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A JOB SECURITY agreement for West Vancouver teachers ed she believes this method would

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Both sides, said they had to
compromise their original posi-
tions on lay-offs, and recall pro-
cedures in order to conclude
negotiations before a May 15
deadline.

The agreement, which averted
an instruction-only campaign by
teachers, was reached one day be-
fore the Ministry of Education's
deadline,

Maureen Ciarniello, president of
the West Vancouver Teachers’
Association, said the agreement
was ‘‘one of the best that could be
put together at this time.”’

Margot Furk, chairman of -the
district's bargaining committee,
said its an agreement
recognizes ‘the importance of
ability as: a: criterion in staffing

_ (teachers.)’? -

“We have. compromised, *” said
Furk. .
“It’s not a relative ability clause.

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“The city. ‘proposed that if the

suburban. taxi companies want to.

pick up in Vancouver, they, should
have the same. Tate as “Vancouver
taxi operators.”’

-While-Fanai said’ the change will
only make a ‘minor. difference to

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reached Wednesday between
association and School District 45.

that

the local teachers’

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reporter

have to meet a certain level of per-
formance before you're considered
for a position,’’ Furk said.

“From their (the teachers’)

perspective the compromise is they .

have to acknowledge ability as a
criterion, and that it’s a legitimate
concern.”’

Ciarniello said she would prefer
not to go into the compromises
that the teachers accepted.

She said one of the areas where
the district compromised was in
the area of appealing lay-offs.

Ciarniello said the teachers

‘wanted. and received agreement

that an appeal committee would be
made up jointly by teachers’
association members and school
district staff.

‘The district would have prefer-
ted appeals to go. directly to ar-

_ bitration, Ciarniello said, but add-

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ment the MCC has made for Expo
is allowing all taxis to remain on

. stand by at the Expo gates. -

This allows passengers travelling
to suburban areas to go with a car-
rier who knows the area, he said.

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be too costly.

The job security agreement
reads: ‘‘The board shall in
deciding which teacher shall be re-
tained or laid-off can consider in
respect of available positions the
present demonstrated ability and
qualifications of each teacher con-
cerned and when those faciors are
met by two or more teachers the
teacher with the greatest seniority
shall be retained.”’

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3 - Friday, May 16,

Teachers get security

The district has been three years
without a job security agreement
and had io rely on Bill 35, a new
law enacted last year to lay-off
teaching staff.

The second set of contract
negotiations, concerning teachers’
salaries, is expected to go to ar-
bitration withing the coming

‘weeks, after the two sides missed

the Ministry’s May 1 deadline.
In 1985, the average West Van-
couver teacher salary was $38,220,

1986 - North Shore News

MARGOT FURK, chairman of the
West Vancouver School District
bargaining committee: ‘‘We have
compromised."’ .

while the provincial average is
$37,190. Teachers are contracted
to work 200 days a year.