The Tyee: Union Padlocks a Union
The labour dispute between the BC Teachers Federation and its unionized administrative staff escalated last week as picket lines sprung up, doors were padlocked, and an Asian airline’s lawyer landed in the middle of the whole thing.
BCTF staffers began picketing outside offices of teachers’ unions in Burnaby, Surrey, Prince George and in the Okanagan-Similkameen. And at BCTF headquarters in Vancouver, picketers upped their efforts by placing a chain and padlock on the building’s front door.
The administrative staff, which is represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) local 464, has been locked out by the BCTF since May 2, although BCTF spokespeople insist the lockout was prompted by the administrative staff effectively conducting a strike inside the building.
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