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K-12 support staff agreement with the province ratified in PG

Support staff within School District 57 in Prince George has ratified an agreement with the province.

The three-year term is retroactive to July 1st and will run until June 30th, 2022.

CUPE 3742 in the city negotiated to establish a professional learning fund with residual funds to increase afternoon, night and weekend shift premiums.

Similar agreements were also reached in Quesnel, Coquitlam, and the Gulf Islands.

The union represents just over 1,000 SD57 support workers in the north at Prince George, McBride, Valemount, and Mackenzie.

They include education assistants, indigenous workers, Early Childhood Education workers, youth care workers, clerical and custodians.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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