The teachers’ federation says the employers’ association declined to receive any more proposals in September and asked the mediator to write a report, which was released to the parties Nov. 1.The federation says in a news release Saturday that its representative assembly, made up of representatives from every local teacher association in B.C., rejected the report’s recommendations.
He says the employers’ association is concerned that the teachers federation continues to take an approach that will not lead to a freely negotiated collective agreement. “The main barriers to getting a deal are long-held demands from the employer to roll back the class-size and class-composition language recently restored by the Supreme Court of Canada and a lack of funding from government to make meaningful improvements to teachers’ salaries,” Mooring says in a news release.
The previous B.C. Liberal government banned teachers from negotiating class size and composition, or the number of students with special needs, in 2002. Teachers waged a lengthy legal battle and the Supreme Court of Canada restored the old contract language in 2016.Chell says the employers association remains committed to negotiating the class size and composition language, which the high court has said parties have the right to negotiate.
Teachers have the sweetest deal going but its not enough. I couldnt see much of that but 2% a year increase is nice on top of the awesome benefits. Pensions. Sick leave. The quality of education provided is poor. If I had kids I would go with a private school. They are expanding