Backgrounder - Collective Bargaining 2022: Process and timeline for bargaining in K-12 public education

Backgrounder Collective Bargaining 2022: Process and timeline for bargaining in K-12 public education March 17, 2022, Vancouver Overview of collective bargaining in K-12 public education All BC public education K-12 sector collective bargaining agreements expire June 30, 2022. [...] Teachers Support Staff 1 provincial 1 voluntary Collective Agreement (includes 60 local sub-agreements; Provincial Framework Agreement 1 for each school district) 1 Adult Educators collective agreement 69 local Collective Agreements with SD39 (Vancouver) (at the school district level) 1 Allied Specialists Association agreement with SD61 (Greater Victoria) Collective bargaining – Teachers The BC Pu. [...] Examples of Teacher Provincial Matters Examples of Teacher Local Matters Salaries Layoff-Recall, Re-engagement Benefits Posting and filling vacant positions Class size Health and Safety, including committees Class composition No discrimination Paid leaves Gender equity Violence prevention Indigenous curriculum Timeline – Teacher collective bargaining For the 2022 round of b. [...] 1, 2021 March 1, 2022 March 4, 2022 June 30, 2022 Local bargaining can Provincial bargaining Local bargaining ends Collective Agreement begin can begin expires Collective bargaining – Support Staff There are approximately 240,000 support staff represented in negotiations by the K-12 Presidents’ Council, which is made up of 57 autonomous CUPE locals and 11 other unions in the K-12 public education. [...] February-April 2022 March 1, 2022 June 30, 2022 Provincial Framework Local bargaining can Collective agreements Agreement negotiated begin expire 2 Headcount data as per the Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat’s 2022 Annual Forecast as at April 1, 2022 – includes all active and casual support staff employees, as well as those on leave, that are covered by the compensation base and 69 loca.