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Whitby Free Press, 11 Nov 1981, p. 15

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WIEITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEM BER il., 1981, PAGE 15 9,058 unemployed St. Andrew's bazaar The quilt that these ladies are displaying will be offered for sale this Saturday as the Church Women of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church hold their annual bazaar. Seen here displaying the quilt are (from left to right): Rachel Koslowski, Margaret Cushnaghan and Deborah Simerson. The sale, which will be held at the church hall from 1 to 4 p.m., wii feature handicrafts, a bake table, a white elephant table and a tea room. Ail are welcome. Fe rs tf ht Sklar lays-off 100 workers Sklar Manufacturing Limited shut down its Whitby plant last week and indefinitely laid off C ME 100 workers. The action was TO OU R followed by a company warning that more îay- offs and termporaryj the future. N V M E ployssome 1,400 people in the Victoria Street YOU CQULD WIN AN CHOO 1400 COI facility. Bob Donald, the com- AL L EXPENSE TRIP WILL BE BROADI thtbt h lyfsadFOR 2 T AT OUR BROOK[ the shutdown were the result of the "general SUNNYFLORIDA SATURDAY, N~ He added that orders FILL QUTA FREE BALLOT, -SQ MAKE PLANZC have been dropping for NO PURCHASE REQIRED. FREE DOOR PRlZE%" more than a month _____________ primarily because of the interest and inflation rates. A T S I VN "Large consumerFA T S I S VI Doald claimed, ad- Real Value Saving On Sleeping Com fort ding, "You build the ORTHOPEDIC BEDDING Sle products that you're GaldiF required to build. " 2 ERGAATEIPR The spokesman said 20YA URATEIPRTE that more layoffs are 39" BOX SPRING& MATTRESS ....... 185 CYT possible if improve- 54" BOX SPRING& MATTRESS .....235 31 PC. ments in the economy OE are not seen and that 60" BOX SPRING& MATTRESS..... $279 OVNV Sklar will review its 20 PC. position sometime in the 1 ERGAATEDSE next ten days or so to 1YAGAATEDSE determine if another 39" BOX SPRINGS & MATTRESS ... 129 TOOLSà shutdown is needed. 5"BXSRNS&MTRS ...s4 Joe Connor, the busi-5"BOSRNG&MA RES. f4 SWAG Li ness agent for Local 50 50" BOX SPRINGS & MA TTRESS .....$195 of the Uphoîsterers In- ternational Union, said You may also purchase mattress or box spring separately 4 PC. Sofa,1 that they were informed Chair & Otti of the layoff a week before they occurred. SWUVEL ROCKERS $.35.& 13c He said that those onA 0ALW, 10W PRICE 0F ONLY .... 3 permanent layoff are KITCHEN S facing difficulties. ROCKERS & RECLINERS fr'm. $ ..149 "We thought we'd DSF probably see it through RED__SOFAS_ untîl afEVERYriSImGL, Connor said. 'We didn't VR SN L OPEN TUES. & W anticipa te it this soon."ITM NOU THURS. & FR1. While he said that the SAT. 10A. entire industry is in this U EYSW situation the union did INVENTORY IS. DROP IN TO ON expect it. S L RCD NLTO IH Donald said that the SL RCD The number of clients unemployed and registered for work at the Canada Employ- ment Centres in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa for the month of October totalled 9,058, consisting of 4,736 female and 4,322 maie clients. Placements in the three offices totalled 500 for the, month,» which compares to a total of 826 placements during September. The majority of clients were registered in clerical .and related; sales; ser- vice; machining and related; product fabri- cating, assembllng and repairing; construction trades; material han- Ming and related. During October, the greatest employment opportunities existed in accommodation and food service; personal services; retail trade; special trade contract- ors. In October, there were 14 agreements signed under the Canada Manpower In- dustrial Training Pro- gram. As a resuit, 15 people will benefit from both training and em- ployment in the Region of Durham. At the end of October, there were 113 students in the skill courses sponsored -by -the Canada Employment Centre and 43 people receiving academie up- grading at Durham College. The Canada Employ- ment Centre is curren- tly partic 'ipating in an industrial training pro- gram with local em- ployers and the Durham College. There are 381 individuals in t.he follow- ing apprenticeship training programs in the Durham Region: machinist; tool and die: mouldmaker; industriai mechanic; fitter - welder; upgrading of electricians in electron- ics; millwright; indus- trial electrician. If's fot work to walk. So why flot wolk to work?

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