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WITBY FREE.PRESS, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3,1f982, PAGE 3 No-nshowby Ashe angers CUPE demonstratnrq Angry demontrators fiee to be open, butneî- waited for more than ther the Honourable two hours for MPP- Member nor his staff George Ashe to keep bis appeared. office hours iast Wed- "I just don't tblnk he nesdaxy, but they went carea," said Merv Mc- away cisappointed. Donald, president of Local members of the CUPE's Local 251. Mc- Canadian Union of 'Donald said Ashe's of- Public Employees fice was informed of the (CUPE) picketted protest earlier that af- Ashe's office from 6, to 8 ternoon. p.m. expecting the of- A sign outside the of- WhitbyPsyc. w Pl -ii; zÇ :7 - - .- - - - - - -F.P-- M -- . w * N.7 fice saai t 15 open until 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Ashe was flot avail- able for comment at press time. "If he wasn't going to come they should have siad, 'I'm sorry, he's a very busy man"' Me- Donald said. "But they wouidn't even do that." CIJPE, like other public service employ- ees unions, is protestlng the provincial govern- ment's restraint pro- gram that would limit ,wage increases to nine per cent in the first year and five per cent in the second year. "We want to show the government we won't forget this come elec- tion tirne," David Saroo- kanian told the Free Press. He là vice presi- dent of the Durham Dis- trict Council of CUPE. Sarookanian said the issue is not simply wages, but the. credi- bility and reliability of the government.' "Today they take away your right to free collective bargaining,"I Sarookanian said. "Tomorrow it could be hnleeds, new facility your right to vote."1 "How can you have confidence in a govern- ment that signa agree- ments one day and rolla themn back the next?" Sarookanian asked. He was referring to the dlaim that some con-ý tracta, signed by public employees were "renegged" on by the governent and brought down to nîne per cent increases. ",He hasn't said the müoney be's taking out of our pocket.s 18 gomng to, create jobs or be applied to the deficit," -Me- Donald said. "It's juat an extra tax on the public sector. " CUPE says taking away the rlght to strike violatea a basic buman right.. Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital is 1"desperately in. need" of a new- faci- lity to care for elderly psychiatric patienta, saya Dr. Peter Chang, director of the psycho- generie unit. Dr. Chang, address- ing about 70 people at the unit's open houae last Wedneaday, said the 106-bed unit bas a chronic bed-shortage and needs more sp ace to conduct actîvities 'and treatment for the patienta. "What you are going to see this afternoon will, emphasize the> need for a new bospital, " Dr. Chang told the audien- ce, comprised moatly of professionals and work- ers in- the field. The unit specializes in assessing and providing short-terni trèatmentý for elderly persona needing Psychiatrie care.' Dr.,Chang stressed it is not a ehronice care hospital, and the goal is to discharge patienta to their homes, chronie care boapitais or homes for the aged after asseosment and treat- ment have been provid-. ed. "From, wbat I under- stand, the general hospi1- tais, are opposed to hav- inga new psycehiatrie faciity. built," Dr. Chang said. "But they continue to refer pat- ients here."1 He pointed out there is an "acute shortage" 0f Bac towork, fo r custodians It's business as usual at sehools in Durham Region witb custodians, bus drivers and mainte- nance workers baek on the lob as of October 28. -The workers, on strike" since October 18, won, the maximum, pay in-' crease allowable under the new government re-'ý straint program, and were baek at work mid- night Tbursday. The new two-year con - tract gives workers in Local 21 8 0 f the Cania- dian Union of Public Employees a nine per- cent increase in the first year, and five per cent in thê4second. When,. the Durham Board 'of 'Education of- fered s 1evenw per cent wage ,increases, »jthe cuatodiana .went on strike October 18.- Talks had broken off October :13 over thie issues of wage increases and. re- troactive -pay for part- timneworkers. Dwring the strike, al community activities at -local bigh sehools were caneelled, and some Oshawa. sehools had problems witb .students. creatng a mess In the The union 'accepted s traigfft bourly increas- es for part-time workers inatead 0f retroactive increases in the new contract. Other issues were dental coverage and af- ternoon and night shift premiunis. The new contraet will ,allow, workers to dlaim dental costa under the. 1981 fee sehedule instead 0f the 1979 sehedule. Schools in Whitby and *Durham Region were able to return to regular sebedules as of Friday. Incumbe"nýts tout ,experience at forlum, *You can't buy exper- ience. That's the message tbree incumbent town councillors gave an au- dience of about 100 peo- ple at an ail-candidates forum last Thursday at the couneil chambers. "Inexperience, no matter how it is parceli- ed, is not a virtue," East Ward Incumbent Joe Drumm told the audien- ce. Ross Batten, seeking re-election in the North Ward, said he bas band-. led bundreds of pro- blenis over the past two years, and will continue to do so. And Centre Ward in- cumbent Barry Evans said the four candidates in the ward-agree on the issues, but said an ex- perienced councillor would be better able to resolve them than a newcomer. While the incumbents touted their exparience, the challengers in each ward promiaed strong representation and en- couraged input from ward residents in the future. In the North Ward, challenger Roxa'nne Reveler said. residents.« need stronger voice and better represeýta- tion" 'on council. "I have not been satia- fied with the job that has been done, " Reveler said, promising a full- time commitment to North Ward residents. Incumnbent Ross Bat- ten said regional roads, fadiities, and electrical service at the Brookiin Arena bave been "ldras- tically improved" in the North Ward while he bas beid office. The Centre Ward issues are cleariy development of Port Whitby and the down- town, and taxation. Challenger . Tim Brumïwell said incum- bentBar'ry Evans is "an expert on fence-sitting", and said the largeat tax increase bas occurred since Evans took office. Centre Ward challenger Marcel Brunelle said flooding in the downtown, broken, sidewalks, poor street ligbting, and a sound barrier on lfighway 401 are much needed im- provements for the Cen- tre Ward. And Centre Ward candidate Lynda Buffett again stressed that development of the downtown and Port Whitby must be add- ressed in the next tbree years.» In the East Ward, in- cumbent Joe Drumni and challenger Dennis Fox exchanged bitter Words at the forum. Drumm accused Fox of taking a "eheap shot" at the staff of the town of Wbitby, and Fox count- ered by saying agendas for council meetings are not available until Mon- day because Drumm "didn't want bis week- ends disrupted" by phone calis. Fox cbarged the present council with iacking access, account- ability and credibility. beda at ail hospitals, and psychiatrie' care, units are no exception. III don't believe 'in waiting lists,'t Dr. Chang said. "People can die on a waiting liat." 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