Board signs new pact with CUPE The Durham Board of Education has arrived at a new two-year collective agreement with Local 218 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) which represents the board's custodial and main- tenance employees. The contract, effec- tive April 1, 1985, was arrived at after only three bargaining sessions. It provides for a pay increase for- custodians and main- tenance workers of $1.17- an hour over the two- year period. Custodial rates will increase by $1.17 to $11.52 an hour on Oc- tober 1, 1986. The hourly rate for general main- tenance workers will in- crease to $10.69 and plunbers will receive $13.88, also on Oct. 1, 1986. The total increased cost to the board over two years is $728,576. Speaking to You By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC - Ontario) The United Nations has declared 1985 to be Inter- national Youth Year, (IYY). It seems to be a little publicized fact so I would like to offer a brief ex- planation of what it is all about. Many of us have the tendency to underestimate the great ability of our young people. We sometimes forget that most of the world's great inventors produced the bulk of their work before reaching the age of 30. Albert Einstein was 26 when he published his theory of relativity, Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone when he was only 28 years old, and Thomas Edison was 21 when he filed papers for his first invention; an electric vote recorder. Young people are capable of great things. Mozart was 5 when he composed his first concerto. Joan of Arc was 18 when she led the French to unity in the One Hundred Years' War. Even today, in a world in which young people are under an unprecedented amount of stress, Canada has been blessed with a great number of shining young heroes such as Terry Fox, Steve Fonyo, and of course, the Great Gretzky. In broad terms, International Youth Year seeks to integrate the concerns and interests of youth with those of other groups in society, and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the contribution which young people can and do make to society. It is a special opportunity for all ages to consider how our institutions can better respond to the rapidly changing needs and aspirations of young people. It is also an opportunity for youth to speak out and others to truly listen and respond in a meaningful way. The Government of Canada is getting involved in a number of ways which include: support to private non-profit organizations for special projects to mark IYY, support for public information and awareness programs, and arranging forums where young people from Canada and other countries can come together to discuss new technologies, cultures, and other issues that concern them. You can get involved too. For more information write: International Youth Year Secretariat, Minister of State (Youth), Ottawa, Ontario, KIA OM5, (819) 994-2391, or contact the nearest office of the Department of the Secretary of State (Youth Sector), listed in the blue or black-bordered pages of your telephone directory. An improved benefits package is also part of the new agreement. In the first year, the board will increase its share of extended health care premiums by five per cent and by another five points in the second year. The board will in- crease its share of the OHIP premium by five per cent. Employees now receive five weeks vacation after 20 years service. By the second year of the new agreement they will receive five weeks after 19 years. The Durham Board of Education employs ap- proximately 350 custodians and main- tenance workers in its 18 secondary and 75 elementary schools. WLT concert May 14 and 15 The Whitby Little tunes from popular Theatre will present movies and stage "Sounds Great" in a shows. It will appear fund raising concert under the direction of next Tuesday and Wed- Jim Ashley. nesday in theCentennial Show time bolb Building theatre, 416 evenings at 8 p.m. (May Centre St. S. 14 and 15). Tickets are "Sounds Great", a 20- $5 each and available aI voice choir, will per- Middleton's Stationery, form a program of Dundas St. W. or at the songs, old and new, in- theatre door on the nigbt cluding a medley of of the performance. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1985, PAGE 13 pipe Gaift e oppe SOLID OAK AND PINE FURNITURE Special MAY 8TH .12TH 5 %0 OFF ALL , O ACCESSORIES & GIFTS 110 DUNLOP ST. E., WHITBY 666-1331 OPEN MON..WED. 10.6, THUR S.-FRI. 10-9 SATURDAY 10.5 OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 11 -5