_ TeReview __ Monday, December 24,1990 — A9 ‘Continued from Page Al Claes would not be resolved :individually but only as a package. ; Only four clauses in the contract ‘have been resolved. Teachers have “been without a contract since June 71990. : Loveless said the teachers’ sinsistence on negotiating every ‘clause of the contract prevents a ‘timely settlement. The teachers’ jassociation brought 64 proposals ‘to contract negotiations. ; The board entered negotiations ‘with a list of 82 items to discuss. ‘On Oct. 24 the board dropped all but 10 items and asked the teach- ‘ers’ association to do the same, ‘Loveless said. * Cameron said the board started negotiations by asking teachers to di demands in order of priority or cut the list of demands in half without further negotiation. ’ The teachers’ association main- tains all the contract clauses are important. Loveless said the board negoti- ators then suggested dealing with the least controversial clauses first but the teachers’ association | - wanted to discuss those clauses immediately, thereby increasing the chance for a stalemate. The staff increases and benefit F increases proposed by the teachers to date would increase the budget by 35 per cent or $6.7 million before any salary increase is added, Loveless said. The board still doesn’t know | sghat salary increase the Saanich Teachers’ Association is seeking. “Can you imagine — 22 days of bargaining and the association won't Say what they want,” Love- less said. Cameron said the Saanich dis- trict is the only district in the province unwilling to negotiate a contract clause by clause. “We like to negotiate item by item or by a group of related items.” Loveless said the board has listened to the teachers” proposals item by item. Cameron complained the board made no attempt to negotiate the clauses. This lack of negotiation led to support of a strike vote by teachers on Dec. 6. After hearing the teachers’ pro- posals, the board made an initial _ 22 page offer of settlement involv- ing 29 items, six from the board and 23 from the teachers’ associa- tion. “We made assumptions about what was important for the teach- ers,” Loveless said: The proposed agreement also provided a six per cent salary increase the first year and allowed for later negotiation of a salary increase for the second year, Love- less said. That contract would cost the district an additional $1.273 mil- lion in salaries alone and a budget increase of 6.7 per cent. “We are very close to our bot- tom line,” Loveless added. The board has asked for a Tealis- tic counter proposal from the teachers’ association which prior- itizes teacher demands. Cameron said the association has not decided whether to drop its clause by clause negotiation to _prepare the package proposal requested by the board. The next negotiating sessions are set for January 10 and 11. GOOD BOOKS ‘|| of intentions. eS ODDS AND ENDS Here it is the end of 1990. We make all sorts of resolutions — to live a better life, increase our knowledge, gain new experiences — a good list For this final review of the year, | have two books that are both factual stand interesting, but as different as can be. By Echo Eburne Parking is prohibited North Saanich council approved two new No Parking zones Dec. 17, one near Parkland Secondary School and one on Mills Road near the industrial park. Council agreed to restrict park- ing on the north side of Mills Road for 200 meters west from McDon- ald Park Road. Municipal engineer Jack Parry said employees or visitors to the industrial area are parking on both sides of the road, creating a poten- tial traffic hazard because of the narrow road shoulder on the north side of the road. Council also agreed to post No Parking signs on both sides of Blue Heron Road from McDonald Park. Road to the Sidney-North Saanich Yacht Club entrance. The parking. ban was imposed at the request of a resident who complained Parkland students were parking on the road. Students had stopped parking in the area following an announcement at the school but resumed parking in the area after a few weeks. : 3 TRADER VIC @ cM , Helen Lang is on holidays. TOWN OF SIDNEY NOTICE The Council invites applications from Sidney residents to serve in a voluntary Capacity as a resource person for the National Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Standing Committee on Environmental Issues. Applications should identify the applicant’s area of expertise concerning environmental issues and state the level of availability for assistance to the Committee. Applications should be submitted to the undersigned by 4 p.m., January 3rd, 1991. G.S. Logan, A.C.1.S., P. Adm., C.M.C. Administrator, Town of Sidney 2440 Sidney Avenue Sidney, B.C. 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