Doug delivers discouraging words

Students strike out

Dear Editor;

I think it is important to pur the recent strike of CUPE |
members in its political context.

The negotiations between the North Vancouver School
Board and CUPE had been concluded, agreed to by both
sides, and considered affordable by the board.

Both the board and CUPE believed they had 2 deal. The
British Columbia Public Sector Employers Associstion, who
had a representative at the negotiations and had the chance
to suggest the deal “roo rich” during those negotiations,
later rejected it. This body is responsible to the B.C. gov-
emment.

The money saved on salaries during the one day strike
(my conservative guess is $300,000) docs not go into the
coffers of the board but back to the provincial government.

The board and CUPE were $15,000 apart (that’s less
than $1 per student). It seems to me that the governinent
has made a profit of more than $285,000 at the expense of

| the students of North Vancouvez.

Bill Broughton
North Vancouver
Bill_ Broughton@nvancvr.schdist44.be.ca

You belong
HERE.

Dear Editor:

I look at our world some-
times and [ get discouraged
with a lot of the ignorant
ways people view the current
struggles to make our world
more equitable for everyone.

The Jan. 26 Doug Collins
column, in which he went
on to describe women strug-
gling for equality as “femi-
nazis” and “bra-burners” is
extremely disheartening and
down-right spreading ha-
tred.

What does he_ have
against women and for that
matter anyone trying to
right some injustices in our
society?

I do not hate Doug
Collins, since that word is
something he loves to use
subliminally, but rather J feel

important. Unfortunately,
Mr. Collins has that depart-
ment taken care of.

Keith Baric

North Vancouver

1 also feel sorry for all the
excellent journalists that
would love to have a whole
column every week to write
about something _ really

sorry for him — sorry that in
his lonely world he will
never see all races and gen-
ders working as one towards
a common goal.

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