'Speak Out for Public Education' rally
Thousands march and rally in Vancouver to support teachers




Several thousand rallied at the Art Gallery in Vancouver Saturday January 12, 2002


Speak Out for Public Education


Several thousand public school teachers and supporters from across the Lower Mainland rallied in downtown Vancouver on Saturday January 12 to back BC Teachers' Federation efforts to win a negotiated settlement in their contract dispute.
Teachers at the grassroots organized the event they called "Speak Out for Public Education". Members of eighteen teachers' associations from Hope to Howe Sound and the Sunshine Coast participated in planning.


Teachers are negotiating with the BCSPEA - the BC Public Schools Employers Association. There has been very little movement from the employer in negotiations. Union representatives fear the employer is stalling to give the government an excuse to intervene and impose a contract.




Streeters - "Who are you and why are you here?" RT: 3:19










Song* and introduction to BCTF President David Chudnovsky RT: 2:49






* Note: The BCPSEA ( pronounced bee see pee see ) is the BC Public School Employers' Association


David Chudnovsky, BC Teachers' Federation RT: 14:09










Song - Ghost Teachers In the Sky, by
"Jim Edmundson & his All Teacher Band" RT: 2:49








Jim Sinclair, BC Federation of Labour RT: 6:06








George Heyman, BC Government & Service Employees' Union RT: 9:13








Debra McPherson, BC Nurses' Union RT: 3:27








Bill Harper, Canadian Union of Public Employees - BC Division RT: 3:18








Adrienne Montani ( excerpt * ), Vancouver School Trustee, Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE) RT: 4:41






* Click here for complete text of Montani speech
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For more information contact the BC Teachers' Federation

or go to BC Teachers for BC Kids




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