This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has once again called on the provincial government to agree to resolve the ongoing impasse in their long-standing negotiations with a binding arbitration in order to effectively end the enduring teachers strike.
In his remarks, the Union President Jim Iker mentioned that the union will allow teachers to vote on the resolution in case the government agrees to the offer and the consequential binding agreement in result of it. Addressing a crowd of reporters gathered at a press conference on Friday morning, Iker stated that “today we are putting forward another option for teachers and government.” According to Iker, the binding arbitration is the best his union can do to provide a last-ditch effort after mediation efforts broke down last weekend. He stressed that “what we need is the pressure to continue, the pressure on government, the pressure on members.” Although the province has not yet responded to the idea, it has called it a non-starter in the recent past.
Meanwhile, the union has also urged the provincial government to drop their proposal of keeping the class composition and sizes at current levels. These efforts by Iker to provide a way out of the stalemate have come a day after B.C. teachers were asked by B.C. Premier Christy Clark to suspend their strike. Education Minister, Peter Fassbender, alleged that schools could be back open by Monday if the B.C. Teachers’ Federation agreed to send its members back to work.
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