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wui'nv lflUIÇ. TRIRSAY. ~cKBER 8,191,PAGE Non-rfi ay-care stf s'alaries to go "upt r By Mono oBoucher 'While ,private .da-care aowners are unhappy:with thie provincial government's financial boost towards universal'child care, memibers 'of n'on- rofit centres are -delighted -=Zt Othe salary mecreases.- About $30 million will b. spent to increase salaries of non-pr-ofit davmae workers in Ontario. Iti. osomething ,ta 'loolç for- ward: ta," say4Roita Hoggl MwiettiLïisipervisor at the BrookiUn'Day Nursery. »8h. says the pay m icrease will b. based "on, the percentage of early incarne for up ta fmaddshawever, that staff are "not here for the- money but because they car. abou4 the chil- dren.ý *The new grant will «brin< rhs salaries Up ta par," dlaime tine. Stevenson uperfflor of the Gordo Stret CildrWé attage Child Gare Centre. , ý . The aerage..salary iw. between $7.06 and .$7-.50 an lhourtfor staff wlthout 'an early childheod'edu- céatiaýn crtificate, she Sa 5-. 'ny profinade by thecentre lasused -tapurchase epuiprnment for tecilrn aysHon "Ail fundraismng and fees w. receive, we have ta'piit back inta thecentre," she says.. <Ho says the 'contre relies on fümdraisingta "helPp& ayforin of-,thàýestff we suha equipment and taYS#f e Stevenson says the maeytiey. gêtis «put inta serio be u- provmnthe facili y. -hlpay thateacli ar sfaànd 1prv their education.» r *The centre is run by~ bédc volunteer directors, cFl oim- merdiaicentres which ,areri by the private awners. >And, she says, 'They ,Ondepen-, dent, centres)- are runaingtei centres as a businesB for pofit whereas we put the p as uOur centres" By Marno Boucher Coarirad negotiations continue. between Durham Region. and tii. union representin ffieRegion's, hâve nwihu otatfor a year. The employees, including nurs- inataIf; maintenance warkers, acitivities workers, bousekeepers and dieticiansm at thrýee nurÎdng homnes'including Fairview Iodge in Wlitby, areno legally allowed ta strike.'7 ý "We are presenl off tôa arbit- ration,».,says Jon;Cherry, national representi'tiv" af the Canadian Union *of ' 1Public Emplayees <CUPE) for the Osh- awa area. The (JUPE local '132 èontract expjed last Dec. 3119 The volunteer board-Is-run "rom a sens. cf commitmnent » aud its «main concerns are that of the children's elfare," she 1I es«moére parents involved" in the quaiity céf service at- the da-aecentre, she says. Stevenson, says ,day-car. centres «should not b. ýan 'area for anbdy ta makea àprofit on." "W. are charging -about the same as the commerci al centres," she says. *«We are lower'.lu rates at this centre. than moot other centres according .ta a new survey- we just ade," says Hocgg. Stevenson .says î4h. 'Gordon Street .centre ha. four workers' -per 10 ldds instead' cf, three per 10 found lin some: cçmmercial centres, 8he . says whený one worker gos, ta lunch, !thèe are, still three wrkers ,ta loo ,after' the childiten at ail times. m Te oeýtre làs, b1e ta employ the'eitra Worker ih part because- of the free rent thy.get When they, were setuý > y the p a e ômt tqity committe a 1hib General Hospital,she says. planet and it' !*h'apnsta b. a n on-profit centre', says R Pichard Hughes,1 gneral manager of In- dutrial Mesurement Lt. who has a'child at the Gordon âtreet centre. member, with the, centre in the new year. Hughfes is on. of the live mem- berson the. promotion.committe., which Opromotes the cause cf the day car. anhdits prga. Asscain staf ï. wtiepostio By Maono oucher la astrike posi«tion, ýbut is seniorstaff 1 work où afteno on Emplyee att~eAja-Picker- negotitig ithe administrai- and night s;Uft; as well as week- ing~ L an hib 11soitio-_ fortive dstaff and&ifr«hop fulc ns aomn ' yLv igmygo- on settlemen oo4Cherry saye ther. are alreaêy strike. The 50 .mpoy are wonder- mr e stafwo cltose, shi-the m. ~ hav thea-ing why certain benefits may b. mouetary se pclos ou th tened.streike '; ta kep the tk, h.yf f teï y5.étv benefits in their cé>IIectve agree- tknaa rmtercletv h mloesaeaeslr ment.agremIent,he say la$12 an h aur. Cherry ay ,the union l in ht* He says the union prvdes Joh Cery, rnational 'repre- ngta 'tinwhat w.araM rsduils rvi g dPer du sentative cf, the Canadian Union have.»'lvn evcs evcý cf PuÛblic Empcyes ((JUPE) for Hie »says adnistrative staff thelie shills progam sudAR the Oshawa area, saysthe union want'dayie eMployees, mcâtwy industries. FO AGRA waituti èt - rt Stevena,çonus1p- b ian «There's no lquestion the R-eian l1'inding 'tdfcut ta find any extra aîomodtinor. mnouey to satisfy thfir expe- tations,he said. A hearmngwilitake place in Septmber1992 >if no agreement jaeaceshed byýýthe end of the t Ik,1hldnük éia< Ilildreil limier 10 1*1/2 Price ý ki .11