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Supply teachers in militant mood Board says no to arbitration For the third tune in its 10 year history the Substitute Teacher Association has beet forced to go to war the board of education to Tight proposed salary cuts More than substitute teacher some long time veteran of the board others with barely a year a experience gathered in a board office Thursday afternoon to discuss strategy In the hour long meeting vice president George Gereben called for teachers to organize He made refer ences to unions throughout the meeting calling it a last resort We don want to get a union but if we have to we better be ready he warned the teachers Just a week earlier super intendent of employee services at the board of education dropped a bomb on the sub stitute teacher association by announcing he board of education was considering changing the payment method or substitute teachers that could result in a freeze or cut In some substitute teacher salaries Is proposing a standard rate of pay for both elementary and secondary sub stitute teachers The change would not recognize teachers with university de who are now being paid 56 daily In the elementary grades Teachers without degrees in the elementary system receive daily A flat rate of W is presently being paid to secondary teachers Part of the board argument centres around the status of the Ha Hon substitute teachers who are one of the highest paid in the province Difficult fight not the first time the Association has been hit with a proposed salary cut It was formed In for what organizers say was to protest and combat on unfair peeled and cut in substitute teacher salaries In the Association was revived to protest and combat as unfair unexpected and unforewarncd cut substitute teacher pay It was successful in convin cing the board to rescind an earlier decision to cut the salaries on both occasions But with the board looking to cut costs this j ear substitute teachers may have a cult fight ahead of them The total Association membership represents only a fraction of the more than Halton substitute teachers who remain disjointed and unorganized have to get the rest of the substitute teachers in to join pleaded who is trying to gather information on the amount of experience the average substitute teacher in Halton has to prove t the board that we of university but experienced teachers But the Association may have difficulty gathering the data Not only Is the Association presently struggling for membership the board pro posal also splits the substitute teachers down the middle because the nondegree substitute teachers could conceivably make more money if a standard rate is set Although stressed that a union last resort he did recommend to teachers that they should consider joining the Ontario Public Service Employee Union which presently negotiates on behalf of college teachers and many govern ment workers Gereben emphasized the need for a strong presentation to the board But Stoness claimed the board is only looking at a number of alternatives He said the salary policy commission would be examining the issue and he expects to hear from the substitute teachers by the end of February said he expects the issue to come up before the board as early as late March Negotiations between elem entary teachers and the board of education have fallen to a new low alter the board s negotiating committee consider ration- Robert president of the Halloo teachers elementary association said this week that the board bad refused a lion request to appoint an arbitrator to look into the issue of staffing But according to negotiating committee chairman Elaine an agreement on the issue has already been made The board does not wish to use an because as far as we are concerned we have an agreement on pupil teacher ratio she said A long term agreement was made for the school year through to the year which allowed for an increase of teachers in each of those years explained adding as many as 24 additional teachers could be hired this year She said the agreement allows for a decrease of per cent this year from to She admits that because of declining enrolment fewer teachers will be hired insists the board is willing to look at the problem of staffing explaining that the negotiating committee has agreed to set up a joint committee to examine the problem for negotiations in 19M But there Is no agree ment He says the Halton elementary school board is the worst staffed in the province and he wants 12 new teachers to improve the situation An additional 12 teachers would decrease the pupil teacher ratio to 19 still more than Hamilton and Peel s 19 1 We would have to have about additional teachers to come in line with the Peel board he said When you re last you re last We re not saying we want to be first but last he questioned Georgetown Acton Wednesday March B7 Fisher says letter wrong A letter to the editor which appeared many region newspapers is in correct according to Halton Board of Education 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