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WhItby Free Prea, VWe"~edy, May 150 1996 , Pq.9 Former Times workers gt severia ncepyfo Thomo By 11k. Kowahisk Eighteen months after losing their jobs a group of former Oshawa .fin]^es omployees wili finally ho réeivin g severance pay from their one-timo emplcye.E. & Paperworkers (CEis) unio andTom n Newspapers Corp. have reachd a settiement that will. resuit in 27, former Times workers sharnngin $175p000. 1Tih. settiement avertod a hear- ing that had been scheduled to commnencebeforo an -Ontario Ministry of Labour adjudicator lat week. Aithough CEP had sought Raffe for spreeou The Optirnist Club of Whitby will hold a raffle for a one-minute shopping spree at Whitby Loblaws. One thousand tickets have been printed, each selling for $2. First prize is a onhe-minute shopin spree, and second prize is a $100 voucher for Loblaws. Tickets can be purchased at Loblaws or through any Optimist member up until June 1. The draw wili be made on June 4 at the Optiinist meeting, at 8 p.m. The shopping spree will be held on June 8 before the store opens. For more information, cail 579- 9007.. 3everanCe and terminationpay for about 65 people employ-d t the Oshawa Timnes when2 the 123-yoar-old daily newpa r closed ini Decembor 1994, o* settiement fell short of that tar-, get. Inreturn for Thoiommon not chalenging the - union'a applica- tion for severance -pay, CEP agreed to drop ts bld to collect termination pay from the com-ý ptyau woll IlHowover, onlIy those empîo.yeesf fih ive or more years'"Menrt at the Urne of theclosing will bonefit fi=om the severance pay package. "It was frustrating to wait this long to get money people were rightfully due » said former Timn reporter John McCiyment. "'People are getting a substan- tial amount of severance, but many people suffered with the closure and could have used the money a lot sooner,» said McCiy- ment, now employed as a com- munications officer with the Canadian Auto Workers union. "But r7m glad it's over and people wili ho getting their money fairly quickly,» he added. While Thomson has agreed to pay within 30 days of the settie- ment date, the former newepaper industry giant initially balkeciat the union's demand. The compan claimed that a strike whihbean on. month before the closing caused it financiai hardshij and that under Ontario labour law it was not obligated to pay severance. According to the. law, businesses that cis during a strike are exempted from ro visions of the Emiployment Sta- dards Act if eonomic lasses result from the. dispute. CEPP, howeveér,wa pad taaru. that thpaper be loigmoneyfr er and that. the. abike merelyhastened its defarture. Mornelotnick a staff repre- sentativeý with CEP's Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild divi- sion, could. only speculate on. Thomson' reasons for wanting te avoid a hearing. «Settlements uaually happen when both aides think the. alter- native is worse,' said Slotnick. 1«On our part, it (hearing) could have lost us $175,000 on the. table,» h. said. «or the compay if they lbat on severance, they could have been liable for $208e000 (CEP's ongiai demand).» Siotnick said Thomson'a on- goin% divestiture of most of its Nortencan newspaper hold- ings may also have been a factor. It'sobvious Thomison is get- ting out of the. newspaper busi- ness in a big way. They probably want to close a lot of files.» Meanwhile, more than 100 for- mer TMmes. empioyees, primýaily women, will also ho receiving money in the, near future, oalsa Of semiority. *aro's Pa Equity Commis- sion haà ruled that anyone. who worked ini femalo-dominated position, such as claasified sales or aclerk, fromJanuaryl1991lto the. date of closing, is entitled te additional.compensation.- As Siotnick oxplamned, the. various jobs at th&. piper were ovaluated under the.Pay Equity Act a fow years ago and <cetain adjustmonts wero required.' Thomson officiais resisted for as long as they could until thi flnally reajched agreement i the union asat September. .But one day bforethe corn- pany was scheduled ýto e bgm pyg the. money -- estimated.to. ho be&Teen $2004300 000 --lut, November, CEP c ýUaIIenged' Thonison sfigures, cnedn that the. amount waa too iow. 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