PAGE 6 . WATERLDO “WIRE. mm! ma r, 1004 This IS something you might ask wurselftmautse so many union Ieadersoftenuseundemocratie tneasurmtokeptlteirtrtembersin lineandwhileourlawsrnayhavesuppredthemintheireffiortain the past, dung: may be changing. AhdantgumermmgHbeli-eoplehmldhavetherightto joinaunion Buttheyhsuldalaouvetherightudedinein'ninga bargainingunit ThatnihtdtesnotexistactmsCanadaanditshouliipstead, umon Ieaiiershavetxsensuamatulintbttinglawsthatadhereto the Rand Formula. which forces people to pay union dyes but relieves them ofthe the requirement to join a union. Is thiscountryevergoingtosurvivethehighlreompseitivetipes that lie just around the come: when unions keep behaving like big bullies? Stop the union bullies Just Junk alxsutthisn1ly rule;wuthetthavetohin aunionif you dont wanttobutyou httvetopayth_Whatkinddnon- sense Is that, anyway? " I dont believe people should be forced town“ if they arent members of a union. But if you live in British Columbia, ih even worse'. Its laws go beyond the Rand Formula and farm workers to pm a umon against their will. "That's ngtiAgainsttheir willJust amsi&rtheeaseofNorma Janzeniateac"herofleamingdiaahkddtildrmwMwasiiredin i99Hxnauseshetefusedtoisinaunie - -----. _ _ She taught children hr 24 years. In June of 1990, her school boardand umon negteiatedadtmedqhopprovision.sherefutredto run both the u.mon and the British Columbia Teachers Federation and lost her means of making a living. Ms Janzen has challenged the Teacher's Federation. She is being supported by the National Citizens' Coalition and other groups who beheve 1n Individual freedom and the right of the individual to make hrs or her own choices - something Ms. Janzen’s union wouldn't allow In herthstrtct ofIangley.teachersweregivenoneyeartojointhe umon The ones who were opposed appealed their case to the Indus- mal Relations Council but were unsucmssful. Ms. Japaen's lawyer now argues that closed-shops wolate an individual's freedom of association under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Meanwhile, a private members' bill is being resurrected in the House of Commons which will attack the Rand Formula by giving workersthechoiteofuninntnesnherahipartdparttent_This issometrungthat'slongoverdmmdmpuaedbyNewZealand just last year Thereareothertnovesafistastell. rederaldvilservantPtul Bidlak and thousands ofother federal civil servants erm-i the picketlinejustavu'twoyeersagowhenthehrblicServiceAlliam iotcanadastruatheFederaltkvermnenti_wdays Bidlak aseedtheTreasuryBoardtostopdeduetingdueshrmthispay. cheques but Treasury refused. "WedidnothimriNgal,ttteltingimrmxalandhadevtrightto arwhatwedidandfbrtutsearepuniitedltyaunionweare forced to financially support" If umons continue to {one people to join their ranks and then treatthem likebullies,Canadawuntleahletusurviveintheams- penuve nature of the new economy. That's beam individuals need heedornandunitmstmlyrestrietthath_totneettheirown What's tragic about her case is that her particular union, like most publw sector umons, was a real bully-boy. It's as bad if not worse than the stndent and self-interested teachers' unions in Ontano And note what I sad - teachers‘ unions, not teachers; there's a bug thstmctmn between the two. Why must this continue? Why Ibould unions, whether they be prwatsoectarorprivate,holdttteirrmsmt-nsoen? Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 Telephone 886-2830 News Line 888-3021 Fax No. tal,,,, Mept-hilt Fred Sage! Tug BMW (Spam Editor) Bohr-h Crutdall human MEN“) Tm 3m tit Mattie DarleneRayle Heather Mitchell And let's get this straight from the git-go: I love peaches although we havent had a dog since Mac- Duff, our beloved Scottie. died. We didnt want to have to handle that grief again. Nowlet'satrethattmxst6townersdoagotxU* of looking after their pets, keeping them tied or legend. heed the stotand-scusp bylaws and so on. The community is going to the dogs. literally Just look around. You’ve never seen so many folks with Still, even if you're in dog lovei, ybu’ll have to admit therearedomuidestotheexpkxrioninthethrpoptr For example, on a lot of evenings I go to a nearby pa_rttetehthteidsplaylaselxsll. . IT put it another war Dog owners aplenty seem not to have heard of the stoopand-scoop law, and I medmes fear that one ofthese evenings well all be up to our ankles in doggiedo. . ISome things never cHange. Barking pouches are still nuisances in some neighborhoods, and that says more about their owners than the dogs say about them- Some newcomers behind us in our neighborhood htmsparhesthatseemtobaremostofthedarThe opertatsaythatabareingdxisialxrredtkxr.Well, mapmmbewatchingwaytoomuchw. Say, there's one oddity in the boom in dogs. Owner- ship of a large pooch is apparently considered cool by many younger chaps. By the way they swagger down the street with a big bow.wow in tow, they must feel like Clint Eastwood leading hassle. Oh, by the way, you am tell the punches from their owners. The dogs don't have ugly tattoos. Last but not least: the community needs a ilabout ban on pitbulls. Fact is, for the good of the community we should also ban past and present pitbull owners. butappaxently that's beyond the scope of a bylaw. hie my; Am I this only one siurpriseii by that Toronto taxi strike? Mer all, what's so bad about being} cab driver? Don't they go to work every day in luNoPipelheaszanthedrumandblowthe harm Waterloo Region council has changed its mind with Lake yuroy pipelgng option is alive again. Fine and dandy,' ind letis give it the" look it Circuhtiou 8uperviror. Andrew Penna Mary Bapadt Jerry Fischer Rick Campbell President: Paul Winkler Waterloo Chronicle is published - WM†by The views of our columnists are their own and do not mm†represent the views of the newspaper. - bu The Fairway Group WM ram 215 Fungus, mmhcm Kitchener, ont. ttttt My tntdde CM ' twr, deserves. And the decision it wan-Inn. One point: the new: m reporting this reprieve said that in June “local ettvirmtmentaliattf had per- waded coundl to reject the pipeline. The story should have more tstxurately said that "self-anointed, self-appointed. selfdeetrthed 'envim mentalists" frightened mm With their blathet These thinksmall yahooo hate gmwth as much as they hate progress, and they still think pennies can cure warts. And, of course, that crush included one locnl burgherwudrinktoornudttmrthatwitenot' theaxatimal ptetzelrrueanuarthesplash. ' ' Retail Tale: That Comm Mall expa0s10t1 u coming right along, and it’s great to see the null Unlike a kt ofolder folks, hn not ninth for t/h.1r1N shopping malls, but Cams: Mall has a when!!! appeal because ofita iarut,i%ttixtntmeis,aaith' unfailing good service it pemidac And the way ih expanbd in evidence that I'm ut alone in liking it. Sir,o-artdartthher, wedol lot of buying. Fact is, wnmm was thinking ottxxer ingabranchinourlivingrmm. . . U I hope I've made myself clear, as the water said when it passed through the filter. Foani,MemstFodmtTheaanmunityeamernightr closetoabeerstdke,andwhntm~priaeduwwasthe panicrunonthetmA-ouiruidrttgettmtle parkinglotatoneeei-., A _ _ . . "ihtnndouandthv.hitsmhimrproos.ts? new offiatrs, Let’s hope that In. time. before their {augment they an m the investigation mm mud-mmu One; over Ilittt Sandy Baird