HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-06-11, Page 3Teachers ratify contract
Bruce County secondary school teachers
will be receiving an 11 per cent increase in
wages after their new two-year contract
was ratified by the Bruce County Board of
Education on May 20.
The increase is scheduled in this man-
ner: 3.5 per cent as of Sept. 1 1985, 2 per
cent -Feb. 1, 1986, 1.1 per cent June 1 and
the increase of 4.4 per cent for the second
year will be effective as of Sept. 1, 1986.
The increase will mean a teacher in
category four with maximum teaching ex-
_perience (11 years) would receive a salary
of $46,000.
Gordon Cale, president of District 44 of
the Ontario Secondary School Teacher
Federation (OSSTF) said the increase
means Bruce County secondary teachers
have "moved off the bottom" of a list bas-
ed on the amount of wages paid to secon-
dary teachers in Ontario.
"We have moved from position 76 on a
list of 76 to about 62," he said.
Principals and vice -principals are sub-
ject to the same increases as the teachers.
The new contract provides for small in-
creases for responsibility allowances and
extra degree allowances.
One of the issues in contention for
bargaining was the fact that the board was
trying to change three significant strips in
the old contract dealing with an effective
seniority system, timetabling provisions
and time off for OSSTF business.
Mr. Cale said that the status quo will re-
main intact for all three areas with an add-
ed benefit to the federation for time -off.
"The federation will now pay for half the
wages of a teacher who will be working on
a part-time basis for• the federation while
the board picks up the remainder of their
salary ... We didn't have this right before,"
Mr. Cale said.
Another concern raised during bargain-
ing was the fact that a teacher from a
secondary level had been transferred,
against their will, to an elementary level.
Mr. Cale said this went to arbitration
and the teacher will be returned to the
secondary level in the fall.
Although there weren't any provisions
written in the contract to safeguard
against this practise, Mr. Cale said "I per-
sonally feel it's unlikely to happen again."
A dental and benefit plan which wasn't
in lieu of a long term disability insurance
plan was also on the table for discussion.
Mr. Cale said there is a clause in the
agreement which says the board agrees to
administer a dental plan, but the teachers
must pay 100 per cent of the plan.
Two additional teachers will be hired for
September with an additional three to be
hired for September of 1987..
Mr. Cale said the addition of the
teachers means the.pupil-teacher ratio at
Kincardine District Secondary School will
move from 17.4 for 1985-86 to 17.2 for
1986-87 to 16.9 for 1987-88.
In laymen's terms, Kincardine is getting
the services of an extra half teacher.
Mr. Cale said although the increase isn't
great, "it's two more teachers than we
otherwise would have had.
"It's interesting to note that there was
no. offer of staffing prior to the strike
vote," he said.
The new agreement also makes new pro-
visions for maternity and early retirement
benefits.
Teachers on maternity leave will
receive the benefit of experience for incre-
ment purposes, Mr. Cale said.
An early retirement incentive plan has
also been instigated which should provide
a savings for the board, Mr. Cale said.
Teachers who retire at 60 instead of 65
will receive an early retirement benefit of
$10,000.
Teachers with maximum experience
who retire early will be making way for
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Board approves finances
The board of governors of Wingham and
District Hospital last week gave final
approval to the institution's financial state-
ment for the fiscal year ending March 31,
1986.
The auditor's report, prepared by
Thorne Ridell of London, will now be
presented to the annual meeting of the
hospital membership on Thursday, June
19.
The report was presented to the board by
its finance committee chairman, Robert
Pike.
In the statement of operating revenue
and expense, Mr. Pike pointed to the
bottom line where this year the excess of
revenue over expense is $5,485. For 1985
that figure was $363,809.
However, the 1986 figure allows for a
$64,135 appropriation for capital purposes
which has been deducted from the true
difference between the revenue and
expense. Without that deduction, the
excess of revenue over expense is $69,620.
The $64,135 appropriation is transferred
to an equity account, Mr. Pike explained.
He said the move was "an exercise in
bookkeeping" and represented a value
which the finance committee has put on the
"depreciation on the building which has
been written off during the year".
The transfer of appropriated equity,
which is to be used for capital purposes, is
a move hospitals are using in order to keep
from being forced to dip into their equity
funds in order to pay for operating deficits.
"It's just a number," Mr. Pike told the
board, "it doesn't mean that we have the
cash. It just means that we have the
equity."
In the balance sheet figures indicate the
hospital's current and fixed assets for 1986
total $5,109,737 while current liabilities are
reported as $889,426. The remaining
equity has been split into a total of
$4,156,176 for operating and the $64,135
earmarked for capital purposes.
Revenue for the year totalled $6,691,965
while expenses amounted to $6,622,345.
Mr. Pike's suggestion that the board
publish the auditor's report as an adver-
tisement in area newspapers drew some
consideration from the board members.
However, most agreed the venture
might prove to be too costly and it was
decided instead to inform the public that
copies of thp,,. statement will be available at
the hospital for those wishing to review
them prior to the hospital's annual
meeting.
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