The agreement is expected to be ratified within the next week.Peace River South Teachers' AssociationFrom the President's Desk . . . Why Teachers have been forced into Job Action Like all of you, teachers only want the best for their students.Despite bargaining for more than a year with the government there has been little progress made at the negotiating table.We have been waiting, very patiently, for the government to provide the necessary funding required for us to move forward in achieving a negotiated collective agreement. Instead, they have attempted to remove, yet again, the important provisions for class size and composition and minimum levels of specialist teachers that the BC Supreme Court restored. As a teachers have voted 89% in favour of job action.Local teachers concur with the comments made by BCTF President, Jim Iker, after our strike vote:'As teachers, we do not take job action, or even a vote on job action, lightly. We care deeply our schools, our students, and their families. more... See more text