Ivaco : What the candidates would do
rejection of a pay freeze and fringe benefits
President and CEO Giorgio Piliu writes in
richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
concessions as a reason for its decision to
an April 12 letter to United Steelworkers
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close the melt shop July 16.
representatives. The decision came after
Some workers are circulating petitions
about 340 members of the union rejected
The federal government ought to play a
asking the United Steelworkers to organize
concessions,measuresthecompanysaysare
more active role in efforts to salvage the
another vote on the new contract offer.
essential to the future of the mill.
Ivaco Rolling Mills steel factory in
“There will be a cessation of operations” at
Oneofthelargestprivatesectoremployers
L’Orignal.
the melt shop effective July 16, company
in the area, Ivaco employs about 460.
So says Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
Liberal candidate Julie Bourgeois. “The
federal government has to be at the table
withIvaco,”shesaidduringanall-candidates
meeting Monday in St-Isidore. A Liberal
government would meet industries to
discuss how they could become more
competitive and create jobs, said Bourgeois.
Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux said,
“Ivaco lacksmoney,” adding that theremay
be a federal program that could assist the
steelmaker. “We have to reduce the taxes
companies like Ivaco pay.” He said that the
Liberal plan to increase corporate tax “will
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hurt businesses all across the riding.”
Lorne Elliott, known for, among other
New Democratic Party candidate Denis
things, his role as host of CBC-Radio’s
Séguinsaidthesituationdemonstratedhow
“Madly Off In All Directions,” dropped
multinationals wanted to maximize profits
by the Dalkeith library last Thursday to
at the expense of workers.
take a short story for a test drive. The
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Green Party candidate Sylvie Lemieux
comedian,raconteurandplaywright,who
The former Fib Pak building on Spence Avenue is being transformed into a recycling
suggested that all parties had to work
lives inHudson, read fromhis tale about a
sorting centre.
together, saying her prime concern is job
hapless boy scout leader, and later took
creation.
suggestions from the enthralled crowd on
New recycling centre
Ivaco has cited unionized workers’
how to improve the yarn.
Streets, Recycle Action, which nowhandles
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cardboard and used electronic equipment,
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H AWKESBURY
TOOLS ARE THE BEST
will move to the 1301 Spence address by
June, says manager Jocelyne Joly.
Once some paperwork has been cleared
The new service is scheduled to start
up, a new regional recyclable material
August1.Thecentrehasbeenintheplanning
sorting centre will open in a former factory
stagessincelastyear,whenGroupeConvex,
in Hawkesbury.
which administers Recycle Action, offered
Recycle Action inc. is transforming the
to provide the same service that is provided
former Fib Pak plant on Spence Avenue into
by the R.A.R.E. centre in Alexandria.
a service that will sort about 1,300 tonnes of
While the regional recycling committee
materials collected each year through the
last year extended the R.A.R.E. deal to July
blue box program in Hawkesbury, East
31, the committee recently endorsed the
Hawkesbury and Champlain.
Recycle Action plan. Taxpayers will save
A zoning change on the site will be the
money on the greener alternative, the
subject of a May 3 public meeting. The non-
committee reasoned. Recycle Action will
profit organization must also get the
charge$58pertonnecomparedtothe$59.10
go-ahead from the Ontario Ministry of the
per tonne charged by R.A.R.E.
Environment.RecycleActionrecentlyinked
Transportation costs will be reduced, plus,
a ten-year lease with the Hawkesbury
for every tonne received, Recycle Action
Industrial Investment Association to rent
will invest $1 in a fund to subsidize
the former Fib Pak location, which has been
environmental projects organized by youth
vacant since the summer of 2009.
groups. Six new jobs will be created by
CurrentlylocatedatAberdeenandTupper
Recycle Action, which now employs eight.
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