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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, Jenvery 11, 1965 73 THRESHER INQUIRY: Atom Sub Construction Standards "Inadequate" WASHINGTON (AP)---A U.S. congressional committee that investigated the sinking of the atomic submarine Thresher said Saturday practices and standards in some of her con- struction were "short of those required"' for safe operation. The committee based its find- ings on previously secret testi-|se: mony taken in hearings held at different times over the last two 7The Thresher was lost April 10, 1963, with 129 men aboard. Testimony included that by Vice-Admiral H..G, Rickover, pioneer in nuclear power for submarines and other navy ships, who said a spot check of pipe joints in the non-nuclear part of the Thresher was made before she left for her last voy- 'Thresher's silver-brazed joints, this means that the ship had several hundred substandard joints when she last went 'to "eg The committee said the spe- cific cause of the sinking is not known. But its report narrowed the focus of suspicion down to the method of connecting pipes which entered from the outside of the hull and which were un- der tremendous pressure in deep submergence. Soviet Leaders Urged By Economist To Change MOSCOW (AP) -- A Soviet economist Sunday urged Rus- sia's Communist leaders to let political scientists show them how to govern more efficiently. F. Burlatsky, writing in the Communist party organ Pravda complained that past regimes, Stalin's and Nikita Khrush- chev's, too often ignored the advice of intellectuals, He urged that the Soviet Union revive the long - sup- pressed study of political science, which Communist bur- eaucrats have generally re- garded as an intrusion into their jealously guarded domain. Burlatsky said that, "over the course of a fairly prolonged period, co-operation between practical workers and workers of the social sciences has been insufficient. "Unfortunately, a tendency developed against which Lenin warned: An urge to command, unwillingness to reckon with what science has already pro- duced." This was taken as a criticism of Khrushchev's reform meas- ures, which the author said, shook up the top echelons but changed little at the lower lev- els. Canada-Wide Driver's Licence Is Suggested -- GALT (CP)--Adoption of a Canada - wide driver's licence was urged today by a director of the Canadian Highway Safety Council. Keith MacDonald also sug- gested uniform traffic codes and highway signs for all proy- inces, "At the present time there are 11 driver's licence issuing au- thorities with 11 different qual- fifying standards in Canada," Mr. MacDonald told the Galt Kiwanis Club. "By contrast you can obtain @ continental driver's licence] ig you to drive any- where in western Europe." Driving from one. province into anotther in Canada is a "motoring nightmare," Mr. MacDonald said. "In Ontario you can turn right on a red light, but any- where else in Canada it will cost you $10. "In Alberta the pedestrian is king; all motorists must stop to let him cross. In other prov- inces you'd think there was a bounty on people, the way. some drivers disregard even the very limited rights of pedestrians." SIGNS CONFUSE | rate in Canada, Mr. MacDonald) said the automohile is rapidly] dividing mankind into two classes -- the quick and the dead. He suggested several ways to promote greater highway) |safety, saying primarily every- body should drive as though an accident were going to happen) any minute. "We must drive for the other man and in effect become his) margin of safety." Drivers. should try to make responsible drivers ashamed of themselves and appreciate the] horrors of reckless driving. There should also be more} highway education programs in| homes and schools. 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Closed All Day REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF OSHAWA AND DISTRICT Majority Report of the Board of Conciliation Established to Dispose of the Dispute -- Between the Oshawa General Hospital and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, IN THE MATTER OF the Labour Relations Act, Chapter 202, R.S.O. 1960 AND IN THE MATTER OF a Board of Concilliation established in reference to a dispute BETWEEN OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL OSHAWA, ONTARIO Employer, -- and -- CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LOCAL 45 Trade Union, REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONCILIATION Consisting of: Chairman. Union Nominee Judge H. C. Arrell, Mr. C. C. Pilkey, Mr. Donald E. Houck, Employer Nominee Honourable H. L. Rowntree, Q.C., Minister of Labour, 8 York Street, Toronto 1, Ontario. Honorable Sir: This is the report of the Board of Conciliation which was appointed by you on or about the Ist day of October, 1964. The Board met with the parties at Oshawa on Nov- ember 13th and again on November 30th, 1964. At these meetings the Union was represented by Mr. Murray Gray, National Representative, Mrs. Louise Rae, Mrs. May Bailey, Mr. Stan Woods, Mr. Douglas Lang, Mrs. Gary Norton, while the Hospital was represented by: Mr. W. L. Farrar, Consultant, and Senior members of the administrative staff, The matters referred to this Board as being in dis- pute were as follows: 1, Scope, 2. Séniority, 3. Sick Leave, 4. Wages, 5. Paid Holidays, 6. Termination Date of Agreement. The Oshawa General Hospital is a municipally- owned and operated five hundred and thirty-eight bed institution with a budget of approximately five million dollars annually, a staff of approximately one thousand, of whom three hundred and seventy-five are members of the Bargaining Unit, two hundred and sixty-four of these are female employees. There have been Collective Agreements between these parties or the predecessor of this Union since the year 1956, The last Agreement expired on May 6th, 1964. Negotiations have taken place from time to time since that date and a large number of matters in dis- pute have been resolved. Local 45 The question of the Individuals covered by this Agreement and the seniority provisions are of no great significance and could be resolved easily by the parties themselves. In the matter of sick leave, the present Agreement provides for accumulation up to a maximum of thirty- six days, The Union requested that this be raised to seventy-five days and the parties appear to be reason- ably well satisfied with an increase to forty-five days, We would, therefore, recommend this as a compromise settlement. Likewise, the matter- of paid holidays or so called statutory holidays -- the essential dispute ap- pears at the low end of rates established for such days. There is no great issue and the parties appar- ently could resolve this between themselves. The essential matters are the amount of the wage inceases or increases and the length of this Agreement and on these points a great deal of ma- terial was filed with the Board and lengthy argu- ments ensued. Without embellishment, the fact is that the rates being paid at the Oshawa General Hospital are, by any criterion, below the going rate in similar institutions in the larger centres. As an example, Oshawa, while being one of the high wage areas in the Province of Ontario, rates seventeenth in the rate paid for one of the major categories, namely,registered nursing assis+ tants. The rates for some hospitals in other cities of this province are as much as thirty dollars per month above the rates being paid at the Oshawa General Hospital. All parties agree that this situation is not accept- able. It must be realized that Oshawa is a highly unionized community, with a high standard of living and with a high per capita income, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. By any sort of com- parison, whether it be on a basis of earnings within @ community or earnings. within this particular field of employment, Oshawa General has fallen behind the pattern which has been established. To use only two examples: in respect of regis- tered nursing assistants, which comprise a large bulk of the non-professional staff, in this, as in every hos- pital, the rate is a minimum, $215.00 per month and a maximum of $244.00 per moniii compared with the Hamilton Civic Hospital with a minimum of $255.00 and a maximum of $273.00 or a difference of ap- proximately $30.00 per month. The latter has, how- ever, a Collective Agreement which expires January 31, 1967 to bring about the final rates. In the category of nurses aides, this hospital ap- pears at the low end of rates established for such personnel. In reference. to Orderlies, this hospital is among the lower twenty-five per cent of all the hos- pitals in Ontario. Similarly, in the male classifications ° of male help, laundry, etc., this hospital is near the bottom of the list. All the members of this Board are agreed that the General Hospital in Oshawa, considering the average wage rates paid in this community and by comparison with rates at other hospitals, should: make 'adjustments so that the employees of this institution receive a sub- stantial wage increase during the term of this Agreement. A great deal of attention was devoted by the mem- bers of this Board to the appropriate position in which the Oshawa General Hospital should rate, so far as wage rates and other fringe benefits are concerned among hospitals of a similar size and located in like communities. We know this must, to some extent, be an arbitrary decision. Should one say that if the Oshawa General Hospital comes within the top ten per cent of all hospitals in Ontario, this is fair and equitable? Or, should the Oshawa General Hospital be the leader in this field? As previously indicated, these hospital rates are low by any standard. By increasing these by the prevail- ing range of settlements of three per cent as a minimum and in some cases four per cent, for municipal services, nothing would be accomplished in lessening these differ- ences. ' It is the opinion of the members of this Board that the Oshawa General Hospital should be among the lead- ers in rates 'of pay and working conditions. It is obvious from the items submitted and the material filed with this Board that this is not the prevailing situation. We would point out that in view of the general situation and in view of the normal course of settlements which have been made in most municipalities of about 3% per year, this hospital board must take cognisance of the fact the employees are dropping behind and that the settlement should be considerably more than the aforestated 3%. We would, therefore, recommend that in addition to the adjustments for a number of job classifications which have been proposed by the hosiptal board, there should be the following: 1. This Agreement should expire on May 6, 1967; 2. A 5% general wage increase to be imple- mented immediately; 3. A further 5% general wage increase on the on the rates then in effect. on May 7, 1965; 4. A further 5% general wage increase on the then existing rates, on May 7, 1966; 5. Settlement pay, or retroactive pay, to cover the period of time from May 7, 1964, to the present, to be negotiated by the parties with no recommendation from the Board. The net result will be that all employees will re- ceive a minimum increase of 10% within the next five months in addition to settlement pay. For Registered Nursing Assistants the increases will be $10.75, $11.30, $11.83, a total of $33.90 which will bring the minimum rate to $248.90 per month. We estimate that by the increases of 5% per year the employees of this. hospital will gradually narrow the gap which exists between them and many of the other hospitals in the field. As a result of these increases the Oshawa General: Hospital will rate among the top ten in the Province of Ontario and be near such institutions as the Hamilton General Hospital and. the Ottawa Civic Hospital. We appreciate that this alone will not bring these workers to a pre-eminent position but will raise them from a position of being, as at present, about twenty-fifth out of some fifty odd hospitals, to among the top ten. We think this is an appropriate place for' this hospital to rank. We have carefully considered the prevailing wage rates in this community according to figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and other comparisons which were submitted to us. The matter of retroactive or settlement pay we would leave to the parties. This must eventually be re- solved and rather than making a specific recommenda- tion, we would prefer to leave this as a bargaining item. There was a great difference between the parties as to the length of the Collective Agreement. The hospital is anxious to have a "long-term Agreement in order that proper budgeting and planning may be done, By the same token the Union is anxious to have a short Agree- ment in order that there will be an opportunity to ne- gotiate in the not too distant future in order to further narrow the gap which exists between the employees of this hospital and some of the leaders in the field. We recommend this Agreement be for a term of three years from the date of expiry of the previous Agreement. All of which is respectfully submitted. Dated at Hamilton this 10th day of December, 1964 Judge H.C. Arrell Chairman Union Nominee Donald E. Houck Employer Nominee THE OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL W. A. HOLLAND, Administrator E. G. 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