HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-08-14, Page 7Freedom is denied...
theeoncerns of labour in the matter toased e
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Corder to arrange national attention and .1 will
wage avid benefit stan- certainly be opposing the
dards that are mutually monopolization of the
agreeable. Thus they Labnur field by Inter-
avoid any form of national Trade Unions.
discrimination against whose base is commonly
labour or labour non -Canadian. • •
organizations. Yours truly,
Permit me now the Jack Riddell, M.P.P.
following questions, Mr. • Huron -Middlesex
Riddell: OPEN LETTER
1) Why is it that our TO HON. ROBERT
Canadian labour laws ELGIE M.D.
-cannot similarly satisfy 'ONTARIO MINISTER
the rights and freedoms OF LABOUR
of our Canadian • workers Dear Bob,
so that they too can hold • You no doubt received
membership in the union a letter from the
of their choice without Christian Labour
diminishing employment Association of Canada,
opportunity, in fact being with• an enclosed letter
denied employment, as written " by that
certain AFL-CIO sub- • Association to 'employers
di contracting clauses in involved in the con-
effect do? struction industry in the
2) R e R ^ r- ; " n-PrQvinceof Anta-ries-..-- --
"educational justice,`dear Needless to say, I
Mr. Riddell, is it not also support their contention
your conviction that our that if the Unions -are
provincial and federal successful in getting the
governments,. having non -affiliation clakrse
underwritten Article 26 of included in- collective
the UN Charter of agreements, it would
Declaration, should effectively end situations
support all educational where one or more non -
systems equally since union siib-contractors
that Charter establishes work on projects where
and protects the rights of there are union
parents to choose the kind tradesmen. This clause
of educations•- for their would also affect other
children that is in har- unionized tradesmen who
mony with their own are members of unions
religious conviction and not affiliated with
the particular world and International Building
life view which they deem Trades organization.
-most beneficial to the I could not agree more
total well-being of their with the statement if the
• • children? International Con
In conclusion, it is my . struction Unions will
conviction, as I hope it is 'have the power -to- pull
yours, that our govern- their members off any
ritproject
ment will in all sincerity construction
.ts_. f.,..__. *are -
respect the full`�righ o simply -because -there
its citizens to live a.life of workers on the same
b obedience to God's project who,have chosen
demands, "Who also calls
a` government . • to
obedience. i.e,, to do right
and -exercise
righteousness by law f r
the benefit of all the
citizens of the nation.
The Lord give you
courage and wisdom to
find ways and means in
parliament by which you
can establish justice for
all citizens of this great
and good land.
Cordially,
Art Jongejan
RR2,
Bayfield, Ontario.
Dear Mr. Jongejan,
I wish to :acknowledge'
and thank you few your
letter protesting
discriminatory practices
of certain Trade Unions.
It would appear that
the lawfulness of ac-
tivities pursuant to a non-
affiliation clause is a
matter for the. Labour
Relations Board to decide
and furthermore a non-
'affiliation clause may be
the subject of a challenge
in the Courts on the
grounds that its operation
is contrary to the com-
mon law or, the provisions
of the Combines
Investigation Act.
an independent all
Canadian Trade Union,
we will have a society
that condones and
practices social and
industrial apartheid.
I share the concern of
the Christian Labour
Association that fun-
damental human rights
and labour relations are
being eroded and the time
has come in my
estimation to place more
emphasis on the need to
maintain basic rights and
freedoms against the
pressures of
organizations whose.
objective • is monopoly
control.
Your comments on this
matter would be greatly
appreciated.
Yours truly,
Jack Riddell, M.P.P..
Huron -Middlesex
THE REPLY
Dear Jack:
Thank you for your
letter of February 29, 1980
regarding the non -
affiliation clause which it
is expected will be sought
in the coming round of
construction industry
negotiations.
I acknowledge your
concerns with respect to
the possible impact of
such provisions. For the
present,however, the
non -affiliation clause is
no x><ore than a
bargaining objective in
this province. 'Whether or
not this objective will be
realized is an issue which
must be determined in
the. normal course of.
collective bargaining by
the parties themselves.
The lawfulness of
activities pursuant to a
non -affiliation clause is
another matter. It may
be that a work stoppage
pursuant to a non-'
affiliation clause would
not be a lawful strike
within the meaning of the
Labour Relations Act.
The Labour Relations
Board would have the -
authority todetermine
this question, and if it
held for the applicant -
could issue a cease and
desist order and, in ap-
propriate circumstances,
award damages.
An non -affiliation
clause may also be the
subject of a challenge in
the courts on the grounds
that its operation is
contrary to the common
law, or the provisions of
the Combines
• Investigation Act, To my
knowledge, the courts of
other provinces where
non -affiliation clauses
are prevalent have not
had occasion to rule
conclusively on this
agreement.
Thank youfor bringing
your concerns to my
attention.
Yours very frilly,
Robert E. Elgie,M.D.
• Minister.
isitors at
Queensway
Queensway Nursing
Home welcomes a new
resident, Shirley Cassidy
to the home. "Birthday
Greetings" to those who
celebrated July bir-
thdays, namely: Ji,m
McDougall, Louise
Mitchell, • Vivian
Alderson, Hiram French.
Visitors with Russell
Erratt were Mrs. Gladys
Coleman; Bill and Ruby
Triebner` and Mary
Grady visited with Muriel
Triebner and John and
Iva Ridley and Jim
McNaughton visited Vera
Lammie.
Henry and Marie
Wilds, Mrs. Dorothy Lee
and Kay.Cockwell visited
with Mrs. Wilds, Jim
Beaver and Susan
Meisner visited with Mac
Beaver and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fisher and Les
Mitchell visited with
Louise Mitchell.
Irene Finlayson visited
her mother Mrs. Volland
and Annie Finkbeiner
visited Levina Fink-
beiner.
The high men's bowling
score waw oiled by ,Neil
Regan 4tiffi a 132 and the
ladies' high was rolled by
Mary Parlmerwith a 104.
............
Several local canoe racing teams represented Ontario in the Canadian
Marathon Canoe Racing Association Nationals in Ottawa during the long
weekend) including , (rear row) Kathy Armstrong of London and Randy
Boogemans of Heiman, first in, senior mixed competition, Rick Kloss of
Brucefield and Tony GIbbings-otelinton,:_third_in-funic 4
Kloss of Brucefield and Karen Cowan of Brussels, third in junior girls. (Photo
by Mary Gibbings)
CLINTON INtAJS-BL+CORD, THURSDAY,, AUiJST]&188Q0-FAQ
at 25th
Friends honor Smiths
Mr. and Mr. s. Wayne
Smith, °Hensall
celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary on
Saturday evening when
they enterta' ned
relatives and friends at
the Hensall Community
Centre, Hensall. Dancing
was enjoyed to music by
"Swing Masters" or-
chestra of London. A
smorgasbord lunch was
served, Mr. and' Mrs.
Smith's mothers, Mrs.
Pearl Petzke of Exeter
and Mrs. Irene Smith of
Seaforth both attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Raeburn of Coronation,
Alberta are holidaying
with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Raeburn
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Slade. `
rs. ar ayne and
Mrs. Cecil Pepper at
Thornsonfamilymeet at Dublin
by Bertha MacGregor
Thomson reunion
The 41st annual
Thomson reunion was
held recently at the farm
of -Ken and Pat Britton,
RR2 Dublin with an at-
tendance of 47.
After a delicious
smorgasbord dinner a
short business meeting
was held with vice-
president, Ken Britton, in
charge. A moment of
silence was held in -
memory of any members
who had passed away
during the past year.
- tended--
ree i s• were ex
-G o t
g
through a telephone call
from John and . Loreen
Thomson in Arizona.
.Results; of the sports
were: - races four and
under, Jordan Stanlake;
7 and under,\ Steven
Foster; " 10 and under,
Janet Britton; boys 11
and up, Bruce Thomson;
girls 11 and up, Joann
Pepper; Balloon toss
relay, Clarence Priestap,
Pam Foster;
wheelbarrow race, Janet
Britton and Brenda
Pepper; shoe race, Laura
Britton.
It was decided to hold
the picnic next year 'on
the third Sunday in July
at the farm of Ken and
Pat Britton, RR2 Dublin.
Officers for next year
include president, Ken
Britton; vice-president,
John Thomson;
secretary -treasurer,
Joyce Pepper; lunch
committee, Norm and
Mabel Stanlake, Ken and
Pat Britton. Sports
committee, Joyce Foster
and Cindy Cornish.
., . Sociais._..
Mrs. Annie Noakes
received a telephone call
from her daughter Mrs.
Frances Siemon in Senra,
California pn her bir-
thday which she observed
this week: Visiting with
Mrs. Noakes on Sunday
were her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Noakes, Mt.
Brydges and Mr. and
Mrs. WilliarhNoakes and
Babe and Mrs. Rosa
Harris 9f Crediton. Mrs.
Noakes • received many and Mrs. Ernie Davis by
cards and messages and flying here to visit with
several ladies visited therm and his sister and
with her on Monday af- brother-in-law, Mr. and
ternoon. Mrs. Robert Rathwell
Mr. and Mrs. Oren and Katie.
Williams and Mr. Gordon Mr. 'and Mrs. Bill.
Robinson of Summerside, • Shaddick and family of
Prince Edward Island, Kitchener visited on the
spent two weeks visiting weekend with the for -
with Mr. and Mrs. George men's mother, Mrs. Pearl
Parker and sons.
Shaddick.'
Charles Mickle,
Hamilton visited with his
mother, Mrs. Laird. T
Mickle before leaving for United newsa month's vacation in the
Caribbean. ' A gospel hymn -sing
Miss Kathryn Sells of
opened _the regular
-London- ` was a_, 'recent "'
morning service at
weekend visitor with
Miss Greta Laramie.
•, Mrs. Mabel (Fee). Ball
of London. and . friend
visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard
Noakes.
Miss Kathryn Amess of
London vacationed last
week -with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Noakes.
Mr. Michael Davis of
Vancouver, B.C. sur-
prised his parents Mr.
United Church on Sun-
day, August 3rd, with
Rev. Stanley. McDonald
in the pulpit. Mrs. Donna
St. John was the soloist
and contributed much to
the service.
Miss Karen McAllister
very capably played the
piano for the service.
Ushers were four
younger people, namely
Tim Mann, Jim Thrower,
Michael McGregor and
Bill Stebbins.
tended the 75th an-
niv'ersary of Orford,
North Women's. institute
at gmbro on Tuesday,
July 29th.
Lady fractures ankle
Mrs. Ernie Davis' hada
the misfortune to drop
into "a hole while golfing
on Monday and in doing'
so, fractured her ankle.
She was taken to South
Huron Hospital, Exeter
Where the fracture was
reduced and she was able
to return to her home.
Mrs, Carl McDonald of
Atwood visited this week
7
at the ;name with hier son
Rev, Stanley McDonald.
Service resumes
The regular morning
worship will resume on
Sunday, August 10th :at 9
a.M. in ' Carmel
Presbyterian" Church
with Rev. Ken Knight in
charge.
Smile
Aren't coffee prices
something? Now even the
decaffinated kinds make
you nervous.
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