I 4 * 21/2baths * Family room, ceiling mason *.35 oz. broadlo< Ail of our homes i*nclude:, e Ali Brick e Single lever faucets th] with floor-to- e Rough-in security syst ary fireplace e CoId cellar '* Skylig )m throumhout 0e 'rmià - IikL ., %ýca L8iiAu ri KurJI ana m(I roughout Lem 5ht iore! $ from WILON FOR 15550 SQUARE FEET!I Excluisive Agent for Avilon Homes Trafalgar Realty Inc. COLDWELL BANKER 725-2827 Monday to Thursday 1i.8 p.m. Sat., Sun. and Holidays 11.6 p.m. Closed Friday *Prjces stibject to change withoit notice. E & ()E.1 Metroland papers.could M Hwy 2 Dundas St. C Bellwood 0 Savjdon Dorvis Burns St. E. - 401 le do C) Ae wsrom wiorkers at Oshawa-Wbhitby ' ii Week and other Metroland newPapr face the poesibilities of a lock-out or strike, as early as March 16. Reporters, photographers and editors at the newspapers may be forced te the picket Unme if an llth-hour contract agreement: isn't reached between their employer and thefr. union. 5%he union represents 'nearly 150 Metrotand journaliste. A conciliator mnade a March 16 lock-out or strike legal aftéir littie =gess was made at- the gaining table by negotiators for 'Metroland - Printing, Publising and Distributing and the -Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild (SONG). The employees want improed working conditions, incuding raises te narrow the gap between their current wages and thoe paid te editerial employees at smail- and medium-sized'daily newspapers, wbere staff ofien get hundreds of dollars more a week than -Metroland' workers, according to SONG Metroland unit chairman Steve Pecar. Ini December of 1987, SONG negotiated a first comtret for employees; of Metroland, which is owned by Torstar Corporation -- the :Toronto Star's parent company -- and publishes a]most two dozen cornrunity newspapers throughout south- central Ontario. That first contract expired on Déc. 3, 1989. lIn negotiations for a new pact, Pecar gays, the company bas demanded concessions on provisions in the first contract, moat- notably in clauses pertaining te job security, and bas refused te narrow the huge gap between ý Metroland wages and comparable jobs in the newspaper industry. Pecar says the mAjor issue is wages. After two te four years of specialized training at university or- comrnunity college, a starting reporter or photographer currently' makes $365 a week or $18,900 a year' at Metroland whose parent, company Torstar rang up a profit of *95-million last year. 'rWere looking at a strike unless this com pany comes to its senses and gives a binger share of those profits te, the employees," says Pecar. FormaI mediation fidcS begin on March 13, but on March il, the workers meet to vote on strike action. Your Business FROM PAGES your local community colleges or cail the Ontario Ministry of Skills Developing Triig Ébtlie at 1-800-387-5656. For manufacturers, specific training courses are offered by industry consulting firms or organizatons such as the Ontario Centre for Advaned Mnulfaturinglocte 1 MODEL HOMES OPEN 1 1 1 1 a gaine, outstanding goafltending by Whitby's. Elliott Cooper and Markhax's goalie kept the score as it was. Best Valýue ---- ---- --MZRXF"lk