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Dear Editor:

Re: Don’t be celebrating this CUPE
(August 18).

ft seems Mr. Heywood has expressed his
views without complete knowledge of the
facts. He has clearly placed a negative view on

“victory?

a bumping process that has the potential of

taking years to work itself out. And ves, the
potential i is there for this to occur, under the
existing collective agreement language and due
to the existing labour/management climate.
But let’s nor forget that this bumping process
was put inte place and continued with the
blessing of previous school boards and trustees
of North Vancouver, which Mr. Heywood was
part of.

During this round of negotiations, both the
union and the school board were faced with
the legislated fact of an Industrial Inquiry
Commission. This commission determined for
both parties the means of reaching a settle-
ment. [I can assure Mr. Heywood, that the
union was less than pleased with this process
and the outcome. However, we have accepted
that changes and the improvements we were
hoping for would not be forthcoming during
this round of negotiations. It is truly unfortu-

it litigation

nate that the administration and the trustees
tor School District No. 44 have not come to
this same realization.

We continue to be willing to negotiate
implementation of the four-hour daily guaran-
tee, which by the way, is a right supplied to all
non-unienized workers by way of the
Employment Standards Act. And until these
discussions are complete, Mir. Heywood cannot
determine the bumping process that will be
used, the impact on the students, the amount
of job loss, which jobs will be exempted, or any
other matters chat require further discussion.
And as you may or may not be awarg, if the
parties cannot: agree to an) implementation
plan, then by way of submissions made by both
Parties to the commissioners, they will pick one
and the issue will be determined:

Tr seems that this process of negotiating in

good faith the provision of a daily guarantee of

four hours is far more purposeful to the inter-
ests of the public and the children than pursu-
ing an adversarial approach by way of costly lit-
igation, as Mr. Heywood is suggesting.

Cindy McQueen, President

CUPE Local 389

North Vancouver

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Famine volunteers thanked

Dear Editor:

As president of World
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participants and organizers in
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valuable coatribution to. the
most successful Canadian 30-
Hour Famine ever!

The annual event has

exceeded this vear’s: goal of

$3.5 million. To date, more
than $3.8 million is being used
to help needy children in devel-
oping countries.

This vear, North Vancouver
students joined more than
150,000 young Canadians who
registered for the national
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going without solid food for 30
hours and organizing local
events, students raised money
and increased awareness of
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Participants ins your. com-
munity raised $6,131.82. This
moncy will be used to help
food programs in’ Rwanda,
Kenva and Sudan, street kids in
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Breakfast) programs and
projects for street youth here in

Canada abo receive funding.

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another successful year in
2001 as we continue to help
those in yreatest need.

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On behalf of the children
whose futures are brighter
beeause of vour efforts, I
want) oto thank = North
Vancouver and surrounding
area. Your students can be
very proud of their efforts.
Dave ‘Toycen, president
World Vision Canada

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