K-12 union support staff in B.C. agree to three-year framework agreement

Unions representing public school support staff in B.C. have agreed to a provincial framework giving about 34,000 workers a two-per-cent annual wage increase for three years.
The agreement covers maintenance workers, custodians, education assistants and clerical, accounting and information technology staff.
The Presidents’ Council, comprised of Canadian Union of Public Employees local presidents, along with representatives of other support-staff unions, voted this week to endorse the frame