{"id":16413,"date":"2014-06-23T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16413"},"modified":"2014-06-23T00:39:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:39:46","slug":"b-c-govt-to-reach-out-to-prominent-mediator-to-resolve-teachers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/23\/b-c-govt-to-reach-out-to-prominent-mediator-to-resolve-teachers-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. gov’t to reach out to prominent mediator to resolve teachers strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Benula Larsen, local president in Victoria, speaking at a rally in Victoria. Big turnout of teachers, parents, supporters, and the media. Photo from BCTF official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is hoping to hear back from a veteran mediator this weekend to find out if he is available to help end the province’s teachers strike.<\/p>\n

Peter Cameron, the province’s chief negotiator, says the two sides are asking if Vince Ready may be available for a conference call which could come as early as Sunday, but Ready has yet to respond.<\/p>\n

Ready is widely considered one of Canada’s top labour troubleshooters and the teachers union floated his name on Friday as someone who could move things forward.<\/p>\n

But Cameron cautions if the union doesn’t change its monetary demands mediation would be pointless.<\/p>\n

The government says teachers want wage increases and benefits amounting to a 14.5 per cent hike, but educators say they only want an eight per cent salary boost and a signing bonus.<\/p>\n

Teachers also want the province to set aside $225 million every year for a fund to hire teachers.<\/p>\n

Efforts to settle the dispute ran onto the rocks on Friday when the independent facilitator who spent more than a year trying to broker a deal resigned.<\/p>\n

Mark Brown stepped aside after the B.C. Teachers Federation demanded mediation.<\/p>\n

The strike shut down public schools last week, affecting half a million students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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