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Douglas College Faculty Association

 

CFA PQ. Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5B2
Business Phone 588-4411

26 September 1975

Mr. Jean-Pierre Daem
Chairman, College Council
Douglas College

Box 2503

New Westminster, 8.C.

Dear J-P

First let me thank the College Council through you for their expression
of concern over the hardships regrettably imposed upon the sixteen
technicians covered by the Letter of Understanding dated 8 July, 1975.
This expression of concern was conveyed to me under cover of a
memorandum from the Principal dated 23 September, 1975,

The proposed interjm payments contained in the draft version of a
second Letter of Understanding have been discussed at length by the
Executive of the Faculty Association and by the employees covered by the
first Letter of Understanding. These proposed interim payments have
been found to be inadequate. The Faculty Association, with the advice
and consent of the employees concerned, will, therefore, be unable to
sign the draft you have proposed.

The basis for rejection is simply that irregardless of the Labour Relations
Board's decision on your appeal, the affected employees will undoubtedly
receive an amount ofmoney considerably in excess of that offered. If, for
example, some of these employees are placed in Local 62 of the BCGEU they
will receive back pay in the amount of $1,125.00, and beginning on 1 October,
1975 they will be paid at a monthly rate $175.00 above their present rate.

If placed in the Faculty Association and ultimately awarded the same increase
as the rest of the members of that unit, they will receive $1,500.00 back
pay (based on 1 October, 1975 with retroactivity to ] April, 1975) and a
monthly increase of $250.00 :

The faculty Association proposes, therefore, that all parties agree to the
attached second Letter of Understanding. This would seem to provide for
far more equitable treatment of an important group of employees, who,
through no fault of their own, have been left out in the cold for far too
long.

roger elmes jack finnbogason sandra carpenter gord gilgan *
president vice-president secretary treasurer
536-7787 586-7509 584-1679 © 581-8592 A

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