BC teachers | Baristas Rise Up | Bombardier strike | Federal minimum wage | Federal PS bargaining | Regina pensions | Cameco lockout | Native court workers | Edmonton senior care layoffs | Temporary foreign workers | Ontario mines safety report | Kellogg’s London Striking BC teachers 99.4 percent for binding arbitration Tamsyn Burgmann, CTV Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour News Update: September 15, 2014
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By Crystal Warner (Metro Vancouver coordinator for the Public Service Alliance of Canada) and Olivier Belisle (Parent and supporter of the B.C. teachers) Crime, unemployment, poverty, drug addiction, preventable diseases, teen pregnancy, and a slew of other problems could be greatly reduced by making a long-term investment in public education. What better way to inoculate Continue readingSide with the people, choose our teachers
Coming out of a productive four days of workshops and cross-union collaboration at the Peoples’ Social Forum, RankandFile.ca has developed some reflections on some of the major labour struggles panning out across the country. From the attack on BC teachers to abuse in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the public is facing its fair share Continue readingFour major battles for the Canadian labour movement
By Lisa Descary, a secondary school classroom teacher, school union rep and activist. She has been teaching in the Greater Vancouver area for more than 20 years. It’s July in Greater Vancouver. Birds are singing, the sun is shining, and BC public school teachers like me are signing up for picket line shifts. Yes, that’s Continue readingBC Teachers Strike 2014
By Tara Ehrcke, teacher and past president, Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association Two weeks into a full scale strike and teachers in BC are holding the line. In fact, the resolve at the pickets is stronger than ever. Teachers know that after 12 years, we cannot return to a contract that doesn’t address class size and Continue readingBritish Columbia teachers’ strike – Let’s keep our eyes on the prize
The BC Teachers’ Federation is once again confronting the BC Liberal government in a fight over major issues like education funding, class room sizes, and better working conditions. And once again, the BC Liberals are exposing their authoritarian brand of lawmaking, challenging teachers to respond. The BC Liberals are appealing to the Labour Relations Board Continue readingBC Teachers’ Struggle: A Reader
BC teachers | Boycott IKEA | Halifax baristas | Aerospace strike | Suncor deaths | Federal sick leave | Save Canada Post | Bonfield strike | Prostitution laws | Sao Paulo transit workers BC teachers strike: Essential reading Why I’m on the picket line Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential BC teachers to vote June 9-10 on Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 9 2014
BC teachers strike | Impark workers | Ontario minimum wage | Save Canada Post | Nova Scotia nurses | Lac-Mégantic fallout | Manitoba NDP & IBEW | GO Transit Why I’m on the picket line Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential May 31 2014 I believe I deserve a raise, but just like other teachers, that isn’t Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 2, 2014
By Tara Ehrcke, bargaining chair and past president of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association Two days into rotating strikes and a “partial” lockout by the BC government, independent polling shows strong support for the teachers. An Angus Reid poll showed that among the general public, 41 percent supported the teachers while 30 percent support the government. Continue readingBC teachers and the politics of education funding
BC teachers fight for a fair deal By Tara Ehrcke Bargaining chair and past president of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association Teachers in British Columbia will be on the picket lines beginning next Monday May 26 after 16 months of failed contract talks. The strike is province-wide and rotating – teachers will strike one day Continue readingThe ABCs of the BC teachers’ fight
Fast food strikes | Turkish mining disaster | BC teachers | Alberta teachers | Canada Post layoffs | Artists’ compensation | Ontario election | Skill shortage myth | Saskatchewan Employment Act Fight for $15: Fast food workers strike in 130 American cities Julia Kann, Labor Notes May 15 2014 Fast food workers struck in 130 Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – May 19 2014
By Roger Annis VANCOUVER–Teachers in British Columbia are voting this week to give their collective bargaining team a strike mandate in the new round of collective bargaining begun earlier this year. The result will be a strong mandate. That’s because the BC government has reached new lows of late in its treatment of teachers, parents Continue readingBC teachers fight for better public education is heating up