BC Teacher Collective Bargaining

The BC provincial teacher collective agreement between the BC Teachers’ Federation and BC Public School Employers’ Association expires on June 30, 2011. The parties met on March 1, 2011 to commence the negotiation of the next provincial collective agreement.

To follow what is happening during these negotiations, we have the following information available here on our site: 

• Teacher Bargaining Bulletins
• Proposals and Costing - BCTF and BCPSEA
• Essential Services
• At the Table
• Report from the Chair
• Vital Statistics: K-12 Public Education (Teachers)
• In the News
• For the Record

Discussion Papers / Backgrounders

Given the complexity of teacher collective bargaining and many of the issues being discussed, we have prepared a series of backgrounders and discussion papers. The following papers are relevant to the current round of teacher collective bargaining:

Backgrounders

• Collective Bargaining between the BC Public School Employers' Association and the BC Teachers' Federation
• Teacher Compensation: Context and Considerations
• Teachers Salaries

Discussion Paper

• Can we get There from Here?
• Chronology of Key Events in Teacher Collective Bargaining
• Perspectives in Practice
• Discussion Paper - History of Teacher Collective Bargaining