March 29, 2024

3-day strike by teachers to start Monday

A full-scale teacher’s strike in British Columbia will start Monday.

B-C Teachers Federation President Susan Lambert has announced that at 6am they informed the employer, who will inform school districts across the province, that starting on Monday March 5th, 41-thousand teachers in public schools with withdraw their services.

The strike will last three days.

The Labour Relations Board is allowing the union to stage a full walkout one-day-per-week, following the initial 3-day strike.

Later today debate begins in the Legislature on Bill 22, the Liberal Government’s back-to-work legislation that will make any strike by teachers illegal.

CKNW Vancouver News

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