Negotiators are slated to resume talks this week in an effort to resolve the B.C. public school teachers strike before a new school year begins in September.
B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker and Peter Cameron, lead negotiator for the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, released a joint statement Friday that the two sides will meet Aug. 8.
It will be the first face-to-face bargaining session since June, when a strike by about 41,000 teachers cut short the school year.
“It’s a positive development from our perspective,” said BCTF vice-president Glen Hansman. “We’ve been ready, willing and able all July to get mediator or face-to-face talks without a mediator going.”
He expressed hope that the two sides will be able to use the rest of August to hammer out a deal before Labour Day.
