Binding arbitration was offered by the BCTF as a way to get schools operating again, but it was rejected by the government this past Friday.
Monday, September 08, 2014
Argyle students cross picket line, visit MLA's office
Today two dozen students of Argyle Secondary crossed the teacher's picket line, staged a brief 'sit-in' and then walked to Jane Thornthwaite's constituency office. Ms. Thornthwaite met with a half dozen of the protesting students and attempted to answer their questions. They asked her what pressure she is putting on the government to get schools up and running? Jane's answer was that she fully supports the position of Premier Cristy Clark, the education minister, and the government.
Binding arbitration was offered by the BCTF as a way to get schools operating again, but it was rejected by the government this past Friday.
Binding arbitration was offered by the BCTF as a way to get schools operating again, but it was rejected by the government this past Friday.
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Barry Forward @BarryForward
#CNV @CityofNorthVan Council voted unanimously to support Binding Arbitration in resolution of teachers dispute #bced @NVSD44 #NorthVan
At this point The Province:
a) Refuses to negotiate on money or benefits (This is what we're giving you, and we won't discuss anything more)
b) Refuses to negotiate on working conditions (We refuse to acknowledge or negotiate this until at least two more appeals to higher courts happen.)
c) Refuses to accept binding arbitration
d) Refuses to legislate teachers back to work.
Someone please tell me: what exactly, if anything, is this government actually doing to get kids back to school?
Exactly what they should be doing except of course what is really needed the privatization of the school system
Privatization of the scholl system? Are you for real?
Just fire them all
What is privatization going to solve? Do you really believe that education should be another commodity to be bought and sold? I don't have kids and don't have a horse in this race, but even I realize that the education of our young people is the best investment that we can make. If you want a private education for your children, you're welcome to it, so long as you're prepared to foot the bill. I'm happy to help foot the bill for a public system and would encourage the government to treat public education and our teachers as a service worthy of a generous budget.
Hear, hear Anon 7:00 pm!!
The kids and education are our future and our best investment! It comes back to us many fold in the future. They need the best education they can get so they can go out in to the world and receive the best possible living wages. Otherwise they face the minimum wage rout and a continued downward spiral of ever widening gap between the haves and the have nots. But anon 6:11 doesn't see that. He/she just wants to fire them all. What a shallow, narrow minded solution. Education is for everyone, not just those who can afford it. And BTW I don't have kids in the system either.
Hear, hear Anon 7:00 pm!!
The kids and education are our future and our best investment! It comes back to us many fold in the future. They need the best education they can get so they can go out in to the world and receive the best possible living wages. Otherwise they face the minimum wage rout and a continued downward spiral of ever widening gap between the haves and the have nots. But anon 6:11 doesn't see that. He/she just wants to fire them all. What a shallow, narrow minded solution. Education is for everyone, not just those who can afford it. And BTW I don't have kids in the system either.
True they need the best education they can get so why would you allow a union to dictate education policy? I don't agree the BCTF best interest is in education.
BCTF is in the process of destroying the system not unlike the unions that destroyed the shipbuilding industries on the north shore
What do you suggest as an alternative to the BCTF?
One issue is some teachers are worth six figures and others aren't worth a dime.
The BCTF is deceiving the public and the sheep among us are buying it.
1. No public sector union has any authority over service delivery. Reason? Because the union has no accountability for service delivery. Other reason? Because the only authority of the union under the Labour Code is for the union to bargain for their members and to ensure the best interests of their members.
So this "it's for the kids" stuff is complete hooey as the union only has the ability to work for their members. However, if they can hoodwink enough folks into believing it's about the kids and that belief works in the interests of their members then so much the better.
2. Barry, as usual, has no idea what he is talking about. The government is entirely prepared to bargain class size and composition. That is what the government's proposal E80 is. The judge's ruling in court case that he references is that the class size and composition should be returned to 2002 levels and then bargained in the future. That is exactly what the government is doing. Trying to bargain.
The union, on the other hand, refuses to put forward a counter-proposal to E80. They prefer to ignore the judge's comment that these issues should be bargained and it is the union, not the gov't that is refusing to bargain. Sorry Barry but facts are facts.
Barry would like it because he is trying to convince his dog walker employer that he can only walk 2 dogs at any one time instead of 5.
Barry Forward said that?
The Government is doing exactly what they should do. What have the teachers 'negotiated'? I haven't heard of them offering to increase their work hours for more pay, or reduce their benefits package over here to improve it over there. The BCTF's idea of negotiation is completely one sided. They think the only way to negotiate is to increase the total cost to government.
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