The K-12 provincial bargaining committee met with their counterparts from the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association this week to begin negotiations for a new Provincial Framework Agreement.
Bargaining Survey
We need your feedback!
While it will be a while before we begin local bargaining as we have to wait until provincial bargaining is complete*, we are preparing now. Part of that process, is getting input from our members. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at https://forms.gle/gGC6Q3Zc3LTo7fVv9
Verbal Intervention Training and First Aid
The district is offering the following training for those planning to work during the closure week in March. Please feel free to sign up for one or both 
DEADLINE for registration: Friday, March 7th, 2025
DEADLINE for registration: Friday, March 7th, 2025Bargaining Update – February 5, 2025
Bargaining – What’s Happening Now?
Our collective agreement expires at the end of June and our local bargaining will begin once provincial bargaining is done. We anticipate that we will be at the table with the employer either late in this school year or early in the next and will be bargaining the terms of the collective agreement.
2025-01-31 settlement agreement – final agreed terms
2025-01-31 – Executed Settlement Agreement (SD8 and CUPE)
Leave of Absence, Job Postings, Mileage
Provincial K-12 Bargaining Survey
Your voice MATTERS!
Provincial-bargaining-survey-2024
The more K-12 members that fill out the survey means more power at the bargaining table.
The survey is open until December 17, 2024.
Incidents and Injuries at Work
It’s important to fill out the 8.15.02 Workplace Violent Incident Report Form (1) any time there is an incident, whether it resulted in an injury or not. “Violence” means the attempted or actual exercise by a person, other than a worker, of any physical force so as to cause injury to a worker, and includes any threatening statement or behaviour which gives a worker reasonable cause to believe that he or she is at “risk of injury”.
If you are injured, report it to your supervisor and seek medical attention if needed. More information on workplace injuries at https://www.worksafebc.com/en/claims/report-workplace-injury-illness/how-workers-report-workplace-injury-illness
There are steps for refusing unsafe work at Refusal-of-Unsafe-Work_23-24
Always refer to the district website and WCB for up-to-date forms. If you have followed these steps, and have not received help from the employer, please reach out to the union.
WorkSafe – Communicate Student Information: Prevent Violence-Related Injuries to Workers in the Education Sector
This bulletin concerns the requirements related to student privacy and worker health and safety that are set out by the Workers Compensation Act and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Accessibility Committee – Volunteers Needed!
Have a say!
Kootenay Lake School District has formed an accessibility committee to comply with BC legislation. The role of the committee is to provide recommendations and advice to the Superintendent on identifying, preventing, and eliminating barriers to people with disabilities in programs, services, and facilities. This will include supporting the development of SD8’s 3-year accessibility plan, monitoring progress with accessibility goals and providing input into accessibility priorities.