BCTF Strike Notice
Media seems to be startlingly biased with support for a government who says Families First. With funding just recently stripped from families with special needs (Teachers assistants etc) there is even more reason to stand behind the people who educate and guide our young ones into the future. Please read and share.
BCTF News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2011
Teachers determined to make a difference for kids in this round of bargaining
As the new school year begins, BC teachers are disappointed that the employer has not returned to the bargaining table with a mandate to invest in public education through enhanced funding for services to students and a fair increase to wages and benefits for teachers.
Despite an April 2011 Supreme Court decision that ruled BC Liberal laws stripping class-size and composition clauses to be unconstitutional, the provincial government has done nothing to rectify the situation. By removing class-size limits and guarantees of