The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-17, Page 31The forest industry is
Canada's most important in
terms of erinployment, wages
and salaries, value-added by
manufacture. the country's
biggest rnanfacturer. It
makes a larger net contribu-
tion to the nation's balance of
payments than metals, food
and agriculture, fisheries
and the automotive in-
dustries combined.
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GIVEBACKS
With surprising frequency
we read about wage con-
cessions by unions. The Meat -
Packers Union agreed to sig-
nificant wage reductions in
their new contract. Then,
British Columbia . con-
struction workers signed a
contract rolling back wages
by approximately 30 per
cent. Other unions in Canada
have followed this pattern.
Does this represent a new
era in industrial relations
and with it in the demise of
inflationary wage settle-
ments?
it annPars thatt recent con -
ii
Canada's
Business
by Bruce VVhitestone
cessions are not the rule,
even in 'the current,
depressed economic climate.
In the last two years, when
givebacks were in the head-
• lines, the vast majority of
wage agreements called for
sizeable increases, although
they were smaller than in the
1970s.
In1the previous decade,
wage increases were
dramatic, and consequently,
wage rates got far out of line.
In the contruct;on industry,
which has been highly
unionized for many years,
average hourly earnings
iumped from 1.47 to 1.64
rdz
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times average hourly earn-
ings in the private sector as a
whole. The recent givebacks
in this industry appear to be
nothing more than an over-
due correction to excessive
gains achieved over the
previous cycle.
In general, wagecon-
cessions by unions in the
automobile • industry were
very large. They were
necessary, in one instance,
to bail out a company on the
verge of closure. In other
cases, they were triggered
by international competition
from areas where wage
rates were only a fraction of
those prevailing in ''North
America. However, in
Canada at least, the era of
reduced labor, costs seems to
be ending; we are entering a
more normal union wage
pattern. The Canadian
branch of the United Auto
Workers in 1984 was able to
negotiate increases about
double the inflation rate in
the ,economy as a whole.
While there have been in-
stances of givebacks in some
parts of the North American
economy, the reduction in
relative wages was the result
of exceptional circum-
stances, such as inter-
national competition or an
unusually severe slump in an
isolated area of the
economy. Usually wage'` in-
creases lag' behind the in-
flation rate; only rarely do
they take place before - in-
flationary pressures mount.
Monopoly wage gains, par-
ticularly in the so-called
regulated industries, such as
utilities or railroads, usually„
are the first to achieve sig-
nificant gains, and then
these are extended to other
sectors. Fdr instance, the St.
Lawrence Seaway workers
received overly generous
wage increases in the 1960s,
and that set off 'a veritable
wage explosion in the en-
suing two or three years.
Once the U.S. . dollar
declines relative to other
currencies, import competi-
tion will lessen and North
American companies will be
able to raise their selling
prices. Workers will be able
then to claim wage increases
to catch up with current
realities.
Subdued wage increases
occurred in the past when
union pressure had been
excessive and a business
slurnp reduced workers' bar-
gaining°strength. Each time
wage gains returned to more
traditional patterns once 'a
recovery had been underway
for some time, and the same
chain of events should re-
appear in this current cycle.
Peak in Cloud Piercer
Mount Cook, at 12,345 feet
New Zealand's, loftiest peak,
is called Aorangi (Cloud Pi- '
ercer) by the Maoris (abori-
gines). Close by is the .coun-
try's second-highest, Mount
Tasman, whose 18 -mile -long
glacier is one of the largest
rivers of ice outside the
polar regions.
Crossroads- Apr. 17, 1985—Page 11
With its snug harbour and
lighthouse on the pier, the
fishing village of Port Dover
is one of the most pic-
turesque places in the pro-
vince. There's none of that
fancy window dressing you
sometimes run into. No
phony commercialism. It's
the real thing!
We like to watch the fish-
ing, boats coming and going,
walk out along the pier to
visit the craft shops and fish
stores. We watch the activity
around Misiner's big fish
processing plant, see the
gulls soaring into the sky as
Lake Erie's waves break
against the shpreline.
We' always stay at the Erie
Beach Motel. Since we re-
turn time and again to
various country inns and
motels as we travel the pro-
vince, the innkeepers and
their staffs get to know us.
We even have our "own
rooms."
At the Erie Beach, owners
Harold 'and Tony Schneider
and executive secretary
Ruth Bridgewater always
book Jenny and myself into
Room 3 so we can get a good
view of the lighthouse, Our
regular waitress Laverne
never asks us what we want
at the restaurant. In Dover,
we always get a "perch
dinner." It's become
traditional. Sometimes we
go to Fred Knechtel's or
Mike's Place for "perch and
chips."
We've done quite a few
stories around Port' Dover.
Stan Morris, editor of the
Port Dover. News, gives us
good leads. So do some of the
people we meet on the main
street or out on the pier.
We've made a number of
friends in the village over the
years. One of, them is Elsie
Murphy, a crusty newspaper
columnist who has lived in
Dover all her life.
Elsie is a newshawk of the
old school. In 30 seconds,
she'll drawl out five good
leads within a twenty mile
radius. When we first met
her, she mentioned that
Ivey's. Greenhouses might
make a good yarn, t
I couldn't visualize it as
particularly interesting
when we had things like the
Lighthouse • Theatre
Festiva!, teeming with inter-
esting people. Or the Fisher-
men's Weekends. That's
when all the Lake Erie fish-
ermen come over to Dover
and have -tug pulls, and
finally blow their stacks!
I let the greenhouse idea
simmer for about four years,
and every once in awhile El-
sie *quid remind me about
it,
Finally, I went out to
Ivey's just to get Elsie off my
back. I expected to see a few
pleasant gardeners clipping
roses in a couple of hot-
houses. I should have known
better,
I was astounded! There
were roses everywhere. As
far as you could see! I dis-
covered that Ivey's Inc.
grows four million roses a
year! They employ about
two hundred people and have
seven acres of greenhouses
jammed close together. The
company has been operating
for over 75 years, and the
great-grandsons of the
founder are now in the busi-
ness.
I didn't waste any time
getting the story done. And
since then, I have always
paid very close attention to.
what Elsie Murphy has to
say.
When we were in Dover re-
cently, Elsie mentioned that
the Marine Museum might
be an interesting story. We'll
do it next time. Count on it!
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