Page 2. Whitby Free Press. Wednesday. July 28, 1993 CLEANING lOUTSDE WINDOWS For many of us, cleaning outside windows means two things -,wet sleeves from the cold water running down our armn and gettiqg the ladder to fit windows which are always at inconvenient heights. Fortunately, with the addition of a f ew convenient tools, you can now wash windows as high as 25 foot in the air quickly and eas ily while standing on the ground. Ail that is required is a lightweight telescopic aluminumn pote, a window brush and a window squeegee - the same tools the professionals use. Simply mix a solution of Swish Sparkle glass and window cleaner in water, apply the solution to the window with the brush, remove tho brush from the friction fi pole, attach the squeegoe and squeegee the window dey. Vou will have an entire panel of streak free sparkling windows in Iess than 2 minutes. And there's no trampling through flowor gardons, no wet sleeves and no falling off ladders. lt's easy, inexpensive. and the kit lasts.a iffetime. Corne on down to Swish Clean-It Contre. We're the experts in cloaning and maintenance. »fPNV« - 500 Hopkins Street, Whitby 666-122 'By Mike Kowalski With Sunday' deadline rapidly approaching, Durham Region séCo1 board officiais anxiously await the outcome of provincial social contract nego- tiations. Should a central agreement fail to be reached in the educa- tien sector, Durham officiais wil have te contend with the implica- tions of Ontario's recently appro- ved wago restraint law. If no agreement is in place by Augf. 1, school board employeos coud be hit with a three-year wage freezo and foroed te take up te 12 unpaid days offteach year. Both Durham school boards are ossentially waiting te see what transpires in P'ectoral talks taking- place in Toronto this week. The boards have been ordored te slash costs as p art, of the government's overali pilan te reduce the *43-billion payroll for Ontario's 950,000 public wor- kers. The Durham Board of Educa- tien must come up with $14.4 million in payrol savings by Aug. 1, while the Durham separato school board will have te chop more than $5 million from its budget. Public school trustees received a briefing on the status of sec- toral negotiations at their Mon- day meeting, while soparate school chair Tom Oldmnan has called a meeting of his trustees for Thursday. On Monday, the public board did approve an agreement rea- chod with a group of its non- union employees. But details of the settioment and the employees involved are being withheld until representa- ROAR CAUMARSn1er~fo ~I 7~~l tives of ail of the board's 5,300 workers are informed. While discussions are not talc- ing place at the local level, public board chair Louise Farr is hope- f6l that a central agreement will be reached this week. (Teachers' unions participating in the sectoral talks in Toronto have directed their local affi- liates not te bargain pending the outcome of central negotiations.) <Tm a very.eptimpistic person,» said Farr, a Pckering trustee. "A lot of time andrenergy has beenp ut inte this the p ast three months. school boards h ave been working non-stop," she said. Agreements negotiated locally or by secter -- such as in educa- tion or health care -- must be ratified by workers by Aug. 10. If both a secteral and local agreement are in place, the employer's expenditure reduction target is reduced by 20 per cent. Thiis would lower the Durham public board's target te $11.5 million from $14.4 million. Employees would also benefit -- they would have access te a public sector job security fund which would «tep up» unemploy- ment insurance beneits. But if agreements are net rea- ched, the "ail-safe» aspect of the legislation kicks in and the pro- vince can impose its own settle- ment. Qîdman said Catholic trustees will recoivo a report from the social contract task force on Thursday. The task foroe, comprised of committee chairs and t ho head s of the negotiation teams, will meet oarlier in the day By that time, QI an ho os trustees will have a better idea of how the provincial talks are progressing. Qidman, a Whitby trustee, said decisions made at the cen- tral level will have a boaring locally, such as on pupil-teacher ratios. "Once the next couple days have transpired we'll know what positions we must take at the local level,» ho said. Oldman said the board has met on a regular basis with its 2 000 enmployees te keop thom atreast 0f developments. Qîdman said ho appreciates the financial problems facing the government, but ho feels its appreaeh hm been wrong. "Iunderstand economies, you don't seend money if you don't "But it's not fair te mandate a position without input from al parties.» Town an By Mike Kowalskl A tentative contract settlement has been reached between the Town of Whitby and its union e agr~eement, details of which have net been made pub- lic, was reached last Thursday botween bargainers for the Town and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Mayor Tom Edwards would not comment on the proposed settlement but did say he would bo calling Town council inte spe- cial session this week te approve the deal. A spokesperson, for CUPE could net be reached for com- ment. The tentative agreement covers Whitby's 164 fuill-tinie in- side and outside workers, plus 121 part-time and stu dont If pprvedby council and the workers, the agreement wil replace the former two-;year con- tract which expired March 31. Job security was a maLjor con- cern of the union heading into negottiations with -the Town. 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