Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals

Facing multi-million dollar budget deficits, Vancouver’s two school districts are on track to eliminate 402 positions.

Los Angeles teachers could have accepted management’s offer and spent the next few years complaining about it. Instead, they went on strike, all 32,000 of them, and won a stunning series of concessions. And in Vancouver, 700 paraeducators and other school support staff won a 17.5% increase hours before their strike was to begin.