BCTF President Susan Lambert says the Premier's 10-year contract plan is a non-starter, because it asks teachers to give up the right to bargain class size/composition and salary/compesnation.
Speaking with CKNW's Bill Good, Lambert says it's quite ludicrous for government to hold out a 10-year deal in trade for giving up collective bargaining rights that the union fought a 10-year legal battle to achieve a court decision that said yes, teachers have a constitutional right to bargain working conditions.