Labour/Management Impasse in BC Schools

 

Premier Christy Clark says the real issue that needs to be discussed is class composition, but that cannot be accomplished until the issue of teacher wages is solved.

She said the BCTF  needs to come in “at a reasonable level on wages.”

“They are still demanding twice as much as other public sector workers have received,” said Clark. “About 150,000 workers in the public sector, dedicated men and women who serve British Columbians every day, have settled for raises that were fair, fair to them and fair to taxpayers.”

“It’s just not right, I don’t think, to demand a $5,000 signing bonus that no one else in the public sector has received. As long as the TF refuses to get into the affordability zone, and by that I mean a zone that’s similar to the what the other 150,000 public servants who serve British Columbians everyday have settled for, we cannot put all of our attention on the one issue that is most vital to the future of education in British Columbia.”