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FIPij1 AuoAutoGlass IUphsterpoe I~flu2N86-~I~.j"Using Cc A Metroland Community Newspaper 'mn çWekend* nunication ta Build Better Communities" ~u~1~ Vol. 144 No. 24 Frida ay, June 6, 2003 40 Pages Teachers and board reach two-year deal Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Recruit fîrefighter Jay Rosewell gets a littie help tram seven-year-old Tomas, a Little Brother in the Big Brothers of Halton organization. About 30 Big and Little Brothers were at the Milton Fire Department's Central Station Saturday for an open house hosted by the Milton Firefighters Club. The event included a tour, demonstrations and a barbecue. By TIM WHITNELL Special ta The Champion After a long contract dispute, Haltons public high school teach- ers and the school board have reached a deal. Following three montiss of on-and-off negotiations, tise board and its 750 full- time-equivaleno secondary teachers came to a two-year agreement. It will see teacis- crs receive a blended net pay boost of 6.24 per cent by the end of tise contract. Thse senlement also ends a tiree-month work-to-rule campaign by teacisers. The contract nons from September 2, 2002 to August 31, 2004. Tihe two sides reached a tentative deal late May 23 after six hours of bargaining tisat day and seven hours with a mediator tise day before. Tise president of tise local chapter of tise Ontario Secondary Scisool Teachers' Federation said a "srong majority" of 88 per cent of the unions membership voted in favour of an agreement at a ratification meeting Iast Friday. Joe Harwood said tise contract calis for a 3 per cent pay boost retroactive to Septemiser, 2002 and anotiser 0.46 per cent increase August 31, 2003.Tisere's a 1.9 per '31nttive deal at Catholic school board Tise Haltoni Caoisolic District Scisool Board bas reacised a tentative one-year contract witistise Halton Secondary Unit of tise Ontario Englisis Catisolic Teacisers Association (OECTA). Tise deal. rcacised May 29. covers tise period between Sepsember 1. 2003 to August 31, 2004. HlaIon Secondary Unit members plan to meet to ratify tise new Memorandum of Agreement but no date isas been set. Tise Agreement will bc presenoed for rat- ification isy tise Board of Trustees ai its regular Jonc 17 meeting. No turiler details of tise agreement will be muade available util after ratification by botis parties. cent raise September 1, 2003, a 1.7 per cent increase Febnoary 1, 2004l and a 0.75 per cent raise August 31, 2004. The Ontario government isad guaranteed scisool boards funding for a one-year, 3 per cent raise for its empinyces. Tise end pay rate for Haltons veteran public isigi scshool teacisers at the top of the salary grid is being boosted 8.04 per cent and wil be $75,700 by tise end of tise con- tract. By comparison, tise top-end payout for senior secondary teachers at tbe other Greater Toronto Area boards averages about $76,000, said Dawn Beckett- Morton, the chief negotiator for the Halton District Scisool Board. Ms Beckett-Morton said sise's relieved a deal is done. 'Tisere is no loss of jobs but tisere are no additions eitiser. We both made move- ment." Ms Beckent-Morton said tise net cost of the contract "is higiser than we had isoped but many (deals) across the province are mucis higiser." It was time to seule tise impasse, she noted. "Mediation does provide assistance witis see NEXT on page 15 Comment...... 6-7 HS Report.......8 A&E......... 12-13 Dateline...18-19 Sports........ 20-21 Classifiled . .. .26-29 eFrIday, Juno 6 a *AIP * aLON&a S* hopors OGroMr * &Zer " Wlmars IDA * eMIN loaMSm- 9 *Fond Iastcs * muta NookWarohouse 0 Cototolto village Marks *Canadien Tire * aMNFritta *Fortino* eHomo Dopo* e Homo Hardware - Conra e Arasa Gordon mardes- " Ashtoy Famnitaro *- Longon *e International Pont & spa* *Soboys* eBuilding Box'* eTrunoro Canadna* -Foodport HeMres My Cao? *- Haton wheeso - AU Security* *Maytag * 0alinois Shop & Savs - Futurs Shop* *Sear? * -Rogers Medi- reln aas only $ 1.00 (GST included) 40 Pages