Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Fri May 2000 local a11 Caldwell disregards arbitration warning by Dan Lett education minister Drew Cald Well is forging ahead with plans to overhaul the arbitration sys tem for negotiating teachers salaries despite outside Legal advice that his actions could blow the lid off school division budgets and trigger tax Caldwell has let it be known for some months he intends to Amend the Public schools act to remove provisions introduced by the previous tory those provisions stipulate that arbitration awards in teacher contract Dis Putes must be settled primarily on the basis of the divisions ability to other issues such As transfers and class size and working conditions Are excluded from consider Caldwell has hinted he would like to see teachers contracts settled under the labour relations which would allow a wider Range of issues to be considered in including Quality of Edu cation and no monetary working con Caldwell has said he will not reintroduce a strike lockout the school divisions have argued that allowing an arbitrator to consider those additional issues would result in Esca lating costs that would inevitably boost property Caldwell dismissed such scenarios even though he received outside Legal advice that overhauling the arbitration system would Lead to massive Cost in a confidential briefing note obtained by the free lawyers contracted by the education department argued that allowing an arbitrator to consider the issues of Quality of education and working conditions would result in a higher Overall Cost to the system and would Only be effective if no Cost Limi tation or containment is the Legal opinion noted that divisions must achieve a balance Between Quality of education and ability to but that the changes Caldwell was consid ering would not strike the necessary in the arbitrator May inter pret such a provision As preventing him from doing Caldwell said that letter represented Only one of several outside Legal Opin ions his department has sought on the teachers arbitration and he disputed the letters assertion that expand ing the scope of issues to be considered in arbitration translated into higher property the Manitoba teachers society said it intends to hold education minister Drew Caldwell to his commitment to change labour i guess wed better get it he told about 300 teachers Caldwell told its members he Hopes teachers and trustees can agree on a new but that Hast happened while its president Jan Speelman was conciliatory recently retired its staff officer John Collins warned in a sharply worded address that teachers mobilized against the former conservative government last fall and can do it we Are not going to be satisfied with a Compromise on top of another com Collins anyone who stands in the Way of full bargaining rights for teachers had better Sharpen their the Manitoba association of school which has lobbied against changing the current said the provinces Legal opinion is further Evi Dence that Caldwell is threatening the viability of the Public school system with his Mast executive director Carolyn Duhamel said there is no Way to Intro Duce a broader Range of issues for an arbitrator without ultimately passing on higher costs to property Duhamel said the current system does allow teachers other avenues to pursue working condition such As the grievance notice is hereby Given that the annual meeting of Victoria general Hospital will be held on june at hours in the cafe ground 2340 Pembina Highway Manitoba the correction notice in our 44 summer women and mens sandals offer on pages 8 and 9 excludes Tommy Enzo Steve Madden and in our 44a three Day weekend Sale save 20 mens women kids Sandal event on Page 8 excludes Bay Tommy Enzo Steve Madden and sorry for any inconvenience this May stave b unit a Haven for terminally ill Boniface general Hospital officially opened a 15bed unit for terminally ill people to be cared for with the 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