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New agreements for SD5 support staff
Nine more school districts and more than 4,000 support staff workers have recently ratified new agreements under the B.C. government’s 2014 Economic Stability Mandate.
Among those nine school districts is School District No. 5 (SD5 – Southeast Kootenay) with 336 support staff workers belonging to CUPE Local 4165.
To date more than 29,000 support staff workers in 55 school districts have fully ratified agreements in place. This represents about 87% of the total support staff workers in B.C. school districts. The remaining districts are working to ratify agreements by November.
Within 30 days of ratification of a new collective agreement by a board of education, the local union and BCPSEA, the board will reimburse each employee for all scheduled hours that the employee and has not otherwise been paid during the BCTF strike.
The term of the new agreement for each district is from July 1 to June 30, 2019. It provides for a modest 5.5% wage increase over the five years of the term, with potential for additional increases if the B.C. economy exceeds the annual forecasts set by the Economic Forecast Council during the last four years of the agreement
The government’s Economic Stability Mandate provides public-sector employers the ability to negotiate longer-term agreements within a fixed fiscal envelope, and offers employees an opportunity to participate in the province’s economic growth through the Economic
Stability Dividend. Settlements are expected to be unique and to reflect priorities negotiated to ensure labour stability and affordable service delivery throughout B.C.
Currently, there are approximately 200,000 public-sector employees covered by tentative or ratified agreements under the Economic
Stability Mandate. This represents about two-thirds of all unionized public-sector employees in B.C.
Along with the SD5, the other school districts ratifying agreements with support workers are:
* SD 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) – 216 support staff workers (CUPE Local
1285)
* SD 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) – 488 support staff workers (IUOE 959)
* SD 35 (Langley) – 754 support staff workers (CUPE Local 1260)
* SD 35 (Langley) – 224 support staff workers (CUPE Local 1851)
* SD 44 (North Vancouver) – 914 support staff workers (CUPE Local
389)
* SD 48 (Sea To Sky) – 239 support staff workers (CUPE Local 779)
* SD 69 (Qualicum) – 277 support staff workers (CUPE Local 3570)
* SD 78 (Fraser-Cascade) – 154 support staff workers (CMAW 2423)
* SD 91 (Nechako Lakes) – 474 support staff workers (CUPE Local
4177).
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