Support Staff Collective Bargaining 2025
For the 2025 bargaining round, local support staff bargaining began in March 2025.
The Provincial Framework Agreement bargaining commenced in April 2025.
For further information about 2025 collective bargaining in the K-12 public education sector please see Collective Bargaining 2025 – Backgrounder – Process and Timeline.
Bargaining Updates
July 31, 2025
The parties have met six times thus far. Additional bargaining dates for during the 2025-2026 school year are being set. The first two dates will be September 22-23, 2025.
May 30, 2025
Local support staff bargaining
BCPSEA has received and approved all local support staff bargaining plans (69 plans in total). Support staff tables are open and bargaining of non-monetary items can begin.
Provincial support staff framework agreement bargaining
BCPSEA and the K-12 Presidents’ Council and Support Staff Unions met again for two days on May 26 and 27, 2025, for a total of five bargaining days so far. The parties are engaging in meaningful and respectful discussions.
April 29, 2025
BCPSEA and the K-12 Presidents’ Council and Support Staff Unions met for three days from April 14-16, 2025. Both parties tabled their opening proposals. We will be bargaining next on May 26 and 27, 2025.
March 12, 2025
The BCPSEA provincial bargaining table team for Support staff Provincial Framework Agreement bargaining is as follows:
- Justin Rempel – Lead Negotiator
- Tara Sweet – BCPSEA bargaining team member
- Tammy Sowinski – BCPSEA bargaining team member
- Diana Lozano – BCPSEA bargaining team notetaker
- Ken Dawson – Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat representative
- Shirley Wilson – Trustee, Abbotsford School District
- Rob Zandee – Trustee, Okanagan-Similkameen School District
We have set the following dates with the K-12 Presidents’ Council:
- April 14 – 16
- May 26 – 27
- June 19