Teacher Bargaining Bulletin No. 02
gssi2012-02-22T00:00:00-08:00BCTF “Provincial Day of Action” Contents of BCTF Union Local Memos
Attachment: BCTF Report from the Provincial Table #55
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Teacher Bargaining Bulletin No. 01
gssi2012-02-20T00:00:00-08:00BCTF Requests Mediator
Attachments:
BCTF Application for Mediator
Excerpt from Labour Relations Code Part 7 Section 74
Essential Services No. 2012-04
gssi2012-02-08T00:00:00-08:00We have received reports from a number of school districts that their local teachers’associations are canvassing BCTF members concerning potential increased strike activity.
Symposium and Annual General Meeting
gssi2012-01-31T00:00:00-08:00Conference Report: Symposium and Annual General Meeting
No. 2012-01
gssi2012-01-27T00:00:00-08:00 BCPSEA Symposium and Annual General Meeting
BCPSEA–BCTF Bargaining
Essential Services No. 2012-03
gssi2012-01-26T00:00:00-08:00The LRB issued a further letter late this afternoon, which provides as follows:
“The direction to mark the exams as scheduled must be given full effect. To that end, to the extent to which any further clarity may be required, pursuant to B21/2012, BCTF members are directed to mark the English 10 and Socials 11 provincial exams as they have in the past. I reiterate that administrators are to be used to the best extent possible in the marking of exams.”
LRB letter on further instructions for making of provincial exam
Essential Services No. 2012-02
gssi2012-01-25T00:00:00-08:00The LRB has now issued further directions in this matter which support BCPSEA’s position (see attached decision B21//2012). The LRB has found that the appropriate criteria to assess an administrator’s ability to mark the essay component of the identified exams.
Attachment: LRB decision B21/2012
No. 2012-03
gssi2012-01-24T00:00:00-08:00To mark the 10th anniversary of Bills 27 and 28, the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is organizing a protest for Friday, January 27, 2012, which they are calling a “Dark Day for Public Education in BC”. The BCTF is asking teachers to mark the occasion by wearing black in their classrooms, and have supplied local teachers’ associations with buttons, t-shirts, bumper stickers, pamphlets, and other promotional items. With respect to the protest planned for Friday, January 27, 2012, BCPSEA’s position is that teachers should not wear in the classroom buttons or t-shirts with political messages that may engage students in the teacher’s political views on Bills 27 and 28. If teachers wear attire with political messages in the presence of students, they should be reminded that this is not permitted under the arbitral jurisprudence and should be asked to remove it from the classroom.
No. 2012-02
gssi2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00It is our understanding that some local teachers’ associations are sending home union materials to parents through students on the issue of the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA). The same legal principles and procedures will apply to FSA materials as with any other union materials going home to parents on an educational issue.