Teacher Bargaining Update

The linked documents provide information about the current state of teacher negotiations, specifically regarding information about report cards and the request from BC Public School Employers Association (BCPSEA) that the BC Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) reimburse school districts 15% of teachers’ total gross salaries and benefits costs.

BCPSEA application to labour relations board:

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications%20-%20Essential%20Services/No%202011-09%20Attachment-LRB%20Application%20October%2026%202011.pdf

BCPSEA FAQ:

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/20111028_031921611_No%202011-10-Essential%20Services%20Update%20FAQ%20LRB%20Appliication.pdf

Note – questions asked and answered in this FAQ include:

• The “cutting pay” contention: Is BCPSEA proposing to dock teachers’ pay?
• The “I’m still doing my job” contention: Why is BCPSEA asking that boards be
  reimbursed for work that teachers are not performing?
• The escalation contention: Isn’t the BCPSEA LRB application “…unnecessarily
  throwing fuel onto an already heated situation”?
• A “flip-flop” or “a deal is a deal” contention: Why is BCPSEA asking the LRB to
  vary the Essential Services Order to require teachers to prepare and distribute
  report cards?
• The public sector is covered by a compensation mandate. There have been
  compensation mandates in the public sector since the 1990s. How many unions
  and employers have settled under the current mandate to date?

 BCTF Response to BCPEA application to labour relations board:

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/BCTF%20fires%20back%20issue%20report%20cards%20during%20action/5722697/story.html?mid=52

BCTF background page on bargaining:

http://bctf.ca/BargainingAndContracts.aspx?id=23159

BCPSEA background page on bargaining:

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/bc-teachers/teacher-collective-bargaining.aspx

Labour Relations board decision on Field trips:

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications%20-%20Essential%20Services/No%202011-11-Attachment%20LRB%20Decision%20B193-2011%20Field%20Trips.pdf

Fascinating document on History of teacher bargaining in BC – “Towards a Better Teacher Bargaining Model in British Columbia”, from 2003:

http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/pubs/teacher/teachers-final-report.pdf