I Whitby Free press, WednesdaY, November,13,1996, page 9 Lofth t 'ouse workersi back 0onte JOb with new contrgact" py ivai eesor Thirty-three striking Lof- thouse Brass employees are back on the job after ratify- ing a new contract Thurs- dal0 workers, menibers of Local 1090 of the Canadian Auto Workers union, walked out Oct. 21 in the' first ever strike at the Hop- At Garden and Dundas Another housing proj ect proposed kins Street, Whitby plant. Lofthouse president and ceo BryantBrown says it didn't take 1ong to settie the strike after Uai 1090 president John Gatens, who had been recovering from suW ygot involved. en~ry the union came back and said they wanted to talk to us, we sat down and in less than four hours got an agreement that we think is very fair,-» he satys. Gatens wasn't available for comment. The two-year agreement provides employees with annual 4-cent-an-hour wage increases,.takes into to e - - account the sicili and ability of workers, and contains an «understanding» on supr visors working in tepan during emergencies and how overtime wiIl be assig- ned. "'We neyer understood why the employees went on strike," says Brown, adding that «none of the' issues that had been reported as contentious were issues at the table" during the final bargaining session. Lofthouse loat orders for one part during the strike, hie says, but should be able to recover it. "If the strike had con- tinued, though,«it would have been disstrous; it takes a long time to get an order for a new part... uWé think we've done enough damage control that we haven't jeopardized an% sgnificant customers." Urown also credits non- union employees who con- tinued producing parts dur- ing the strike. ntwre during the strike, then we would have lost more busi- ness. It's something that was not understood on the picket line -- that the people working were in fact Protecting the jobs.' Uffering ail insolvency services including personal & corporate bankruptcies OSHAWA 122 Albert St. 721-7506 50 Commercial Ave- 619-1473 COBOURGS ae .Ynh 72 King St. W..- 372-4744 Jm sR ac Sa turday & e venîng FREE appolntments avallable. Initial Consultation By Mark Reesor Anoter housing project is pla.nned for the northeast corner of Dundas and Gar- den streets __ and this one wiIl be built, promises land- owner and dleveloper Bill Tesgler. Two previous con- dominium developments slated for the land, includ- ing Victoriaville Mansions last year, fell through. Teissere president of Son- terlan Construction of ich- mond Hill says this one will be dil&rent because uI know who rm dealing with this time because it's me -- inm not dealing with any- bodyelse.» His Plan for a 1OS-unit townhouse complex goes before a Planning and deve- lopment committee public meeting Monday night. This Project will be medium instead of high density, he «as, to better meet market demand,, and wilI occupy the saine spaoe that the Victoriavjlle pro- ject would have. UIts avey traditional approach... I hope it's going to be an exciting projet and one that the pbic will welcorne.n The site is almoat 15 acres "and we're only build- ing on six-and-a-half acres he notes. "Even on that building envelopewepre only cover- ing a th-rd... (leaving) eight acres of conservation. land and a river running right beside it which is going te be untouched and unspoi- led.» The aLency approvals for the prev'iouS Vro ect remain ini place 'esslr ots addfng he's hoping to start construction in the spring if everythingos well. 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