HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-05-06, Page 9WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th, 1964
THE
L U.. CKNOW • SENTINEL,. LUC,KNOW,, ONTARIO'
PAGE NINE
Roy l,ightfoo# Buys Broorn..Company
Roy • t of Port. Elgin. has:.
.Lightfoot
purchased the Wilson Broom Com-
pany in, Ridgetown and Mr.` and'.
Mrs. Lightfoot. will take up per-
manent residence that town on:
May O.
Mrs. Lightfoot: is the former
Margaret Geddes of Lucknow. Roy
was a..member of the Bank * of
Commerce staffhere when that.
bank had a branch. • in •Lucknow.
located in the Johnstone Block,
Where t h e Johnstone Funeral
Home . Ls now located.
Mr. Lightfoot has been with. the
:Stephens-Heptier Co. Ltd since
1940: ' . .
The new owner hopes to expand
the ::business. The company now
makes corn brooms and whisks
and 'holds the Canadian patent
on the light -weight "Kitchenette"
broom. Mr. •Lightfoot plans •to in-'
crease production of these lines
and begin ' production of a curl-
ing broom. The company once
made, curling, brooms * disoon-
tined the, line three years ago,
J. Lorne Wilson, owner of the
company for, the past 40 years Will
remain with the new .owner far •
another year as adviser.. Mr •
Lightfoot's son Gary has.. joined.
his father in the company. Dave
Butchart, another Port Elgin res-
ident, also: associated. with.; W4
Lightfoot. . • •
PROVINCE OF OPPORTUNITY
•
Lastyear, Minimum Wage legislation was introduced ••. 'carefully to:establish establish exactly how. this vital and
in the.Tororito-Hamilton-Oshawa industrial• area. ' progressive .piece of legislation will .benefit you.
It;proved highly successful, and as .a result, .I am
pleased . to announce an early extension of : it
throughout the entire, Province beginning: on June 29,
ask you now:'toread the following' highlights
Reduced to its simplest terms, the new Minimum 'Wage
Orders, implemented and enforced by your. Ontario
Department of Labour, are. designed to :'.protect every
working man and woman in. the Province from exploita-
tion, and set a minimum wage of $100. an hour ($125 in
' the construction industry).,.•
The Orders, now ineffect in the Toronto -Hamilton-
Oshawa "horseshoe", will be extended throughout the
entireProvince on June 29. However, sothat employers,
will have .sufficient time to' adjust to and absorb•the
higher rates,. the Orders Must be carried out in: stages;
• Briefiii here's. :how your. Ontario Department of
. .Labour plans to`go about it `The•.'i'rovince"will be di
vided into two:Zones. Zone 1 takes in the More heavily
populated and industrialized 'areae and centres. In this •
Zone, the $1.00 Mininiuin Wage will be achieved not
//.
HON. MI. ROWNTREE,Q.C.
Minister. of Labour
later than• March of next year. In Zone 2„covering the
remainderof the Province, the wage will be achieved by
December of next year
In the Construction Industry,.ttie Minimum Wage of,
$1.25 an hour will be reached in the same manner in -
both Zones. ;•
' The map and salary boxes on this page show the two
zones, and the salary •increases scheduled in both.
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WAGS IONS IOUNOAAISS
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General and Hotel and:Restalasat Order
Woon
June 29, :1964•..'.. $1.00 $ m?.$5
Sept. 28, 1964 .90
pec. 28, 1964 .95: -
March 29, 1965 1.00.
Construction Work Order
June 1964, $425
•ZONE.2 .
• General and Hotel and Restaurant Order
Men Women
June:29, 1964 $.:85 $:80,
Dec. 28, 1964 .90. .90
.December 27, 19651.00 ' 1.00
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Construction Work Order
•June, 29, 1964
December 27, 1965: 1.25 .
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The General Minimum Witage Order does riot apply
to: Registered apprentices;” camp counsellors, or.
students employed`in certain recreational programs;
apartment house janitors who live' in; real estate and
insurance salesmen and salesmen who determine.
their own hours; professional persons andlteachers;
domestic ser*nts; farm labourers, .
• Special rates (80¢ in Zone 1 and 750 in Zone 2)
apply in the .following cases:.A student who does
not .work more than ,28 hours a week; a seasonal
worker ,processing.'Perishable fruits and vegetables
sPEpuAiGROtFS
who does not work, rlr more than 16 weeks in a year,*' . .
Speciai rates (600 in Zone 1 and 50¢ in Zone 2)
apply in the following 'cases: :Delivery boys, mesa•
sengers, newsvendors, pinsetters, caddies who ate
..-_under:..18years of age.*.. . •
•
+Ill both special rates categories, the Zone,1 rates will apply in` .
Zone 2 o rpecember 21, 1965,
EiVIPLOVERS NOTE
'Where employees,•are being paid on apiece -work
basis, if, at least four-fifths of them . are earning at
'east the minimum wage, you will be considered as
complying :with the. Orders. .
'Learner Rates are as follows: Where employees•are
on a piece -work basis, (earners may • be paid 20¢
Tess ;than the prescribed minimume rate fol, the -first
three months of employment, and 10¢ less' for the
cond three months. tit all Other cases, learners
ay be paid 100 less. than the. prescribed minimum„
for first four months of employment. The Hotel and
Restaurant Order establishes a special learner rate
fi14 rst lower
rh than theprescribed minimum rate for the
of employment. '
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Your Ontario Department of Labour stresses the fact that these are jusfthe highlights of the new Tv inimuin Wage Orders. To find out •exactly, what the Orders mean to you,
lease write. THE LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH,' THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR,- 74 VICTORIA .STREET, TORONTO 1, ONTARIO, '
or telephone 365.5251° . .
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