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President's Comment
Victory for post-secondary educators in court, Education Council must be consulted rules BC Supreme Court
March 9, 2005
We are currently facing campaigns and battles on many fronts as post-secondary educators. I know that we sometimes wonder if the struggles are worth it, given the time and resources that they can take. There’s nothing like a little victory to re-energize us and this commentary is about one such victory. A recent decision of…
Bargaining, President's Comment
2005 will be a defining year for education
January 3, 2005
WE ALL BEGIN THE NEW YEAR with a strong sense of the importance of friends and allies and a reminder of how quickly our world can change. The tragedy which has unfolded in Southeast Asia over the past several weeks also reminds us all that we must care for one another as individuals, as unions…
President's Comment
Our voices should be heard in the 2005 budget consultation
October 1, 2004
How would you spend $4.5 billion? While it may be harder this year to get in the door to answer the question, this is the 2005 budget question. It’s that time of year again when the BC Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services – a committee of the BC Legislature – traverses the province…
President's Comment
Government ads gloss over real problems in public education
September 1, 2004
AS EDUCATORS, WE LOOK FORWARD to September as a time for reconnecting with old friends and getting a jump on the new school year’s course work. We expect a barrage of back-toschool ads on the radio, television and in the newspapers and we prepare for excitement and exhaustion of another school year. This back-to-school season…