. Ms. Mooring said B.C. teachers have the second lowest starting salary in the country, which has led to recruitment and retention challenges and a teacher shortage crisis.
Under B.C.’s Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate, any public-sector union that receives more than 2-per-cent per year would trigger a “me too” salary clause that would be applied to all other agreements. “Teachers are seeking the same kind of grid adjustments that other unions, such as the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union and the BC Nurses’ Union, were able to achieve in this round under the same mandate,” Ms. Mooring said.
Lets pause a minute: If not for teachers, no union officials! no premiere! no prime minister! no one can read write and do arithmetic 3Rs poverty in cyclic rounds! crimes upped! It's a small world after all!
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