Rotating strikes begin on Monday, May 26

As a result of the unwillingness of the provincial government and the BC Public School Employers’ Association to offer any improvements to class size, class composition, and other important learning conditions for students, as well as the employer’s unfair wage demands, teachers will begin rotating strikes next week. – statement from BCTF

Education Minister Peter Fassbender calls the strike action extremely disappointing. He says it’s out-of-line that teachers are expecting more than any other union saying the province has given way quite a bit and that the BCTF has not. The minister says the province is just as frustrated as parents that students will miss one day of school next week. He says this is the result of teachers, not government.

Classes in School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen will be picketed May 28th Wednesday

Classes in School District 67 Okanagan Skaha will be struck on Monday