Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2000 local a13 Drivers to River East keep ban and were Back by Nick Martin striking River East school bus Drivers Are willing to go Back to work and allow the school division to study the feasibility of contracting out but theres a big if they want River East to sign a new contract that maintains the current ban on any contracting out of transportation if that will end the we will agree to letting the division do a feasibility study during the life of the new Canadian Union of Public employees representative Mark Kernaghan said if they want to study they certainly leave the no contracting out language where it but River East superintendent John Carlyle said the division Doest negotiate through the Kernaghan should put the offer in writing and sub Mit it to the provincial Wholl decide if its a serious enough change in position to Merit calling a meeting of the two Carlyle the school bus Drivers went on strike 10 Over the divisions insistence it be allowed to contract out jobs that become vacant through retirement or Carlyle said earlier yesterday that the existing contract language prevents River East from even studying whether contracting out has any to even contemplate looking into it contravenes the labour relations Carlyle River East wants to be Able to study the accessibility and Cost of contracting out As vacancies if trustees were convinced that All their criteria had been Carlyle they Likely want to take the next step to contract out those they probably go for they Only contract out if a whole lot of studies convinced them it was the right thing to Carlyle Carlyle emphasized current staff would be guaranteed their any route that became vacant would be offered to any cupe member who wanted to switch before it was considered for contracting Carlyle said River East asked the Union on tuesday to take the contract dispute to a but cupe Kernaghan denied it emphatically we Haven heard anything about a the school bus strike in Transcona Springfield that began 24 showed no sign yesterday of Transcona Springfield Board chair Mary Andree said most of the crowd of 200 parents and striking Drivers who packed a school Board meeting tuesday evening were from Anola or Transcona residents cant understand Why the Drivers have gone on she while parents Are claiming great hard ship for Rural families driving their kids to school and predicting accidents on highways and around crowded Andree said Shes hearing that some kids Are enjoying being driven to school and getting to spend extra time with their Survey from trustees angers striking bus teachers by Nick Martin River East school trustees Rod Giesbrecht and Wayne Ritcher have angered fellow striking school bus Dri vers and neighbouring school divisions with a wide ranging Survey now being delivered to Ward 1 Treyve been accused of asking leading questions and inflaming already bitter labour the two trustees asked Resi dents if they favour contracting out transportation they asked for yes or no responses to undefined dress codes for staff and clustering special needs students into one and amalgamating with Transcona Springfield school division or the Elmwood Section of Winnipeg the River East Board has already slapped a form of Cen sure on the two trustees by telling All employee groups that the division neither condones nor endorses the Board chair woman Gail Scheer they were leading the Public was expected to answer in a very restrictive Fash there were Only snippets of information Scheer Ritcher said yesterday the pub Lic response has been Gratifying so but Given the boards Adverse Likely keep the information gathered to a Survey like this has never been done in River said Wayne and i paid for and now we Are delivering there delivering copies to Ward 1 in the divisions Southwest a preamble to a question on Ideal class sizes says teachers Are lobbying the province to set class sizes regardless of pro available space or costs to guarantee teachers a Campaign that could prevent children from attending their Choice of a question on finances says wages and benefits make up 86 per cent of River easts teachers Are paid an average for 200 Days and 70 per cent of residents have no children in the school system Are teachers wages ask Gies Brecht and Ritcher what budget percentage of salaries and Bene fits is acceptable River East teachers association president Nancy Kerr said teachers about to begin bargain ing on a new contract Are filing a protest with the Mark the Canadian Union of Public employees representative for striking school bus believe trustees let their insistence on contracting out Lead to a and Only then ask the commune Tys Transcona Springfield chair Mary Andree and Winnipeg ones chairwoman Liz Ambrose said any amalgamation talks should take place Between full school in opposed to trustees doing their own Olympus three great gift deals d460z digital camera includes 8mb smart Media 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