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PAGE 4, WIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990 Drivers await outeoof htb us-evc tenders ByMike Kowalski Provided jobs and wages are gar anteed employees will pro- aàbybeneiit from a change in WVhitby Transit operation says a Town bus driver. Preferring flot te b. identified, the. driver feels hé and. bis col- leaju es will likely b. better ser- ve fTown counicil changes the. operater of Whitby Transit. . After irunning Whitby Transit since its inception in 1980, Char- terways Tansportation Ltd.; is in dange of losing the. contract te another company. Trentway-Wagar Imc. has underbid Charterways 4y almost $1'million for the right te run Whitby Transit for the- next &Ã"v years. CbarterWays' current contract witb tii. Town expires Nov. 24. 1Howver, Trentway's $9.2 mil- lion tender bas been put on bold until Town council's operations committee réeceives further infor- mation from. staff concerning the. bid. Worried abouLtbe impact* on THE GREAT.-OMS ,LOTTERY' 't.-. t/I wages and job security of Town bus drivers, the committee. delayed voting on staff's recom- mendation te accept the lower bid. But even without a icommittee recommendation, it was possible for the matter te corne before last night's counicil meeting, under new business. A SUPER CAR, YOU MAY -NEVER AGAIN SEE A CAR LOTTERY WITH THESE WINNING ODDS! ONTARIO MOTOR SALES WILL BE GIVING AWAY A FREE CAVALIER. Beginning October 4th, 1990, the first one hundred 1991 Cavalier purchasers* toi take delivery,_wiIl be eligible for the GREAT OMS LOTTERY. Alil names of -purchasers, will go into abarrel and one Iucky name will be drawn upon delivery of the lOOth Cavalier. The winner will receive a cheque for the full amount of their purchase.* Any in stock Cavalier purchase qualifies, -base model or fully loaded. GM smarlease qualifies- ask for details. 'OMS Erpployees aie not eligible for this lottery. -Exclusive of taxes and alter sale products purchased, eg. rust proofung, extended warranty etc. 1O.,901ô* FNANCING ~ OR $7OpEW CASH BACK ALL FACTORY INCENTIVES APPLY TRI *On GMAC Approved Credit - Limiled Tome Offer. However by that time a new angle may b added te the equa- tion. Drivers were awaiting -tbe results of an- Ontario Labor Rela- tions. Board hean-last, Friday inte an ïapplication by tbe Cana- ~j~DILLA1,.CHEVYTRUCKS According to the driver,, most of the 45 drivers' woulW not oppoE;e TrentWay providéëd cer- tain criteria are met. "I think if Trentway makes a commitment to council abýîut job security, wages, benefits" and senioritY, we would have nothing a.ýginsit it » said the driver.,ý uThey.(hirntway) do have a far superlor benâefit paçkage, that's if they give it to us. Qur!bênefIts fromnCharterwa_'rebar Tr.ntway-predent jimeDevlin told the commtîittee. thé omlpny5 bid includes a wâgêé of-$ e hour and a Y.arly, micréasêàbove *the. rate, cf iiffiation.k D Mlialosaid driver now empl oyéd by Chaftèrwaye,*'dl b. Sènthe rst .crackat iolie:with \lie dr-iver naid that if'.tii... commitments are made tê coun-' cilo ticompany .'Suld-'be, in trule-if tbey gun back on iti Wile hie did not wish tostate a rfern 'Tve, -worked for bhI. can't recommend one or the. other,».th. driver».did' take issue witb a comment Made by a Charterways official.'i .Vice-president Bill'Heslop told1 the. committe. bis 4company bas tried te make sure, that 1'wages kept pacq witb surrounding com- murnties. ITbAivs a bare-faoed lesaid the- driver. "When Ajax was getting .$13.90 an\ hour we couldn't-get .$12. It was only from. the Town's - insti- gation that we got th.money.» .Although copmmitte. was war- ned rejection of the low bid-could jeopardize provincial government sub sidies, council lors Tom Edwards and Marcel Brunelle demanded furtber imput. But Edwards admits the Town probably bas no legal means of impelling Trentway th hire Char- terways' drivers. -"I dôn't'tbînk .we have any l.,.egal grounds, the only question is the moral righit,' 'said Edwards. While t.he drivers' welfare is bscbief concern, Edwards bas otber problems withi Trentway's tender-.- «Iwant to ,be ;assured that. if we grant tbe loW tétnder we don't buya'.ýpig in a poke.» E dwards does not want thie Town, th be, asked te, make up any difference in,- wages that may be -negôtiatedby Trentways and itsdrivers. «Before we approve this I want . evidence to show the likelihood of disruption in service is mini- mal,» said Edwards. . Fr omý his discussions with dri- vers, Ewardssaid the major comiplaint seems te b maniage- ment's lack of interest in sugges- tionsfor improving service. 1 .hey wereWt- satisfied they were given an adéquate hear- ing,» said Edwards, udding lhe does not know how uvalidr the drivers' suggestions may bave been. If Trentwa 's tender 4' acce- ted, tuis would, be thé 60-year-o di company's first municipal transit1 gy