2 - Friday, Novernber 25. 1994

THE STUDENTS in School District 44 may be caught in the middle of a bate over wage guidelines that pits the district and public sector employers against Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) sup- port staff.

By lan Noble News Reporter CUPE has stated its members

will walk off the job Monday morn- ing if a setdement is not reached.

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A Nov, 23 press release from School District’ 44 chairman Pat Hleal said several issues remain out- standing, although the district's offer is the maximum 2.4% over two years. She said the union wants improvements in wages, vacations and dental coverage.

“The board's last offer ...is based on its ability to pay and on the intro- duction of wage guidelines by the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association.

“The board cannot offer any additional compensation improve-

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ments to CUPE.” she stated.

BC Public Schools Employers* Association board chairman Donna Jones said guidetines limiting settle- ments to a 1.2% inerease in total compensation per year apply to the entire public sector “no matter who’s bargaining for what.”

“CUPE mustn't feel singled out,” she said. “The guidelines are there for a reason and we are serious about those.”

Local 389 spokesman and nego- tiator Bill Harper said CUPE mein- bers make between $12.10 and $23

The district's last offer totaled .55% over Wwo years, CUPE secks a settlement in the 4.7% to 5% range over two years, similar to the ones received by support staff at other Lower Mainland school dis- tricts, he said.

“The workers are negotiating a contract for a period of time that is almost past.” he stated in a press telease. “Yet the employer: sOci- ation is stringently applying wage controls that have been established for a 94/95 budget yer

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However, the 5% contracts Uarper points to were concluded before Nov. 7, which Jones called a “cutoll time” for ratification of contracts that exceed 1.2%.

CUPE seems to worry about a domino effect if the wage guidelines are successful in the North Vancouver dispute. A taped messige on the CUPE local's hotline asks: “If School District 44 falls to wage controls, who's ncxt?”

Although the employers’ associ- ation has delegated the authority to bargain with support staff to dis- tricts, all contracts agreed upon by school districts and unions in B.C.

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