Times-Advocate, 1978-04-20, Page 35Neither side clearly won, or lost, in strike settlement
HiwonJrnnn?^D^Nu- u tl?® ri^ts to manage would be long as they didn’t conflict principal. unreasonable to permit a 78 contract and will also be
Huron County’s 274 high
school teachers ended a 31
day strike April 12 voting 205
to 47 to ratify their 1977-78
and 1978-79 contracts. The
acceptance of the pacts
permitted schools in the
county to re-open for the first
time since February 22.
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teachers was the final step in
ending the strike. The board
of education voted 12-1 in a
special meeting April 11 in
favor of the contract which
was hashed .out in a 33 hour
marathon bargaining
session that ended at 5:45
a.m. April 10.
The settlement was a saw
off the two parties agreed to,
neither side winning their
case but neither side losing.
The offer made to the
teachers in the marathon
session settled the disputed
workload clause in the 1977-
78 contract and sent wages
and a sick leave gratuity
clause in the 1978-79 contract
to an arbitration hearing.
The workload clause that
was the centre of the seven
week dispute involves the
number of students a teacher
is required to teach in a
subject area, the average
class size and the number of
periods a teacher is required
to teach a day. The clause
was in the 1976-77 teacher
contract as a guideline the
board of education aimed to
meet. The teachers wanted it
re-written to make it firmer
and the board felt that if it
agreed to those terms its
seriously eroded.
The board argued that if it
was bound by the terms of
the workload clause the
pupil-teacher ratio also in
the contract would be
meaningless and the board
may be required to hire
more teachers. It felt that it
must reserve the right to
determinehowmanyteachers
were needed in the education
system and could only do
that through the PTR clause.
Both parties managed to
agree on the workload clause
by placing a stipulation in it
that meant that the board
would attempt to meet the
guidelines of the clause as
with the PTR. That means
that the board will make
every effort to meet the
guidelines the teachers
requested but will not be
forced into hiring teachers to
do so.
The teachers agreed to the
PTR clause being the
deciding factor in the
workload clause and got
added protection for their
case through a workload
committee. The committee
was set up through board
policy in March and consists
of one senior education
administrator, one board
trustee, one representative
of the teachers and one
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Bob McIntosh
Reeve Ervin Sillery said
Tuesday night at a
Tuckersmith Township
Council meeting, “The tax
rate is pretty well held to
par as last year,” following
presentation of the 1978
township budget.
The farm and residential
rate for public school sup
porters was set at 111.9 mills
for 1978 almost the same as
last year’s 112 mills, while
the farm and residential
rate for separate school sup
porters was set at 115.3 mills
compared to 116. in 1977.
Commercial and business
rates were set at 127.5 mills
for a public school sup
porter, a drop of 2.5 mills
and 131.2 for a separate
school supporter, a drop of
2,8 mills.
Clerk Jack McLachlan
said a public school sup
porter in the township with
an assessment of $5,000 will
pay $559.64 this year com
pared to $560 last year and
separate school supporter in
the township with the same
assessment will pay $576.71
this year, down from $580
last year.
The budget of $1,18,747.61
down $44,184.02 from last
year calls for $130,801 to be
paid to the County of Huron
while $133,191.77 was paid
last year; education costs
will amount to $283,199 this
year, down from $295,356.18
in 1977; $547,603.89 for
general municipal purposes
for 1978; roads, $275,040 this
year, down from $345,661
last year; Vanastra Recrea
tion Centre, $98,345 up $5,169
from last year; Vanastra
Day Care Centre, $52,007, up
from $48,427 in 1977.
CORRECTION
In the picture of the Exeter
bantam II team in last
week’s issue, one player was
incorrectly identified as
Steve Coates. The player
was Steve Prout.
Two team members Were
absent as well, Alan Hodgert
and assistant coach Dave
Molson.
reception!
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and
KELLY ZIMMERMAN
The committee will
monitor the board’s efforts
to meet the guidelines in the
workload clause and will
also work to determine how
many teachers the board
needs and where they should
be placed. That will be sent
to the director of education
for his approval and will be
put to the board of education
as a recommendation, The
teachers feel that through
the workload committee the
terms of the workload clause
will be given added in
surance.
Wages in the 1978-79 pact
are still unsettled but both
parties agreed it would be
The totral assessment in
the township is $4,014,320.
down $370,355 from last
year.
Council has budgeted $68,-
000 for a reserve fund for the
year.
Requests for building per
mits were approved for:
Allan Carter, lot 30, conces
sion 1, Huron Road survey,
shed; Fred Gale, lot 75, plan
22 at Vanastra. porches;
William Pepper, part lot 49,
concession 1, London Road
survey ;Cyanamid of Canada,
part lot 31, concession 1.
H.R.S. holding tanks;
Cornelius Dorssers, lot 8,
concession 7 H.R.S. porch;
Benny Bjerg, lot 170, plan
22, Vanastra, addition to
house; William Fraser,-part
lot 1, concession 2, Egmond-
ville, a shed.
Clerk Jack McLachlan
reported that to date this
year 21 building permits
have been granted for an ex
penditure of $325,100. a large
increase over the 11 permits
at this time last year for a
total of $146,563.
Clinton fire chief has in
formed council he and his of
ficers will be inspecting the
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Friday May 5 at
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Continuous Dancing
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. to 2 bands
Joe Overholt
and The Standbys
The Mark V
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dispute in that contract to
affect education now. Both
agreed to settle the 1977-78
contract and continue
negotiations for the coming
year. If a settlement cannot
be reached in the next 60
days wages for next year will
be set by an arbitration
Monetary items in the
1977-78 pact were not a
stumbling block and were
agreed on months ago. The
teachers accepted a 7.5
percent increase including
increments which brought
the average salary for a
teacher to $23,200.
The sick leave gratuity
will be unaltered in the 1977-
commercial buildings at
Vanastra. These buildings,
all in plan 23, will receive
fire protection from the
town of Clinton, rather than
Brucefield in order that the
businesses may receive
lower fire insurance rates
because the fire hall is
within the three-mile limit.
Chief Clarence Neilans ___ ______o
says it is important that he . program.
> number of grants were
approved at the meeting and
most will be kept to the
same amount as last year —
Federation of Agriculture,
$600; Seaforth Lions Club,
$300; Seaforth Community
Hospital, $150; Seaforth,
Clinton and Hensall
Agricultural Societies, $100
each; and $4.00 per member
for each 4-H member in the
township, last year’s
amounted to a total of $208.
A first time grant was ap
proved for $600 to the
Vanastra Recreation
Association because as the
reeve said, “If we don’t sup
port it, we’ll have to pay for
it in the end,”
and his men know the
buildings where they may
have to fight fire at some
time.
Council re-affirmed that
the Brucefield Water
system’s water connections
will not be extended to any
resident beyond the village
limits at Brucefield. A scrap
car yard permit was granted
to William Brown on the
westerly boundary at
Egmondville.
Council authorized Clerk
McLachlan to make the
purchase of a cheque
writing machine and a dic
taphone at an approximate
cost of $600.
The clerk informed coun
cil he had sent in the
application to the ministry
of housing for the 1978 grant
of $66,110 for the Ontario
78 contract and will also be
settled through arbitration if
negotiations prove fruitless.
The clause provides teachers
with financial security in
case of sickness and can
mean up to half a years
salary after the teacher
completes seven years of
service. The money is paid in
a cash settlement when the
teacher retires if he has not
had need for the sick leave.
The dispute over that
clause arose when the board
altered the clause to
stipulate that a teacher not
be eligible for the gratuity
until he has completed 12
years of service or reached
50 years of age.
Times-Advocate, April 20, 1978 Page 35
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