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"A Family Tradition for 126 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, August, 5, 1992 - 5 By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star More than 40 'workers at a Whitby packaging plant will lose their jobs in mid-August as a result of an¥Ontario govern- ment environmental levy on beer cans. The Ontario Government an- nounced in its April 30 budget a $3.10 tax on all beer cans. Representatives from the Whitby-based operation have fought hard against the tax claiming the levy would have a detrimental effect on business. A number of meetings be- Midnight Al to perform at dump dance Midnight Al and the Raging Butanes are ready to rock the Scugog Arena in support of PEST and Zero Garbage. The Toronto-based Rhythm and Blues band will be the guest performers at the PEST and Zero Garbage fundraising dance on Saturday, Aug. 15 startingat 8 p.m. The band features four vocal- ists, two guitars, three horns, piano, bass and drums. Midnight Al and the Raging Butanes provide an excellent mix of songs from some of the leading R and B, rock and ballad artists, including Otis Redding, Ben E. King, Van Morrison, Bobby Darin, T. Bone Walker, Little Richard, The Tempta- tions, The Righteous Brothers, Percy Sledge and Aretha Frank- lin, amongothers. Their song list includes such favorites as Midnight Hour, Georgia on My Mind, When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Gimme Some Lovin', | Feel Good, and When a Man Loves a Woman. The dance is being sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry. All proceeds will go to PEST and Zero Garbage to help fund their fight against the landfill site search selection process. Tickets are $7 and can be pur- chased at Haugen's Chicken Barbecue, Paulmac's Pet Foods, Brooklin IGA, Country Conven- ience in Blackstock, Irwin Smith Music Ltd., Port Perry Feeds, Smithson's Whistle Stop, Brook's Feed Store, Black- stock Hardware, Paula lish. man Ltd., the Port Perry Star, the Scugog Citizen, and the lo- cal veterinary clinics. For more information please call 985-0554 (days). THE Great West Life ASSURANCE COMPANY Sales Representative required for Port Perry - Scugog Area. Independence, financial stability, unlimited income potential. Call Don Johnston at Great West Life Assurance Company, Oshawa - 571-2676. 80 Water Street, Port Perry 985-8418 WAGE [BOY 5 PIZZA & SUBS ." of NE - 14 _ --_-- - ~ us tax - or nd red peppers Find us fast in the YA. a poppe I 2¢12 slice , | No substitutes please Not vakd with any other offer | | No aubstinstes please Not vaid with any other offer | "Yellow Pages" ™ ' -- i LE pres Sept 122 TENS SEED GEE GER GERD MW ERR GEES SWE Se i | LE res Sent 192 TEND SER GRE GER GRE EE SE SWE aw tween union representatives and the government failed to sway the opinion of the Treasur- er Minister, who informed the company on July 27 that the tax was being implemented. 'It's my conclusion that the levy remains a sound policy de- cision on environmental and ec- onomic grounds," Floyd Laugh- ren, Treasurer of Ontario wrote. Mr. Laughren argued taxing beer cans was consistent with the government's policy of in- creasing the use of refillable containers. But by diverting garbage from landfill sites, the govern- ment is eliminating jobs in the province, representatives from the United Food and Commer- cial Workers argue. A total of 44 workers have been given notice of a lay off on Aug. 16, with no guarantee of the length. The lay offs have af- fected every worker with less than five years seniority. "We're hoping it's not perma- nent, butitlooks that way," said Dan Morris, a member ofthe un- on. The effects of the lay offs have been felt throughout the plant. Not only were the workers on the line affected, but for the first time skilled trades workers were given notice as well includ- ing electricians, tool and die workers and lift-truck opera- tors. Some supervisory posi- tions could be chopped in the fall when an additional 20 lay offs are expected. "We've never had lay offs in the trades department before," Mr. Morris said. According to Mr. Morris, one of the three lines is "totally dead," and another line which manufactures pop cans is strug- gling. But Mr. Laughren failed to see that as a cause of the tax and instead cited the unusual sum- mer as the cause of most of the company's woes. Durham East MPP Gord Mills was upset with his party's decision to implement the levy. Mr. Mills says he's "keen on helping the environment" but says with the current fragile ec- onomic situation they shouldn't sacrifice jobs. Since the tax was announced Layoffs inevitable as NDP upholds tax Mr. Mills had called for a mora- torium on the levy until all im- plications of the tax were real- 1zed. He said he had a number of meetings with the Treasury De- partment and Bob Rae and felt positive progress had been made. Mr. Mills says he feels "dread- ful" about the situation as he felt there was a solution. 'l feel particularly bad about this decision and I made no bones about it," he said. 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