Students affected by the Saanich school district support-workers’ strike wave to traffic outside Education Minister Rob Fleming’s office on Hillside Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. .

Nanaimo and Alberni . On the first day back from a strike that lasted three weeks, everything around Deep Cove Elementary school in North Saanich appeared the way it did more than three weeks ago. [UPDATE] Picket lines are up across the Saanich School District office and 16 schools this morning in Day 2 of rotating strikes by public school teachers across the province. Multiple rallies concerning an ongoing strike between the Saanich School District (SD 63) and CUPE local 441 took place on Wednesday morning, including one organized entirely by students. [Transcript] LABOUR DISPUTE IN SAANICH SCHOOL DISTRICT. A strike by school support workers in Saanich means another day off school, creating a major impact on more than 7,300 students and their families. Can the …
. The school district and the union had previously worked with the assistance of a mediator. A tentative deal has been reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 411 and the Saanich School District after a strike over wages that has lasted weeks. Talks between CUPE Local 441 and the district broke off Nov. 5 Victoria News Staff; Nov. 8, 2019 7:30 a.m. Local News ; News; All Saanich School District (SD63) schools remain closed for instruction on Friday due to the continued job action.
63 and CUPE 441 is hurting the 500 school support workers, clerical, transportation, grounds, maintenance and custodial staff that provide critical services to the quality of public education in my riding.It also disrupts teachers, school administrators and the 8,000 students … Saanich school workers strike stretches into week 2 There will be no school again for more than 7,000 students in Saanich on Vancouver Island on Monday as support workers. District-wide school strike leaves thousands of Saanich parents scrambling News staff CTV Vancouver Island Published Monday, October 28, 2019 8:54AM PDT … Eighty-four per cent of striking Saanich School District support workers voted Sunday to ratify a three-year agreement that the union president says will bring wages in line with compensation in . Support Staff Bargaining Questions & Answers - Nov 13, 2019; Support Staff Bargaining Questions & Answers - Nov 13, 2019.

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Students stepped from yellow buses onto wet pavement and crossing guards wearily eyed the column of cars snaking its way along West Saanich Road. After three weeks of school closures in Saanich, the union representing school support workers ratified a new contract deal Sunday to officially bring the strike to an end. . READ MORE: Saanich parents, students, and teachers joined CUPE members on the picket line on Friday.

Across Saanich, 14 schools have closed their doors this week due to an ongoing labour dispute between the Saanich School District and the Canaduan Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 441, the union representing over 500 teachers, support and custodial workers. Pay disparities between school support staff in SD63 and support staff from other local school districts remain at the heart of this strike. The school … VICTORIA – Talks aimed at ending the ongoing Saanich school strike have broken down with no agreement in sight. The union has said the provincial government needs to step in to level the playing field. CUPE 441 members voted 84 per cent in favour of the latest deal from the Saanich School District, which includes general wage increases of two per cent per year for the three-year contract. Saanich School District 63 (SD63) and support staff union CUPE Local 441 are back at the bargaining table on Monday Nov. 4 as a district-wide strike for pay parity with other local school districts continues into a second week. SAANICH, B.C. - Support staff in British Columbia's Saanich school district have served 72-hour strike notice. A. Olsen: The labour dispute between school district No. Second week of Saanich school strike comes to a close. This document has been prepared by the school district to provide clarification on important contextual matters related to Support Staff bargaining. The strike by Saanich School District support staff on Vancouver Island is into its third week, leaving 7,000 students without classes, as unionized teachers refuse to cross picket lines. On Thursday Elise McMurphy, vice chair of the Saanich Board of Education, issued a statement …