British Columbia Public School Employers' Association

Infobox Union
name= British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA)
full_name= British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA)


founded= May 1994
office= Vancouver, Canada
people=

Ron Christensen, Chair

Hugh Finlayson, CEO
website= [http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca www.bcpsea.bc.ca]
footnotes= The British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) is the employers' association and accredited bargaining agent for all 60 public school boards in British Columbia, Canada. Established in May 1994, the association is governed jointly by the school boards and the BC Provincial Government.

ervices

BCPSEA's key mandate involves labour relations advice/resources and collective bargaining. Other areas of responsibility include: [ [http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/access/aboutus/aboutintro.html About BC Public School Employers' Association ] ]
*Human Resource management
*Health, safety and wellness, pension and benefits
*Research and information
*Technology infrastructure
BCPSEA is also a member of the Public Sector Employers' Council (PSEC). In this capacity, they assist in linking the government and public sector bodies on compensation and other human resource management issues. [ [http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/ Public Sector Employers' Council Secretariat ] ]

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is: [ [http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/access/index.html BC Public School Employers' Association ] ]
*Nine school trustees (including the Chair and Vice-Chair) elected by the 60 school boards
*Four government representatives
*A non-voting representative from each of the BC School Superintendents' Association and the BC School District Secretary-Treasurers' Association.

2006 Negotiations

The first freely negotiated collective agreement (since the introduction ofprovincial bargaining in 1994) between the BCPSEA and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) was reached on June 30, 2006. This was subsequently ratified by public school boards six days later on July 6, and the BCTF members on September 8 of the same year. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20060708.BCTEACHERS08%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery%3Dbcpsea&ord=7714532&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true/ globeandmail.com ] ]

In May 2006, tentative support staff settlements were achieved in 11 school districts covering5,000 employees. BCPSEA, the school districts, the Canadian Union of Public Employees(CUPE), the Canadian Association of Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW), and the United Steelworkers Union concluded a framework agreement to apply to all support staff unions in the group of 11 school districts, along with the creation of individual local agreements.The framework agreement served as the template in all of the remaining support staffagreements in the K-12 sector. All support staff agreements were concluded by June 30, 2006.

See also

List of school districts in British Columbia

References

External links

* [http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca BCPSEA homepage]
* [http://www.gov.bc.ca/bced/ BC Ministry of Education]
* [http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/ BC Public Sector Employers' Council]
* [http://www.bctf.ca/ BC Teachers' Federation]
* [http://www.cupe.bc.ca/ Canadian Union of Public Employees]