{"id":24592,"date":"2014-09-03T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24592"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:03:31","slug":"labour-dispute-between-teachers-and-b-c-government-keeps-public-schools-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/03\/labour-dispute-between-teachers-and-b-c-government-keeps-public-schools-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour dispute between teachers and B.C. government keeps public schools closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16630\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/classroom-education.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16630\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/classroom-education.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/classroom-education.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/classroom-education-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/classroom-education-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; Public schools in British Columbia remain closed following a breakdown in talks that dashed any hopes parents and students had of classes starting as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers&#8217; union and government bargaining teams barely spoke to each other all summer, and despite a flurry of action over the weekend, negotiations fell apart.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy hydroxychloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/hydroxychloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mediator Vince Ready says the two sides are too far apart, and the BC Teachers&#8217; Federation and the government have accused each other of refusing to budge on contract demands.<\/p>\n<p>Wages and teaching conditions such as class size and composition have been at the heart of the labour dispute that began in June, when teachers walked off the job in a rotating and then full-scale strike two weeks before summer vacation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mounjaro online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/mounjaro.html\">https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/mounjaro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Both sides in the dispute say they are willing to speak again, but no meetings have been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Union leader Jim Iker is expected to speak outside a Vancouver school on Tuesday morning, while rallies are scheduled to take place outside the B.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy oseltamivir online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/oseltamivir.html\">https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/oseltamivir.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>C. legislature and Education Minister Peter Fassbender&#8217;s constituency office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; 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