Greetings Vancouver School Board (VSB) Members:
We wish to update you on the current status of your 2026 round of bargaining. On the request of the Provincial Committee, local tables such as yours, were requested to put a hold on bargaining while determinations were being made on how the provincial table wanted to proceed.
As a refresher, your wages are only negotiated at the provincial table. Your local VSB committee negotiates your benefits and working conditions.
As some of you may or may not be aware, the provincial table met on February 17, 2026. The employer provided the union with another wage offer, which the committee is working through currently. In addition, the provincial table is exploring future bargaining dates, and will update us when confirmed.
Your local VSB bargaining committee is also exploring future bargaining dates, which are currently being contemplated for early April. The union has advised the employer that we are prepared to meet should any earlier dates become available. Once dates are set, we will be sure to let you know. In the meantime, your local bargaining committee is working hard in preparation for those meetings.
Please be aware, we are monitoring and in communication with the BCTF on the status of their bargaining and what impacts, if any, it could have on our members.
Once again, thank you for your ongoing support.
In solidarity,
Santino Scardillo, Acting President
Kathie Currie, Staff Representative
Vanessa Mani, Chair
Valerie Coombes
Suzette Magri
Sheri Nielsen