CAPILANO COLLEGE Faculty offered wage increase as strike looms CAPILANO COLLEGE has offered its faculty association a 19.1 per cent wage increase over three years. Tabled Thursday night, the offer follows Tuesday’s 82 per cent strike vote by the 335-member Capilano Coilege Faculty Associa- tion (CCFA), which will be in a legal strike position Monday. In addition to the proposed wage increase, the college offer also included improvements to faculty life insurance coverage, paid educational leaves, an employee assistance plan funded by the college, an early retirement plan and an entitlement to paid educational leaves. The wage proposal would pro- vide for a seven pér cent increase this year and six per cent and five per cent wage increases in 1990 and 1991, respectively. The three fig- ures, totalling 18 per cent, will compound into a cumulative 19.1 per cent increase over three years. As of August 1988, annual Capilano College instructor salaries ranged from $28,935 up to $46,539, based on a 10-month year. But CCFA president Robert Camfield said Friday the associa- tion was ‘‘disappointed’’ with the college’s offer. “At this point it’s certainly not something we would find accept- able,’’ he said. Proposed changes to faculty benefits in the proposed package, he said, were minor. But the associuuion, he added, would digest what was a ‘fairly com- plex’? offer ‘‘and take it from there.”’ Bargaining is scheduled to take place over the weekend, and a counter offer from the union was expected Friday night. Chief college negotiator Geoff Holter said Friday the college’s economic package overall contains some major benefits concessions, and its salary offer is comparable to settlements made with area public schoo] teachers. “*We came in deliberately high,” Holter said. ‘‘We don’t have a Jot more to offer (in wages).’” With the recently-arbitrated full-duty instructor workload agreement from the last three-year contract already adding approxi- Business ... Classified..............65 Doug Collins........... 9 Comics................48 Editorial Page.......... 6 Fashion .............-. 13 Horoscopes ..... Bob Hunter............ 4 Lifestyles ..............493 Mailbox ............... 7 Travel ..........----. 50 What's Going On........45 IMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter mately six per cent to the college’s faculty budget this year, Holter said its 1989-90 budget, based on preliminary grant figures from the provincial government, has no more flexibility for wage in- creases. “At this point it’s certainly not something we would find acceptable. ”’ —CCFA president Robert Cumfield on College’s offer. He added that the college is prepared to institute the entire benefits end of its offer this year, but, because of budget restrictions, is not prepared to do the same with wage increases. CCFA negotiator Ed Lavalle has said the association is seeking wage parity with public school teachers this year. The CCFA's original economic package called for a one-year wage and benefits increase totalling 26.82 per cent. It included a basic 14 per cent wage increase, which would be similar to the 13.7 per cent wage hikes won by both North Shore teachers associations in their recently signed two-year contracts. The association’s proposed {0- step annual pay schedule would range from $34,000 up to $53,000. According to the CCFA, the average college instructor’s salary is worth 15 per cent less now than what it was in 1980 and is currently 14 per cent lower than comparable salaries of North Shore public school teachers. Sunday, sunny, high 10°C. Monday and Tuesday, sunny with cloudy periods. Secoud Class Regisiration Number 3885 NEWS photo Tom Suriey NORTH SHORE residents concerned about recycling attended a Thursday night meeting held by the GVRD at Silver Harbour Centre. The meeting was the second of eight public information meetings planned throughout Local recycling options discussed at meeting NORTH SHORE residents dumped a truck full of recycling ideas on to GVRD representatives at a Thursday night public information meeting. The meeting was the second of eight planned throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) in response to a draft report on recycling options for the area. The final report is expected to be completed in June. “*Waste reduction has got to be started at its source because we are going to bury ourselves in gar- bage,’’ said North Vancouver resi- dent Richard Roy. **There is so much unnecessary packaging by manufacturers, I feel like leaving that packaging in the store where I buy goods. Let the stores dea! with it,’’ he added. Roy was one of approximately 90 people attending the meeting at the Silver Harbour Centre in North Vancouver. Craig Benton, a Seattle consul- tant hired by the GVRD, said he agreed excess packaging was a large source of garbage, but he said consumer action could change this. ‘Stopping garbage before it goes into the garbage can involves consumer avwareness,"’ said Ben- ton. “Sensible shopping like buying products with less packaging, buy- ing bulk and buying eggs in paper cartons are options to reduce By ANNA MARIE D'ANGELO Contributing Writer waste,’’ he said. Benton explained that Seattle’s curbside recycling program was considered a success. The one-year program was made up of two (SECRETIN CPOE “Waste reduction has got to be started at its source because we are going to bury ourselves in gerbage.”’ —North Vancouver resident Richard Roy EC systems, in which residents pay for the number of garbage cans they put out each month. One system required residents to sort bottles, newspapers, cans and mixed papers into open boxes, -and the ‘‘co-mingled’’ system, for which residents were charged, in- volved all the material placed in one bin for collection. Toronto’s blue box system, which does not include mixed paper recycling, also was discussed at Thursday’s meeting. “With our (Seattle’s) system, an additional eight per cent of resi- dential waste was recovered. This is good compared to Toronto which has recovered only three per cent,’’ said Benton. Before the curbside programs began, Seattle recycled 23 per cent of its waste, which is equally created by residents and businesses said Benton. But unlike Seattle, the majority of waste produced in Vancouver is commercial. Industry is responsi- ble for 60 per cent of waste, he said. Audience members asked why European recycling methods, which were more efficient, were not considered by McLaren Engineers who compiled the recyl- ing paper. One resident said the report was misleading because it portrayed the consumer as the bad guy when manufacturers were responsible for overflowing landfills. Audience members had a mixed response as to which curbside syst- em was best. Their suggestions to reduce waste disposal included providing a public-use chipper for mulch that could be used for schools and parks, updating of the Provincial Litter Act, providing a hazardous waste collection truck and setting up of drop-off depots in grocery store parking lots. The next public meeting on GVRD recycling will be held at the Surrey Municipal Hall on April 11 at 7:30 p.m.