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1 islature late Monday evening. teachers will continue to withhold volunt classes to resumne at eight Ontario , i h lot il .ît tý Il k ý,,ýIii O îk '55S. saîd the legislation establishes rules classes will resumne at these boards. ionly public school board affected, 1er are Catholic boards. 's director of labour relations agreed ers can still withdraw voluntary ser- licipate in rotating strikes. )t covered under that," said Dawn ton. ýr expects Halton public secondary tary ser- vices. ie help, sports, arts progranis and clubs will con- tinue to, be curtailed. The teachers are boycotting extracurricular activities in part because of increased workloads. Haltons public secondary teachers are currently handling seven classes per year instead of six. Mr. Tanner also feels teachérs can still partici- pate in rotating one-day walkouts, as they did Thursday. Secondary teachers at 20 of Ontario's 31 public achool boardsfeel the saine way. By'DENNIS SMITH provincial legis Special to The Champion It orderedc drawal of voluntary services or rotating strikes, were in progrc* says a representative for Halton's public secondaiy Mr. Tanner teachers. under whichc AI Tanner, president of the Ontario Secondary Durham is the Schools Teachers' Federation (Halton) said hie as the remaindt believes his members can stili take both these job The board' t actions. Halton teacher "The legislation won't affect us at ail," said Mr. vices and parti Tanner. "As far as 1 understand, it only affects "We're noi boards in a full (labour) withdrawal situation." Beckett-Morto The Back to Scbool Act was passed by the Mr. Tanner RC elementary teachers reach a tentative deal The Halton Catbolic District School Board and the Halton Elementary Unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers (OECTA) have reacbed a tentative two-year agreementa, back- dated to August 3 1. Details of the agreement will not be released until it has been ratified by both parties. The deal affects 900 elementary teachers in the Halton Catbolic school system. Teachera will vote on the deal Tuesday at a 4:30 p.m. meeting while the board will vote at its regular board meeting the same nigbt. The contract will also have to receive provincial approval, but Richard Brock, president of OECTA's Halton Elementary Unit, said bie doesn't anticipate any problems. 'The contract is in total compliance with Bill 160," hie said. "If the province has a problem witli the contract, we don't know what it would be." The two sides met extensively throughout the sommer and then took a hiatus. Negotiations resumed September 23 and Mr. Brock said the final details were resolved in a I 2-hour bargaining ses- sion. see SETTLE on page 7 Switch ta natural gas heating and Iower your monthly heating bis! Switching from electricity? Save up ta 55%* Switching from oil? Save up ta 25%*j Convert before October 17 '98 and Save up ta $350, on your equipment purchase PlIu s No payments until March 1991 Cail Union Gas today 1 800 860-2223 Termo and Conditions Represents heating eniergy savings when comparing electric baseboard, electric forced air furnace or a new oil fornace with a high-etficiency natural gas furniace. Any applicable taxes are flot included in the calculations. Natural gas price as of Jane '98 was $0.230385/cu.m. The Iowest sxrveyed rate ased in calculations for electricity was $0.0690/kWh (Jan. '98> and for fuel xii $0.359/litre (Apr. '98). Rates cary across the Union Gas service area. t Deferred payments, financing and discounts are available to Union Gas residential costomers .A.C. throxgh Union Gas. Ail other offers ont applicable. $350 discount applies to a high-efficiency furnace and air conditioner pxrchased together. 01 Union Gas Limited 1998 0 uniongas energy for you 1 o r t h e c o m o ts of Iom e AI Tanner SNothing 's changed, says AI Tanner