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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-09-05, Page 7Seven unions and an em- ployers' aiasociation, which repreaentti Ontario ',Hydro a, 215 s b -co tr ct s� stgred pnn•.Jup 10�year' labor agreement last • Wednesday to promote better labor relations. The master agreement of more than 500 pages was signed by the three parties in Toronto andcovers about 2,800 workers who ate either directly employed by Hydro or by its sub-contractors.,- About ub-contractors.,About an equal number of ironworkers, electrical workers, plumbers" and aheetmetal workers employed by Hydro or its sub -contractors have refused Wes.tein Fair I to sign the agreement, though they have held talks- with Hydro on it. Local 788 of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Elec- trical" Workers (IBEW), which represents 1,250 electricians, linemen and groundmen direc- tly emrAoyed by Hydro, are not a party to the <.agre,err .ertit They went on strike Aug. 6 at 93 Hydro constructtn sites across the provice. The main issue was a job° jurisdictioi dispute in "which the I13EW said -Hydro was introducing technicia.,s to do their work. The IBEW said the current round of inflation, made a' 10- year agreement too risky and said the numbers,'of unions in- volved in such a pact would make negotiations too difficult, While IBEW strikers con- tinue to picket Hydro work sites, members from, other unions are crossing ,their picket lines. No resumption of negotiations •have been scheduled.. Ontario Hydro and its Elec- trical Power Systems ConstriAC- tion Association (EPSCA) had been trying to secure the multi - trade agreement from the con- struction trades for the last three years. `The unions which signed the Livestock entries judged tomorrow at London Judging of the 47 entries in the market livestock classes in this year's .Western Fair will take 'place in the Ontario Arena, Friday :September 6. Judging of sthe 2a3- entries`�in the interbreed market steers will commence promptly at°4 p.m. Jarnes Coultes, Belgrave, Ontario will. judge the steers followed by the judging of the 11 market "lamb entries by Clarence 'Knights, Blenheim, Ontario. ,Judge for the 13 market barrows will be R.G. Robson, Maple, Ontario. Hugh Filson, Denfield, On- tario will be the auctioneer for the marketlivestock sale which, Evening course ready. for district farmers "Engineering .for the Farm", • as an evening course available at the end of • September, may be what you are looking for if you are a novice or part-time Ontario farmer.. �' Two-hour lessons, given once a eek -for 10 consecutive weeks by 0 tario Agricultural College profess rs - a number of whom are .also farmers will cover • • such topics as farmstead plan- ning and la .ut, tractors and buildings;'choi of fencing and cost; irrigation d drainage; health regulations for waste and' sewage; tillage : nd plan- ting equipment. equipment.. Iftterest in ,agriculture and a desire to learn more about it are the only qualifications necessary for registration in .this .course and several more, such as field crops and hor- ticultural science, .tl}at can be taken • towards a certificate in applied agriculture. Classes will be held. in Toronto, Guelph, Hamilton_ . Oaawa, London and Waterloo, and cts•t is $45 a person, $65 a couple or $75 'a family. For more information cori- tact the Applied Agriculture Program, Office of Continuing Education, University of. Guelph, Guelph . or phone 5,19- 8244-4120, extension. 3401, as soon as possible. will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the Sheep and SwineBarn. Under the 1974 sale con- ditions, all' market animals will be sold in the order they are of- ficially placed alive in the show ririg, therefore, the buyer will purchese--outright the animal he bought in the auction sale. Market livestockwill be slaughtered by the following companies,:, market steers, Darling Abattoir, Exeter, On- tario, market lambs and barrows, Thorndale Abbattoir, Thorndale, Ontario. The grand champion . and reserve grand champion °.car- casses in all 'ma•rket livestock 'classes will be displayed' in the Livestock Pavilion Area for the duration of the fair. • ti M °r• o a � .. ., . , re-. GOL)ERICH SIGNAL.-S'TAR,_ 'I'HURSI)AY, 'EPTEMBBR• 4, 19 4—PAGE ►q ' 1 s9 e tter relations a agreement .are represented by Hydro's labor relations, and --the newly -formed ,Ontario general manager of EPSCA, Allied Construction -Trades said such an agreement would Council (OACTC) of Team- provide stability in labor stern, . boilermakers, asbestos relations since future Hydro workers, laborers., painters, construction - projects dwarf operating engineers, carpenters those sof the' past. and millwrights. , ° 'Rathe'r than consumating ti Ken ' Martin, business •new labor agreements every manager of Local 593 of the mew '•years on a "crash .nrogra•m q basis ,.of possible strikes ,and. -.other problems, there is the need for a province - wide, multi-year agreement, IVIr: 'Chenery sada. Within the next 10 years, Oh-, tarso Hydro plans -to spend nearly $10 billion on heavy- water eavy-water plants and generating stations, Mr. Chenery said. The 10 -year • agreement means either the unions or. the employer (EPSCA) may propose amendments to; the agreement every 60 days, star- ting in the second year. The agreement may he ter- minated at the end of the second year or .later if agreement on proposed changes can'trbe reached, Renegotiated items are subject to provisions of the Ontario Labor Relations A,ct. "Our objective is to have a viable, flexible •agreement through which problems can be solved without sacrificing the whole agreement," a joint unions-,EPSCA statement said. For the first two years of the agreement, wages will be tied to ' prevailing rates for each classy of work in 'the region where the construction project is .undery,way. After that, rates will be renegotiated. Though the seven unions will bargain jointly, on, future master 'agreements, individual unions can negotiate appen-• dices to the agreement to reflect the peculiarities of each trade. United •Association of Plumbers its >lr,cn,don, said• the inter- nationa•l representatives of. the unions which signed- tti agreement had foisted , it on their members. • There was absolutely'no con- sultation with members of these seven unions•by their in- ternational representatives, who carne to an agreement with Hydro and then got the sub- contractors "to go along with it," he said. Mr. Martin said there were "hundreds" of contractors, who opposed the pact but feared losing Hydro contracts if they didn't join EPSCA and sign the agreement. "This means the free ,enter- , prise system is gone in the elec., trical construction industry," Mr. Martin said. "A sub- contractor is obligated „to join EPSCA to get his contract farm f iydro." "If we.used such'•dictatorial attitudes with 'Hydro, • the government would be quickly 'on our -backs," he said. •"The Ontario labor department was • very negligent in allowing this type .of thing to go on," John Carruthers, inter- national representative for the carpenters' • union and spokesman for the construction trades council, said the * agreement would" 'help "over- come the natural animosities of unions and employers." • W. J. Chenery, manager of Janqhart,iCelly, 'Doig and Chartered . Accountants 268 Main St., Exeter ARTHUR W. READ Resident Partner BUS. 235-0120 RES. 238-8075 • . a. Mr. Chenery said Hydros for the past '25 years, has had ., multi -union contractsfor tradesmen directly employed by Hydro but that this 'is the 'first time 'a master agreement has coveredeworl:ers for Hydro sub- contractors.' Mr. „Carruthers, president of `the unions'. construction trades council, said that with the new' agreement .the unions hope oto elitnirtate 95 per . cent,. Of jurisdictional disputes between unions which sometimes create work stoppages. Joint Hydro, unions and sub- contractor, committees at each Hydro project will meet quar- terly to discuss problems and a joint executive committee will meet annually on an Ontario - wide basis, unrelated to negotiations.' { Before nett/ , work begins, there will be "a conference of management and union representatives to discuss the proposed work and assignment of work tb various trades. Mr. Carruthers said the powers for negotiating and ratifiving master agreements lie with union executives selected for the- construction trades 'council of the seven unions, not with the 50 to 60 union locals. There was initially a "lot of apprehension" among 'union locale when the idea of a '10 - year agreement was broached, 'he said, But this resistance has now ended. 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