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Clinton News-Record, 1979-05-03, Page 8•4 PAGE 8 -CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 3 ,197 Hydro workers accept raise Ignoring their union's advice, 15,000 Ontario Hydro workers including 45 members of the Clinton local, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees last week voted 61.8 percent in favor of accepting a wage settlement of between six and eight percent. It was the first time in the approximate 30 -year history of CUPE Local 1,000 that the rank and file failed to follow the executive's recom- mendation. Mark Breckon, division chairman of the 2,700 members working at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development, said that while he was not sur- prised by the vote, he was "very disappointed." "There is no question we have an internal rift in the union and it may end in a split in the union," he said. "There is no question it's not a good, contract. It's not a good offer." Breckon said the six -to eight -percent wage in- crease won't cover the rise in the cost of living, ... expected to reach 9.2 percent this year. However, he said the main issues the executive wanted to push for were better vacation and pension plans, a cost -of - living clause and a shorter work week. Breckon said the benefits package sought -by - the -union ---executive would only cost Hydro about 1.5 percent more. "The whale vacation package would only cost 0.9 of one percent." He said the executive also wanted a multi-year contract, not the.one-year agreement tile workers approved. It is retroactive to April 1. Breckon said the movement to accept _ Hydro's offer came mainly from people earning a weekly salary. "A large part of them are women earning a second family in- come...and they are not really concerned about pension plans and things." He said that of the 2,700 CUPE members at the Bruce development, those who, are the primary income earners and working shift work voted 65 percent against Hydro's offer. Breckon said had the full , membership given the union a strike man- date, it wouldn't have meant a full walkout. "Our m-embership wouldn't allow it (a strike), it's as simple as that. Too mangy have long memories back to 1972 when we were out for four months." He said the executive wanted a work -to -rule campaign with a with- drawal of overtime. He predicted that Hydro would have given in to the union demands long before consumers began to suffer. Under the former agreement that expired March 31, linemen's pay scales were $5.93 to $10.37 an hour; motor mechanics $5.82 to $9.55; nuclear operators $6.47 to T12.42; electrical in- spectors $418.25 to $479.02 a week. Clinton Lions get members On April 24 the Lions Club of Clinton initiated three new members, Doug Coventry, Joe Daer and Neil Elliott. 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