Breaking down what the average teacher in Sask. gets paid and what they are asking for
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The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) and government remain at odds about what is of highest importance at the bargaining table as teachers announced a second day of strike action.
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) and government remain at odds about what is of highest importance at the bargaining table as teachers announced a second day of strike action.
The STF believes learning needs, behavioural supports, split grades, and English as a second language are all factors complicating classrooms for educators and need to be addressed in the new contract.
“If we cannot adequately support students now, when [is the government] going to make it a priority,” President Samantha Becotte said during a press conference Thursday. “We need to ensure we are standing up for our kids.”
As teachers said they will head to the picket lines again Monday, the province maintained those complexities are for school boards to deal with.
Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill was not made available to respond to the STF’s action Thursday.
But earlier this week, he said bargaining should be to resolve salary disputes.
“The unions’ ask around classroom complexity is not something we’re going to move on,” the minister said Tuesday. “The salary ask is also unreasonable and unfair to Saskatchewan taxpayers.”
