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BCGEU staff ratify contract

Bcceu support staff at Douglas
College have ratified a new 26-
month contract with the College
in a vote on March 10.

The contract must also be ap-

proved by the Douglas College
Board and provincial government.

The agreement, which is retroac-

tive to Nov 1, 1991 and remains
in effect to Dec 31, 1993 includes
a wage settlement of 7.5 percent
over the first 14 months and 2.5
percent in the second 12 months.

Other highlights of the agree-
ment include: a $55 per semester
Transportation payment (for two
semesters per year) for regular
employees; several changes in
vacation allotment and a shift in
the vacation-entitlement period
from Apr 1-Sept 30; an increase in
the allowed term for maternity
leave from six to 12 months; new

provisions to deal with personal
harassment complaints; and estab-
lishment of a union-employer Pay
Equity Committee to recommend
adjustments in the current job
evaluation plan to eliminate the
bias against jobs traditionally done
by women.

“There are a number of chan-
ges in the agreement which
enhance and recognize the role of
BCGEU staff at the College,” said
Peter Sanderson, Director of
Labour Relations. “The first year of
the agreement is designed to
bring support staff in line with
other members of the College
community. The second year is a
recognition of today’s difficult
economic times.”

Union representative Barb
Offen said the agreement was
accepted with “a comfortable

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This blackboard
(right) in the
concourse was

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covered with
greetings in lots of
different languages
during Multi-
culturalism Week
on campus. Also
celebrating multi-
culturalism was
PIO’s Christine
Unterthiner in her
kimono (left). She
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items from Japan,
Africa, Ukraine, and
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to multiculturalism