policy in fight

Teachers face ‘hold the line” —
for pay raise

the British Columbia, up to 17% have been made. |
In support of these demands |

|the teachers put forth the fol-
\lowing arguments: |
Although not officially bind- e@ In present day society |
ty-two districts, | Some support. Recent school mre and more: is “being He.

At their recent convention
School Trustees Association passed a “hold the line”
resolution on teachers’ salaries.

ing on the el :
the resolut is. having. a| money by-laws have met with | ,anded of education and edu-|
noticeable effect on negotia- little success: and statements cators. Great. stress is laid rhe
tions. Very few districts have by community leaders indicate) 4,6 yesponsibility of training |
nade settlements and reports) 3 crisis in -municipal finances; | suture generations of uizean|
boards are of which school -costs represent | capable of contributing to to-|
a large. share. | day’s highly complex society. |

The teachers’ poini out that! Therefore, teachers should be |
if education is to make the} paid comensurate with their
line” position the boards have| progress demanded of it by) increasing responsibilities.
used two main arguments: (1)| society more money must be} @ Only by paying attrac-|
An increase in teachers’ sal-| found. One solution that is| tive salaries will it be possible |
aries would means an increase| gaining a great deal of support}; attract more first ae |
in taxes. The taxpayer ecan’t| is to use some of the present | teachers to the profession and |
afford this. (2) Teachers are) arms budget for federal aid to| overcome the teacher shortage. !
well paid now. education. Instead of wasting! @ Teachers are expected not |
money on obsolete armaments] only to keep pace with ad-|
many point out, use it in @| vances in educational thought |
constructive way — On educa-| anq practice but also to con- |
|stantly improve their educa-

indicate that the
not offering anytl

districts —- pay cuts in some.

ing in most

In defence of their ‘hold the

In support of the second
argument many statements
such as the one that no Prin-

cipal makes under $10,000, tion.

were bandied about. The Brit-| While much has been print-| tional standards. To fulfill}

ish Columbia Teachers’ Feder-/ eq in the daily press about the| these tasks costs money for
and night school!

ation has issued material ref-| position and arguments of the | summer

school boards, very little -has| courses as well as giving up
said| been said about the position| much free time. If society ex-
pects such things it should be
ared to pay for them.
The cost of living con-
tinues to increase and people
lin other jobs are gaining in-
| creases to maintain their stan-
|dard of living. Teachers also
must face up to the same prob-
llem and see no reason for
| losing ground.

uting this.
Very little has been
about the first argument, how-| and arguments of the teachers. |
The specific demands of the | PreP
EES ————,| teachers are not known by|. ®
anyone but themselves and the
boards. However, reports in-

R 0 0 dicate that demands running

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ever. As a result it has gained |

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TURNER, GODFREY RUN IN BURNABY

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MARIE GODFREY, has also said she will contest a seat
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