ay edition April 29, 1987 40° Vol. 50, No. 16 Gov'ttold: teachers solid against Bill 20 By SEAN GRIFFIN British Columbia teachers gave a resounding demonstration of their opposi- tion to the Vander Zalm government’s dic- tatorial legislation Tuesday as they emptied classrooms across the province and warned school boards that any disciplinary action that resulted from the one-day study session would be met with an immediate escalation of action. In the Lower Mainland, some 7,000 teachers, most of whom had attended local association meetings earlier in the morning, filled the PNE Agrodome for a huge rally called to highlight the B.C. Teachers’ Fed- eration’s demand for the withdrawal of Bill 20, the Teaching Profession Act. May Day inManila — page 20 — B.C. Fed plan, page 28 The spirited crowd gave ovation after “ovation ¥6" speakers Frank "Garrity, presia*s dent of the Canadian Teachers Federation and Mike Dumler, president of the B.C. Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, whose. local union presidents voted Sunday to support fully the action of teachers. But BCTF president Elsie McMurphy brought an even more thunderous response - as she declared that teachers would not be intimidated by the “serious announcement” about reprisals expected from Premier Mears i Po / i: ; Vander Zalm Tuesday evening. j . aid ee ss = Sint te Brace ix ' “I think it’s important that we tell Mr. | . i f sidewalk to sidewalk as they cross over the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver's Walk ae | hohe abst antes ik also held in other parts of the province (stories, more photos pages 13-15). Vander Zalm that we don’t respond well to TRIBUNE PHOTO — SEAN GRIFFIN see TEACHERS page 3 | Alberta: . | thousands The Komsomol!: | expected || — finding the pulse CFU: renewed battle eS ar of a generation against Socred laws = page 6 — Spe ae ee