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Parents. of students i in ‘School District 88:were advised.
yesterday by. the board. not to send the kids to school.'On -
the’ first’ day ‘school was ‘sch duled to resume after the’

holidays - every: ‘building’ in the district. was. ‘behind.
Terrace District Teachers’ Association: picket lines, and’
both sides of the © dispute expect the strike to be a tengthy

: cone.”

‘The: board. received notice. of:
‘the strike. Monday. afternoon
:Mear the end of the most recent
- bargaining session. -Although
“progress. in.. negotiations. ‘ap-
peared” more rapid during talks
“held over the holidays than in
_ previous months, TDTA presi-
- dent Helmut'Giesbrecht said the
‘pace.was still slow and teachers -
had lost patience...

_ The board was notified by the’ |
« privatized a little. more. than-a
would. be. taken Jan, 3: if a .
n’t in: west - District Council ‘of: the:
, “United * ‘Brotherhood * Of
+ Carpenters -
ay America have ‘already written a:
“letter: of. complaint. According -

‘TDTA: Dec: -16 that job. action

the board: will ft se
Industrial. ‘Relations Council
hearing to have the strike -de--
clared illegal. The TDTA strike
‘vote taken at the end of Novem-
ber: was. not supervised by the

pigs

“IRC. Until the strike is legal, —
Piersdorff said; there will be no 7
° -This was followed by a unati-

further negotiations,

_. ° ‘The IRG Hearing and -subse--
". quent. declaration could take up

to a week: “It'll be on the IRC’s
timetable,”’ Piersdorff noted.

. Giesbrecht. said’ the TDTA
bit hold. another. vote if. neces-
, but ‘in--the‘mean time
pickets will remain at the
schools. . 2 won't change’
anything,” he remarked, |

The issues remaining . to be

settled amount to more than 50
items coveritig a broad: spectrum

of topics, and Giesbrecht said .

wages are not one of the major
problems: The major issues re-

maining include teacher evalua-

tion, discipline and” dismissal;
relocation: ‘allowances; " rules

covering. substitute’ teachers;

probationary . staff . appoint-
ments; teaching .-assignments;
sick leave’ ‘provisions; ‘remote
housing; and
allowatices.. .
‘To ‘that list. Giesbrecht also
added proposals that he said the -
board committee rejected out-
right that dddressed class’ sizes,
staffing : ‘levels. for ‘counsellors.
and librarians, atid mainstream-
ing for spécial needs childrens,
- Giesbrecht asserted that many
of the itéms tabled by the TDTA.
are. already in the Personnel
«. Practices” Contract negotiated.

_ between the board and teachers :

Bontinyed on | page. 2

‘meetings and. he has received: a
. “bevy” of complaints from Ter:

after’ the snow: falls;’’..
. Johnston, adding, ‘‘our com-.

Tooals. note |
first month |

of private —
road care.

- Terrace area ‘highway. inain-
tenance® “operations :. ‘were.

month ago, and the B.C. North-

“and Joiners. of

to businéss.agent P2.ul Johnston,
many of. their members travel |
‘some distance:.to work | or

race, Smithers, Prince. Rupert;.
Kitimat and other. northerfi sites

mous. vote to write: a: Iétter to.

MLA. Dave Parker. >

~ Snow clearance has not been
timely and- roads -remain
treacherous for long. periods.
says

plaint’ is. not with the workers,
whom we.ate sure are working —
to the best of ‘the TesOUrces .
available. Our complaint i is with

‘the Tidiculous - privatization -

policy that. has created this

“YOUR HOME TOWN. LOCALL Y OWNED; AND OPERA TED NE WSPAPER

TERRACE, B &, ‘WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1989.

nightmare, It was. pooriy.con-. § he :

ceived and was introduced i in the
face: of major: public ;
Opposition”?

- The. Terrace. Review contacted

some. area, residents and. comi-_

mercial interests, however, and

to.date, most people appear ta
believe that North Coast Road

‘ Maintenance is doing
—lsolation |

at least as
good a job, if not better, ‘than

“Was previously done - by the ;
Ministry of Highways.

Canadian” Freightways
manager ‘Bob Petras:-and his -

. counterpart, Roti Bell of Motor-

ways, agree that | as far as snow
removal is concerned; there is no

real difference, Petras; however, : : |

says that he has received

‘complaints from driverg.on. the: :
- Terrace/ Kitimat fun, but points
out that: this is really nothitiy.

: gontinuedt on page 2” a

Teachers picketing Caledonia Senior Secondary Schoo! yesterday recruited an
- @uxillary who won't complain about the cold but might get upset if it rains. Both |

q 4 ~yaldes-arg st stil ‘far apart 0 on a: number of critical Issues in the dispute.

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