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‘Queen Victoria’ acknowledges her subjects during a parade at the Burnaby Village Museum on Monday. The holiday celebration included children’s activities, a market, the Tiddley Cove Morris Dancers and a massive cake.
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Burnaby teachers off the job next week Cornelia Naylor staff reporter
Burnaby parents have nine days to figure out how their kids will spend the school day next Thursday when local public school teachers hit the picket lines for a one-day strike. The walkout would be part
of four days of rotating strikes around the province announced by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation Tuesday. The move comes on the heels of an announcement by the provincial government last week that is was backing off its demand for a 10-year contract and would give teachers a signing bonus if a
deal was reached before the end of the school year. But that was followed one day later by a B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) threat to cut teachers’ pay by five per cent for its limited job action last month if a deal wasn’t reached by then. “Last week, teachers were
hopeful when they saw the government and BCPSEA put out an olive branch by backing off the unrealistic 10-year term,” said B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker at a press conference Tuesday. “But the next day, hope that this government would start negotiating in good faith faded
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when the employer announced a series of threats around wage rollbacks, lockouts and attempts to divide teachers, parents and students.” Iker said there won’t be a deal until the government is prepared to put appropriate class-size limits, class composition guarantees
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