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Between 4,000 and 5,000 union members marched on the British Columbia legislature March 7 to protest legislation putting an end to seven months of strike action by public school teachers. Teachers and other union members came by bus, plane and ferry from around the province to demand the government withdraw Bill 22, which will impose a cooling-off period and appoint a mediator to seek a settlement within the government’s “net zero” wage mandate for B.C.’s 41,000 teachers. B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) president Susan Lambert addressed the crowd to cheers and chants of “shame” as she
described 10 years of government action to “strip” BCTF contracts. Bill 22 repeals 2002 legislation struck down by the B.C. Supreme Court, but reinstates many of their provisions, Lambert said. She also denounced new performance evaluations and disciplinary measures for teachers. “One bad report and you’re gone,” she said. B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair told the crowd the restriction of teacher rights to strike and bargain working conditions are a blow to all unions. He and Lambert both said the government refused to put the year-long teacher dispute to an independent mediator, and have restricted any settlement to fund wage and benefit increases through sav-
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ings found within the education system. The BCTF has demanded a 16 per cent wage increase and benefit improvements that the employers’ negotiators say will cost taxpayers an extra $2 billion a year. Education Minister George Abbott said his government will continue to debate Bill 22 without extending legislature hours, despite an opposition delaying tactic of having all 34 NDP MLAs speaking for the maximum time. That could drag the debate into next week, where teachers are in a legal position to strike for one more day. If teachers continue their walkout Thursday and Friday in defiance of a Labour Relations Board ruling on essential services, the government would reassess its position, Abbott said.
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