Seniority Solves All

There is no more important question than Seniority because Seniority solves everything.

1.  It solves flooded TOC Lists because boards won't be able to hire when they can't offer work; they'll be accountable to their employees first.

2.  It solves the recruiting problem because employers will have to let new recruits know where they stand in line and be fair about their hiring practices, versus offering them a gamble at 'who they know' or who they can bump out in order to get work and/or a contract.

3.  It solves the retiree problem because all retirees will be welcome to work on call after they choose to retire; they'll just have to take their place in line with the rest of the on-call teachers (no porting of seniority after retiring per the Collective Handbook).  No one will suffer discrimination.

4.  It solves the problem of new teachers getting work because all teachers will be given the same and equal assurance of being hired.

5.  It solves the problem of universities taking in too many education students, because a seniority system for all means these universities, too, will be held accountable to a quota.

6.  It solves the problem in argument that contract teachers don't yet have Seniority Post & Fill so why should TOCs? If all teachers accrue seniority in the same manner, then it is an easy argument to bargain for universal Seniority Post and Fill.

7.  It solves the problem of TOCs being prejudicially 'fired' by simple virtue of the Board's new hires.

8.  It solves the problem that seniority doesn't really count for anything unless you are given a contract or given a pink slip.  Laid off teachers will be secure in their seniority if they find themselves on the TOC List.

9.  It solves the problem of teachers who want or need to work on call having to live in perpetual, dangling, insecurity.  All teachers will be secure in earning and growing seniority. All roads lead to somewhere. No more No More Poor.

10. It solves the problem of underground hiring practices and bullying in the district – period.


Please view the following:


http://www.bctf.ca/multimedia/mediaframe.cfm?asset=245
Short video on Seniority Callout, "Seniority for All"
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http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/TTOC/Seniorityforall.pdf


http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/teachers-on-call-frustrated-and-discouraged/