{"id":11554,"date":"2014-05-22T16:21:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T08:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2014-05-23T03:10:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:10:39","slug":"bc-teachers-4-day-strike-to-star-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/22\/bc-teachers-4-day-strike-to-star-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"BC teachers\u2019 4-day strike to start next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>B.C. teachers to begin rotating strikes next week (affected districts listed) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pjwTCkZd5y\">http:\/\/t.co\/pjwTCkZd5y<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QM7Sg7wjuE\">pic.twitter.com\/QM7Sg7wjuE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globeandmail\/statuses\/468832679757369344\">May 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>British Columbia (BC) Teachers\u2019 Federation (BCTF) President Jim Iker announced this morning the\u00a0staging of rotating strikes by BC Teachers on May 26-29 affecting all the schools in the province.<\/p>\n<p>The strike is in response to the threat of wage rollbacks made last week, according to Iker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, teachers were hopeful when they saw the government and BCPSEA [British Columbia\u00a0Public School Employers&#8217; Association] put out an olive branch by backing off the unrealistic 10-year\u00a0[contract] term,\u201d said Iker on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the next day, hope that this government would start negotiating in good faith faded when the\u00a0employer announced a series of threats around wage rollbacks, lockouts, and attempts to divide\u00a0teachers, parents,\u00a0and students,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the limited action teachers started last month, the government announced last Friday its\u00a0plans of cutting teachers\u2019 salaries by five percent adding that the teachers were no longer attending\u00a0meetings supervising students outside of class, limiting their non-class time to one hour before and\u00a0after school.<\/p>\n<p>Iker however argued that a deal with the government will not be made unless appropriate class size\u00a0limits and composition guarantees are set, and staffing levels for specialist teachers are guaranteed\u00a0into the contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are six days left before the first schools shut down.&#8221; he said. &#8220;I encourage Christy Clark and\u00a0Peter Fassbender to be in touch, move off their unreasonable demands, and empower BCPSEA to\u00a0negotiate a fair deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the provinces divided into four zones by the BCTF, the schools in every district will be\u00a0closed for one day each over the course of the four strike days while classes were set to resume\u00a0province-wide on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanhwile, education minister Peter Fassbender said that he was very disappointed with the strike\u00a0and that \u201cthere were no threats to teachers,\u201d while calling the promise to reduce teacher\u2019s pay during\u00a0the first stage of job action, a \u201cnormal part of bargaining during labour negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The announcement today says that the BCTF feels that disrupting classrooms, affecting children\u00a0and their families is going to help to reach a settlement,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BCTF rotating strike schedule\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 26<br \/>\n#5 &#8211; Southeast Kootenay<br \/>\n#6 &#8211; Rocky Mountain<br \/>\n#28 \u2013 Quesnel<br \/>\n#39 \u2013 Vancouver<br \/>\n#40 &#8211; New Westminster<br \/>\n#48 &#8211; Sea to Sky<br \/>\n#49 &#8211; Central Coast<br \/>\n#59 &#8211; Peace River South<br \/>\n#62 \u2013 Sooke<br \/>\n#67 &#8211; Okanagan Skaha<br \/>\n#72 &#8211; Campbell River<br \/>\n#74 &#8211; Gold Trail<br \/>\n#75 \u2013 Mission<br \/>\n#78 &#8211; Fraser-Cascade<br \/>\n#85 &#8211; Vancouver Island North<br \/>\n#87 \u2013 Stikine<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 27<br \/>\n#10 &#8211; Arrow Lakes<br \/>\n#19 \u2013 Revelstoke<br \/>\n#20 &#8211; Kootenay-Columbia<br \/>\n#23 &#8211; Central Okanagan<br \/>\n#27 &#8211; Cariboo-Chilcotin<br \/>\n#35 \u2013 Langley<br \/>\n#38 \u2013 Richmond<br \/>\n#42 &#8211; Maple Ridge<br \/>\n#52 &#8211; Prince Rupert<br \/>\n#54 &#8211; Bulkley Valley<br \/>\n#63 \u2013 Saanich<br \/>\n#68 \u2013 Nanaimo<br \/>\n#70 \u2013 Alberni<br \/>\n#81 &#8211; Fort Nelson<br \/>\n#83 &#8211; North Okanagan-Shuswap<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 28<br \/>\n#34 \u2013 Abbotsford<br \/>\n#37 \u2013 Delta<br \/>\n#43 \u2013 Coquitlam<br \/>\n#47 &#8211; Powell River<br \/>\n#50 &#8211; Haida Gwaii<br \/>\n#51 \u2013 Boundary<br \/>\n#53 &#8211; Okanagan Similkameen<br \/>\n#60 &#8211; Peace River North<br \/>\n#61 &#8211; Greater Victoria<br \/>\n#69 \u2013 Qualicum<br \/>\n#73 &#8211; Kamloops Thompson<br \/>\n#84 &#8211; Vancouver Island West<br \/>\n#91 &#8211; Nechako Lakes<br \/>\n#92 &#8211; Nisga\u2019a<\/p>\n<p>Thursday May, 29<br \/>\n#8 &#8211; Kootenay Lake<br \/>\n#22 \u2013 Vernon<br \/>\n#33 \u2013 Chilliwack<br \/>\n#36 \u2013 Surrey<br \/>\n#41 \u2013 Burnaby<br \/>\n#44 &#8211; North Vancouver<br \/>\n#45 &#8211; West Vancouver<br \/>\n#46 &#8211; Sunshine Coast<br \/>\n#57 &#8211; Prince George<br \/>\n#58 &#8211; Nicola Similkameen<br \/>\n#64 &#8211; Gulf Islands<br \/>\n#71 \u2013 Comox<br \/>\n#79 &#8211; Cowichan Valley<br \/>\n#82 &#8211; Coast MountainsSchool District<br \/>\n#93 (Conseil Scolaire Francophone)<\/p>\n<p>Schools will be closed with others in their local communities throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p><em>With reports from Mike Laanela, CBC News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.C. teachers to begin rotating strikes next week (affected districts listed) http:\/\/t.co\/pjwTCkZd5y pic.twitter.com\/QM7Sg7wjuE &mdash; 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