HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-07-08, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY S, 19941
VON
plans to
cut RPNs
mileage
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100 km/day for her job, says
that RPNs offered to take a
cut to 25 cents/km but "can't
drive a car for less than that."
In total, these cuts would
mean a rollback of $5,000 to
$12,000 per year for RPNs,
says Thomson. She adds that
the re -wording of the
contract would also mean
less job security.
VON management says
that cutbacks are necessary
for the organization to be
viable.
VON issued a press release
stating it "must obtain these
concessions or the ability to
obtain further home care
contracts in the open bidding
process will be jeopardized.
The end result could be a loss
of jobs for many VON
employees."
In 1997, the Ontario
government introduced a
managed competition model
for delivery of home nursing
services. It established
Community Care Access
Centres which accept and
evaluate bids, from VON and
other home care providers
and'award contracts.
"In this new competitive
environment, VON is at a
considerable economic
disadvantage," states the
release. "The current
challenge for VON is to
restructure its operations so
that it may effectively
compete with for-profit
agencies providing home
nursing services."
Thomson says that the
RPNs have already taken
their fair share of cuts.
Last year, the RPNs
accepted a contract which
included a one per cent wage
rollback and the elimination
of their uniform allowance
and two 15 -minute paid
coffee breaks per day.
"Management needs to
look at what it can cut in its
own -backyard," says
Thomson.
No one at the Perth -Huron
branch of the VON was
available for comment.
Registered nurses working
for VON are currently calling
on patients that are normally
visited by RPNs. VON Perth -
Huron employs RPN's in
visiting nursing, shift care
nursing and footcare nursing.
Other VON branches
affected include Brockville
Leeds & Grenville, Chatham
Kent, Eastern counties,
Eastern Lake Ontario,
Waterloo Wellington
Dufferin, Lanark, Renfrew,
Sarnia Lambton, Sudbury,
Durham Region and Ottawa
Carleton.
Big breakfast - More than
950 lined up for breakfast
served by area firefighters
on Canada Day. It took 120
dozen eggs to feed the
hungry crowd along with
toast, sausage and more to
fill plates. (Above) Pete
Martene serves up home
fries..
yin could .still turn
owing season around
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in June:
Clinton received about a
half-inch of rain in June. ,
Humphries said last year,
Clinton had two inches of
rain that month and farmers
thought it was dry then.
Most of the precipitation
has been in northern Huron
County.
"We were so optimistic
with our early planting and
early development." he
said.
With the early start to
planting this spring,
OMAFRA was predicting
above normal yields of
winter wheat.
Now, Nick Whyte, who is
expecting to begin
harvesting -wheat within a
week, is expecting the yield
to be about 20 per cent
below normal.
"We normally don't
harvest wheat until the last
week of July," he said.
Including family farms,
Whyte has 2.000 acres of
wheat, corn. soybeans,
garlic and cucumber
planted.
Humphries said farmers
won't know for sure until
the combines are running.
"It's not going to be a
bin -busting yield," he said.
Whyte said the dry
weather has caused the
wheat to mature with
smaller kernels, resulting in
his prediction.
And depending on
whether or not enough rain
falls in the next few weeks,
corn and soybean crops
could be producing lower
yields.
In some fields.
Humphries said, "The crops
have literally stopped
growing."
He said it's hard 'to
determine what those yields
will be like until the twp
crops start flowering.
"Soybeans are ju'st
starting to flower," he said.
And Wallace said some
corn is starting to show
tassels.
Right now. he is
expecting an average crop
instead of the high yields
that were originally
predicted.
When the corn starts to
tassel, he said that's when
rain is going to be critical.
He said that's a period
when the crop needs more
moisture to develop.
In his immediate area,
the crops aren't suffering.
But just a few kilometres
away, Whyte is seeing a
difference.
"We can find' more corn
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that's starting to curl up its
leaves to conserve
moisture." he said.
If that' happens over a
prolonged period of time,
he expects yields to drop.
Right now; he is gue§sing
the corn and soybeans will
produce 10 per cent less
even if the current
conditions change in the
next few weeks.
Because of the
similarities to 1988,
Humphries said some
farmers are getting worried.
But if a couple inches of
rain can fall in the next few
weeks, Wallace said crop
yields could turn out fine.
They've all seen worse
years than this and reflect
back to 1988.
Wallace said that season
turned with a killer frost on
June 2$ that led into the
drought -like conditions for
the season.
"Things may change. A
week of good, warm rain
could turn things around,"
Wallace said.
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