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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Sep 1980, p. 8

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UPSET WITH AWARD *Waterloo will ask Preâ€" mier William Davis for a public inquiry into the bindâ€" ing arbitration process folâ€" lowing a recent salary inâ€" crease of 15.4 per cent for city firemen awarded reâ€" cently by the arbitration Alderman Doreen Thomas said that if the province perâ€" mits increases similar to that awarded firemen, then **Davis had better be preâ€" By Stewart Sutheriand City wants inquiry into arbitration system nE Weed Man 745â€"7852 WATERING :DOESN‘T HELP IT. YOU COULD BE PLAYING HOST TO CHINCH BUGS. â€"~Waterloo Chronitle, Wednesday, September 17, 1980 Does Your Lawn APPEAR TO BE DRIED OUT? pared to supply councils with more money. _ â€" **Some people say those who sit on the arbitraton board are ‘volunteer gods,‘. and I‘m beginning to agree with that," she said. ANALYSIS & ESTIMATE Terry Hallman, the city‘s personnel director, who sugâ€" gested the inquiry, said a task force ‘‘must be set up."‘ ‘‘There are many areas to look at in the arbitration process... we need a forum," Hallman said. He cited the three main occupations of concern in the process as being hospital workers, firemen and poâ€" lice, man John Shortreed called foran investigation of the present system of fire deâ€" partment staffing. Quilt show **We can send off this reâ€" solution and it may make us feel better, but I don‘t know if it will accomplish much," Shortreed said. ‘‘There is confusion about the validity of certain claims (by the fire department) at budget St: Andrew‘s â€" Presbyâ€" terian Church (Queen and Weber Sts., Kitchener) will be the site of a quilt show on Tuesday September 30. ‘"If we leave it until budâ€" get time each year we‘ll never get a clear picture of what is needed," he said. Council in committee also endorsed Shortreed‘s moâ€" tion calling for the esâ€" tablishment of a council committee to look into fire department staffing and the possibility of combining proâ€" fessional and volunteer fireâ€" There will be two shows from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8: 30 p.m. At the same time Alderâ€" Wednesday Girl JOHNSON‘S

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