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School year could end Thursday, pending strike vote Renee Andor Record Staff
The last day of class for Comox Valley students could be Thursday this year, according to Comox District Teachers’ Association president Steven Stanley. “June 12 could be the last day of school in the Comox Valley,
depending on the outcome of the (strike) vote,” Stanley said Friday. If teachers vote Monday and Tuesday to move to a full strike, Stanley said they could do so as early as Monday, June 16. Comox Valley teachers are already scheduled to strike Friday, June 13 as part of continuing rotating strikes around the province.
Monday/Tuesday strike vote specifies ‘up to and including’ full-scale walkout But, a vote in favour of escalating strike action doesn’t necessarily mean a full walkout, cautioned Stanley, because the strike vote specifies ‘up to and including a full walkout.’
“We don’t have to go to a full walkout,” said Stanley. “We could just increase it to two days of rotating strikes a week, something like that, and that hasn’t been determined, and it will
depend on what happens at the bargaining table.” BCPSEA has tabled a 7.3 per cent wage increase over six years, plus a $1,200 signing bonus if an agreement is signed by the end of the school year.
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Fishing issues snagging treaty process
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Scott Stanfield Record Staff
PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK
Cancer survivors, family, friends and supporters walk the first lap around the Vanier track Saturday night to kick off the Comox Valley Relay for Life.
Treaty negotiations for the K’ómoks First Nation continue to linger, but Canada hopes to soon resume the process, once it sorts out fishery-related issues. The negotiation of salmonrelated fisheries issues at treaty tables in B.C will be informed by the findings and recommendations of the Cohen Commission — an inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River — says Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. “Its (federal government) priority is to ensure that fishery arrangements balance the rights of First Nations and all Canadians,” said Michelle Perron, media relations officer at Aboriginal Affairs. “We hope to be in a position to resume treaty fisheries negotiations shortly.” Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan noted approval of the critical fourth-stage Agreement-in-Principle was reached “quite happily.”
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