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SOCIAl" PREMIUMS
Ihe boord of lhe WJIU hod
inuited o number of guesls
ffom qb'rood lo shcre In
l, D$crtminctlcfi in the Pro'
cedure of oppeol belween
llae leochets 6ird the civil servdnls.
ST. LUCIA TEACHERS GO
0N glRf(t
For ihe yeor 2OO9 \he AC'vl
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wrll be 1{9g 'h;: rs ihc sone
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be wrtt po), 5.5qc. ;he -:x
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St Lucio Tecchen Union,
dent of the SLTU, Julion
rose reveoled lhoi ofter
rosino o defenol, governi
indicoied thol the Union
d slorl neootions for 2010
ediotely,. -something
- lhe WITU HAS MEETING
n prez sord wos oul ol lne
ilion.
WITH NEW EDUCATION
COMIvIISSIONER
:hers were riled up qt the W|fU's reouest for o meet-
rnl . emergency meetino wilh new Commissioner of
ond nol lust Decouse or Educotion William Marlin wos
issue regbrding their sol- oronted. The meelina wos
ncreose. 50me expresseo Eeld on Fridov. July lO. 2009
cern obouf the sfotus of oi 10:30om. After o bumpy
Lqbour Code.
stort, where the presence of
the Heod of the Educolion
re end of Mondoy's teoch- Deoortmeni wos obiected
1o bv C. Elshot. the-meeiino
went oheod. The 13-poinl
oSendo included. . omong
NEW LABOUR POLICY
The Chomber of Lobour
Unions colled on ihe cobinet
of the Lt. Governor of
St. Mcorlen os well os lhe
Minisler of Justice Dovid .
Dick lo oublish ihe "Brooks
Tower Abcord," which wos
sioned on Morch 2, 2007 bY
th-e Minister of Juslice ond
oll the Lt. Governors of the
eoch islond tenitory of ihe
Nethedonds Anti!les.
Ai o oress conference on
Wedneisdov, Julv 22' 2009
members bf thei Chomber
Cloire Elshoi ond Theophilus
the tssues ltsfeo tn Ints repon: Thomoson ssid thot since lhe
Leaalilv ol Pvblic Educalion reviseb lobour Policy, which
Sctrool Boqrd: One-veor wos implemented in Jqnuory
conlrocls; Sfolus of Chodes 2009, is creoting conlusron,
leopold Self School; School ihev believe thoi imPlement-
for' Soeciol Educotion: inq'the Brooks Towei Accord
Teachir fronsfers; Cosf of will requlote the looPholes
Uvino odiusfinent ond YYffU's relotin j io foreign lobour.
Recdmm-endolions.
rssue.
Elshot soid the unions mode q
comoleie evoluoiion over the
lost weeks regording FZOG
ond the full ohnouncemenl
from ihe SMMC. The unions
immediolelv oddressed the
motter wiih the Minister of
Heollh, Pqrlioment, while theY
olso souqht to meel with ihe
Insoecioi of Public Heolih.
Elshot soid ihev were mode io
underslond thoi the problem
between St. Moorten Medicol
Cenler ond the FZOG hod
been resolved since the
SVB {Sociol Insurcnce Bonk)
mode o poYmenl lo the
SMMC while ihey oiso hove o
poyment plon in Ploce.
Despite this hoppening ihe
SMMC hos noi i:nnouhced
ihot there hos been on qgreemenl.
The unionisl soid one of
ln the opinion of ihe unlons. their moin objeclives vio the
The commissioner felt thol the two oolicies should hove medio is to denounce onY
some of the pending coses been imPlemenied log.ether tvoe of ihreots from heolth
reg_ording.teochers should go since ihb objective of. ihe iore providers. "Threotening
belore o.Judge so,lnol o ruF Brooks Tower- Accord is io io Wiihhold Medicore is
Ii Mordoylrpefing (St I'rcbSlql rno coulo be lssueo. struciure the foreign lobour oooinsi humon righis ond
force on St. Moorten. uirno the weokesl-link such
emergency meeting, the
os obnsioners to solve odmin-
)n oresldenl, wno 15 olso w]ru rqor HAPPY wrTH Elshot soid thot insieod istrotive motters is on inhu-
orincipol of ihe St Aloysius EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of revisinq the revised Polmone ioclic used bv the St.
Bov Primorv School ioid:
the increosbl is not there EXPLANATION ON
icy in August, the lslond Moarten Medicol Ceirter."
d youl stoy-,owoy from TEACHERS' AtIOWANCE
Governmen-l should see io ii
ool. we would undeBlond Public School teochers thoi the Brooks Tower Accord The unions olso took note ol
stress thol would creote, recejved less vocoiion poy be oublished for ihe soke of stotements mode by Minister
would undersiond if you this yeqr due to o "iechnicol
cloritv ond thot of ihe work- of Heolih Omyro Leeflong
rnot muster {he s_irength to glitch." WITU wos .not hoppy ers.
who olso soid thot the oclion
ioken by SMMC is o grove
rm 1o school on Fnooy ons With the explonotions given The Chomber feels thot if the violoiion of humon rights.
,r. come to clinic, which to them reoordino the short- Minister of Justice wos inter-
would lry lo orgcnize right chonoinq 6f the teochers' ested in chonging lhe siluo-
vocofon-ollowonce. C. Elshot iion regording lobo_ur, lmmF
soid the union received o orolion-ond educolion ihen
resooase from the Execulive he would hove to honour ond
,lGLlSH
Council ouilining the reosons
AS LANGUAGE
imolemenl the occord, which
teochers recerveo less mon- wos signed by oll islonds.
F INSTRUCTION AT ies this yeor.
JBLIC SCHOOLS
The oolicies in Ploce moke it
e loiest concern for lhe Accordino to the leiter, which olmosi imoossible for school
rion is thoi fhe boord o wos oivei to the medio. on boords io'get ieochers to fill
.rblic educolion declorec in-debih invesiiootion wos criticol voconcles. 11 ls Proc-
oi ihe oub:ic schools or conieid out bv ihe Finonce licollv impossible for these
Moorten will.be.chonginlDeooriment
ond theY discov- school bobrds to hove ieochereid
on enor when dolculoters ihev bodty need to woit
e longuoge oI lnslrucTlon Ir
lglrsh In oll stx grooes. ing the vocotion ollowonce. outside' of lhe islond os the
wo* ond residency Permits St. Moorlen wos shocked bY
The enor wos fhof the ]5.3% ore orocesseo.
ihe brulol deoih of ?l-veor-
ne such consequence (
Windword lslonds Allowonce
old Neiumbio Fleminq ond
e chonge from Duich I
wcis colculoied twice during lf the two policies ore brought her I $rhonih-old doug-hter in
rolish - will-couse the systet
the school veor 2A07-2008. tooeiher lhen the unions feel lote Oclober 2008. Neiumbio
be depleied beious
Accordinq fo the Finonce th6t the shortoge of leoch- wos the niece ond godchild
,me of the oositions u
Deoortmelnt. thev mode o ers ond other workers would of our President C. Elshoi. R.l.P.
scome unovoiloble.
mistoke since the vocoiion be reguloted since workers
ldition. such o huoe und(
ollowonce wos integrot_ed in would-know how to regisler The WITU boord exiended
rkino hod io be
the new solorv scoles. Elshot ond how to demond lheir its deepesl condolences lo
soid ihe letter sent bv the rights.
our President Elshot. As such
Execuiive Council is noi cleor,
boord meetings for.Novem-
ond remorked thol even if The lxecutive Council hod ber were concelled os the
the lslond Government mcde decided lo withdrow the boord ond fomily memben
o mistoke, lhey hove the revised policY due io the poid their respects.
rioht to coneci thot misloke, increosed corifusion.
b-ut noi io collecl ihe extro
FAMITY TRAGEDY
monies thoi were poid out. REFUSAL OI FZOG WITU member Juliei Gibson
She soid bosed on whot wos
token out from the 2008-2009 PTNSION CARE
ond her husbond Courtney
vocolion ollowonce it looks Membels of ihe Windword experienced o family frog-
os if the finonce deportmeni lslonds Teochers Union (WITU): edy July 26, 2009. Six of their
conected the enor'ond olso
Windword lslonds Civil Servont cousins were involved in o cor
iook out the extro monies Unions {WICSU/PSU} ond the occident while trovelling irom
they cloim to hove poid lhe ABVO iqid ot o Press con-
yeor before.
ference lhot fhey hove hod New York 1o Florido eorly Sot-
enough regordin! ihe FZOG urdoy morning.
The Executive Council olso ond the un-ions o7e reody to
indicoted to the union lhev toke oclion.
They were oll expected to be
will send eoch ieocher o
of iheir son's wedding thol of-
detoiled let!er
WITU's C. Elshoi soid thot lernoon.
..exploining
the reoson tor the oroslrc
when ihe unions noiiced
decreose in lheir vocolion thot lhe Sl. Moorten Medicol
ollowonce. However, the Center (SMMC) hod soid vio Three of them died. fhe three
union olons to conduci their the newspoPers thoi theY children who hove been hos-
own ihvestigotion inio ihis were noi going to-occept oitolised ore oll expected lo
moTler.
the FZOG cords os ol June 6. iurvive, but the boy in Porficu-
if the hosoiiol did not receive lqr hod been bodlY injured
iis bockloq poymenis, the ond hod to remoin heovilY se-
WICSU ond WITU met lo discuss
woys of hondling ihe
-discuss<
ith 6ll educoiion siokehol
s, ond ihe consequenc
orouohlv qnolvsed. Wh
ITU tr-red to obfoin infom
>n from the deporiment
is issue ihey were not for
)mlng.
PNA PENSION TUND
:verol oublic educoiion
rochers ore poying .iheir
res to the oension tund ond
doted for severol doYs. TheY
r dote ihey ore nol oble to
were not yet owore of lheir
roisier into thot fund. A num-
moiher's, uncle's ond couse-r
of ieochers hove toughl
in's deoths.
St. Moorien for veors ond
r
'ered
doie lhey ore slill nol regwith
ihe oension fund.
As o resuli of the occident, the
PNA hod oheody received
weddino wos scoled/toned
le necessory informotion
down cbnsiderobly ond their
nd the onlv deioil lhoi is
son colled ofl his honeYmoon,
rissing is the signoture of the
which wos scheduled to
mployer. Ine low govern-
slort the following doY in St.
g the pension .fund. cleorly
Moorien.
otes tnot leocners nove.o
lhi to be in this fund. The
iw is cleor ond once pre-
WffU extends ils deepesf sYmriums
ore being.token from
polhies to the fomily. R.l.P.
re leocners solones, rney
rould be in the Fund.

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- No one fcils c closs cnymcfe, ne's merely 'possing
impoired."
- You don'i hove deienfion, you're jusi one of ihe"exii Celcyed.,'
- Your bedroom isn'f ctutlered. il s just possoge restricf ive.',
- These doys, o siudeni isn'i lozy. He's "energeticclly Ceclined."
- Kids don'l get groundecj onyrnore. They merely hil "socicl speed bumps.,,
- Your homewcrk isn'i missing, i1's jusi hoving on "out-of-notebook experience.,,
- You're nol sleeping in cicss, you're 'rc'lioning
consciousness."
- You're noi lole, ycu lusl hcve o 'rescheduled
crrivol iime."
No one's toil onymore. He's "veriicolly enhcnced."
You're noi !hy. You'fe "ccnversciionally selecl;ve.''
Yol don'l iclk o lot.. You'r'e jusi "abundonlly verbcl
- You weren't pcssing noles in cicss. You were "poriicipoiing in the discreet exchonge of pennec rnediloiions."
- You re nol being senl io ihe principol's office. Yor.; r'e "going cn o mondotory fieid trip io the odministrciive
-
blilding.',
li 5 noi colled gossip onymore. l1's "the speedy fransmission of neor-fcciuol informoiion."
- The food o1 ihe school cofeieriq isn'iowful, ii's 'digesii'rely
chollenged."
I DIDN'T DO MY HOMTWORK BECAUSE:
. I didn't do my history homework becouse Idon't believe in dwelling on lhe pos1.
. I didn'fwoni the oiher kids in lhe closs fo look bod.
. A sudden gusl of wind blew my homework oul of my hond ond I never sow ii ogoin.
. Another pupil ieli in o loke ond ljumped in fo rescue him.
Unfortunoiely, my homework drowned.
. I'm noi ot liberiy to soy why.
. I wonted io frome the delention letler you're oboui lo give me.
. lt wos destroyed in o freck occideni involving o hippo, o toosler,
ond o bog of frozen peos. You don'i wonf to know the detoils.
. I hove o solor-powered colculotor, ond it wos cloudy.
. I mode o poper plone ouf of it ond it got hijocked.
. My ogeni won'f ollow me io publish my homework uniil the movie deol is finolized.
. lt's ogoinsl my religion io do ony homework.
. lwos obducied by green-skinned, three-eyed, pig-snouted spoce oliens,
ond they incineroted my homework with lheir deoth roys.
. I feli it wosn'l challeng:ng enough.
. My porenls were sick ond unoble to do my homework lost nighl.
Don't worry. ihey hove been suitobly punished.
. We hod homework?!
. I see your lips moving, but oll I om heoring is "bloh, bloh. bloh.,'
. I didn'l wqni to odd to your olreody heovy worklood.
. I spenl the night ot o rolly supporting higher poy for our hcrd-working teochers.
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