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THE HERALD Wednesday September Page Strike looming at Georgetown Price By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The 50 unionized employees with the Georgetown company Papers a division of Abitibi Price will be in a legal strike posi Sept said the workers representative and a national representative with the Canadian Paperworkers Union CPU Mar The employee previous contact expired in May Mr predict if the workers would strike starting Sept He did say however he would have a better idea about a possible strike after the union and management representatives meet with a mediator two or three days before the legal strike date in an attempt to settle on the terms of a contract The union held a strike vote Sept 9 said Mr and 9l per cent of those who voted supported the Idea of a strike Representatives from the com and the union have already met with a councillor but no con tract issues were discussed During the meeting the com pany explained that historically no contract agreement is settled with the Georgetown employees until agreements have been settled between the union and the other divisions of Price The parent company owns plants located in the provinces of Ontario Quebec and Newfoundland There are strikes currently going on at most or all of these plants ac cording to Pat Sweeney a national representative for the Union The Georgetown Mill is involved in sheeting cutting strips of paper into different sized sheets and Taxpayers pay double trustee claims Halton taxpayers are paying double when they or their organization pays to use Haltnn s- says a Halton Board of Education trustee Arlene Bruce is angered that taxpayers contribute to the region s educational system but have to turn around and pay again when they want to use school facilities to hold public or functions Many organizations are beneficial society and provide a service improving the community Mrs Bruce said The Halton Board of Education policy governing the usage of school facility use Policy 300010 categorizes applicants into groups to arrive at a rental rate This policy stipulates mat it is desirable to foster cooperation with community organizations and a commitment to make school facilities available to these groups ugh Mrs Bruce states t taxpayers are paying twice when they rent school buildings she said it just the way of the world People pay to have the schools built and then have to pay again to use them because those costs are budgeted she said It s frustrating but it s one of those things Mrs Bruce said adding that she wasn t going to suggest the rental system be modified by board Schoi 1 facility rental Marlene Marx said peo ple who rent school facilities for functions are not paying twice She explained that it would be unfair to increase education taxes so that no Centre provides escape from parenting strains By LISA Herald Special There is an escape r mother and child when the of parenting run high the Acton Child Resource Centre The dropin centre now located at 83 Wallace St in Acton offers refuge in a sanctuary like at mosphere to socialize energize and even learn Parents can bring their children up lo fiveyearsold the centre to play and interact with other children It offers a release for both parents and children in an in formal gathering because being a parenl can be f the hardest jobs in the world said Susan Walker a public relati fficer pm centre Mrs Walker wants t encourage re parents to use the resource centre especially young mothers could learn from the sd m re experienced thers 80 members visit centre half f them regularly said Mrs Walker adding thai I hey me fr areas as far as and Fergus The centre provides an escape enabling people with adults and a c nlrolled area for children I play it ffers craft workshops and speakers such as nurses Mrs Walker believes bo h parents and children benefit from Ihe centre She ma Ihe parents are belter able pul stresses inlo perspective a coffee break and conversation Children wh do day care centres have advantage f interact with other Idren ally children who I ve n rural areas said Mrs Walker There is a ely of books toys and riding I ys explained Mrs Walker adding thai the I I wasted when children become bored early Seplember Ihe res program operated w the the centre has branched out Ihe ince of the Ad in S Sen In f Cenlre The child gram has been running se en years The centre receives funding fnm the Minislry C and Services and charges a membership fee said Mrs Walker She said Ihe fee is reasonable considering nc child can c as mm h as While many parents benefit from the centre is also a learning resource explained Mrs Walker Mothers can learn everything how to get stains Hit of clothes to getting a baby to sleep at night Since the at mosphere is inf rmal no ne feels as though they re being preached to she said Beginning in October the resource centre will be ling a new program of guest speakers every Thursday in eluding bank managers and lawyers one would pay to use facilities when not everyone uses the schools for functions Even though schools in Halton are booked solid the board t make a significant amount of money from renting the schools said Mrs Marx She explained that of the nine category rates two categories pay only 50 per cent of the base rental cost one pays 35 per cent of the cost and another category pay to use school facilities This latter category which is not charged to use the facilities in eludes parent groups Cubs Scouts Brownies Guides and Board of Education employees Groups who pay 50 per cent of the rental costs such as service groups also include commercial nursery schools or local associa lions and non resident commercial groups using the facilities for seminars or demonstrations Pre school and cooperative groups pay 35 per cent of rental costs Rental rates for anyone holding a function at a school facility where there will be liquor served will be paying five times the base rental rate said Mrs Marx She said these organizations would be charged an hour if liquor is served but on the same booking they would be charged where no liquor is served Mrs Marx explained that the rate increases where liquor is in because the board wants to discourage school facilities being used to hold licensed events The board also charges organizers to cover heating costs and to recover overtime pay for school caretakers who must be at a school when facilities are rented IT SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE ON RCA raTT TOSHIBA AND GOLDSTAR SPECIAL PURCHASE COLOR TV 34800 20 COLOR RMOTE TV 39800 28 COLOR REMOTE TV 64800 DELUXE VCR ON SCREEN 33800 DELUXE STEREO VCR ON SCREEN 38800 plying high gloss to paper to be us ed for instance in said the mill superintendent Fred Aggis Mr confirmed Mr interpretation of the re cent conciliation meeting The talks between management and the union have stalled and won progress until the company has a clearer idea of the types of the set tlements that are decided upon at the other Price Mills ex plained Mr Aggis Mr Pupeza said the company employees in Georgetown are con cerned about several issues in Meanwhile Mr said the strikes at the other mills will have no immediate effect on production at the Georgetown plant But If the strikes continue for a long time a third of the mills operation would be affected resulting in possible layoffs predicted The Georgetown mills sheeting production depends on tbe com receiving the raw material from an mill in Thunder Bay and the workers at that plant are currently on strike Mr specify bow much longer the workers in Thunder Bay would have to be on eluding money scheduling strike before Provincial Papers various types of benefits and the would consider laying off some of current operation of the plant its employees Shoes FLETCHERS FAMILY SHOES Net In the clock strikes five step tote the comfort tutored from These tool era step Falls phis iter lit assures you of comfort SERVICE REGISTERED ON STAFF FLETCHERS HK FOOT lis 8771664 FAMILY SHOES MAIN ST DOWNTOWN 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