Posties to strike if mediation fails
CUPW president Joe Davidson says mediation will continue but a strike remains possible if talks with Post Office officials do not produce results. The dispute centers on government handling of technological change and contract interpretation, with rotating strikes previously halted by a Federal Court injunction.
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Ottawa
Joe Davidson
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Jean-Jacques Blais
Blais
Davidson
Square One
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Noel Hall
Vancouver
Housing Market Slows Amid Local Construction Slowdown
In Medicine Hat realtors report a slowed housing and rental market over six months as major industries cut back expansion. Prices of resale homes may drop seven to fifteen percent while new home costs stay steady. Land sales show fewer single family lots sold and Ross Glen Phase I sales lag as Phase II builds few homes amid a housing slowdown.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Alberta
Ross Glen
Southview Mall
Lebanese conflict persists as villages trade fire near Israel
In southern Lebanon Moslem and Christian villages exchanged artillery above the Israeli border. One villager was killed and five wounded. Chamoun warned that peace requires disbanding Palestinian guerrillas, while factions dispute who fired first. A four-country committee seeks to seize heavy arms under Arab League supervision, with Syria already enforcing gun silence in much of Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Arab League
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Tigers
Israel
Morin outlines Quebec shift at federal ministers meeting
Claude Morin says Canada misreads PQ win and Quebec seeks a new political order. He argues Quebec will become master of its affairs and proposes a democratic transition to a new Canada structure reflecting interdependence and Quebec's aspirations.
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Frank Mackey
Ottawa
Claude Morin
Quebec
Conference of Finance Ministers
Canada
Parti Quebecois
Morin
Sadat signals readiness to sign peace pact with Israel
Egypt’s Anwar Sadat told Newsweek he is ready to sign a peace agreement with Israel to end belligerency. He suggested a possible single Arab delegation for Geneva talks if agreed, and backed a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza with a corridor and Jordanian relations.
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New York
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Newsweek
Sadat
William Schmidt
Geneva
Palestine Liberation Organization
Egypt
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Jordan
Equal opportunity urged in government and private hiring plans
The National Council of Women urges an equal job opportunity program for women guiding both government and private sector hiring and promotion. The 22 page brief, presented to Prime Minister Trudeau, backs embedding such guides in a proposed human rights bill.
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Ottawa
National Council of Women
Trudeau
Council
Canadian Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
The
Girl Guides of Canada
Commons
Ruth Hinkley
Griffith
Ont
Four affidavits filed against striking Redcliff workers
Four affidavits were filed with the provincial court to seek an injunction against the United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union. The action follows a 76 day strike at the Dominion Glass Co. plant in Redcliff amid a confrontation that damaged a semi trailer. The union plans to contest the injunction in court as the company reports daily losses and ongoing costs to keep the plant operating.
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Dominion Glass Co
Redcliff
United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union
Lew Toole
UGCW
The
News Today
McCorkle Studio
Toole
Mike Blake
Dominion Glass
Bill Sellhorn
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Redcliff Glass
Burnaby
B.C
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Frank Webber
Melinda
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Juliet O'Neill
Law Reform Commission of Canada
U.S
Calgary
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