Whitby MPP wants action onGSI GTA IMPORTANT SURVEY INSIDE Home delivery copies only page5 Management layoffs at general hospital page I Whitby niidgets are OMITA champions pages 16 FTTTT~ Co0urt order No more food shortag9 es at j ail By Mark Reesor Whitby Jail has obtained a court order prohibiting strikers from delaying people entering the institution for longer thaï -five minutes. The memorandum of under- standing, issued late Monday afternoon by a provincial judge, is lgood news for management, says Ross Virgo, a spokspersonn for the Ontario. Mimstry of Cor- rectional Services. If:the union complies with the order. 'as we fully expect they will, food and other deliveries to "with"its Iast few days worth à food," VhWrgays, because. picke- tors weron't allowing food trucks "Idon't think any suggestion of pickot lin. actwity anticipated that pickets would ho so callous and really inhuman as te block the flow of food te, the institution. This is just patently unaccep- table by any standards of humane, civil protest,» ho said hofore the order was issued. Virgo gays the situation has' worsened at tho jail, with staff "Who are legally entitled te go and attend tho property" beinig harassed. Tho jail's office manager, Irena Ke.nicer, who the union says is> perfiorming duties normally done eyOntario -Public Service Employoos Union (OPSEU) memnbers, has been especially sIngIedo0ut. he says. MT'hey've picketed this woman's, p lace of residence and, terrorized h r 'children; violated the sanc- tiof her personal property -- baicll vadod her personal life in a waytat-noneé of thes OPSEU individuals would ind' acceptable in their own life." - Office managers are not to do OPSEU jobs under an agreement reached with the woman's union, say.s OPSEU local 359 presidont Nîck Tefoglou, who accuses her of doing work not deemed essen- tial. "I don't know why but she's doing them (the work) even when thero's already orders by an arbitrator isayingter o supposed te do thîemý"th» e o SER PAGE 4 PS1YCH HIOSPITAL AGREEMENT .9 By Mike Kowalsi Essential service workers will J'no longer ho stepped from enter- .~îgthe Whitby Mental Health Cntre. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) will honour ahl agreements which allow emergency and essential * service personnel unimpeded accessa te the Gordon Street hos- pital. A settlement hotween OPSEU th and the Minisr of Health "; ensures there will not ho a ~,rep3eat of last Tuesday's incident whon striking OPSEU members y.delayed essential service staff for Sup te four hours. The union's action prompted th inistry te seek- recourse ftmthe Ontario Labour Rela- tosBoard and on Friday the board .releasedédta.ilsofa agreement hamnrered out bet- ween the two parties. The «ýmemorandumi of settle-' Sment» cm-ries the sanie wight as if ithad been adirect ordoefrom the board and the sanie penalties *apply if, aither side breaches the Although prevented fr-oi dis- cussinj it specificallL MH adrnimstator Bon 1allanye uad Friday- that the, order Union TFon'tSto essenltiaJ.orkr «addresses the violation of the essontial services agreement and says that it should not happen.» While there were a few "mior delays». later ini the week, there was nothing comparable to Tues- dayasincident, Ballantyne said. Since Ontarios fmirt public sec- tor' stieh gan almost five we6es ag,,' the hospital.has been operatig with a skeleton crew of less than« 200 ma nagers and OPSEU members deemied essen- tial workers. Trespassing allegations Normally there are about 900 employees tending to the needa of a proximately 230 patients. Îowever, on Tuesday, ikt delaýyed ontry to abot W0day nift workersA which foroed the nigt sifttoo extra duty. At one point, BallantynUod OPSEU ficias and WMC employees Joan Gatos and' Dr. Ann Dyer that ho would- not tolerate- the hospîtal being - held hostage.» For its a mt- h » n*tý %04w the action was taken te, proteet several abuses of the essential services agreement by mariage- ment. But in an earlier interview, Ballantyne said even the essen- tial workers were «questioning» OPSEU's tactics. . On Monday, Gates also declined comment on the settle- mont other than te say «both sides are committedt byn the order.» dt h yn Meanwbile,, Ballantyne said government officials are stilI W"ihn their options following OPSEU9 -decision -te mo've'its picket lino away from the corner of Gordon and Victoria streets and dloser te the hospital. The government considers the pickets to ho trespassingsince Gordon Street is not a public road, but owned. by the province. Durham Regional. Police, however, have so far been reluc'- tant te move the pîckets away from the hospital or lay- trespass- In an earlier interview, Gatos- said the union moved the picket lino' because it., was "incon- venienà çije_ people attem' >tin.t reform * ' 'AND H R ZERO