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THE KLEENER'S KLOSEI"

by Ed Orlowski. OID MAT

H "Old! 13?: has a spec1 ial gift, he's able to touch every student who comes in the Duffy Bldg.

- he touches their'very soals. He never talks much to anyone, but at times he pours all that is within his being-out to the cleaner. He's ' faithfully at his job 366 days a year. I've heard-it said time and time again that people just walk all over him, and of course it is true they do. Mat always does his job, without thOLght

. of reward, or consequence to his own personal safe- ty of feelings, he is satisfied just doing his job well.

Mat goes way way back to when the Duffy Build— ing was first built, the new floors when wet were treacherously slippery, when the snows came out the floors were disaster areas for walking, now, with Old' at there, the students can relax a bit when they came in frm the outside with wet or snowey footwear, they can stomp off excess water, or trample on Old Mat,

and be on their way in safety to some extent... A tribute to Old Mat,

one of Duffy Building's silent floor hugging ser- vants. Old Mat has been nominated for one of the Duffy Building's Citizens of the year awards, in the category of floor huggers over eight sea- sons of continuous ser- vice. Keep your eyes pealed for the results.

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Saskatoon (CUP)

If you job prospects after graduation seem dim and the debts are pliling up, a new group can help you deal with the realit- ies of unemployment.

The Saskatoon Union of Unemployed Workers, rec- ently formed by more than 100 unemployed workers, aims to:

- help members deal with

problems arising from un— , employment; ..

— fight for lasting and

useful jobs;

- act as an official lobby

group to government, the

public and unions;

- 'establish a centre for

the unemployed.

The new union, similar to those established dur- ing the 1930s, is critical of the ways in which inst- itutions deal with the unempl

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"We 've organized out

of necessity; the unemployed need their own organization

to speak on their own be- half, " said David Littman, unemployed carpenter and union representative. Union members blame the eoonamic policies of

government and big bus-

iness for millions of un- employed, many of whom have no access to unem-

' ployment benefits or wel-

fare.

Students are ineligible for UIC benefits unless they've been employed for 20 weeks during their studies.

The member service component of the union is designed to assist members in dealing with UIC, wel- fare, landlords, debt col— lectors, mortgages and to inform the unemployed of

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their rights.

"They don't tell you anything," said Roger Coutts an unemployed heavy equipt— ment operator, referring to UIC pamphlets that con- tain no instructions and no information about the app- licants' rights or appeal options.

"You're just cut off when you're out off."

Other unions for un— employed have been est— ablished in Regina, Nan- aimo, Halifax and Toronto.

‘ Saskatchewan Manpower has 15,000 people regis- tered looking for work. With about 130 jobs on the board, that means 150 peo- ple compete for each avail- able job. As unemployment clerk Rhiannon Haisman put it: "It's not a question of a person's dress, experience or education— the jobs are simply not there."

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