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Electronic mail will dominate, and the number of employees required will be fewer and will require technical backgrounds. If the union really cared about the employees, they should be concentrating efforts on retraining, not just increasing salaries for jobs that will dis‘agpear. L J Ut While all this has been going on, the average Canradian has been bombarded by full page ads in newspapers, by the Foetal Workers Union and Canada Post, each telling their side of the story. What about the average Canadian', aide of the story - after all, that is who ultimately pays for the advertising, the strike, the damage done by the strikers, and any wage settlements. Canada Post is a government agency, They produce revenues, and recently were profitable. But, if they lose money, and they did for many years, it's you and me - taxpayers - who foot the bill. Well, some Canadians are speaking out. Letters to the editors of newspapers clearly show little support for the postal workers. Can you blame them? - Canadians have had a rough time during the recession, Approximately 350,000 jobs have been lost across Canada. Most of these jobs are not coming back. Unemployment figures are about 10%. That's one out of every 10 employable Canadians who are out of work. Many companies have cut or frozen salaries, reduced hours of their employees, and laid off other employees. These are tough times for. responsible people. V If you are unemployed, or haven't had a salary increase in a few years, you can't sympathize with a union who has been offered a 9.3% wage increase, effective August 1, 1991. Sure there is the argument that everyone wants to keep up with inflation, but keep in mind that high wage settlements contribute to inflation. Inflation is now about 6%, and it appears to be under control. Giving in to one union's demands will just pave the way for others to follow, and we car?) afford it, Now, let's look at Canada at Canada Post objectively. In their most recent offer to the union, they have stated that they will maintain their 100% no layoff policy, Isn't this nice? Wouldn't 5'03 like this gerantee where you york? " ' The mail will eventually go the way of the dinosaur. Businesses use courier and fax for speedy delivery of documents. Waiting for a pension cheque? That's not necessary anymore - the money can be deposited directly to your bank account - that also saves you the trouble of making deposits. Mail delivered to your door is no longer available in new subdivisions - they seem to be surviving. .. , , n I n “mum-".3 m...“ ..,. '" ..._. _ .. I keep remembering when the United States had a problem with striking Air Tyafru: Controllers. President Reagan fired them all. They then proceeded to hire new ones, and some of the old ones back. I haven't heard about too many problems with American Air Ttaffic Controllers since. That was 10 years ago. Now our Prime Minister, whose popularity is at an all-time low, should give this tactic a try. Fire the Postal workers and hire new ones form the ranks of the unemployed, This should take a day or two. But this time no union. Things should run smoother. _ , If it wofks. try it again with Federal public service employees Pattie Moran is a Corporate Banker living in Waterloo. El Ttw s ulw 740mm only Six (‘9‘ . Whrch ly w!) Imlr for d at that nllm Ul mmh I A: Who h Vtendary wwuhm tor men l hung M M luxury Imum \ou d cum In Md trrtvatsthatcost thousands mun And of you" IN mum and dwahllny Vulws m Imus " So 'str,, m And lmA at a Tlil truse You II mt mom» when mu bus u Ind ”Mun; n quJ my mu mun-than; much mm \nuch VOLVO Ryan Ydsbi and his partners believe they have built a better wheel. Oh, don't worry, it's still round, but Yoshi, Mike Pawson and John Hubman believe they have created a device that can make a bicycle go faster when attached to the wheel(s) y, racing bicycle. The trio of designers and ma- chinists developed the Pawsh Performance Disc, which corn. bines the aerodynamic benefits of a solid wheel, with the aesthetics of a spoked wheel, "We were watching the last summer Olympics in '88 and they were track racing and competing in the velodrome with solid wheels. At that point Mike looked at me and said 'We can build those'," said Yoshi, who also owns Fudges in Waterloo Town Square. _ _ And although the solid wheel has been around for many years manufactured by companies such as Head, and come with a price tag that starts at $500 and can reach $1,500, it wasn't until the 1988 Seoul Olympics that the idea of making a clip-on disc came to mind. From there the idea took off. Pawson, who‘s background is in epoxies and resins and motorcycle racing, and Yoshi came up with the unique design and Hubman, a machinist, built the machine to produce the disc. The Pawsh Performance Disc is make of an epoxy carbon fibre and has a simple velcro attach. ment system. Just remove the wheel and attach the disc - no tools, no nuts, no bolts or hoops required. It has the appearance and performance of a solid wheel at less than $150. Although their shop is located in Elmira, their product has been exposed to world-wide markets via triathletes and cyclists. Yoshi has a folder with letters and endorsements of the Pawsh disc from these world-class athletes. And, of course, just how much faster can a cylist expect to go with these Pawsh disc? According to Yoshi, a highly competitive cyclist can take off about one to two seconds per kilometre. In a standard 40km race, that's be. tween one to two minutes. The faster the cyclist, the greater the time improvement. With triathlon competition be. ing a demonstration sport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain, and Canada hosting the World Championships next year m the Muskokas, Yoshi is hoping to get world.wide exposure by having Canadian and American cyclists using the Pawsh disc. WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER tl, t991 A PAGE A19 Already Pawsh has Canadian national team cyclists Kelly Ann Wey and Sean Way usmg the Pawsh disc along with top profes sional triathletes Sue Schlatter. Matt Braban and Paul White Numerous high-ranking amateur athletes, including Waterloo's Le slay Fedora, also use their pro duct It's your typical David versus Goliath Situation where the httle guys are taking on the big guys head to head, Yoshi knows the other compamcs on the market have a solid reputation, hut the cost factor, m his mind, 15 turning bicycle racmg Into a nch man's sport. “In terms of the masses right now, triathlons are being played on a level playing Cteld. The top athletes are the rich athletes who have that aerodynamic ativan. tage, So the idea of the self-sup porting wheel cover was born, This is a product that the masses can afford and be as good aerody namically as a solid wheel, but superior in terms of comfort and rideability, Ryan Yoshi with the Pawsh Performance Disc, adding a new dimension to the bicycle wheel. “um-mm Awifhw wu- pm - “a m: Jwruu- erx "There's no abwrbency 1n holld wheel llkr there Is In spoke wheel " The Wrecking (‘rm Reports by Leopold Petrus. an owner and operator of Localmouun Hwycw Company Inc. who bar been work mg professmnall} 2n 1hr Cana than bicycle business slnoe 1977 states I' It's the toughesx of the addon-dxsc covers Bung a mm material there Pe' nu flapprmg a" the breeze or centehng problems Also, being a carbon tibre the. can take a real shot mthuut th, fearofhreakage . "In general a very good valu, for the rider who wants tn 1m prove therr blke tlmes and cant Justlfy the purchase of a second set of wheels They are tough and durable. certainly a product that wlll hold up over ttttte $F "We don't mm» from a cychng background and the unly thing we could see aboux the sulld wheel “as the aerodynamics Yet, In terms of rrde ablty, vacuum and ride comfort, H's mfermr to the spoke “heel ,. 485 King St. North Waterloo, Ont. (519) 885-5090 B-K MOTORS