Bond Has New Idea to Resolve Teacher's Dispute
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Thursday, October 06, 2005 08:54 PM
Prince George MLA and Education Minister, Shirley Bond, has a plan.
She wants to set up something she calls a Learning Round Table.
"We want to keep students in classrooms and we're trying to find a way to discuss the issues that have hindered that.
We're looking at a broken bargaining system, we're trying to find a way to fix that.
... we're saying come to the Learning Round Table and have that discussion."
Bond says the group wouldn't be limited to just teachers, although they would be asked for input on the terms of reference.
There has been no response from BCTF President Jinny Simms.
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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on October 7 2005 11:24 PM
Liberal Media Release states as follows:
Oct. 3, 2005
VICTORIA – The BC Liberal government is committed to solving long-standing problems with the bargaining process for teachers and school employers in the province, Labour Minister Michael de Jong announced today.
De Jong introduced legislation that will extend the collective agreement between the BC Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association until June 30, 2006. During this period an Industrial Inquiry Commission will be appointed under the labour code to develop a new bargaining process that will be in place in time for the next round of negotiations.
“We knew going into the latest round of bargaining that history did not favour a negotiated settlement,” de Jong said. “The report of the fact-finder confirmed that we have a broken bargaining system and we will not see negotiated settlements until that system is fixed.”