District... 88 Negotiators ~ countered. With an offer of six percent in the first year and five ., per.centin the second, : Representatives : af both sides * called “the. other's offer | > unrealistic, + J. School: trustee and negotia-: ~. tions spokesman Kris Chapman, “sald the district simply has no more. money than what it has _ = Local teachers '* asked ‘for a one-year 17-per-cent ‘ wage increase during. contract ’ talks. last ” week, while School tract and retai teachers here. He said the government’s-re- writing df the -school’ act has Forced’ extensive. negotiation over: many: things’ that “were covered inthe school act.'More than two-thirds of the articles _ up for negotiation remain either “Unresolved or at impasse;, .. School. district secretary- treasurer Barry Piersdorff said the board's resources are stret- ' ched to the limit. — . He said a settlement involving a higher payout would mean .. either making further cuts to the ict budget | or getting ‘ministry. per- : TS: Aa ciation’ (DTA) . : characterizing. that’ as .an- : ultimatum ‘rather’than a “Posi- - Hon from “which «to. “start “: Bargaining, thé talks could’soon ° * be mired on the money issue. Chapman ; said the. school - ‘districtis: hotding firm to its budget : “statement ‘last spring ~ that. only: enough money is set. aside i in the budget. forasixper - § cent. pay increase ‘ta. settle. the. teachiers’ contract, A’ settlement of more than: . _ that,’ she "said, could only be . ~'made- by | geiting. ‘the provincial’ a government’ S approval to carry. | a deficit into. next year. or by - cutting more’ money out of the district’. budget, we Trustees. in- March slashed $390,000 from the budget by cutting «money. for. student travel, a- Gitksan native language program, a proposed music | -Program, the .. gifled students ‘program; and made cuts to spending for- ‘teachers’ aides’ and proposed increases to leatning assistance positions. ‘The cuts were’made to avoid a school tax referendum follow- __ ing changes to school financing * rules. '- Chapman said if teachers ‘A-want more concessions on other = articles of the. contract that will - cost money, they will have to be * negotiated on the understanding. . “the costs will be paid out of the” block of money set aside. “Our wage offer . feflects the: amount of __ money we wére given by the provincial govern- ment. We can't manufacture more ~ Money..1 think that’s as '. Straightforward as we -.can possibly be.” petit bemaran a “if they choose. to do other wl things with it, we can talk about. _it-at the table,” she'said, “But © : ‘that’s all the money there i is to : _ play with.” by the provincial government,” Chapman explained, ‘'We can't Manufacture more money. I think that’s as straightforward - as we can possibly be.” The TDTA‘says with various : major,changes in progress both ‘in’ education and in the economy. at-large, it is not con- “fident“enough ‘about the future “sto. bargain for a longer contract than one year, and wants a two« j year contract. : If a one-year contract was , Signed .— replacing the current ‘contract which expired July 1 — ‘by the end-of, this-year, the two ee ee ee ee ee ee es, fr a ey sides woilld: ‘be back at the table “to begin ‘bargaining for another : ‘only . New contract by:March. “T'm).not: sure we buy into . their. argument that the pie is re iwil:-said last week. ecen years attempted “batgaining ploy the rei ‘is only,a.certain A tiy stor inflationznext aun the® cipaed 7 eral. Good. ‘and Ser. Hil ecovery of Parcs oT WF thes Laue TDTA president # trict has several’ Hey. available, - . s irickea: B dewand includes © et ae to" the © oe ‘mission to run‘d deficit and then have to‘ deal with it next year. ‘ .. 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