Hi Folks, CUPE I had hoped to send something out a bit earlier with information about CUPE negotiations. They returned to the table yesterday, and they had today and Wednesday set aside for negotiations as well. As much as I would …
Hi Folks, Happy New Year!! I hope everyone enjoyed a peaceful summer. And now: onwards and upwards! I thought I would try and get a quick update out about CUPE and Teacher negotiations. There is much in the media of …
Hi Folks, By now most of you will have observed a wee little missive from our newly appointed Minister of Education. I believe he e-mailed it to about 35,000 of his close personal teacher friends. The reality of this …
Hi again, Sorry about all the e-mails today. It is not like you don’t have the end of the year to wrap up. We did ratify our local matters agreement with the School District. In fact, it was a unanimous …
Hi Folks, The local matters ratification vote will be conducted on Tuesday, June 25th. We will bring the ballot box around to each school. You will also be able to vote at the VINTA office on: Monday June 24, from …
Hi Folks, Karen Zoffmann and I met with Scott Benwell, Katherine McIntosh and John Martin yesterday to discuss the allocation of the Learning Improvement Fund. The fund this year is about $232,000. According to the legislation 12.5% is to be …
Hi Folks, We will be meeting with the District tomorrow morning to discuss how the Learning Improvement Fund will be allocated next year. It seems likely the fund will generate somewhere around 2.6 FTE. The Act requires consultation to occur …
Local Bargaining We concluded our local Bargaining with the School District on Monday. It was an interesting process. There was no realistic dispute resolution process, so, essentially each party had a veto. If one side or the other did not …
Hi Folks, I guess this update is best described as the good(ish), the bad and the mediocre …. You get to decide which is which. Provincial Bargaining If you recall way back in the fall the Clark Government called for …
May 13th Greetings everyone, Staffing The lay off /recall process is now complete. Everyone who was on laid off or was on the recall is has made their choice for next year. As you may have seen, the district just posted the …