Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 31, 1977, p. 20

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MM MM Pane HERALD Wednesday August Si 1177 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Labor advances good more can be done Rep llrrald Half writer The activities of organized labor changed since the days of fiery union leaders in the 1920s 30 and some of whom gave their Hies for their cause Buzz of Georgetown an International representative for the United Auto Workers lUAW believes the biggest change from those days Is that organized labor has become more sophisticated In those days he told The Herald in an interview Mon day You had to use all v i had Union organizers had put a fear Into the workers that matched the fear the workers had of losing their livelihood companies which had thdr own muscle the year- old representative said Thai was a time too when companies had more control over government than they have loday Although labor has come a long way since those days Hargrove said it still has a way lo go But the sophist leal ion is paying Now for instance when the representative and the local members go to Ihe bargaining la hie they are armed with information on the companys financial situation wage rate in the area and other facts provided by the research department Hargrove said Organized labor also knows now thai It can depend on the collective bargaining process to get a fair shake and con sequent y has broadened its activities into the political arena and into social reform he said In the early days of organized labor workers ap peared at the bargaining just to ask for more money Whats happening too is that younger and more educated workers arc joining unions and their appearance at the bargaining table Is marked with a little more respect from management Hargrove said And that education Is taught at a labor supported education centre at Port Elgin Ontario one of two In Canada Hargrove said At the school there are eiaht classrooms where about persons can be trained in labor history and related subjects Hargrove said that in about half of the contracts he has helped negotiate In the last two years paid educational leave for labor education common in Europe has been won for the workers Ho noted wryly that paid education leave is now part of federal Labor Minister John Munroi 14 point labor package He said it is a problem to get trade union history Into schools and universities Children today have little awareness of what the trade union movement has done and Hargrove said he speaks to classes of children on the topic when asked by teachers He believes that as taxpayer supports the study of economics and business ad ministration and similar disciplines trade union history is also worthy of tax support In relation to organized labors contribution to society the image It has in the public eye is bad he sold Part of the problem is lack of funds to counter the massive amounts the government spends ad vertising itself Another part of the problem is to get the message out to the public along with the facts to back it labor gets kicked around by the press and by after dinner business speakers he said Hargrove believes the only way to shake the bad image of labor is to gain acceptance by the other sectors which run the country namely government and big business Organized labor recently proposed a tripartite system of government business and labor as a way out of the economic Ills but the exercise frustrated us Hargrove said We got the bock of the bond So although the future Is away from collective bargaining and toward a tripartite system collective bargaining Is here to stay a while he said He notes that when French President Glscard DEstnlng vlsiled Canada a member of his party was a labor representative a mark or the high esteem and ability to work within the system of European labor Hargrove believes Nevertheless organized labor has nothing to be ashamed of in the standard of I i has I to Canadian workers through the adversary system he said Hargrove said that besides trying move out of the ad versary system organized labor will also continue to lift wage controls The altitude of the govern ment saying that labor is the main culprit of the countrys economic evils refusing to sit with labor other than on unworkable commissions Is like a slap In the face Hargrove said if were being blamed we ought to get a say The government is going to be hard pressed In the next few months to explain rising in flation In light of wages being controlled Inflation Board AIB which Bine a Or I wage increases to ten eight and six per cent annually Wage Increases In the third year of the program to begin Oct I4l977willbeheidtisix However the business sector did not have such stringent guidelines placed on It Hargrove noted Their pro Its were based on the previous five years with no matching decreases annually like on controls Labor wants the return of free collective bargaining Hargrove said for without it labor has nothing The labor movement does not want to replace the government but only to have the some Input Into the decision making process as big business has hod he said Hargrove began his career at IS after finishing Grade to He left his family of 10 in Mew Brunswick and worked out on the Trans Canada Pipeline He became Involved with Local 444 in Windsor where he was a cushion packer in an auto plant After six years of working in the union he was appointed a full time international representative In 1975 As a representative Hargrove handles the negotiating arbitration and any other matters that come up in 17 union locals in the area Across Canada the has about 114000 members under collective agreements He estimates there are about 10 million workers In Canada million of whom are affiliated with the Canadian Labor Congress plus another who arc not In addition lo his union activities Hargrove la a member of the Brampton and District Labor Council and both the federal and provincial executives of the New Democratic Party He Is also a member of the federal executive council of the the partys decision making During his career in the auto Industry he was offered positions by management but turned the offers down he said He Is dedicated to cause of labor and what it can do to ensure the future of the children of today I really believe in what Im doing he said Norval district news McLean I Irrild correspondent Sympathy Is extended Gordon McMurchy and daughter Mary Jane It the death of his wife Betty at Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton on August 15th and to Mrs McMurchy s father Norm an Snyder of Georgetown Sympathy is also extended to Mrs Irene Coatcs Willow Park on the death of husband Garnet a World War veleran Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton on August and to his It Waller of at his first double wedding on August in Norval United Church sisters Lucille and Lisa Codlln daughters of Mr and Mrs Allen It Georgetown on the town line were married Lucille married Jim Fleming of Georgetown and following their honeymoon will reside In Georgetown Lisa married Glen of Pickering and after their honey will reside in Pickering The double wedding reception was held at Ihe Masonic Hall Georgetown There will be no church at United Church Sunday Sep tern be service will commence on September 11th followed by Day the Sunday September Mr Terry Clark student minister from Georgetown who has been assisting Rev It Walter Ridley in the Hut United Church Charge will not be this fall Arrangements are being made for another student to take his palce Get well wishcsnrc extended to Mrs Isabcile Hughes fell at her home recently broke her hip She is a patient in Memorial Hospital Brampton Also well wishes Ha rim Laird who is a patient in Peel Memorial Hospital and lo Mrs Edna Murray who spent a week In Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital No permission Acton residents of Crescent who requested per mission to close off the street to hold a torn roast on Sepl 3 were turned down by works Monday Council would have to give their ap proval and council will not be before Study road bylaw llallon region public woks committee has delayed action on a request by Hills for gravel trucks to keep regional roads until a roads bylaw is completed by Ihe town The move followed recent deputations by residents along Sideroad who complained of increased Iruck traffic Hoy Booth told the committee that the road meets all criteria as a possible regional road since is a major connecting link and consideration should be given to taking over responsibility PLAYING AROUND It wasnt all work and no play Saturday as the Georgetown Little Theatre moved new storage space made avail able at the former volunteer ambulance garage on James Street Eight yearold Peter loc clowns with brother David who gets ready to become one of the Three Little Pigs The former garage will be used for the storage of props and property of the amateur theatre group David and arc president John Roe Nighi school courses A varied of school courses are being offer at Georgetown district high school this fall board of education announcct this week thai reg is open Sept 13 with courses scheduled com No courses will be offered the new Acton high school this fall until after Christmas a spokesman for Ihe board said Friday Among familiar courses being offered are ing crocheting furniture rc- fitness and lion Woodworking and yoga Commercial general Inter est and high school credit courses will also he offered A full secondjry school ere will be awarded for cample lion of the Grade 12 or 13 English or courses which arc si tercel and taught twice weekly for 15 weeks BUZZ HARGROVE New York New York a light romance film By KAHLN WARD Herald stall writer New York New York Is a romantic musicaldrama about the Big Band era during the years following World War II A musical Is a mixture of many Ingredients and New York New York has the special magic that makes the show really worth seeing Liza Mlnnelll Is Franc Evans USO girl who becomes a star and Robert De Niro Is Jimmy Doyle the iking musician whose first love Is his saxophone The two lovers travel the night spats together with the band both donating their talent on stage She Is the struggling who makes it while he doesnt ever reach the top Although the young couple can survive together on the tour when becomes pregnant and heads home in an attempt for a family life Jim my becomes resentful and lowly their marriage falls shows that sometimes people cant live together and live apart especially when both are trying to reach the top Liza Minnelll Is well known for her lead role in Cabaret In New York New York she sings old standards and four original tunes composed for her by the team for Cabaret As for on Oscar winner for best supporting actor Tar his performance In The Godfather Part he portrays his role perfectly and often has the audience In stitches of laughter Ho assumes many roles one as an invalid escape the hotel managers inquiries as to the state of his bills that are Increasing steadily The movie is filled a lavish use of color lights costumes and sets Using sets and backdrops that are ob viously artificial an element of fantasy is created that Is acceptable In one scene where Fran- cine and Jimmy arc arguing In a car becomes so obviously phony it is funny Martin Scorsese is one of Hollywoods holiest new directors by way of Taxi Driver and Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore New York New York is a personal film and very In cresting Jerky jolly ALL DAY OK gang right now till September 3 there are kiddycar rides on our upper level outside Miracle Beaucoup So whoop it up I BRAMALEA CITYCENTRE HIGHWAY DIXIE ROAD Open am 930 pm YOUR STOP SUPPL centre- 1g LUMBERLAND WEVE SOMETHING 10 BLOW ABOUT INSULATORS Creative in now 8778800 EARLY chicken mike It HALTON PIZZA PALACE 8774922 Road North GEORGETOWN J GARAGE HOUR TOWING WE NOW SELL SUPER NOLEAD and REGULAR GAS Hit HALTON HILLS 519 8530911 QUEENS TIRE Dealer MICHELIN 8533940 Queen Si Sherborn and Gabriele SPORTS LAST WEEKS MISS DEBBIE FORD WINNER 37 Mill Street Georgetown J

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