Professional Reading Incentive Hello Everyone! The VINTA Pro-D Committee would like to buy you a book for Christmas! Last year the School Board had a surplus in the LIF account. VINTA and the Board agreed to have this surplus, of …
Hi Folks, As the year winds down there are a few bits of information and pearls of wisdom to pass along. The first of these is my very sincere wish that everyone have a great holiday. I hope everyone gets …
Dear colleagues, Since the beginning of December, we have posted two reports from the bargaining table. If you haven’t had the chance to read them yet, please do. They are available in English and French in the member portal on …
Greetings everyone, I would like to start by thanking Teresa Wadhams for her presentation to the School District Trustees at their Monday meeting. Teresa spoke of her attendance at the Truth and Reconciliation event in Vancouver in September. It took much strength and …
Hi Folks, This bargaining update was just send out from Jim Iker, BCTF President. If you have not already signed up to the MyBCTF portal it is quite easy to do. You can follow the links from the BCTF main …
Hi Folks, The year continues and some days it seems, ‘Geez, is it Thanksgiving already?!”, and other days it is something like, “Geez, it’s only mid October!!” And so it goes…. TTOC Orientation/ BCTF Induction We tried something a bit …
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Hi Folks, You have probably heard this morning that CUPE settled yesterday evening. They achieved 3.5% wage increase and no concessions. This is the link to the CUPE news release: http://cupe.bc.ca/news/3159 Now we will begin to see where, in fact, …
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 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 …