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The Editor,
The Times-Advocate,
Exeter, Ontario
Sir:
The controversy over the
current strike/lock-out con-
closing matter
frontation between the
Huron County Board of
Education and the secon
dary school teachers of
District 45, O.S.S.T.F., has
raised questions in
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everyone’s mind, and the
answers the public receives
are often perplexing and
confusing.
The teaching conditions
clause in contention is ex
ceedingly complicated, and
the ramifications of its
removal from the collective
agreement are serious. The
teachers and the board
appear to be locked in the
grasp of divergent points of
principle, and during the
furor of accusations,
counter-accusations and
arguments nothing is resolv
ed.
The only thing that is cer
tain is that the students are
suffering while the con
testants spar.
Allow me to present just
one fact for consideration. If
no agreement can be reach
ed between the parties, in
six to nine weeks the Educa
tion Relations Commission
will inform the provincial
government that the
successful completion of the
secondary school students is
in danger, and shortly
thereafter, the teachers will
be legislated back to work
and binding arbitration will
be imposed on both parties.
Since the advent of Bill 100
(1975) this scenario has oc
curred in every case where
Ontario teachers and Boards
have been unable to reach a
settlement.
The teachers made the
offer of a third party means
to the settlement of the dis
pute five months ago. The
board refused to allow any
third party intervention at
that time.
During the last mediation
session, 14 February, 1978,
the E.R.C, appointed
mediator, Harvey Ladd,
aware that no agreement
would be reached and the
consequences involved, ask
ed each party if it would con
sider binding arbitration as
a means of ending the dis
pute. The Board again refus
ed to consider this avenue to
settlement. At this time if
both parties agree to binding
arbitration, our students
could be back in school the
next day.
Here are two questions
that you must answer for
yourself. If both parties will
be forced to accept binding
arbitration by the provincial
government in April or May,
and one party stubbornly
refuses the inevitable, caus
ing students to be out of
school until then, who is ul
timately responsible for the
loss of education of our
students?
Is the
terested
education . ______
than it is in the welfare of its
students?
board more in-
for the loss of
of our teachers
Clay Murray
Chief Negotiator
District 45, O.S.S.T.F.
¥ ¥¥
Dear Mr, Batten;
The teachers and School
Board of Huron County are
depriving our children of
many things, First of all the
students are losing out on
their education and secondly
their sports programmes are
nil.
With the teachers on strike
Television sermon theme
were
with Mrs.
Mrs. Fred
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Television was the subject
chosen by Terry Som-
merville for his sermon to
the congregation in the
United Church, Sunday
morning. The choir sang an
anthem and there was a
vocal duet by Mrs. Ray Mills
and Faye Blair.
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and family in Exeter. Their
granddaughter Michelle
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birthday.
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were Sunday evening dinner
guests at the home of Mr: &
Mrs. Ray Jaques and family,
Granton.
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munity are invited to attend
the World Day of Prayer
service in the Zion West
United Church, Friday
evening at 8 p.m. Ladies are
asked to meet at the Church
at 7:30 to arrange tran
sportation.
and the students at home:
don’t you think that this
would be a good time for
them to participate in these
activities?
The Huron-Perth Athletic
Organization at one of their
meetings made and passed a
motion that no student in
Huron or in Perth could
participate in W.O.S.S.A.
(Western Ontario Secondary
School Association) if the
teachers were on strike.
The teachers told the
students “don't get involved
in the teachers’ dispute.”
There should be something
written into the athletic rules
that states that the people on
the outside of the issues
should not be involved in the
disputes. These children are
being used.
Did you know that many of
the students have worked for
many years to be ready to
participate in these extra
curricular activities such as
sports, choirs, etc? For
some, this is the last year of
school activities.
In the sports field, many
students will never know
whether they were worthy to
participation in W.O.S.S.A.
Some students will never
know whether they were
winners or not.
The cross country skiers
from Wingham were not able
to go to Ottawa to compete in
O.S.S.A. (All of Ontario).
This is an opportunity that is
gone forever.
The wrestlers of Huron-
Perth were not allowed to go
to W.O.S.S.A. This week the
curlers
players are wondering if
there is a chance for the
students to go. No student
can go to New York because
the public speaking can’t be
held. No Theatre Arts. No
this and no that, etc.
With the teachers striking
and the board locking the
schools, the Huron County
curling finals couldn’t be
held so the Exeter Curling
Club issued an invitation for
all school teams to par
ticipate in a bonspiel. All
schools were represented
except Clinton.
I am aware that one
teacher advised the students
not to come. We had seven
teams compete. The sport-
h smanship and enthusiasm
were great. I would be proud
to see these students com
pete in W.O.S.S.A.
In a marriage, if there is
some
husband and a wife and they
are too proud to talk, then
nothing can be solved.
Finally they drift apart and
divorce takes place. Maybe
the same situation exists
between the teachers and
school board. BotiHire too
proud to talk.
There must be someone
someplace who can do
something.
Everyone, help us find (that
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