K-12 Bulletin #25 – COVID-19 FAQ #7
For more information on the K-12 Restart, please continue to visit bcschools.cupe.ca as information is regularly updated. In safety and solidarity, Warren WilliamsK-12 Presidents Council President BCCDC School FAQ The following FAQs are under the Schools section on the BC Centre for Disease Control website. This information was updated on September 4. Find answers to […]
K-12 Bulletin #24 – Additional K-12 funding will support a safe restart
Education Minister Rob Fleming’s funding announcement on Thursday is good news for our members and for a safe restart in B.C. schools. If you missed the announcement, you can watch it on the B.C. government YouTube channel here. The announcement starts at minute 6:00. The federal funding of $242.4 million builds on provincial funding of […]
K-12 Bulletin #23 – CUPE K-12 Site Safety Committees
CUPE K-12 site health and safety committees do not fall under the jurisdiction of WorkSafeBC. The Workers Compensation Board and the Workers Compensation Act only recognize the joint health and safety committee, not the central /district joint safety committee or CUPE site/local health and safety committees. CUPE K-12 site health and safety committees identify problems […]
Federal funding for Safe Return to Class should be distributed by School Districts—CUPE BC
CUPE BC President Paul Faoro wrote the attached letter to Education Minister Rob Fleming yesterday recommending that the federal government’s new $242 million Safe Return to Class funding be distributed directly to school districts on a per-student basis as the most effective and efficient way to invest the funds. The letter also reminded the Minister […]
