Ahead of Thursday night’s rally downtown, Prince George teachers are picketing at schools across the city and at the school board office.
Responding to rampant stories in the media over the comments about teachers demanding massages to end the strike, President Tina Cousins (pictured) says it’s just the Premier feeding the media with an explosive, yet inaccurate angle to the issue.
“At this point in time, the bargaining should be going on at the bargaining table,” Cousins says. “Even talking about specific things that are at the bargaining table, they need to stay at the bargaining table. It’s unfortunate that the bargaining for teachers ends up being in the media.”
As the teacher’s strike drags on, schools around the province are counting on a settlement within the buffer period that would have been used for spring break, but Prince George has a problem with that.
The intent was to have spring break in the city coincide with the Canada Winter Games to allow students to take the experience in.
President Tina Cousins with the District Teacher’s Association says it’s too soon to tell if that break will be compromised.
“There has been no talk about how that will be affected,” Cousins says. “We’re really hoping that this dispute can be settled sooner than later, and that [losing spring break] won’t be an issue.”
Teachers along with other labour unions will hold a mass-rally in front of MLA and Labour Minister Shirley Bond’s office at 6 p.m..
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