What was once tentative is now a done deal. Burnaby's unionized school support workers have finalized an agreement with the B.C. Public School Employees Association - and they did it under the government's net-zero mandate.
The workers are mostly education assistants, custodians and clerical workers and are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, local 379.
Spokesperson Bill Pegler said the new deal offers "recognition and respect" for education assistants' unpaid work.
"The assistants, because of the way hours are structured, they end up doing a lot of unpaid work. We were able to get a dedicated pot of money provincewide that addressed that, and it was a major, major win," he said.
