Unions Reach Framework Deal

K to 12 support staff unions have approved a provincial framework for a new three year labour deal.

It covers 34,000 support staff working in positions like custodians, maintenance workers, and education assistants

The framework — which includes a wage hike of 2% a year — paves the way for collective agreements to be negotiated between K to 12 support staff local unions and BC school districts over the next few months.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) K-12 Presidents’ Council, comprised of CUPE local union presidents, along with representatives from the sector’s other support staff unions, voted earlier this week to endorse the framework that forms the basis of the district-level negotiations.