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Page 8, Whltby Fee Press, Wednesday, December 6, 199 iATLAN17C PACKABIO Agreement'leads to "punishment," union charges By Mark Reesor Local management ils "punlshing" employees at Atlantic Packaging's Whitby plant now that they have their firet collective agreement, according to a union officiai. The 150 workers recently voted about 91 per oent in favour of acoepting a first contract offer from the company after a two-week strike. . Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP), union business agent Ken Cole says his memibers have filed grievances over the treatment, which he describes as a "huge problem." "Im very concerned about the internai management there, based on the complaints and number of phone calîs Ive received already... 'T'hey (local managers) juat don't know how to get over it. Guys like Hugh Secord (Atlantic's human resources director), he says 'well, they're here now, let's deal with itf - but not the internai management." But Cole promises the probleme will be settled, "one way or the other.U The contract gives the Whitby employees a minimum 1.5 per cent wage hike, although some part-time people who started at $8 an hour saw their wages jump te $17 an hour, he notes. "Atlantic didn't consider them as employees - they were temps but they'd been woring there for three te five years so we convinced the employer that they're your employees." The contract also improves employee benefits such as life and disability insurance and formalizes seniority rights and a promotion policy. "We're happy that they're back te workr," was ail Secord would say about the new contract. r*wî. Hunte Douglas VERTICALS -~Yor50%.off plus free valance with purchase YorWÎndow oecoratîng Centre" Free shop.at i home service . ....... 11t ..... 428-0937'~ g ~ 'Ï INDSà DRAPERY 88 Old Kingston Road,* W qmoA Dvsion of 09= rAooncy kniteoru Ltd. (Pickering Village) AjaxI The 'stone'. 8uild STUDENT Chnis Berry (Ieft), watched by instrutor Bob~ Watt, goes to work at the new Guild Institute of'Stone ai Restoration Masonry, established by Watt on Industnal Dri n Whitby. Photo by Ma~rk Rossai Whltby Fre Pn Durham a destination C ondo*s cancelIed >By Mark Rteesor A condominium development planned for the northeast corner of Garden and Dundas streets has been cancelled. Workers reoently removed the large Victoriaville Mansions signs on the property.' Developer Bill Tessler advised purchasers in a recent advertisemient that "icteriaville Developments. mc. has surrendered its registration pursuant te section 9(7) of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act." Any person".who, reserved an apartmient or signed a purchase agreement was asked te contact the company at !ts Richmond Hill office by Nov. 30 te have it cancelled and so "return of their deposit monies can be confirmed." This isn't the first time a condomniium project planned for the property has fallen through. Tessler's Sonterlan Construction Corp. obtained approval in 1992 te build a 306-unit, five-building. complex on the land but nothing was ever built. 'Samaritan' gets award A Whitby resident will receive a Bell Mobiity award for helping, the victims of a car accident. After a car struck a woman in ty the Oshawa Centre parking lot in Lfld an incident in November,, 1994, ie Robert MacKinnon, who witnessed ve the accident, rushed te help the rfl woman and called 911 on> hie cellular phone. - Bell Mobility presents "Samaritan awards" te those who use a cellular phone te report auto accidents, hazardous road conditions, stranded moterists, irnpaired rivers, crimes in progress and other emiergencies. for summer day-trippers Networking Offering ail insolvency -services including personal ,&* corporate bankruptcies OSHAWA 122 Albert St. 721-7506 AJAX: 50 Commercial Ave. 619-1473 COBOURG: 72 King St. W. 372-4744 Saturday & everiing appointmnents available. _______ FREE initial consultation. JAMES R. YANCH Most visitors te Durham Region are baby-boomer day-trippers from Ontario, according te a survey conducted over the summer by Tourism Durham. Thirty-eight per oent of visitera' stay one day or less, while 28 per cent are in Durham for a two- te four-week holiday; 27 per oent stay in hotels or motels, 13 per cent camp, 15 per cent stay with friends and. relatives, and seven per cent use bed and breakfast. Almost 60 per cent of visiters are from Ontario, 29 per cent from Quebec. Most U.S visiters come from Michigan and New York states. The baby-boomers age group make up 42 per cent of visiters; 23 per cent are under age 18,16 per cent are "early retirees," according te, the survey. The results, released by the Region of Durham, wiIl be used te, te help develop a marketing plan te promote the region's attractions. attractions. The 2nd Tuesday Networking Group of Whitby will hold its monthly breakfast meeting at A Touch of Class, 104 Consumers Dr., Whitby, from 7:30 te 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Admission, which includes breakfast, is $10. Guest speaker will be Elizabeth Streich of Streich Succesa Management.. Ail owners of home-based businesses are welcome. For more information or toreserve a spot, eaul Sandi at 433-1246 or Marian, at 668-3083. enl S.-pe on Onl $10pe on 1 oebo See