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Two-week teacher strike OK, adjudicator says
I was rather hoping that while I was kayaking Friday (my day off), one of my Sun colleagues would write about a B.C. Labour Relations Board decision on teacher job action. But as the working day is...
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P.S. Two-week-plus teacher strike OK
As noted in my last post, a recent ruling by Mark Brown of the B.C. Labour Relations Board suggests a teachers’ strike for two weeks or longer would not seriously disrupt education. (Find the Van Sun...
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An update on B.C. education (UPDATE)
Here are a few things I learned this week but have not reported, or not mentioned in this space: 1. The bill to create a new B.C. Teachers’ Council sped through the legislature with unanimous approval...
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Strike vote approved as ICBC dispute heads to labour relations board
Update to my story in the Vancouver Sun on the brewing labour dispute between the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and its unionized staff: This morning the Canadian Office and Professional...
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LRB decision could come this week in teacher job action
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation hopes for a ruling this week from the Labour Relations Board on their request to establish essential service levels. As soon as those levels are decided, the teachers...
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Premier Clark wants teachers’ dispute to end by Thursday
Premier Christy Clark is hoping a Labour Relations Board meeting will spark a resolution in the government’s contract dispute with B.C. teachers. Clark said Tuesday that the government’s negotiators...
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Notes from Sun newsroom
Good morning from the Vancouver newsroom. Here are some stories we are working on today. In news: Ahead of tomorrow’s Labour Relations Board meeting with government negotiators, the B.C. Teachers’...
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B.C. teachers plan to continue rotating strikes
B.C. teachers will continue with their rotating strikes next week. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation, which will meet with government negotiators and the Labour Relations Board on Thursday to find a...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom
Here are a few of the stories our reporters will be churning out today. In News: Representatives from B.C. Teachers’ Federation will be before the Labour Relations Board in effort to achieve labour...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom: Five things you need to know today
Good morning. Expect some warm temperatures mixed with scattered showers today. Right now it’s a pleasant 20 degrees in Vancouver. Here are some of the stories our reporters are working on today. The...
View ArticleTeachers warn of more job action as Abbott looks to legislated end
B.C. parents are facing a week of significant uncertainty in the province's classrooms, after the British Columbia Teachers' Federation announced plans on Fri-day to potentially escalate its job action.
View ArticleLabour board to hear B.C. teachers report card issue on Monday
The B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) has scheduled a hearing for Monday to determine whether teachers' refusal to write report cards for students this month amounts to an illegal strike, as alleged by...
View ArticleB.C. teachers can skip extra-curricular duties but not meetings: labour board
The B.C. Labour Relations Board has ruled teachers can skip out of after-school activities involving sports and field trips, but not parent-teacher interviews and district meetings.
View ArticleTeachers, employer threaten pressure tactics in contract negotiation
B.C. teachers will begin the initial stages of job action on Wednesday when teachers will not be supervising kids outside the classroom, such as at recess, or doing administrative work. Children at...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Labour Relations Board win means B.C. Liberals’ strategy intact
On a first read-through Wednesday, the decision from the Labour Relations Board vindicated the B.C. Liberal government’s hardball strategy for dealing with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. Board...
View ArticleProvince moves to make exams, report cards essential services
The B.C. Public School Employers Association has applied to the Labour Relations Board to designate Grade 10 to 12 exams and report cards for secondary students as essential services.
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