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The Windsor Star from Windsor, Ontario, Canada • 3

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The Windsor Stari
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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I I I I I I I ft I I I I I ft I City to ask labor ministry to poll striking workers Windsor Transit will ask the provincial labor ministry to conduct a vote among the companys striking drivers and maintenance workers. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 666 president Ray Cote said today the company and union held a brief meeting Saturday but contract talks were not reopened. Cote said the company handed the union a written submission of its last contract offer, one of the conditions before the companys request for a vote can be approved. Labor legislation enacted last June allows a company to bypass the union executive in a one-time-only attempt to convince union membership to accept the last offer. Ministry spokesman Andy Paul said today only 1 5 companies in the province have held a similar vote since the legislation was enacted.

It will be the first time the legislation is used in a contract dispute in the Windsor area. Transit Windsor manager Don Castle was unavailable today for comment. Transit Windor must receive approval from the Ontario Labor Relations Board before the ministry will conduct the vote. Paul said the process takes at least 10 days from the time of application before approvial is given and a time can be set fora vote. Cote said today the union is recommending the 225 striking employees reject the company offer.

The membership is going to vote it down, said Cote. "They (Transjt Windsor) wont get anywhere. Cote said the union has not set a time for a meeting to discuss the companyi move with the striking workers. The company must receive a simple majority of the voting members to gain acceptance of the contract offer. The vote would be conducted by 8 ministry labor relations officer with only the results being given to the union and company.

If the company fails to gain acceptance of the offer, it cannot make a secona request for a vote even if the offer it changed. The strike is now in its 10th week' Workers walked off the job March 30. The major dispute in the negotiation has been wages and cost-of-living. ON-TV may try to jam signal TV decoders upset firm Starphoto by TIM MCKENNA Julie Irwin receives diploma at St. Clair College graduation ceremonies into hands of Detroiters, eating into the companys potential revenues.

On the weekend, process servers, trying to get one indsor store into Michigan court, stationed themselves outside Video Gallery at 2270 WynadotteSt. W. Owners Larry Krzeminski and Bud Baker, said the ON-TV agents, John Kendziorski, 24, and David Guida, 27, patrolled outside the store Fri day and Saturday afternoons', stopping Video Gallerys numerous U.S. customers and preaching the Channel 20 view of pay TV decoding. i They were later asked to leave by Windsor police to ensure a disturbance did noit occur.

The U.S. customers were identified easily from their car licence plates. CONTINUED on page4 Detroits largest pay television company is crossing swords with Windsor businesses selling decoders to pirate Channel 20s signal. Pat Kerich, genera manager of National Subscription Television has threatened legal action in Michigan courts. He also said the company is investigating the chance of jamming the coded television signal to render bootleg decoder useless.

Its not a bluff, said Kerich, claiming be has been conferring with a New Jersey manufacturer of ONs own decoder box. Were working on method and we hope to be able to demonstrate soon. As many as 10,000 decoders may have been made in Windsor where construction and use of the machines by Canadians has so far been legal. But Kerich is enraged by the decoders finding their ways St. Clair grad engineers way to Presidents medal V'sfa I- 4 x.

'W iH si fv. fv: )J Julie Irwin was a standout among the more than 700 students graduating Saturday from St. ClairCollege. She was the only female among the 19 graduating members of the three-year civil engineering technology class at the 14th annual spring convocation. And with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, the 182-cm (six-foot) tall varsity volleyball star was awarded the President's Academic Achievement medal.

But despite her college accomplishments, what the 23- year-old Leamington-area woman wants most is a job. Irwin transferred to St. Clair after starting in health studies at the University of Waterloo. A top student in math and sciences at Kingsville District High School, Irwin said she never considered entering her-current field until becoming interested in a friend's engineering courses. I never really thought about (civil engineering) when I was in high school, she said.

Civil engineering has been primarily a male domain involving the design and construction of a ide array of items from drainage systems and roads to bridges and buildings. Although plenty of civil engineering jobs exist in the booming economy of the Western provinces, Irwin, a resident of Albuna a crossroads about 16 km (10 miles) north of Leamington said she prefers the Essex County area. But the Windsor areas weak economy has meant little work in the construction industry, the prime employer of civil engineering graduates. Right now Im worried about getting a job and settling into a company, Irwin said. Things can change in a matter of weeks.

Meanwhile, she's considering returning to work at a nursing home as a nurses aide, a job she held part-time hile in secondary school, until her employment prospects improve. Shes also thinking of taking a real estate licencing course next fall offered in thecolleges night school program. It cant hurt, she said with optimism, "even hen you buy your ow house. Accomplishing a perfect grade score takes a persistent effort. CONTINUED on Page 4 y.

m- r-y-y-ro-x 'v1' Elgie at rights conference Code will protect disabled a 'T rjOV. N' 'i- p. 21'' b. i A. 1 w' -i 'V-'- sWJ 5-.

4 r. 4 a V- Elgie said he also aware that some employers ask for information about handicaps on application forms and may use the information to predetermine whether the person is capable of doing a particular job. "We oelieve an individual should be assessed on his own merits, so under the proposed code such information cannot be required on applications, he said. The new code will also deal with other barriers to employment such as refusing the hire a handicapped person by claiming he cannot be enrolled in employee benefit plans. The 120 delegates attending the convention at the Holiday Inn represent angencies responsible for enforcing human rights across Canada.

Throughout the four-day convention they will deal with issues such as sexual harrassment, police-minority relations, and the problems of the handicapped. Ontario Premier William Davis was to have been guest speaker at the contention's opening banquet tonight but has been replaced by Robert Welch, minister of energy and deputy-premier. Society has not yet fully accepted handicapped people and clearly defined protection against discrimination is necessary, Ontario Labor Minister Robert Elgiesaid Monday. Elgie, who is also the minister responsible for human rights, said despite all that has been done to end such discrimination, the number of informal complaints coming before the Ontario Human Rights Commission shows it still exists. Speaking at the opening session of the-annual convention of- the Canadian Association Cf Statuatory Human Rights Agencies being held here this week, Elgie said the discrimination is sometimes deliberate and invidious, but more often results from insensitivity or lack of understanding.

Clearly defined protection against descrimination is needed, he said, and he outlined how Ontario's revised human rights code which is now before the Legislature would tackle some of the problems. The revised code will include protec tion for people with a broad range of handicaps including past, present or perceived physical disability; mental retardation; learning diability and mental illness, he said. It will also protect victims of past injuries, including those who have received Workmens Compensation benefits. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of handicap will also be extended in all areas covered by the code including goods, services and facilities, residential and commerical accommodation, employment and membership in trade unions. Elgie said an employer must be able to expect a handicapped employee is capable of doing a job.

But he also agrees with represenatives of handicapped people who argue that determining whether the worker is qualified should be based on the essential duties of a job. The new code would protect a worker from being rejected because he cant do duties unrelated to a particular job or which form a minor part of the usual responsibilities. N- ft ytf 1 Star photo by STAN AN DREW Ladies and gents swing at the callers command Swing your partner, do-si-doh Little sister needs help to attend summer camp some decide to learn more and go on to. competitivedancing. Country and western is the most favored music for square dancing, but it is not uncommon for some old favorites to slip in the program.

Square dancing is as old as Canada itself. It dates back about a century. But today, modern dance halls have taken the place of the old rustic barn and a circle of covered wagons. Modem technology has replaced the fiddler with the best in modern electrical sound equipment, and even the precious hob-nails have been given the boot and have been replaced by soft-soled shoes. There are four square dance clubs in Windsor: The Gingam Swingems, The Promenaders, The Strutters Club, and the Merry Mixers.

The Canadian Square and Round Dance Society, estimates there are, more than five million square dancers in North American. In Canada, there are about 1,000 dance groups and more than 800 callers. George Clark, caller for Windsors Gingham Swingem Square Dance Club, the sponsors of Saturday's event, has been involved with square dancing for more than 1 5 years. He says the dancing is not sponta-nious but is learned after taking lessons and then sharpened with dedicated practice. Square dancing used to be different in every city, but nowadays it is standardized.

Dancers can do the same dances anywhere in North America. And Clark says square dancing is a world-wide pastime and Canadians would readily understand the orders. Even Japanese square dancing is called in the English language. Clark says the caller tries to make the dancing as interesting as possible. He tries to put the dancers through as many commands as possible, maintain smooth choreography and get the partners back to their starting positions.

Clark says most couples are happy to learn enough to dance mainstream the most popular of standards but By Alan Cairns Star Staff Reporter About 500 enthusiasts from the Windsor and Michigan danced, clapped and laughed their way through seven hours of non-stop dancing fun Saturday. It was the Windsor Rose Citys 13th Annual International Square Dance Festival and the intricate steps took place at St. Clair College. Ken Crowley of Lincoln Park, called hoedown and then switched with little difficulty to a melodic singing style as couples weaved and wheeled their way through the motions, nervously trying to anticipate the next order that Crowley would shout. But nerves soon disappeared and sheer enjoyment took over mistakes were buried amid the joy ful stomping.

The atmosphere was decidedly Western. Checked shirts and colorful slacks matched perfectly with the ladies bright dresses and Huffy crinolines. mother watches and listens intently and smiles the same way Agnes smiles. With a rich Hungarian accent her mother states her case simply. I just would like Agnes to have a good time.

So does Gaynor Arthur. A caseworker with Big Sisters, she knows Agnes and her mother well. I think Agnes is the type of girl who will try anything, she says. She would make the most of any opportunity and learn from it. I think she would benefit from an experience like summer camp.

How does Agnes feel about going to camp? I think. Id like it, she says with a smile, her cheeks blushing bright pink. It would get kind of summers because she didnt have the chance. Agnes and Marilyn arent actually sisters; thty were paired by the Big Sisters Association of Greater Windsor almost three years ago. Shes very vibrant and very intelligent, says Marilyn.

Shes really interested in meeting children. Agnes has just started to get out there and get involved, but shes limited, with her circumstances. Agnes mother Anna, is a victim- of multiple sclerosis. They live on a fixed income, but, despite their hardships, its easy to see they share a special closeness. When Agnes speaks, her By Eric Mayne Star Staff Reporter Agnes is a real charmer.

The moment you walk into her east-side home she greets you with a big smile she smiles a lot. Next comes a warm hello and she offers you a seat. If youre lucky, shell show you the crayon sketches she drew in school. Youd think Agnes is much older than her eight years because shes so polite. She says rather and quite a lot and blushes when boys are mentioned.

Agnes also wants to go to camp. According to her Big Sister, Marilyn, shes been disappointed the last two boring around here (in summer). Looking more serious, perhaps considering her many interests which include skating, swimming and reading, she adds a postscript: Sometimes I dont like do- CONTINUEDon Page4.

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