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Teachers pound the pavement Union contemplates one-day strikes again next week “We’ll look to see if there’s any substantial movement at the bargaining table and make a decision on Wednesday whether to continue rotating strikes next week,” said Iker. “We’re still apart,” he said of negotiations Teachers hit the streets of Richmond that have reached an impasse on wages, on Tuesday, striking against a provincial length of term and class composition. government they say has not come close to Iker called the latter the most important meeting their compromised demands for a fair issue in the labour contract. negotiation. At McNair secondary, It’s good to know the “We want to see, at Jim Iker, president least, minimal levels of of the BC Teachers’ Teamsters are here to our specialist teachers,” Federation, greeted support us,” said Iker. dozens of teachers - Marlene Kenakin “You can’t as well as locked-out underestimate the employees of Ikea. importance of individual Iker called the attention,” he said, support from Ikea noting the B.C. Supreme Court has twice workers “priceless.” sided with the BCTF to have the right to Teachers also welcomed the support. negotiate class composition. “It’s good to know the Teamsters are here Iker said public support is something the to support us,” said Marlene Kenakin, a home federation considers when, or if, it decides to economics teacher at McNair, wearing her escalate job action. ‘Fair Deal’ placard. Presently, teachers are partially locked out Josh Rai, of Teamsters Local 213, was one by the BC Public Employers’Association, of a handful of supporters from Ikea. which is now deducting 10 per cent off their “It’s all about solidarity and today is about wages. Teachers are prohibited from being at the teachers,” said Rai, whose colleagues are school more than 45 minutes before and after past the one-year mark of a job dispute with classes and to work during recess and lunch. the multinational home furnishing company. The BCPEA has also threatened full-day For much of the morning, Rai and Kenakin lockouts at high schools during critical stood outside McNair on No. 4 Road. One provincial exam periods (June 25-27). man in a minivan stopped and handed out The lockout followed graduated job action a box of donuts, while a majority of cars taken by the teachers earlier in the month, passing by honked and waved in support. Meanwhile, teachers at Mitchell elementary which saw them limit time spent at school and Cambie secondary seemed in good spirits, before and after class hours, as well as despite the prospect of more one-day strikes supervision of children during non-class time. on the horizon and no end in sight to the Teachers have also limited communications dispute, which is focused on class size and with administrators. composition, as well as wages. According to the latest reports from both Iker told a throng of media at McNair he sides, the province is offering a 7.3 per cent is not ruling out rotating strikes affecting raise over six years, while the BCTF is Richmond next week. seeking 13.7 per cent over four years. Graeme Wood
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Teachers have a pop at Premier Christy Clark as they picket outside of Cambie secondary Tuesday morning. Picket lines were up all over Richmond School District during a series of rotating one-day strikes across B.C. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News.
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