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economist suntribune whitchurch stouffville saturday may 25 2002 union says twohatters arent an issue here from page 1 when youre dealing with a huge international union youre dealing with a giant said mayor emmerson the parent union has already taken a firm stand it opposes con tracting out that is what we do when we hire volunteer firefighters they work by a contract agreement the parent union based in the united states will eventually dictate to the locals the parent union will come here and order this local to refuse to work with volunteer fire fighters theyve already done this in toronto when youre dealing with a huge international union youre dealing with a giant if similar action is taken in whitchurchstouffville and if the province doesnt step in the town will be forced to switch to a fulltime fire brigade said mayor emmerson it will end up costing a tremendous amount if you factor in the cost of train ing it will be in the millions said mayor emmerson of course it will impact on taxes they can only go up of the whitchurchstouffville fire departments 54 volunteers 24 are double hatters said deputy chief beckett if we were forced to drop 24 it would pose a safety threat to the com munity this is a real mess it is a very serious issue were seeking legal coun sel we have to know where we stand when a large union wields its ugly arm we have to notice when local 4152 calls a meeting vol unteer firefighters are not on the agen da said mr winters we are not talking about it currently the issue is being dis cussed by the ontario fire marshals office the ontario provincial firefighters association and the volun teer firefighters association he said if we were forced to drop 24 firefighters it would pose a safety threat to the community this is a real mess it is a very serious issue at the present time the five fulltime firefighters are trying to iron out their first contract with the town our local still has public safety as a number one priority and is trying to complete our first contract with the town said mr winters i have said it many times to date when it comes to operations it is busi ness as usual our negotiations process is going well and we have a good rela tionship with management and with the negotiation committee on tuesday mayor emmerson joined council in refusing to hire a full- time prevention officer and a fulltime fire suppression officer council deferred the hirings to the towns 2003 budget review the cost of the two new staff members was estimated at 120000 a year or two per cent of the towns operating budget the local fulltime firefighters joined the union only to have a say in the event that the whitchurchstouffville fire department was taken over by a york region fire service mr winters said ear lier thats all there is to it mr winters added fire services for 2002 in whitchurch- stouffville cost just over 11 million tim beckett deputy fire chief says town is seeking legal advice on potential loss of parttime firefighters 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