Thread by @LizanneFoster

Rumours abound about an election call. Time for a review.

Spring 2017 : Based on commitments made at BCTF meetings over 14 years, teachers volunteer hundreds of hours to help BCNDP candidates to get elected. Six are elected in the largest school district, Surrey.
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Fall 2017: Teachers are dismayed to watch their working conditions deteriorate because the warnings about a teacher shortage were ignored by Minister Fleming. Hundreds of students don’t have a classroom teacher for the first 4 months of the school year.

Summer 2018: A funding formula review is published that, if implemented would make class size and composition language in collective agreements unenforceable.

Spring 2019 : BCPSEA under the direction of the BCNDP demand concessions that would result in a massive reduction of teachers in most urban school districts by wiping out class size and other protections.

Fall 2019: The BCNDP Ministry of education denies the grades fiasco

Spring 2020: The BCNDP Ministry of Education gaslights teachers with newsletters that point out the importance of schools for students.

Summer 2020: The BCNDP Ministry of Education betrays the work of the steering committee by announcing a 100% return to school

Fall 2020: The BCNDP Ministry of education gaslights the president of @bctf by dismissing concerns raised about unsafe working conditions in schools

Overall, the only improvement in the working conditions for teachers pre-pandemic was a result of the Supreme Court of Canada win.

That's the context within which teachers will greet an election call.

And now you know @bcndp

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