The agreement negotiated with the assistance of a mediator includes that the collective agreement between the British Columbia Teachers` Federation (BCTF), which represents teachers in the province`s public schools, and BCPSEA (BCPSEA), which represents the 60 public educational bodies, expired on June 30, 2019. The Board of Education for School District #33 (SD 33) and BCPSEA (BCPSEA) entered into agreements with the Chilliwack Teachers` Association (CTA) and the British Columbia Teachers` Federation (BCTF): After the vote, the new collective agreement was approved by teachers by a margin of 98 per cent. Currently, the only available version of BCPSEA`s new 2019-22 collective agreement. VSTA is merging our national language with the provincial collective agreement. We will provide the aSAP version that has been reported. After several days of marathon negotiations this week, an interim agreement was reached between the BCTF and the #bced employer, BCPSEA. Our executive committee recommends the membership agreement. An email with more information is on its way to members now. Currently, approximately 300,000 public sector employees – 90% – are covered by preliminary or ratified agreements concluded as part of B.C`s mandate to negotiate sustainable services. Sometimes an administrator (AO) may ask an on-demand teacher to cover another class instead of having the preparation time to which the person for whom he or she was teaching was entitled. This can be distressed depending on your local collective agreement. You should inform the VSTA office that such an application has been made. If you have any doubts or questions about AO requests, you should check with the VSTA branch.
In a tweet from the B.C. Teachers` Association (BCTF), it is stated that the Board of Directors recommends accepting the agreement. The agreement was voted online over a three-day period, as current events prohibit teachers from meeting in local schools or district offices. The BCTF says it will send details of the agreement thursday night by email to its members. BCPSEA leads the three phases of collective bargaining between the teacher and the public school (school district) – preparation, negotiation and implementation/administration. An interim agreement has been reached with the 45,000 teachers in British Columbia`s public schools. In a press release, the government of the bc stated that members of the BCPSEA (BCPSEA) and the BC Teachers` Federation (BCTF) have ratified an agreement under the government`s negotiating mandate for sustainable services. The agreement affects more than 45,000 teachers, represented by the BCTF, who provide education to students in the province`s 60 school districts.