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tinlons and management over the proposed hiring

udents to do part-time work at the North

couver college.

AL;

oe - Disagreement centres on
‘the nature of the work the
‘ students will perform «under

available provincial and fed-
eral student employment

grants and at wnat wage rate
they will be paid.

The Capilano College
Employees Union (CEU) has
consequently requested

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mediation in contract
negotiations dealing with the
employment of students at
the college.

The request follows plans
tabled by college administra-
tion to apply for student

employment grants currently
available to B.C. colleges.
Acting Capilano College
principal Dr. Doug Jardine
said Thursday the college
needs the freedom, which it
docs not have under its cur-
tent contract .with the CEU,
to employ college students in
projects he said would be

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“WEST ‘Vancouver .court clerks refused to cash Seott Taylor's cheque, above. Taylor tried to pay a $25 fine for
“unauthorized. lighting on a vehicle with a certified cheque that measured one foot by two feet.

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“‘nice-to-have rather than
need-to-have.””
The college, he said, had

no intention of putting any

of the 150 CEU members or.

any college faculty out of
work by employing students
at less than the base $10.30
per hour CEU rate to do
jobs currently performed by

que as payment..

The 29-yea:
Distribution’ Branch
employee's _ disputed ch
que, written on a:one ‘by
two-foot
board, was presented twice’
to West Vancouver ‘court:
clerks as payment. for’ a_
traffic violation “and,

. though | certifi ied, was: twice.

refused; ”

Taylor, who was pulled
over: in West:

having unauthorized.
lighting (three blue interior
engine lights and one ex-
ternal, blue grill light). on
his 1966 Mustang, decided
he would pay, back. what he
said was ‘unreasonable
treatment at the hands of
West Vancouver: Police
with a little of his own un-
reasonable treatment.

“They refused. to let me,
go.home and take the lights
off,” Taylor. said _Wednes-
day,.-‘so-I'-had to take
them off on the roadside in
the wet and cold.”

Taylor -subsequently

: issued payment for his $25.
penalty three days later in ©

the form of a cheque writ-
ten on a one foot by six
inch brick.

West Vancouver court
administration clerks were
not amused. They refused
to accept the Taylor brick,

slab. of _ card-: .

Vancouver.
Dec. 2-and charged ‘with. -

union members.

“But we feel there are
some jobs that can be done
around the college by stu-
dents,”’ Jardine said.

The college has not taken
advantage of employment
programs such as the pro-

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wheels of justice would not:
roll

Tudely over: him,

” Officials: at ‘North Van

es couver’s.Lonsdale‘ and: Se-§
‘cond © Street . Royal Bank;

tification

would:be easier if it were in:

more reasonable form, *:
Taylor came back - with:

his slab of cardboard.: ‘The.

cheque was reluctantly cer-'
tified Dec. 10, and Taylor.
proceeded back to the West
Vancouver courthouse. #
“The clerk still refused’
to take it,’’ Taylor. said." f
“So we went next door to} ‘

. See the judge. He agreed

that it was legal tender. ”
‘STILL REF ‘USED

But the West Vancouver
court clerk still refused. to’.
take Taylor's cheque.

Superintendent of court.
administration”. for: West
Vancouver «.Mary’ Epps”
simply said Wednesday::
that Taylor’s cheque was ~
not negotiable.

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