In response to the provincial government’s new wage proposal, the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says he is disappointed by the repeated attempts to undermine collective bargaining by focusing on salary.
Patrick Maze says they need to address the urgent needs related to class complexity at the bargaining table and not in a government committee that is looking at the situation.
Because job sanctions begin on Thursday, meaning no extracurricular activities, Maze says students are paying the price for the government’s decisions.
The Teachers’ Bargaining Committee has stressed that there will be no contract talks until the government commits to adequately addressing class complexity challenges.