Whitby Free Press, Weanesday. JuIy 28,.1993. Page 5 SOCILeON-iC By Mike Kowalski Local municipal officiaIs are optimistie they will'have social contracts in place by next Sun- day>sdeadline. Witby Mayor Tom Edwards and Durham Region chief administrative officer Garry Cubitt hope agreements can be reached with their respective employees this week. Failure to do so will resuit in the Ontario government's social contract wage law being irnposed instead. Union to respond Durham Region council last week approved a plan aimed at chopping $3.1 million from its payroll. Details of the offer, which were not made public, were presented last Friday to union officiais representing the Region's 1,000 inside and outside workers. "I feel the meeting went very well " said Cubitt. Lemet to explain to them what the plan approved by coun- cil contained. It was strictly in- formation sharing, we weren't looking for any commitmnent today (Friday),» he said. Region officiaIs must now "wait and see what their (union) response wiil be,» said Cubitt, stressing that neither side bas much time. A pokesperson forthCa- dian union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents Region workers, couid not be reached for comment. A siniiiar deai to the one pre- sented te CUPE is also being g ien te Durham's approximateiy 5 management employees. Aimed at reducing the annual $43-billîon payroll for Ontario's 950,,000 public workers, the social contract law stipulates that agreements must be in place by Aug. 1. Agreements negotiated iocally or by sector -- such as in health care, education and municipal -- must be ratified by Aug. 10. If negotiated deals are not reached, the government wiil im- pose a three-year wage freeze andrequire workers to take up to12 days of unpaid leave a year. Each of the eight sectors iden- tified in the social contract legis- lation has its own spending tar- get. Durham's share of the $275 million municipal sector target was originally $3.9 million. But as the resuit of a tentative sectoral agreement reached last week between the government and Association of Municipalities of Ontario, thié figure drops to $3.1 million. In Whitby, Toiwn officiais must chop another $573,000 from their budget. This is in. addition to the $140,000 cut miade earlier this summer as resuit of a reduction in transfer payments te the muniipalityfrom Queen's Park. Tat shortfal forced Town council te, have ail empioyees, management and union alike, take four days off without pay Save up to 40% igtnw at Rousseau's, you can save on the [ leantJamzes River or casual American Digest fine furniture lines fr-om Hickory Chair. Our sivnpiier sale is in full swing and there are many unadvertised specials on furniture and accessories throughout our store. Drop in today and take advantage of the savings! Store Houri CWoed Mo.*dav AU Tues Tur, 0-" ??Ù U & A UFr, 1(%-Q it93 HERITAGE HOUSE imited 216 May Sret.East Wh.tby 668-34U3. T«orto Un 66M U.001 40- -02<2 I tr tacn ntat during Juiy and August. That move was subsequently chai- lenged as an improper layoff by According to Edwards, ail par- ties -- «council, management, non-union and union" -- are mak- ing a concerted effort te obtain a settlemerit. uObviously I have to be opti- mistic » said Edwards, adting that lie Town's empfloyees wifl be "better served» if a local agreement can be reached, rather than having the "onerous provisions of the government's law being imposed. A OU PE spokesperson was not availabie for comment on the Whitby situation. C/a4ic ofIraft eef>tt4e $ 9 00 triple mats & Vgve Harwobd Place Malil 427-1663 Corner o f Bayy& Harwood, a~x <777?N Colos Your Worid~ I CTI aveorSancia:I ...... ..... *0100% Wh*leWheW MeI HAMBURGR BUNS R4. 1A9Vdwe iM2dozenpe dm lonuy n ii 1 OPENS lNAY Buns Mster 1380 Hopkins Street Whitby 666-1 177 Trent University at Durham College FaII-Winter Session More than 35 courses are- offered weekday evenings or Saturday rmorn ing. Registration deadline: 13 August For information or a brochure call (416) 723-9747 or (705) 748-1229. ý 2wod ta AFTER SALE PRICE $21.92 1916 Dundas Street East, Whltby Olter expires Aug. 3f 93 Town , Region seramble to meet deadln NEEDLEWORK1 à y ~e SERVICE r133 Taunton Rd. W. # 16 (1 112 blocks west of Simcoe) Oshawa - 432-1580 Since 1979 -Oum z-