BC teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike 2011, job, agreement, conducted, teachers

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BC teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike
They're calling it a strong message to government.
John Streit Jun 29, 2011 00:45:14 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - News1130 has learned BC teachers have voted overwhelmingly to strike. A total of 90 per cent of teachers said yes in a province-wide vote conducted in schools and local offices over four days.

BCTF President Susan Lambert says if they don't achieve a new agreement in the summer they will go after job action on September 6th. "The goal is to signal to government and the employer that we are serious. There are serious issues of concern to teachers and they need to be addressed in this round of bargaining."

Lambert adds the first step is called a "teach only" phase, "that frees us up from the huge burden of administrative tasks that have been placed on teachers."

We hear about 70 percent of teachers participated in the vote.

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somewhereintime

BCTF  no class, why they insist they would get what they want?
I don't think they care about the students at all, just a bunch of leeches
that suck all the education fund.

sheep

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    more than 70% of education funds are for teacher's salary

Lik

Uncle Some,

While I agree that teachers going on strike / job action is not ideal, if you actually know any teaching staff in the high school system, you'll get a different perspective on things.

All too frequently, the various school boards violate their own rules -- student class size rules (eg. too many students per teacher), special needs student rules (eg. throwing them into regular classes when they are supposed to be in special ed classes), ridiculous compensation schemes (eg. getting 3 days worth of time off for sinking in over 3 month's worth of effort in doing class time tables). You have to realize that a lot of times, the teachers are not going on job action simply for their own wages. A lot of times, they are simply asking the province and the school boards to live up to their promise, and to deliver the teaching resources that they need in order to do their jobs properly.

The same goes for healthcare professionals too. When they take on job actions, sometimes, it is about wages -- which could be reasonable or not. But a lot of times, they are simply asking for the resources that they need in order to get their jobs done right.

-Lik

Lik

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more than 70% of education funds are for teacher's salary
sheep 發表於 2011-6-29 10:22

You have to realize, teaching staff are not always asking for wage increases for themselves. They could be asking for extra head counts. Continuing with my previous example, that could be an extra teacher to correct the overloaded student-teacher ratio. Or it could be a special ed staff member that takes on the special needs kids so that they don't have to be placed in the regular class and end up disrupting the rest of the kids. Resources like that would show up as salary as well, but it isn't always about wage increase.

Again, try speaking with a high school teacher and ask about the program and funding cuts that they have seen under the BC Liberals "leadership" over the past 10+ years. You'd be surprised at how resilient they are in putting up with all sorts of funding cuts.

You can only stretch things so much when you do more with less.

-Lik

peter236

BCTF  no class, why they insist they would get what they want?
I don't think they care about the stu ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2011-6-29 10:11

The average classes here already have fewer students than those in Hong Kong. These people have been over paid for a long time, but teaching quality has not been improving. Maybe they should take a pay cut now, to save the taxpayers some expenses.

匿名

罷啦﹐罷啦。。。

全溫哥華一齊放暑假啦﹐他們是不是想這樣而已﹖

Lik

The average classes here already have fewer students than those in Hong Kong. These people have been over paid for a long time, but teaching quality has not been improving. Maybe they should take a pay cut now, to save the taxpayers some expenses.
peter236 發表於 2011-6-29 11:37

That's why the HK education system sucks so much.

If you have no fxxking idea of what is going on, shut the fxxk up la!

-Lik

blue20ae

...These people have been over paid for a long time, but teaching quality has not been improving.  ...
peter236 發表於 2011-6-29 11:37

Do you have any data to back these claims?

Depends on how you compare... compare with letter carriers, fore sure teachers are not overpay.

That said, the teachers are not setting a good example on how to solve problems with others.

blue20ae

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    more than 70% of education funds are for teacher's salary
sheep 發表於 2011-6-29 10:22

consider teachers are the key in ingredients for the "school business", this percentage (not the actual amount) should be as high as possible.