B.C. schools will be open on an optional, part-time basis on June 1.

The union has been bargaining since April 2019 and has been without a contract since the end of June last year.

The province and union have written a letter to teachers, saying they are discussing options to both keep them working and students active.

He claimed on their hiring questionnaires he had never been suspended, but he had.

A confidential memo obtained by Global News outlines the steps the teachers' union will take if contract negotiations continue to be unsuccessful.

More than 300 teachers' union members were in Victoria on Saturday, meeting and speaking to NDP delegates about the ongoing teachers dispute.

Keith Baldrey says the recently released report by a labour mediator on the bargaining situation for teachers and their employers makes for very bleak reading.

The report, released to the public Friday, recommends teachers accept the BCPSEA's latest offer of a three-year contract with an annual two per cent salary increase.

Students reported finding these films "creepy, weird, and inappropriate."

The first week of school is in full swing and the B.C. Teacher's Federation says the province is still nearly 300 teachers short.