The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-11-19, Page 1Lucknow Girl Guides conducted"their third successful paper drive on
Saturday tO raise money for their activitimi. Shown Unloading papers and Dianne Wasim.
are, from theft, left, Cindy &merlon, Julie NicholsOri, Sheiry Nixon,
' Ultimo Creighton, Donald* Thompson
co..twpjtto ..wants aelion
hottlottehers" sttike
Parents and students formed 'the
Bruce County 'Student and Parent
Action Cominittee at Man open meeting
Monday night in. Chesley, where the
current secondary school teacher's
strike was discussed.
The-rC -mmitteels-got-taking-sides-in
, the dispute, it just wants to see the
strike .settled, hopefully at the local
level as soon as possible, according to
one Kincardine parent that attended
the meeting. ,
About 2$0-300 parents and students
were present.
• A call for a jeopardy hearing through
the—Education Relations -Committee
(RC). was demanded by the those
present 'and the possibility of hiring a
consultant for the jeopardy hearings
was discussed. Also discussed was the
possibility of :taking legal action
against both sides in the dispute.
All parents throughout the county
are urged to write to the director of the
ERC, Roger 'Allen, Suite•400,111 Avenue
Road, Toronto, 'MN/ 3K3. In yonr
letters tell the ERC how 5rour child has
been harmed by the strike. These
letters will help in obtaining a jeopardy' ,
hearing,
A concern of 'those 'at the meeting
was that the Ontario_Cabinet will Soon
be taking their Christmas. break and
won't return until the beginning, of
March.
Meanwhile, the teachers 'met with.
the mediator in the strike, Martin
TePlitsky in Toronto on. Saturday.
_Teacherspokesrnan Bob Farrell said
Mr. Teplitsky called the meeting to
learn, which demands of the teachers
are firm and which are fiejtible.
\ Mr. Teplitsky told the , teachers he
would be contacting the board in• the
near future to arrange another
negotiating session.
Mr. Farrell said he felt there was a
long way to go but, to be getting back to=
the negotiating table with Mr.
.Teplitsky as mediator has to be a
• positive step.
The LuclatOw Midgets got their season off to a. good start. when they defeated the Mildmay.
MIdgets 6 - 2 Monday night In Lucknow,... Here Allan Rad, 1.n; (7] attempts, to Oh control of the
puck on a rebound fronC of the. Kildmay net. The Midgets played two exhibition ganies
before their season ,opener, defeating Clinton 5.2 on Noveinber 8 and losing to Brtissels 6 0
on November .10. ' • [Sentinel Staff Photo]
A factfinder's report into the 'negotiations
between • the • Huron 'County Secondary:..
SciioOt Teachers and the Board of Education
is suggesting the groups approach a
• conpro rise 'theirmonetary di spu e.
Factrmder. Malcolm Stockton was appoint-
ed to report on the items in the •collective
agreement on September 18 and his findings
were, released .Tuesda,y,. November .11.
The two : key issues in the diSpute betw00-• •
the board and teachers centres on the salary
grid and the staff allocation formula:.
The board has offered the teachers, a 5 per
cent increase from September kto Decernhet
31, 1980 and .an additional ..1 per cent to' the
„period ending August 31, 1981., The offer
• amounts to an .annual: increase of per
cent. •
Thee teachers,' however, are seeking an
increase •of 45 per cent , in the one-year
agreement.
Stockton :admitted that the teachers had.
some catching up to do in relation to salaties
paid by similaeand neighbouring boards •but
suggested it shotild not be dime at once. His'
ecofintnendation was a compromisal in-
crease of 10.5 per cent. •
That increase was recommended in a split'
grid, the second component of which would
give an increase of 10.5 per cent. On an
annual contracf,--he recommended -an,
increase of about 8. 5 per cent, which would
also 'be applied to principals and vice-
principals,
Staff Allocation
Another high priority demand of the
teachers was a. provision that an individual
teach no more' than six periods out of eight.
The teachers want that to be made a'
mandatory' position rather than the board's
wording "making every reasonable effort".
The board has argued that if' such an
agreement were mandatory, the provision
would increase the number of staff by five at
a cost of $70,000. or alternatively eliminate
some courses. •
Stockton said that strict adherence to the
provision would' necessitate the hiring of
additional teachersand was , an unreasonable
demand. He said' the nature of the . Huron
'County system was such that some infringe-
ments of the guidelines would be unavoid-
----,, able. '
The parties have agreed to introduce a
staffing formula used last year and to move
away from the straight pupil-teacher ratio
approach. Stockton said the board should
maintain some control over the pupil-teacher
ratio from year to year.
• 'Stockton was 'also concerned about the
size of the teacher's negotiating committee
That included 16 members. He recommend=
ed that the number be cut in half to facilitate
the holding of meetings and to shorten
caucus time.
4- The initial proposal presented by the
teachers was for a 25 per cent increase over
the contract period 1979-80. That increase
applies to the salary grid and excludes
annual increments.
Their request has since been reduced to 15
per cent excluding increment or 16.8 per
cent including increment.
The teachers feel'the request is justified in
comparing pay scales' in Huron County with
provincial statistics, a comparison of Huron
County with surrounding boards, the ability
of county taxpayers to support increased
[Sentinel Staff Photo) salaries and the increase in the cost of living
over the past year.,
with her back to the cameral ,•