B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU)
Hospital Employee’s Union (HEU),
United Steelworkers (USW),
Cope 378,
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC),
Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C. (FPSE),
Health Sciences Association (HSA) and
Unifor
The union for BC Hydro workers also asked its membership this week to set aside $100,000 from its reserves and the results of that vote are expected within the next few weeks.
The BC Nurses’ Union are giving the BCTF half a million dollars.
The money will be given to the teachers’ hardship fund, to support teachers and their families on the picket line.
BC Federation of Labour said the financial support will help make sure the province doesn’t undermine the teachers rights to strike.
“We’re not going to let money be a problem for 41,000 teachers who are standing up for public education,” said Jim Sinclair, president of the federation. “Because let us be clear. What’s on the table in this round of bargaining is a decent education system. We owe a debt of gratitude to these teachers who have given up their paycheck to try to put the money and resources back in the system so our children can get a decent education.”