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vfl the BXBIHineEiIhursday Doe no Ya imtth Va Iu rtl To Iu history The old Collier Street Fireball and the battle to keep it standing are quickly becoming history Above left Bob Paterson and Erica Cur tis of the Friends of the Fireball arrived at the Barrie Post Office early Wednesday morning to start mailing back the money the group had received to restore the building Meanwhile across the street and down bit workers employed by Jack Feldmon and Sons of St Catharines are making Best Value Ski Packages in Barrie Prices in effect from Dec 7th till Dec Ibth An Nationgldirector says month Photos steady progress with destruction building The building should be gone by mid Examiner of the Holstein breeders better off now By STEPHEN NIIIILS OfThe Examiner CHURCHILL Staff Ca nadian Holstein breeders are in lot better overall condition now than year ago director of the HolsteinFriesian Association of Canada said Wednesday Dave Houck told about 100 members of the Simcoe County Holstein Breeders the problem of Brucellosis has been brought under control and exports of Holsteins have almost doubled over the past year he said Last year there were 798 herds in Ontario which were quarantined because of the Brucellosis tuberculosislike disease The herds were quarantined to stop the spread of infection Because of improv ed government health testing programs the Holstein breed ers have been able to bring the disease under control There are now only 249 herds under quarantine he said In Simcoe County the number has been brought down to eight herds from 55 quarantined herds last year In the past year the health of animals branch of the federal department of agri By IAN MULGREW The Examiner Unions are hailed by some as saviors of the working man others see them the JIM APPLEGAIE doesnt like strikes scurgc of the earth and the harbingers of inflation The recent postal dispute didnt help the unions cause either But theres growing movement afoot among unionists to change the darker side of their image Jim Applegate president of the Barrie and District Labor Council is one of the leading exponents of this move Applegate says there are militant forces within unions he identifies them with those constantly wan ting to strike but adds he hopes theyll change Strikes may have out grown their usefulness Ap plegate said in an interview recently dont advocate strikes All they do is put you out on the street without any Hes quick to add however that that doesnt mean strikes are out of the qustion Applegate says strikes should be last resort something to fall back on when company refuses totalk culture has initiated this testing program and the imr provemcnt of this system of testing cattle and they have encouraged farmers to enter the herds iii Ilrucellosisrfrcc listed herd llouck told The Examiner The government also started closer supervision of animals added to clean herds and it held clean herd tests at least six months apart he said There are still 249 herds in quarantine across the province but the figure may be decep live he said If there is one cow in herd which may be quesr Unionsofren seenin bodlieht Applegate wants bright imag There are lot of com panies who are still not will ing to talk and then theres only one thing to do he said NUI UNION TOWN Barrie is not big union town said Applegatc He said Barries predominantly agricultural population is traditionally antiunion Although he doesnt now why Barrie is antiunion Ap plegate said the unions are makinginroads Chamber of Commerce figures for Canada indicate unions are gaining across the country In 1978 there was 41 per cent increase in union membership compared with only 35 per cent increase in 1977 Applegate says wages in Barrie are lower than in other centres however he said in union shops the pay scales are similar Today Applegate sees the role of the unions protec tors of the seniority system and pension plans tioiuihlc lllt iiiiii iirl quarantiiicd iiiitii twiiic the disease is door It th aniiiial proves to hi iaudhi the plarantiiii lgt into It thi cow docs hau lllt ti it dcstroycd he said INIIIISIC IN lllttli The new piogiaii lii intant an incrcasc in cath port said Ilouck Ihc ciittli Will now be acceptcd lll oilicl ouiitrim In addition to the improved health of anadidn lloltviir the cattle are llNH ot ipvrioi quality llt said litl tlti=tt cattle buyers illl itti wt lr He says this is touin to get across to youngti tinonion 0f thi unions but tlltxltills and seniority arc lltttrwtull and the buckliotn ot unionism He said llil lllZltIl issue in the International Nickel Slllkt iii Hudbuiy is seniority Next yearwhcn wagc con trols end Applcgatc lots not foresee excessive demands coming from the workers He said no unionist would object if wages were tied into the cost of living index He said it is hard to water down demands for more pay when you realize the $5 won last year was only Worth $4 to lllt next year in actual buying power Applcgatc also said tin unions offer way foi the companies to ttlllllllttltitll with their cntplottcr Wllllitlll the employees fttlillt lll at case He said lllt ability of the union to deal with the wcxkcr in friendly manner rather than aiitagonistically has saved more than ttllt jot the innit of thc iriadiaii lttltltiltll tlit lotl VIllttl Alfinulural Iliir lll Toronto last month foreign ltt4ltl showed Illlltll iiitcrcst lll tlic iniadian animals he said lhc tttlll illltlltlttl 301 laiuinmi cattlc breeders and thvrc were dclciziitcs from towat liritain Spain Ital and tlicl The interest from oiitsidc anada in anadian llolstcins ciii ltt ittiibutid to lllt hard work ncotiipllshcd alta dun llol lttll ltlttiltl In llltk int atniduii lloldcins oni ol Applcgatc said he sym pathilcd Will the recent postal unions lltlltilllltlll howcicr he did not support that unions defiance of the lil ltc itlltl hc lltlltttl that lilirt thc iiiiagc of unions bill added it as not thc worst blow unions hail lttcicl lair1y He said the incident lll trillia lll lllll the Ontario Iublic Sciricc lImployccs Union defended worker who had kickcd retarded pcisoii hurt the unions im agciiioic lt Id been in charge of that union said Applcgatc Theres no way wouldve protected him Applcgatc said the council and Georgian ollcgc are now working on establishing iiuiiihii of courses concern in unions Ilc said these courses would be taught by Ontario Ilcllllltll of Labor instructors and he hoped onc coursi would be offered by Jan tlii mos prai in and lllltlllll dint Illiilltillt ii ttn world maid lltilit llxynis of llolstciiizs to the 15 increased in ion pcr tcllt tliisc1ir said much and other foreign exports llitttitxttl it percent llollck illl iltt licticr control ot lllllttllltdh has liclpcd the foreign iiiarkcting of anadian llolstcins in lllt infectious state the disease causes piimaturc abortions of cubes in pregnant tit he said llouck ltixtlllilll tllt ana dian llttlttlll llllltill now as iiiiial iziuvtsliapv Steelworkers vote today ltllllllt settlement has IXtll Itiltllttl iii iicpotnitlons lXtWttll lishcr toodstmcs of Harri and the linch Stch Workcrs uiiioii Mciiibcis will olc on the twoiar contract thisattciiiimiiat to Frank Itcir lltllt rcp itNlllitIlH for the union said the new local ttllllltll in Nptcinbcr lhc coiiipan lltl iiidulg ed in ii union busting litllltgt of til kind llicy laccd thc situation realistically and lillttllltl Ill good faith he said larij ciiltcd thc sctllciiicnt reasonable and said he felt it was good for first contract Ihc scttlciiiint will give iin mediate raise of between 30 cents and $1 to an hour and raise of lft cents an hour in the second year The 251 plant employees will also have all IIII costs paid by the complln iii the second year of llll contract as well as 50 per cent of life insurance and so per cent of the cost of drug illllllilltlltlilit Have you got your car license yet Why wait in line CROSS COUNTRY SKI PACKAGE Vuu Extra Wooden Skis 2995 Yyrol or mic soon 2695 Tonkh 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