THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAE, 3.6,

Thursday, November 2%, 1989

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By A. J. Drinkell

Ed. Note: This is' the first of two columns on educatioanl matters as seen by the Forum.

The boy really got steamed up when someone: commenced reading aloud from the press reports of the Teachers’ Convention held recently at Prince George. It was noted R. R. Smith, president of the British Col- umbia Teachers Federation, in- what was described as a vehement address to the assembled delegates, appeared to stress four points viz:

(1) “Automatic membership of provincial teachers is one of the biz- Best assets we possess.”

(2) “B.C, School Trustees were determined to force school princi- pals out of federation ranks into foreman’s position instead of mem- bers of the Union.”

(3) “We cannot agree with the elements of force the trustees are putting up against us.”

(4) “We might even be like civil servants and our bargaining power jeopardized.”

The boys simply could not get that ‘a

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membership” business properly lined up in their sights. Sec- tion 149 subsection (4) of “The Pub- lie Schools Act” reads as follows: “Every person who becomes a teach- er after the first day of, April, 1947, shall, immediately on his appoint- ment as a teacher, become and be a member of the British Columbia Teachers Federation.”

Lest we be charged with quoting out of context let it be clear that persons who were already teachers or who enrolled as students in one of B.C. Normal Schools at the time of the enactment of this subsection, had the privilege of notifying the general secretary of the B.C.T.F of their desire to be excluded from membership therein by registered letter within six months after the date of the enactment of this suh- section, or, after their appointment as teachers as the case might be.

No such privilege, however, is made available to persons becoming teachers at a later period. POWER TO SUSPEND

Then comes subsection (6) which reads, in part, “The executive com- mittee of the British Columbia Teachers Federation shall have the

Power to suspend or expel any teach-

BOARDS’

pulsiun and the expanding af its so called bargaining power.

ACTUAL POWERS

In considering Mr. Smiths remarks

regarding the elements of force he-

er from: membersiip in tis oo ing mustered against them by the She sees ae Wy ceo}: |trustees-we have the utmost aif. person so suspended or expel- | uy apbraedigallow eines (Bae

led shall be appointed or retained as a teacher in any public school until he has been reinstated as a member of the B.C.T.F.” cil of Public In is permit- ted if made within ten days after such notice of suspension or expul- sion. is received.

While Mr. Smith used the term “automatic: membership” he must, in his heart, have known his listeners were fully conscious of the fact ke was merely applying’ sugar-coating to its more precise appellation. Com- pulsory, or Mandatory, either one would better describe the form of membership as set forth in the Pub-

he rea Trustees as a potential David prowi- ing around with a sling-shot seeking to slay Goliath in the form of the B. dicrous?

lly see every Board of School

C.T.F.? What could be more lu-

The very fact it is still not pos-

sible for a board of trustees to dis- mis: than gross misconduct, without first reporting the matter to the Supt. of Education, until an appeal has been heard, and whirh. ing decided in favour of the teacher, might bring them face to face with

a teacher for any cause other

and, that they

n the event of the appeal be-

iis Sine aee seen i variety of undesirable circum- “the the Seca $ fs neih’ Meaning’) tances: . that fact alone: tole Mi ORE ee ee ees uae: WE | cris: pemarkesior Mise ots Aneie

do not have to call too greatly upon our imaginative powers to visnalize what happens to those who fail to heed the edict. If that constitutes one of the greatest assets in posession of

force. Add to this the fact that teach- ers have heen able to get compulsory membership corporated into the Statutes of Brit-

in their federation in-

cannot |

the teachers of

then, they, and we, are all in dire

straights.

DISREGARD FACTS

When Mr. Smith complains of th. attitude of the various school boards toward school principals he appears

to disregard entirely the fact a schoul principal is something more than just another teacher. He also occu- pies an executive position which easts him in the role of a liaison officer between the school board and his subordinates. As a school prin- cipal himself Mr. Smith can be under no- misapprehension in that respect and should be the last person to as- cribe sinister motives to the trustees when they express a desire for these gentlemen to be neutral partiés.

accuracy threatens to reduce our entire edu- cation system Punch and Judy show with the de- partment officials cast in the role of the Dog Toby, and our locally elected representatives as the dangling pup- pets totally incapable of purposeta motion jerking of the strings grasped firmly in the hands of the master performer, | the B.C.T.F.

ish Columbia and any idea of the trustees being able to use force becomes entirely dissipated. With department heads heing mostly for- mer teachers the dice are still more heavily loaded in favour of the B.C.-

T.F.

It may be asserted with greater the teachers federatio:

to the level of a

except in obedience to the

HINT OF FEDERAL ELECTION SEEN

The seventh- session of Canada’s 21st parliament which opened last week could be the last before a zen- eral election.

The government’s legislative pro- gram remained a secret until the speech from the Throne was deliver- ed at the opening Thursday, bvt if other pre-election sessions were guide it would not contain much that is controversial, but would hold things pleasing to voters generally.

Possibly no legislation will be awaited more eagerly than the 1953- 54 budget. It may contain a defirite clue as to whether-this is an election session.

Finance Minister Abbott and other cabinet members have hinted that the time for tax reductions is ap- proaching. Progressive Conservativ have charged that the government is

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Postponing tax relief until just be fore an election.

The term of the present Parlia— ment, elected June 27, 1949, does not expire until Aug. 25, 1954. Goy- ernments, however, usually call an election, dissolving the house, be- fore the full term expires and there has been speculation the election will come possibly on Monday, Oct. 5, 1953.

A few observers forecast a snap election next spring shortly before the June 2 Coronation of Queen indications are that the session will last until late April or mid-May, giving members a chance to travel to London for the ceremony. ‘

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Nevertheless, Mr. Smith completely reverses himslf by going out of his way to place, by inference, a most opprobrious interpretation upon the status of school principals shouia this desire on the part of the trustees become effective.

For our part we find it more at- tractive to visualize them as unfet- tered ‘‘foremen” working in the best interests of all concerned than as compulsory members of an organ- ization whose principal aim appears to be the perpetuation of that cop-

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