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May 9, 1986 . News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 32 Pages 25¢
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NORTH VANCOUVER teachers agreed to the terms of ff
their. 1986-87 contract: Wednesday night after accepting a ©
two per cent salary increase.

In an emergency meeting held ‘at -
Carson” Graham school; an_over-. “By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
whelming majority of the approx- News Reporter

_imately 500 teachers in ‘attendance: : me am
“voted. to approve . the: latest offer - board offer, said. Thursday he did ©
not think teachers: in, North ‘Van-
“ couver needed.a raise. He said the:
$600,000.” quoted. by Jessup. . was
‘than “anything.” ‘else;**, {Andy closer to $1 million after increment: -
' Krawcyzk said Thursday. “It means Steps were included. vo
- very little in the: pocket.?? jo)". According to, school board fig-
slires, the .total increase, including
‘increment ‘steps, will be $862,146." -
After adding that total. to the ~
_ was not’a: ‘question. ‘of being: happy SLA million ‘already™ ‘eaten up by
with the settlement: ‘We see it asa “salary | increases of. faculty
recognition of the value of our’: members, as, well'as support. staff,
services and 1am Personally happy from 1985’s arbitrated settlement,
swith that? 000 Regan ‘said the: major | percentage,
-North . Vancouver teachers had of. the $3.1 million being raised
-.voted May.:1 to ‘reject the board's through municipal school taxes
earlier off fer of no salary i increase; - .. will be going to salaries... .
: . “And | think it would be better .
$600, 000 HIKE: “" ‘for. the students of this district, if. .
: we employed more people instead :
of raising salaries.”” :
sé trustee Mare ; Regan: said the district had in-.,
said «the . two per cent in- tended to hire 25 new people in the
‘crease ‘translated to approximately areas of learning assistance, teach-
‘, $600,000. The offer, she said, was © ers’ aides and maintenance.
i approved i in'a 4 to:2 vote at a clos- .
‘ed board:meeting Tuesday night. -$64 A MONTH
Jessup, ‘who “abstained from . :
voting Tuesday- night, said two per With ‘the. average North Van-
cent:.was considered .in line with couver teacher salary at $38,672,
teacher: contract. ‘offers accepted’ including benefits, the average sal-
elsewhere around the province. ary increase as a result. of the two
. The ‘salary increase, she said, per cent salary raise will be $773
would come at the expense of jobs annually or $64 per month.
and services the board- had hoped. Of the 830 full-time teachers in
to: e-establish within the school: North Vancouver’s School District.
district. cee “44, 135 are.at the maximum pay:
i :I-addition : to the “salary” ‘in- scale of $44,274. With benefits and
crease, the. board signed a seniority | the negotiated two per cent, that
~security ‘clause that allows teachers maximum rate becomes $46, 439.
to be laid-off according to seniori- The lowest pay rate in the
ty. and qualification. district is $26,715. There are cur-
~ The two per cent increase is the rently 16.5 full-time North Van-
first. negotiated settlement for couver teachers at that rate.
North Vancouver teachers since .
1983; when they were given a three Krawezyk said teachers are like
per cent raise. . any other employer group in that
; Last year, North Vancouver they see themselves as society does,
: teachers went’ to arbitration and ‘‘And one of the ways of judging
‘ were, awarded a 1.7 per cent in- importance in our society is
+ erease effective June, 1985. monetarily. It is almost insulting to.
4 ge told by the government for the
a RAISES UNNECESSARY ‘past four years that teachers don’t
‘ , “deserve to receive salary increases,
* But trustee Dr, Ross Regan, who - that they are. not contributors to
voted:. against .Tuesday’s revised :