British Columbia Teachers’ Federation Claim
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FACT
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700 fewer Special Needs teachers
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2,100 additional special needs teaching assistants in B.C. classrooms.
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Ninth-best paid in Canada
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B.C. teachers’ salary plus benefits is fourth-best among provinces.
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Seniority eroded under Bill 22 - Education Improvement Act
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Seniority remains key factor but qualifications also considered. Math teachers teaching Math; Science teachers teaching Science.
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Contract demands are reasonable
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A 15 per cent wage increase at a cost of $2 billion is completely unreasonable, given the current economic reality.
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Wage increases are modest
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Teachers’ union demands would cost $2 billion, which would raise taxes on all B.C. families.
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Eliminated class sizes
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Class-size caps on all grades with exceptions made by principals and superintendents.
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Reject net-zero wage mandate
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130 net-zero contracts signed.
25,000 CUPE employees signed net zero contracts.
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Teachers have not been fairly compensated
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Teachers received a 16 per cent wage increase; $3,700 signing bonus for their last contract.
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12,000 overcrowded classes
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Of 65,000 classes, fewer than 1,500 have more than 31 students.
Fewer than 600 have more than 33 -- most of these are band, choir and theatre.
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Discussion of the issues that affect you on a local, provincial and federal level
Saturday, March 3, 2012
BCTF Claims and Facts...
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