BC Teachers Federation representatives and the BC Public School Employers Association have ratified a framework deal which sets up contract talks. BCTF President Susan Lambert says the framework deal includes a facilitator to aid negotiations, as well as a timeline. "It will mean a positive start to bargaining which we are obliged to enter into … [Read more...]
Temporary agreement over provincial flu shot policy
November 30, 2012 by
After various health worker unions kicked up a fuss over the new mandatory flu shot policy there has been a compromise reached. Fraser Health Spokesperson Roy Thorpe-Dorward was asked what happens now if health care worker refuses to get a flu shot. "However in the first year of this new policy we are not going to be disciplining employees who come … [Read more...]
Nurses ratify new agreement
October 19, 2012 by
By a vote of almost 85 per-cent, members of the BC Nurses Union have ratified a new contract with the provincial government. The 32-thousand nurses will get wage hike of 7.1 per-cent over two years, but that includes extending their work week to 37-and-a-half hours. Union president Deb McPherson says for the first time, the contract contains what … [Read more...]
Reaction to teachers agreement
June 26, 2012 by
With the provincial government and the BC Teachers' Federation coming to a tentative one year deal, many members of the education community seem positive about the news which came seemingly out of the blue.Patti Bacchus, chair of the Vancouver School Board, says the agreement concludes a challenging time. "I was very pleasantly surprised to … [Read more...]
BCTF and BCPSEA reach agreement
June 26, 2012 by
A deal has been done...The BC Teachers' Federation and their employer coming to terms on a tentative one-year agreement, after weeks of talks with mediator Charles Jago.Education Minister George Abbott says the agreement is in line with the province's net-zero mandate. "It gives us some things to still work on. One of the elements in this agreement … [Read more...]
BCTF and BCPSEA reach tentative agreement
June 26, 2012 by
The BC Teachers' Federation has reached a tentative agreement with the employer, the BC Public School Employers' Association. Education Minister George Abbott has released the following statement: "We are pleased that mediation has resulted in a tentative Memorandum of Settlement between the British Columbia Public School … [Read more...]
VSB reaches agreement on days off
May 1, 2012 by
The Vancouver School Board has voted to have five closure days for the 2012/2013 school year rather than the current 10. Trustee Ken Denike says those five will make up the second week of spring break, "But there will not be the five days spread throughout the year that created so much dismay amongst parents trying to fill in." Denike … [Read more...]
Catalyst Paper: one union votes down labour agreement
January 30, 2012 by
RICHMOND, B.C. - Specialty paper producer Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX:CTL) says that one of the unions at its Crofton mill in B.C. has rejected a new contract that must be ratified as part of the company's new refinancing plan to stay alive.The Richmond, B.C.,-based company, which has been struggling to emerge from its financial woes, said Monday … [Read more...]
Harmony Gold cancels option agreement
October 22, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Harmony Gold Corp. (TSXV:H) says it has cancelled an option agreement to acquire a 70 per cent interest in a Mexican gold and silver project.The Vancouver-based junior gold miner said Friday that it will not buy the stake in the Purisima project owned by ECI Exploration and Mining Inc..The company did not say why it was not going ahead … [Read more...]
