CUPW is a democratic union. CUPW members have a say every step of the way. They elect their own representatives. They help develop priorities for contract negotiations. Members also have a right to vote on the final package of demands that is developed during negotiations and any contract that is negotiated.
The agreement is expected to be ratified within the next week.Peace River South Teachers' AssociationFrom the President's Desk . . . Why Teachers have been forced into Job Action Like all of you, teachers only want the best for their students.Despite bargaining for more than a year with the government there has been little progress made at the negotiating table.We have been waiting, very patiently, for the government to provide the necessary funding required for us to move forward in achieving a negotiated collective agreement. Instead, they have attempted to remove, yet again, the important provisions for class size and composition and minimum levels of specialist teachers that the BC Supreme Court restored. As a teachers have voted 89% in favour of job action.Local teachers concur with the comments made by BCTF President, Jim Iker, after our strike vote:'As teachers, we do not take job action, or even a vote on job action, lightly. We care deeply our schools, our students, and their families.
Kim Holleman is a mid-career interdisciplinary artist who attended The Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Holland. Her award-winning work, Trailer Park: A Mobile Public Park debuted at The Storefront for Art and Architecture in 2006. Since that time, it has been open to the public at multiple galleries, events, and conferences in New York. ?Holleman has developed an interdisciplinary practice that allows her work to relate the concerns of several disciplines. Holleman is currently a Research Affiliate with MIT Media Lab, Social Computing Group at The Massachusettes Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusettes. Holleman also maintains a steady exhibition schedule and studio in New York, gives lectures, writes articles and partners with architects and engineers for special projects.
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