LL Time slippin'j asay for settiement Time is reportedly munning out quickly for a seusle- Street post office, whîr.h has remained closed. n)er11 ir Ilir postal I ssrr ' ,trikc \l' I r f i i Il r' rOI4 rIe co i ilii ý- u r \l!r Il a !L>irjî,î1 rrredri(r IrI aborrr ,~rut ,rur und Io Id rrîd rî '.,rri l r 11 . r, 'l rdý I& j tri,.. r rr the strike over the next few days, government back-to work legialation is expected to be introduced as early as Monday to restore mail service in time for the Christmas rush. Mediator Warren Edmondson got involved in the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Monday after taîks stalled. "I hope both sides show some willingness to move," he told Canadian Press. Miltonians have been without mail service since the postal workers walked off the job November 19. The strike came after Canada Post laid off employ- ees due to a work shortage brought on by the threat of a walkout. The labour dispute includea the town's 35 mail car- riers and wicket clerks in CUPW local 223. The work- ers have spent the strike picketing outside the Brown ing positions. Canada Post and its union are reportedly at logger- heads over how to update the mail delivery service. Among the bonies of contention is how the routes of letter carriers are measured and the amount of time allowed for them Io deliver mail. The union bas asked for what amounts 10 a 10 per cent wage increase over two years - 3 per cent this year and next, plus a cost-of-living allowance. Canada Post has offered 1.5 per cent this year, 1.75 next year and 2 per cent in 1999. If mediation fails, the government has to give 48 hours notice of ils intention t0 bring in back-to-work legislation. Without unanimous consent from MPs, il could take up to 10 days for legislation to be passed after it is introduced. The House of Commons adjoums for the Christmas break December 12. Ha1~9chair!ieshsyita1 report It appears an operation to cluster including Brampton and remove some of Halton's Etobicoke. 1> health care services will not be "Halton will do very well neceasary. There will be a large reinvest- A recent report by the Ontario He.alth Services kêesÏtruurg Commission said that areas around Toronto are generally under-served by health care due to their grow- ing populations. ment of provincial dollars in Halton and other growth areas," she said. 'We are very fortuate. This is a good news story for Halton." Ms Savoline said there is some concern among those 1.nationF na'r1 oyce Savoline who work at ares hospitals that was pleased with the report, a potential merger will mean which suggested Oakville cutbacks. She explained a Trafalgar Hospital and Milton merger does not mean that ser- Photo by GRAHAM PAINE District Hospital be merged. In vices will be reduced. In fact Striking postal workers look over a mediation taiks update on the plcket lins addition Georgetown's hospital the report suggests there wîlI outalde the Milton post office. Se. $tory et rlght. will be merged into a hospital - se. SAVOLINE on page 17 Joyce savonns Acclima nadzanArtst An excellent seleetion of lus nostalgic watercolour prrnts wsll be avadable. CHOOSE-LFRO(M 3-49e5 Steeles Ave., Milton *878-8161 M ÉMM