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be AAY L753 1 Ey FINN g ara i 3 AN Scugog Township outside workers have voted in favour of joining the Cana- dian Union of Public Em- ployees (CUPE) and a re- "presentative of the union, Vol. 112 No. 9 will apply for certification on behalf of the workers at a meeting with the Ministry of Labour in Toronto on January 9. The decision to join CUPE ot a A EAC a a A LA HC TAA A Se Township workers to was made at a meeting .December 14 attended by 12 of the 16 employees, with those present voting un- animously in favour of seek- ing representation. yori AE 5 A IR RA bs ANS dubia dares soir dhe nbn a ALS viyeat 0) a ---- The 'action to join the union came under discuss- ion at the regular meeting of Scugog Council Decem- ber 28 and it«was 'decided that Roads superintendent "Thanks a lot, Saux." helpful pooch last week as : refs ged A good Wendy Bateman of Port Perry had good reason to shake the paw of this he was responsible for returning her lost wallet. [See story on page three]. deed > 3 ACE a 3 x2 ¢ r- soa Ras ites Prisoners for snow removal Members of Scugog Town- ship' Council reacted cautiously to a proposal from the superintendent of Whitby jail that inmates from the institution be used for snow shovelling and other work that ordinarily would not be done by the municipality. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm told members of council about. the proposal at the final regular meeting of the year on December 28. Councillor Reg Rose said that the plan might deserve some consideration especia- lly for the cleaning of side- walks for . senior citizens and the handicapped, or near schools, He indicated there is presently no by-law requiring residents to keep the sidewalks free of snow, and in some areas of Port Perry sidewalks are virtu- ally impassable. Members of council ex- pressed concern over the proposal for several reasons such as who would provide supervision, transportation and necessary safety equip- ment for the work crews. Contacted by the Port Perry Star last week, Whitby jail superintendent Frank Gill said that some groups of inmates involved _ in the program would require supervision by per- sonnel from the institutuion, but others who are serving intermittent sentences would be able to work without this kind of supervision. Mr. Gill indicated that Township employees would be required to show the crews where to start work but it would not be necessary for them to provide constant supervision, The proposal is part of 'a province-wide plan inititiat- ed recently by Corrections Minister Frank Drea design- ed to have inmates doing some kind of worthwhile - work within the community. In December a crew of some 70 prisoners from the Mimico jail worked for three days shovelling snow in Scarborough and the ven- ture was considered a success. Mr. Gill said last week that all. municipalities in Durham have been contact- ed about the program with two or three indicating posi- tive interest in the service. A ee LIAM Td a Ron MacDonald and coun- cillor Reg Rose will attend the hearing January 9 with the Ministry of Labour. At the meeting of council December 28, the Township hourly rated employees were granted a 45 cent an hour increase effective January 1, but subject to the approval of the Anti- Inflation Board. This repre- sents an increase of 8.2 per- cent for employees at the top of the hourly wage scale and about 12 percent for those on the low end of the scale. On learning of the decision to join CUPE, councillor Don Crosier indicated that he personally had hoped that the move could have been headed off, while councillor Rose said that in his opinion it was only a matter of time before the workers applied for union representation. Scugog Township is the only - municiaplity in Durham Region whose outside hourly rates employees are not members of CUPE. In an interview with the Port Perry Star last week a spokesman for the workers (who asked that his name not be used) said there have been several labour prob- lems simmering for the past 12 months or so between the workers and the Township. = RE join CUPE The major issue has been wages with both sides claim- ing confusion and a series of mis-understandings. Ac- cording to the spokesman for the workers the problems ° started a year ago this month the Township granted a 35 cent an hour increase (about 6.7 percent) which was not accepted by the employees. They asked: that bargain- * ing be re-opened, and after a meeting with representativ- es of council a 10 percent across-the-board increase was granted for 1977, which represented an additional 3.3 percent over what had been granted in January of last year. It is at this point that the confusion and mis-under- standings begin as the em- ployees claim that the Town- ship was to have sent this increase into the AIB for approval, while members of council have indicated that it should have been done by a lawyer who was hired in the late spring by the employees to represent their interests. A letter from the lawyer stating that the workers had approved the ten percent increase was apparently sent to the municipal office for forwarding to the AIB for (continued on page 11) Coulter plant hit for $2500 damage A series of break-ins over the weekend resulted in damage estimated at $2500 to the office of the Coulter plant on Regional Road two-south of Port Perry. A spokesman for the 'Whitby OPP said that a desk, typewriters and office calcylators were smashed at Coulters after entry was gained by breaking a window. There was ap- parently nothing stolen dur- ing the break-in. Police are investigating similar break-ins at the Oddfellows Lodge and the Lake Scugog Lumber plant on Regional Road Two where ~ entry was aiso gained by smashing win- At' their last meeting of 1977 on December 28 members of Scugog Council made the following appoint- ment to a number of boards and committees throughout the Township. Appointed to the Commun- ity Hospital Board for two- -year terms are Lucille Gray, Ward 1; Howard Hall, Ward 2; Sheldon Smith, Ward 3; and William Ringham, Ward 4. 7 Chuck Preston was - ap- pointed to the community library board for a term of three years, and Norm Mairs - will serve a three-year term on the Scugog Committee of Adjustment. Neil Hunter was appointed to a one year term on the Uxbridge Cott- age Hospital Board, while Cliff Crowell was nominated by council as the regional appointment to the Commun- ity Hospital Board in Port Perry. Mr. Crowell's nomination for this poisition came on a 3-2 vote over Lucille Gray dows - on the premises. There was nothing reported stolen in these two in- cidents and - damage was reported limited to the broken windows. Police suspect a connect- ion between all three break- ins which occurred either Sunday night or early Mon- day morning. So far there have been no arrests made. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC After a year which saw the number of traffic fatali- ties increase substantially, 1977 ended on bright note for the Whitby OPP as there were no serious accidents reported over the Holiday season. Council appointments with Councillors Reg Rose, Jerry Taylor and Richard Drew in favour of Mr. Cro- well, and Councillors Vern Asselstine and Don Crosier in favour of Mrs. Gray. The appointments of the representatives to the Hospi- tal Board from Wards two, three and four were uncon- - tested, while Mrs. Gray was appointed over Caroline Cooper in Ward 1. Care board official meeting The first official meeting of the Scugog Community Care Advisory Board was held Dec. .15, 1977. We have. sixteen members on the board to date and hope that the membership will grow to twenty people. A fee for service has been (continued on page 22) Bh «Lh Saat) TRY 3,