OPEN LETTER TO EDUCA-
TION MINISTER PAT
‘McGEER

Dear Dr. McGeer: a os

My letter to you of October
12, 1977 explains our. long-
term concerns About the
“ government’s failure to
change legislation so that.
~ school boards and teachers
oan engase in .a . more
“meaningful process of collec-
tive bargaining. The purpose”
of this letter is to-deal with
the immediate problem: of
1978 teacher salary bargain- _
ing. oa ; 7 ee.

The last time we met to
discuss teacher salary. bar-
gaining you suggested that
the BCSTA recommend to all
‘school boards that they offer -
- a zero increase in this year’s
salary bargaining.: The
BCSTA Executive is concern-
ed; however, that in the
current B.C. labour relations
climate such an offer would
be viewed. by teachers and
the public as unilateral and |
completely unrealistic.” .

Dear Editor: a |
Wouid you please mention

in your newspaper that I am - |

collecting used eye glasses
for the Christian Medical
Mission and ‘Haitian Out-
reach..

The glasses are sorted, .
repaired and tested before
being sent to Dominican
Republic, Haiti and: other
poor countries. Then volun-
teer professionals and their
volunteer helpers hold eye
clinics. I collect the eye
glasses, sort and pack them
and give them to two local
Optometrists; one goes to
‘Haiti, the other goes to
Dominica. |

All glasses and parts of
glasses are appreciated. A
letter of thanks will be sent
each donor and a progress |
“report from time to time.

Geraldine Schell

Charing Cross

Near Chatham.Ont NOP 1GO
“ (Dial 112-519-352-3286)

‘Dear Editor:

Please improve your inter-
esting paper by doing away |
with ‘‘Girl of the Week” -
who cares? We all have a
beautiful girl in our family.

There are so many worth-
while people, places, child-
ren, animals - with ‘far more
public appeal.

How about # real cam-
paign of public interest —
pictures of unkept boule-
vards, gardens, yards, city
and district-owned corner
park areas, all poorly main-
‘tained, in contrast to some of
the beautiful gardens and
areas. These pictures are’
well worth a 7’’x10"’ front
page exposure and doing a
a service of interest to
a :

E. Williams
... North Vancouver

(Thanks, Reader Williams
and your supporters — we
read you. Won't ANYONE

spring to the defence of our
lovelies? - ED.]

The “current climate has
‘been conditioned ‘by the"
“following: :

oA memorandum of agree:
‘ment between your govern-.
ment and its employees
(BCGEU) provided | for the
maximum allowable settle-_
ment ander the AIB guide-
‘lines.

° Your government’ s unilat-
eral. course’ of action
dealing with the. ferry. ‘work-
ers has severely damaged:
the B. Cc. labour relations
climate. |

September. 8 that “‘I don’t
want the public ‘sector to fall
behind, but neither should
they lead. They should move
in concert (with the private
sector).

° The settlement for the

forest industry was on the.

AIB guidelines. The . forest
industry. as. the ~largest
employer in B.C. tends to:set
the compensation pattern for»
_ the Province.

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boards that they. follow. ‘the.
pattern.set by your govern-.
ment and. the private . sector .
and negotiate ‘settlements - “Yo
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