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Bad for business: Unionized public servants don't care, says businessman A
Bad for business: Unionized public servants don't care, says businessman A

Bad for business: Unionized public servants don't care, says businessman A

Date9/16/1980
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Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.
Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.
9/29/1971
Comedienne Araby Lockhart has made dithery Rosedale matrons a specialty but, she says, they don't really exist anymore -- who can afford servants?
Comedienne Araby Lockhart has made dithery Rosedale matrons a specialty but, she says, they don't really exist anymore -- who can afford servants?
7/18/1990
Sid Oxenham. Vice Pres. of C. S. A. O. Civil Servants Assn. of Ont.
Sid Oxenham. Vice Pres. of C. S. A. O. Civil Servants Assn. of Ont.
5/16/1972
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
4/15/1982
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
7/15/1969
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
8/17/1976
Bill Magill: Reitred public servant says he specializes in finding the best of the worst.
Bill Magill: Reitred public servant says he specializes in finding the best of the worst.
11/20/1987
Watch out: Grant Murray, outgoing president of the Canadian Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association, says companies like Bell Canada should be tightly monitored to ensure they don't have an unfair advantage
Watch out: Grant Murray, outgoing president of the Canadian Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association, says companies like Bell Canada should be tightly monitored to ensure they don't have an unfair advantage
5/28/1981
Don't walt: Robert Macpherson, manager of the federal government's Business information Centre in Toronto, says too many enterpreneurs wait too long before seeking government aid
Don't walt: Robert Macpherson, manager of the federal government's Business information Centre in Toronto, says too many enterpreneurs wait too long before seeking government aid
12/21/1982
Report of Mr. Bull's jury, ex-officio, on the late conduct of his servants in a certain public establishment
Report of Mr. Bull's jury, ex-officio, on the late conduct of his servants in a certain public establishment
1829
Using wire and paper, Miguel Cervantes shows servants at Park Public School how to make reproductions of prehistoric dinosaurs. The 31-year-old artist(...)
Using wire and paper, Miguel Cervantes shows servants at Park Public School how to make reproductions of prehistoric dinosaurs. The 31-year-old artist(...)
1/19/1977
The province needs new conflict of interest legislation to prevent senior civil servants from benefitting personally from inside public information after they leave government, Premier David Peterson said today
The province needs new conflict of interest legislation to prevent senior civil servants from benefitting personally from inside public information after they leave government, Premier David Peterson said today
3/2/1985