The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-05, Page 1er wage demands
at the Domtar-Sifto Salt Mine were in a legal strike
as of 12.01 a.m. Thursday April 28 to back their
for an 80 cent an hour increase over a one-year
The company had offered increases of 62 and 55
ction time
voters will be going
Its again on June 9
onths after the last
al election. The
as called on'April 29
ler Willaim Davis
ked the voters for a
to provide a stable
ent to deal with the
yment situation,
and national unity.
feels 'that, his
government elected
has not had the
tary support to lead
ce the way it would
ngs in the house
ervatives with 52
e NDP with 38 and
als with 35,
feels that the only
the Conservatives
is from the NDP
e says that the
have no clear
philosphies for the
the Conservative
parties are looking
tern Ontario for
s in the election.
als hold 11 of the 20
:stof Kitchener and
two parties see this
re r e ground for ad -
2 t. Opinion polls also
IO�d� at the Liberals will
ble holding their
region.
Huron -Middlesex
iberal MPP Jack
expected to seek re-
n at the May 12
eeting in Hensall:
onservatives have
a nomination
d
meeting for Huron -Middlesex
on May 12 in Exeter and as of
yet, the NDP has made no
definite arrangements ° for
their .meeting.- Neither party
has filled their slate of 125
candidates.
The Conservatives are
hoping forpotential changes
in the London area, the
Liberals have gained the
support of Wardsville reeve,
Donald Nisbet and the NDP
are hoping for Gordon Hill, a
Varna farmer and president
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture;-
The Conservatives and the
NDP parties feel that they
are a much more credible
force in Western -Ontario than
they were in the 1975 election.
Huron -Bruce riding - is
already getting prepared for
the June 9 provincial election
with. two parties having set
nomination meeting dates.
The Progressive Con-
servative riding association
will meet May 9 at 8 p.m. in
Kincardine Town hall to
select a candidate for the
election, association
president John Slade said,
By press time, it was
unknown who would be
seeking the nomination, but
Mr. Slade said there are at
least four persons interested
in. carrying the party's colors.
Bill Walden, of Wingham,
who ran unsuccessfully for
the Conservatives in the 1975
election may once again seek
the nomination but this has
not yet been confirmed.
ks declared
al by board
on County Board of
n will not be
secondary schools'
nglish material, but
ricted the use of
ble books to grade
material. He felt that bor-
derline or questionable novels
need notbe used.
He also explained that
substitute books for some
students was not an ac-
ceptable idea, "the student
ision was made in must situation. fand theeit classroom
cteacher's
regUjar afternoon y 2 at the guidance, which is an im-
portant aspect in learning.';
, from the
d in the literary G dlerichHTownn Council and
was an amend- Wilfred Shortreed a 'past
eep the use of books chairman of the board, both
"questionable spoke in defence of the
'to a minimum use, literary question. They
ested - by Trustee commended .and supported
ayne.
month of meetings the teachers and the students.
ussTrustee Alec Corrigan
heir ds, the boardecision on this moved to support the
heir dteachers and the department
Mal topic by a vote heads in their choice of books
in favor of main- with Frayne making
uch books as "Of amendments on that.
Men," "Grapes of ' 'trustee John Henderson,
'Catcher in the who opposed the motion,
The Diviners.'` suggested that the books be.
s meeting, which taken off the course for one
people in at- . year and at a later date the
heard various board could meet with the
express their teachers to see if the books
n the literary issue. had been missed.
eal, mathematics Vice-chairman Marian
Goderich District Zinn reminded that board
Institute told the 1 that they still will meet with
t our society isthe teachers in June to
about moral ethics discuss the books for the fall
that there is nb and will havertlxe final°say'in
01 good reading the material choice.
cents respectively over a two-year period but the offer was
not accepted by the union. A mediation meeting has been
scheduled in Toronto next Wednesday. (staff photo)
215 workers out
Sifto Salt enipl�
strike at Goderi
Workers at the Domtar-Sifto Salt Mine
remain on strike after they vote4 to
strike at midnight last Wednesday.
The 215 mine workers, members of
Local 16 of the Canadian Chemical
Workers Union, were in a legal strike
position at 12.01. a.m. Thursday, April 28
after negotiations had broken off with
the company earlier Wednesday af-
ternoon. A company spokesman said
that a mediation meeting has been
,scheduled in Toronto next Wednesday
and will be convened by representatives
of the Ministry of Labor.
Although the union's one year con-
tract expired March 31, members of
Local 16 were not in a legal strike
position until 12.01 a.m. Thursday
morning, In a vote Sunday April 24, the
union voted 112 to 20 in favor of striking
if the union demands were not met in
negotiations with company Wednesday
April 27.
The union was seeking an 80 cent an
hour increase over a one-year contract
as well as other adjustments and
limitations on the 'company's right to
manage. The increase would raise the
average miners wage to $7.69 an hour,
an increase of approximately 11 percent.
Just hoursbefore the strike the
company made a final offer of a 62 cen
an hour increase over the first year an,
a 55 cent an hour increase over th
second year of the two year contract
The company offer also included im
provements in benefits, premiums an
classification rates.
Mine manager Bill Coughlan said tha
the offer was substantially above th
anti-inflation board guidelines but th"
increase over the two-year agreemen
would re-establish the historica
relationship of wages between the min
workers and the International Chemica
Workers Union Local 682 at th
evaporatorr plant in Goderich.
Coughlan said that the union demand
were incomprehensible in light of th
anti-inflation hoard guidelines but th'_;
union wants the company to back up the
increase in a joint submission to the AIB.
Coughlan'said that the company was
agreeable to a joint submission on their
offer, but could not consider it for th•'
union demands.
Coughlan said that the union 'request,
when adjusted for benefits and
premiums; is approximately double in
relation to the figures allowable under.
the guidelines. The company is looking
to restore parity for the mine workers
130 YEAR—17
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977
No immediate'building plans
ouncil accepts
Goderich town council
voted unanimously to accept
an offer from Borg-Warner of
Canada Limited to purchase
22. acres of industrial park
land in Goderichrat a meeting
Monday night.
Council voted in favor of the
amended agreement with the
company, after councillor
Elsa Haydon left the council
chambersin disgust.
,Following nearly two years
of negotiations with the town,
Borg-Warner has agreed to
pay $44,000 for a 22 acre
parcel of land between high-,
ways 8 and 21, The motion
was passed at the Monday
night meeting of council
following a full day's
meetings between town
council, town engineer,
Burns Ross, town solicitor,
Dan Murphy and represen-
tatives from Borg-Warner
and the Ministry of the
Environment.
The major stumbling block
in earlier negotiations was
the incapability of the town's
sewage treatment facilities to
handle the proposed plant
discharge. Council wanted
the company to maintain
Some responsibility for
sewage plant expansion
costs.
The amended agreement
calls for the company's
sewage discharge to the
storm and sanitary sewers to
meet the local bylaw
requirements and the pre-
treatment of discharge to
meet the requirements is the
responsibility of the com-
pany.
Borg -warner will have the
option of discharging pre-
treated waste water from the
plant to the storm or sanitary
sewer if they give notice in
writing of such discharges
two years in advance or_they
pay part of the cost of the
capital expansion of the
treatment plant. The
payments are to be in
proportion to the hydraulic
load of their industrial waste
as compared to the design
hydraulic load of the sewage
plant expansion.
The motion to accept the
amended agreement was
introduced by councillor Don
Wheeler and seconded 'by
councillor John Doherty.
Councillor Haydon then
suggested that the matter be
left for review until the next
council meeting to fully
understand the amendments.
"I would move that we
leave the motion on the
agreement for . another
week," she said. "It is only
good business sense. I have
nothing against the deal but it
should be tabled for another
week."
Borg -Werner
Councillor Stan, Profit
seconded the motion but it
was defeated in a vote.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt said
that the matter had been.
exposed . to council long
enough and that it was time to
vote on the agreement.
"We have been meeting all
day with our consultants
about the agreement and it
would be a slap in the face to
our consultants if we did not
pass na motion tonight, he
said.
Wheeler said that perhaps
some people needed more
time: but that the offer had
gone on for some time. He
'added that Borg-Warner
satisfied his personal con-
cerns and although he was
originally worried about the
costs ofservicing the land he
was sure that the town could
handle it over a number of
years.
Deputy -Reeve Eileen
Palmer claimed that
although she was not satisfied
with the previous offer she
was now comfortable with the
streamlined vers)
added that althl
agreement was sour
reservations about
tension of Suncoast
also saw no reasoi
the offer to the ne
meeting.
Profit said he
Haydon's motion a$$
of semantics but hi
comfortable w
• amended agreemen
Haydon said that;
also bC comfortabl
Prom Queen crowned
Judy Cruickshank, daughter. of -Mr. Ond Mrs. Doug Cruickshank, of
Goderich was crowned queen at the GDCI format! Friday night by lastyear's
queen Laurie Kernighan. Judy was selected by the student body over four
other contestants, Mary Burns, (le
Lori Keller and Kathy Reynolds.
spring formal in conjunction with t