Prince George Teacher Rally, Thursday May 29 at 4PM : FAIR DEAL RALLY May 2014 2 http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/geoff-johnson-confusion-chaos-reign-in-teacher-dispute-1.1075877 It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth, but in the playground spat between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Liberal government, the first casualties seem to be the …

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/teacher%20bargaining/Bargaining%20Bulletin/00-MR-Lockout%20Guidelines%20Q%20and%20A%20Extracurricular%20May%2023%202014%20.pdf 1. Does the current BCPSEA partial lockout prevent teachers from continuing their involvement with student extracurricular programs or other volunteer activities? NO. Teachers are welcome to continue their involvement with any extracurricular or volunteer activities of their choice. Nothing in the lockout order prevents any continued or new involvement with such activities. …

From BCTF – ” Information for parents, guardians, and everyone who cares about Public Education in BC” http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Parents/ParentLetter2014-05-22.pdf   From BCSPEA – guidelines and questions and answers around lockout: http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/teacher%20bargaining/Bargaining%20Bulletin/00-MR-Strike%20Response%20and%20Lockout%20Guidelines%20Q%20and%20A%20May%2022%202014.pdf

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/same-rhetoric-but-different-rules-in-this-b-c-teachers-strike-1.2650125 From this article: “Stop me if you think you’ve seen this play before. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. government sit down to negotiate a contract. The two sides are miles apart on demands. Negotiations go nowhere and after a contentious period of sniping at each other in …