice the value of the taxes he would also have to pay the unpaid who has represented vital since could run 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