BC Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker has announced that the full-scale teachers’ strike will be extended into summer school if a deal is not reached by June 30.
“The decision is that we will picket out summer schools. That’s the decision we’ve made,” said Iker. All of its teacher members, not just summer school teachers, will be required to picket summer school.
Students relying on summer school course credits for graduation and university applications could be at risk.
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During a news conference this morning, he added that both the union and the provincial government will meet later today in an attempt to reach an agreement by the end of the month.
It is not known how summer online courses would be affected by the ongoing full-scale teachers’ strike.
Iker claims both parties are only 1 per cent apart with wages, while the issue of class size and composition continues to hold up a deal. He also targeted Premier Christy Clark, asking her to stop “putting the next school year at risk”.
In 1992 the @Bctf went on strike for weeks and derailed many lives of students who could not graduate without summer school credits. #think
— jax (@jaxsaid) June 25, 2014
@MsAmandaLong @bctf It doesn’t seem genuine to me when priority is to put positions to cameras before bargaining table. #bced #bcpoli — Silas White (@silaswhite) June 25, 2014
The @BCTF is a perfect example of why unions have failed to work towards the common good in today’s society. #SoTiredOfThis #NotJustGovFault — Aphinity (@dolphinaphinity) June 25, 2014
@bctf HEY FUCK YOU I NEED SUMMER SCHOOL. MY COLLEGE APPLICATIONS ARE DEPENDING ON IT. FOR THE STUDENTS MY LEFT ASS CHEEK
— Bee (@bayleeuh) June 25, 2014
@bctf in response 2 “what do we tell the kids?” did iker REALLY just say “tell them 2 pressure their parents 2 pressure the govt”??? #horrid
— ufemaster (@ufemaster) June 25, 2014
If summer school is cancelled due to pickets, #bctf might as well fold up its tent and go home….thry’re toast.
— Edwin (@old_but_smart) June 25, 2014
Really? Blaming the 2010 Winter Games? Wow, the #BCTF is grasping at straws here: pic.twitter.com/DQi2sFxQyM
— Trevor Boudreau (@tb_comms) June 25, 2014
@bctf @BC_STA Please end this insanity. Everyone is fed up with it and fed up with BOTH sides
— Stephen Burns (@alikira2) June 25, 2014
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