Binding arbitration should have three people on panel: labour expert
Posted September 6, 2014 8:18 am.
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NEWS1130 (VANCOUVER) – If both sides of the education dispute move forward with binding arbitration, it should be with a panel of at least three people according to an expert.
Labour Expert John Fryer isn’t surprised by the province’s response and says the move to request arbitration is smart on the part of the BCTF.
He says power of arbitration should not be given to just one person, “I think it should be a three member board of arbitration. I think the government should have a representative on the board, the teachers should have a representative on the board and then there should a impartial professional non-partisan chair.”
He says if teachers go back to school during the arbitration process, it would enable them to take their time and examine all the details to make a decision.
“The three member board could take a little bit of time to examine all these issues and come up with sensible recommendations and fair recommendations.”
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