BCTF grievances costing $1 million and counting
Posted Feb 24, 2011 08:16:17 AM.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The number is still going up. Over the last five years, thousands of union grievances over class sizes have cost taxpayers one million dollars.
The BC Teachers Federation says filing grievances is the only way to make sure schools respect class size laws put into effect in 2006. President Susan Lambert admits money could be better spent on resources in the classroom, rather than fighting to keep too many students out.
“We’ve got tens of thousands of grievances outstanding,” she explains. “We’ve got probably thousands of grievances still gathering from this year. It happens across the province.”
The Ministry of Education says it’s an issue between teachers and the union, adding the law is working because 94 per cent of classrooms have less than 30 students.
