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". Bev Thompson says“ teacherg. aren't essential service' SWLU increases staff by 22 Pending relaxation of the provincial freeze on building grunts. the uni- versity wil lease 12 port- able classroom units, to be in place this fall. Re- novations to the library building will see the re- serve room relocated to the lower level. allowing "We have ' always at- tempted to build ,a good student-f a C u I t y relation- ship at WLU by hiring teachers truly interested in teaching, and not just research." Dr. Peters said. "Now, we are able to improve this situation still further by adding ubstantially to our faculty Cl thus improving the faculty-student ratio." Dr. Frank C. Peters, president of the university, said additional financing received now that the university is provincially assisted makes it possible to increase faculty size. He said "we would like something "hat's for one year or less than one year" And he added that, "due Twenty-two additional faculty members will be added to the l50-member faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University when the fall term begins. Undergradu- ate enrolment will remain atabout 2,400. I Another panelist, Larry Proulx said Bill 275 "is not good enough" one reason being that it calls for a two-year contract. She said that the depart- ment could hardly insist on defining teachers " essential services when they can cease for several months every year without any serious repercussions. "In the summer months we apparently are not es- sential.“ she said. Ms. Thompson added that the the n ext group of workers the government is liable to -take the right to strike from might well be letter carriers. Teachers, don’t consider menuelves an essential service “like police for example" said Beverly Thompson, a panel mem- ber at last Wednesday's meeting of teachers and liberals at the Glenbriar Curling Club. _ T New Low Rates On Our Special Color Packages , PACKAGE No.1 PACKAGE NO. 2 Two - 8 x IO Mounted One - 8 x 10 Mounted Two - 5 x 7 Mounted Four - 5 x 7 Mounted Four -4 x 5 Mounted $10.00 Deposit A When Photos Taken is Applued To Your Order GRADUATION PORTRAITS Go $24.50 0 ONE NEGATIVE RETOUCHED DIVID’S PHOTOS Member Prolnvonal Photographers of Canada Member Prnfmsmnal Photographers of America 38 Dupont St. East, Waterloo FK 7442384 ' The part that allows for negotiations relative to terms and conditions of employment is something they've never had before, The university has also confirmed that the next two structures to be built on campus will be a music Chief among these was that only one mute "to set- tlement is _oHered-"com- pulsory and binding ar- bitration. ,. . Ruth MacPherson. presi- dent of the Ontario Second- ary School Teachers Feder- ation (OSSTF) and Exe- cutive Secretary Al Murray had outlined (on A paper) the members' objections extension of the reference and technical service areas _on the ground, floor. to Bill 275. . To provide office space for the growing faculty. about half the space of one ,campus men's resi- dence. . hence. M Mr. Pmulx is president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Associa- tion (OETCA) and is teaching principal of St. Patrick's in Cambridge (Gan). Copies of the controver- sial bill had been distribut- ed/o the 4.5 people present. to mpeedieataNe inflation- ary trends" there was no way of guessing what the cost of living escalation " UNION STREET EAST, WATERLOO, 745-6773 OPEN: Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 pm. 12 'tttttl ST. NORTH. JUpstairs) 5Ptt-4S50, The TREASURE TROVE of GIFTS be even pm year 'lifiil‘ "Canndian and Imported Handcrafted Gifts" [EEK] Annual February all regular stock (Fobrunry " - 28M) building and a professional building for the School of Business and Economics and the Graduate School of Social Work. the teachers agreed. They claim however that it will have to be clarified be- cause the same section (“DJ and 2) also speci- fied that'if the parties can- not agree on a particular item then it would have to be submitted to arbitra- 2. There is provision for a grievance procedure which is almost identical to the procedure in the labour RelatiOns Act. . 3. Llason committees made up of teachers and trustees will be required. M.P.P. Ed Good said that arbitration could take six to 12 months, and men-, timed the elevator main- tenance technicians' dis- 1. Teachers will now have the right to negotiate more than salary, Le. terms and conditions of employment. In effect, the teachers claim "the Bill giveth and the Bill taketh away, all in tttesamebreattC' Following was listed as "positive aspects of Bill SALE 20% OFF CHRONICLE welcomes the editor letters to pate which had taken nine months for arbitration which was damaging to 'tre"',',':',',:,',.- e panelists'. moderator stated that all groups of teachers. at the various levels are preparing a com- bined paper in opposition toBill275. N "kscs,s,,. JUNIOR WA A” l onme; ttttttfr,,,.:,),,,:,,:, Wm Chronick, WM, Fchnuty 20, 1974 Add ' New Look For Spring In,