Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday november 3, 2006 labour movement rallies youths Young delegates urged to defend workers rights by Carol Sanders l having the province to Young workers who Haven to a clue about the labour movement is risky Busi Ness said Young delegates at the 50th annual Manitoba federation of labour convention that opened thursday. Young workers Don to know where their rights came from and see things like hol iday time and sick pay As automatic entitlements rather than something they la have to fight to keep said the mfrs youth achievement award Winner. I remind them their employer does to give them these out of the kindness of their heart said Brian Spencler who was honoured by the 500 members at the Winnipeg convention Centre. With a wife and three children the 31?year-old Union Steward at the Victoria general Hospital is still considered a youth by the greying labour move ment. Of the 500 Mil delegates at the convention most Are Over 45. About two dozen Are under 35. Spencler said he did to know the Dif Ference Between an Issue and a grievance when he first became involved seven years ago. Spencler got Active after he became a victim of the Frozen food fiasco ? when the conservative Filmon government got rid of Hospital kitchens for a centralized food service. The move disrupted Peoples lives killed jobs Cost taxpayers More and reduced the Quality of patients food Spencler said. He got another Job at the Hospital and was mentored by an older Union Mem Ber. Now he does the same with newer employees or at least pointing out what they have to lose. Usually a Little Light will go on said Spencler. He took part in a lunch hour the Stock Market works but teaching about the 1919 Winnipeg general strike ? a epic event in Canadas labour history ? was optional. One of the resolutions the Mil will vote on this weekend Calls for the province to include teaching about the Winnipeg general strike in the Manitoba school curriculum. labour resolutions. Make the province teach High school kids about the Winnipeg general strike and labour movement history because the youth of today Are bombarded by anti Union mes?sages.?. Making aboriginal Day ? june 21 ? a paid statutory Holiday. Lobby the province and Federal government to make the Cost of recognized physical fitness programs tax deductible. Lower the Cost of heating fuels that Rise every Winter regardless of mar Ket value. Lobby All Levels of government in Manitoba to make sure environmentally Friendly cleaning products Are used. Lobby for lowering the age at which people can receive full Canada pension plan benefits to 60 from 65 and reduced benefits to those aged 55. Negotiate better pay and working conditions for Day care workers who graduate from Early childhood Edu cation programs. Almost half of All graduates now leave the child care profession for better paying jobs soon after graduating. Call for a halt to the further implementation of child welfare initiatives arising from the aboriginal Justice inquiry until the process fraught with planning and implementation problems undergoes an Independent review. To urge All Levels of governments to find to new ways to eradicate racial profiling by police across Canada. Cupe Manitoba say a Pat Tern of racial profiling by police in Manitoba has emerged with aboriginal and people of Colour saying they re not being treated fairly. Mil youth forum looking for strategies to get More Young people involved in the labour movement. The Young father and others at the forum said children Arent learning enough about the work world from a workers perspective at school or in the Home. Diane Beresford of the Manitoba teachers society said during the conservative Filmon years there was an emphasis on entrepreneurship and How police in Oxford House shoot kill five Loose dogs by Bartley Kives police killed five stray dogs in Oxford House on thursday after two children and an elder were surrounded and threatened by the feral animals. Roving packs of aggressive dogs have become such a problem in the Remote Cree Community that ramp issued a warning to residents that any dog found roaming the streets will be destroyed. If the animals Are not on leashes or inside Homes they will be put Down ramp staff sgt. Steve Saunders said thursday after his colleagues in Oxford House destroyed five animals. They be had Many issues with stray dogs being aggressive and threatening people. The Public has been Saunders said there Are at least 40 stray dogs in Oxford House which has experienced problems with the wild canines since the summer. But there have been three recent Inci dents an elder was surrounded by a Cable blamed for Power outage pack of dogs and had to be saved by a group of children a Young girl of unspecified age was also surrounded and on thursday an eight year old boy was prevented from approaching his Home Saunders said. As Well a pack of dogs also turned on one of its own and literally Tore a 70?pound animal apart Saunders said. Residents received warning letters from the ramp to keep their pets on leashes or indoors on wednesday. One resident called the free press to com Plain claiming shooting strays is inhumane. Saunders defended the practice not ing families on two other first nations communities suffered the pain of fatal dog attacks this year. 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