The British Columbia Labour Relations Board ruled April 20 that B.C. teachers have until the end of April to issue report cards and will be expected to provide year-end reports in June.
The decree came hours after the BC Teachers' Federation released news that 73% of its 41,000 members voted in favour of a protest that includes mandatory withdrawal of voluntary extracurricular activities such as coaching sports teams or taking part in graduation ceremonies.
Teachers who do not withdraw from voluntary extracurricular activities risk discipline from their union.
Other initiatives that the teachers voted to support were to make efforts to defeat Christy Clark's Liberal government and to possibly embark on a full strike following a second vote at a second undetermined time.
Teachers have been without a contract since last June and staged a three-day strike in March to back demands for a 15% wage hike.
The B.C. government, meanwhile, has held the position that teachers, like other public-sector union workers, should abide by the "net-zero mandate," which would see no wage increase during the life of a three-year contract.
