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December 16, 2011

*Provincial Bargaining Settlement Reached for BC Education K-12 Support Staff

PROVINCIAL BARGAINING SETTLEMENT

Education K-12 Support Staff Unions consisting of CUPE and “Other” Locals (including IUOE 963) have reached a Provincial Settlement Agreement with the British Columbia Public Schools Employers’ Association. Bargaining “provincial matters” began in June and a final agreement was reached on December 14, 2011.

The key points in the agreement include:
• Term: July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012
• There are no support staff concessions
• Funding ($200,000) and commitment from government to continue provincial discussions
• Access to demographic and classification information for research purposes
• $7.5 million in new, ongoing funding to address Education Assistant issues (a high CUPE priority)
• $550,000 in new funding to continue the work of the Support Staff Education & Adjustment Committee (“SSEAC”), including wage regionalization and other key issues
• A wage re-opener clause in the event the public sector mandate changes over the life of the agreement.

NEXT STEPS: Each support staff local union must now reach a tentative agreement at the LOCAL BARGAINING TABLE with their individual school districts by February 29, 2012.

Letter of Understanding [pdf]

Letter of Agreement [pdf]

December 13, 2011

Seasons Greetings from your Executive Board

On behalf of the Executive Board we wish you all the very best this holiday season. We hope you are able to enjoy this time with family and friends.

In lieu of mailing greeting cards the Local Union donates $300 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Merry Christmas!

November 2, 2011

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

Click here to download the registration form. Please make additional copies of the form, if necessary, to accommodate all members.  You may also obtain copies by phoning the Union Office at 876-6287.  Registration is limited to children and grandchildren of members of I.U.O.E. Local 963 who are 10 years old or younger. 

The party will be held at the Churchill Secondary Cafeteria, this year on Saturday, December 3, 2011, from 11:30am to 2:00 p.m. There will be food, entertainment, and, of course, Santa will be there with a gift for every registered child, who is present when their age group is called.

Please return your registration form and $5.00 for each child registered to the Union Office at 707 Durward Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5V 2Y9, before November 18, 2011.

*Also, please note that, if any child is unable to attend the party for any reason, his/her gift will be donated to charity.

October 11, 2011

Support Staff Provincial Bargaining Update

As members are aware, negotiations to conclude a renewed collective agreement (and Appendix "A" Supervision Aides)are being conducted on a local basis and province-wide basis.

In a notice to members dated August 24, 2011 Local 963 President Tim Chester reported that Local 963 Business Manager Tim De Vivo had been elected by unionized colleagues throughout the province to represent all non-CUPE support staff unions at the provincial table.

There has been 7 sessions to date (including 4 sessions held over the summer break) with the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association. A "Guiding Principles" agreement was reached in June which includes a provision that each party will notify their member Locals/member Boards of the issues at the provincial table AND recommend to their members "to place these items in abeyance pending the outcome of this process."

In other words, if the issue is being discussed provincially (such as job security, for example), then it is to be held "in abeyance" (temporarily not discussed) pending an outcome from the negotiations.

Local bargaining will commence with the Vancouver Board of Education later this month. These negotiations will focus on local matters, such as contract language concerning processes and various rights that are not being discussed provincially.

For complete reports and more in-depth discussion, members should attend General Membership meetings.

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