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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 20, 19,87 Canada Post appeals route contractors plan OTTAWA - Canada Post Corporation Corporation today withdrew, its ap- plicàtion to the Canada Labour Relations Board for a review of postal bargaining units. "The review failed to proceed in timely concert with changes in our business and in our collective negotiations calendar," said Andre Villeneuve, Vice-President, Communications. Communications. Mr. Villeneuve pointed out that the expiry dates of CPC's contracts had been arranged to complement a timely Board decision decision in the expectation it would be rendered sooner. "Now we find out that the process process has been unilaterallyexpanded. An opportunity has been lost and bargaining circumstances have changed to the point where the present present lengthy review by the Board is no longer helpful." ' "Our objective has been to simplify an impossibly cumbersome bargaining unit framework," said Mr. Villeneuve. •"'Now after two years we are faced with more complexity, complexity, not less." The Corporation applied to the Canada Labour Relations Board in May 1985, for a review of its 30 recognized bargaining units, and recommended they be reduced to six/ The application was made following a February 1984 Board policy statement citing an obvious need for a global review of the new Corporation's industrical relations foundation. The Corporation also announced today it has appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal a Board ruling that Rural Route Contractors are employees. "The Board exceeded its jurisdic- Changes in family and children's services The Board of Directors recently South, Ajax; telephone: 427-2928). changed back to the original name This West Branch provides services of the Agency: The Children's Aid to c,icnts livin 8 west of Thornton Society of the Durham Region. Road and the northern part of the Dr. Anton de Swaaf, Executive Region. The official opening of the Director, explained that the former W'est Branch is scheduled to take name never caught on and the place in June, de Swaaf said. The Agency remained widely known as East Branch is located at the main "The Children's Aid". The renam- office in Midtown Mall, Oshawa, ing is a timely one, he said, as it where four teams serve clients livin 8 coincides with several major revi- cast Thornton Road, Port Perry sions in its service delivery system. and Scugog Island and the eastern Dr. de Swaaf reaffirmed the Socie- P arts of Durham Region (200 John ty's commitment to providing ser- Street West, Oshawa; telephone: vices at a level which is least in- 433-1551). trusive into the lives of children and Rl addition, the Agency provides their families. He stated that it is adoption services. With the im- always preferable to provide help to plementatioh of Bill 165, the Adop- a child in his or her own family. ^ on Disclosure Statute Law To facilitate this, the Agency has Amendment Act on July 1, de disbanded its separate departments Swaaf expects an upsurge in refer refer children and families. In the 9 uests for information. This Act, future the child and family will he sa y $ * s designed to give adoptees receive assistance from the same easier access to information about Team of social workers and oftern '® le ' r background or even to the same social worker. This will facilitate reunions where both par- remove what was seen by both des meet certain requirements, clients and colleagues as a cumber- Dr. de Swaaf expressed con- some barrier. fidence that The Children's Aid To provide easier access to -ser- Society is ready for the greater vices the Agency recently moved demands on its resources as well as three social work teams to a new for the need to expand as Durham s Ajax office (15 Harwood Avenue population Coritinues to grow. Stamps by Larry Mclnnis Selling Special Stamp Tougher Than Expected L ast week I told you about .The Minneapolis firm the deal to print and printed the stamps and they market the Wayzata*$l New- were duly delivered to the foundland airmail stamp of bank. 1932 to promote an airmail ' The deal, between Aerial flight fron North America to World Tours Inc. (AWT) Europe. The printing turned and Newfoundland, was that out to be the easiest part of 300,000 of the total printing the soon-to-unfold drama. of 400,000 stamps were to be The stamp that is now released to AWT in lots of called" the Wayzata was so 25,000, with the firm paying named for the place where $5,000 in Canadian funds for the transatlantic flying boat each package delivered, flight was to begin: Wayzata Part of what happened Bay on Lake Minnetonka, next hinged on the tricky near Minneapolis. wording of the AWT- The aircraft was to go Newfoundland agreement: from" Wayzata to Toronto, "The said bank (in Min- Montreal, St. Pierre and neapolis) shall deliver to the Miquelon, St. John's and Bank of Montreal as agent Holyrood, across the Atlantic for the government of New- via Greenland, Iceland, and foundland the remaining Norway, and then on to . 100,000 of the said stamps Sweden, Germany, Denmark, which said stamps will be and Britain. sold by the Newfoundland tion and is increasingly ignoring the evidence of market and work place realities to m a ke rulings that hamstring the exercise of normal business operations," Mr. Villeneuve said. "The Board's rural route ruling, overturning a long-standing private enterprise relationship, has serious implications for all business, not just Canada Post. This decision carries carries important implications for independent independent owner-operators and contractors everywhere." "Decisions like this undercut the principles and incentives of the market and impede the introduction of business norms, so essential to an efficient, inexpensive postal service. The long term consequences to our national postal service in today's competitive environment are extremely extremely serious." Noting that it is not known how many contractors and their subcontractors subcontractors would be directly affected by the Board ruling, Mr. Villeneuve said "It could take years and cost millions to sort out the mess this ruling makes of one of the Corporation's Corporation's better services." Postal authorities." The key word seems to have been the word "remaining," "remaining," as we shall see. On Thursday, August 11, 1932, the day following delivery of the stamps, AWT picked up the first package of 25.000 stamps and paid $5,000 in Canadian funds to the Minneapolis bank. AWT secretary Lawrence Clark maintained years later that the money was transferred transferred from the Minneapolis bank to the Bank of Montreal, which credited it to the Newfoundland government. The Minneapolis bank then attempted to deliver 100.000 copies of the stamp to the Newfoundland government. government. No way, said Newfoundland. Newfoundland. AWT had to sell . 300.000 stamps before the government would accept any . It would then take the remaining 100,000 stamps. "This was an original interpretation interpretation and entirely not in accord with the original intent and wording of the contract, ' ' Clark complained when recalling the incident in 1949. Meanwhile, there were other problems. A group of Wayzata businessmen had allegedly told project promoter Patrick McCarty they would spend $50,000 on stamps, which would go a considerable way toward a downpayment of $66,000 on a four-engine "Clipper" flying flying boat (as shown on the stamp). But when if came time to ante up, they invested only $500. The result of this was that the best AWT could do was get a twin-engine Sikorsky -- from the Walgreen "drugstore chain. It was named the Newfoundlander. The problem here was that although the smaller aircraft could make the overseas flight eventually, it could not carry passengers, and the mail load would be considerably considerably limited. To drum up interest, the plane was flown by pilot Carl Vickery from Chicagd to Wayzata in late August, and (Continued page 7) ORONO DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK SALE and GARAGE SALES Saturday, May 23rd Garage Sales Downtown, Orono Estates, throughout Village Kids Painting Contest, up to and including 12 years of age Paints, brushes paper supplied -10 am. to 12 Noon - Prizes CHOO Chili Cook-Off Orono Fairgrounds Family Entertainment - Country Music - Kiddies Playground Saturday Night Dance Saturday & Sunday, May 23-24 Brighten up the Old Homestead with BOX PLANTS .99 each 12 for only 9.99 Sidewalk Sale, Sat, May 23 Apple Blossom Shop ■ Downtown Orono Phone 983-5291 CORPORATION OF THF. 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