VoL 15, No. 47 Wednesday,_November 20, 198528 Pages LnJ w Commission ahead after arbitration R The Durham Regional police commission has corne out the clear win- ner in the 1985 contract dispute with the region's 379 uniformed officers. Ail but one of the of- ficers' five demands - submitted to binding arbitration Nov. 4 - have been turned down. Provincial arbitrator Peter Barton rejected outright the Durham Regional Police Association's demand for increased pension benefits, a survivoirs allowance and -more court-time pay. While he agreed to the officers' request for a pay hike, he granted an increase of only 6.5 per- cent or .6 percent less than that demanded. The extra pay amounts to just $68 a year more than that offered by the police commission. The only demand which could go the of- ficers' way is the one for mileage allowance to and fromn court. Barton expressed sympathy with the request and urged the two parties to try and reach an agreement on their own. Failing this, Barton has, indicated he will step in again hand down an award. GM helps workers conquer the bottie I&t ~ 1,' kivi 'f ~'~' b Cuddly 'be ar k icks off Addiction AwarenessWeelk HUGS flot Drugs is the theme of this year's Addic- tion Awareness Week, Nov. 17 to 23. To kick off the week, this cuddly bear visited General Motors and hugged everyone who would let hlm near. He also baked a special cake to celebrate the week - with al that hugging, the furry beast had worked up an ap- petite. Other Addiction Awareness events scheduled for this week Include a Magic Show at Whitby's Pringle Creek Co-op, today (Wednesday> at 7:30 p.m.; an Ad- diction Awareness Extravagafiza at the Oshawa shopping centre, centre court, tomorrow (Thursday) from 1 to 9 p.m.; and, a Durham College safe drinking night (Thursday) at the Polish Hall in Oshawa at 8 p.m. The week is organized annually by local addiction groups. This year's chairperson is Addiction Resear- ch Foundation Suzin Jackson with Pinewood Cen- tr's Elizabeth Gilbert heading Up public relations for the week's events. For stories on alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in the area, see inside pages. It used to be that if someoe had a drinking problem at General. Motors, there was no help. Fellow workers would cover up for him, the problem would get worse and finally the guy wouid get the boot. Now, it's a rare case that an employee's discharged for drinking. If a person has a drinking problem there's ail kinds of help. The - company together with the United Auto Workers local 222 began a substance abuse program in 1972. An estimated ten per- cent of the Canadian population suffers from alcoholism With 16,000 workers at GM's Oshawa car plant, that meant 1,600 people "sick" ail the time. "It got to the stage that they couldn't fire everybody, 50 they had to rehabilitate them," ex- plained addiction coun- sellor Ed Malloy. Malloy, and three other union reps, al reformed alcoholics, work fuli-time helping GM employees beat the bottie. The alcoholics they treat walk in, are referred by the plant's medical clinic or are sent by other union reps and plant supervisors. 0f the roughly 160 people they wiI see in a year, they're able to help fully two thirds - haif of whom neyer take another drink, the other haif who struggle - with intermittent slips - back toa iife of sobriety. The success of the program, a leader in the treatment of alcohol abuse, lies largely in its four counsellors, whose CON'D ON PG.3 listorical Society soon to decide Lynde House fate By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff The membership of the Whitby Historical Society will decide for or against moving Lyn- de House, Nov. 26, 'They've been asking about it for a long time; now they'll get their chance," said Philip Lakas, president of the Society. Only members of, the society will be allowed to vote, Lakas said, and voting will be done ac- cording to parliamen- tary procedure. Whatever the out- corne of the vote the decision will be referred to the society executive to decide on the next step, Lakas said. Originally donated to the historicai society by the real estate arm of Loblaws in 1972 on the condition that it be moved within a year, Lynde House has neyer- theless continued to the same site. A proposai from Uen Cullen, accepted in August by the executive committee of the society, to move the house from the corner of Highway 2 and D'Hilfier CON'D ON PG.3 ' The arbitration resuits - made *public last Tuesday - were ap- plauded by police com- mission chairman Bob Attersley. "'m very happy with the report and 1 think it's been fair to both parties," he said, in a telephone inter- view. Barton's award vin- dicates Attersley's hard-line negotiating position which led to the police association's cal for his (and other com- mission members') resignation last month. The resuits of the bin- ding arbitration were "1disappointing" to association president Allan. Allan had hinted before entering ar- bitration that the of- ficers might protest an unfavorable outcome. He gave no indication last week, however, that the association was con- sidering such a measure. Asked what action, if any, the officers inten- ded to take, Allan said only that they would be attempting to begin 1986 contract taiks as soon as possible. Aithougli the association's 1986 con- CON'D ON PG.3