B.C. teachers’ strike: Stalled talks point to new solution

British Columbia, Efforts to restart negotiations in the B.C. teachers’ strike that were made Thursday have yet to yield any concrete results, increasing speculation the government has other plans to get the teachers back to work.

B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender told CBC News that the striking teachers’ union and employers’ association are talking with mediator Vince Ready about resuming negotiations.

“I do know that Mr. Cameron and Mr. Iker and Mr. Ready are having discussions as we sit here,” Fassbender told CBC News, referring to the government’s chief negotiator, Peter Cameron, and B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker.

“The timing of when they’re going to actually physically get together, I don’t know that,” said Fassbender.

But on Friday morning, there was no sign from either side that a new round of actual negotiations has been scheduled.

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