As B.C. teachers prepare to vote next week on whether to escalate their contract dispute to a full-scale strike, they do so knowing it might have a bigger than usual impact on their wallets.

The B.C. Teachers' Federation says its strike fund is running low, which means teachers choosing to walk the picket line could be doing so without strike pay.

On a picket line in East Vancouver on Friday morning, BCTF president Jim Iker would not say exactly how much cash the union had left, but he did say he didn't think the depleted strike fund would change the way teachers vote.

"Teachers are prepared to take a stand. I'm standing here with our teachers taking this stand for our students, and for us of course," said Iker.

The B.C. Teachers' Federation will vote next week on escalating the current rotating strike action to a full-scale strike. (CBC)

The BCTF has already scheduled a third week of rotating strikes, which will close every school in every district in B.C. for one day next week, starting on Tuesday.

Iker says he expects teachers will vote overwhelmingly on Monday and Tuesday for increased job action that could include a full-scale strike by June 16.

Currently striking teachers are paid $50 a day from the union fund, but the union says it only has enough money to finance a few more days of strike pay for teachers walking picket lines.

The union says 12 years of defending members' rights and court battles with the government have helped to deplete its strike fund.

In 2005 teachers walked off the job for two weeks to protest a government imposed contract, but because the strike was deemed illegal, the union was barred from paying its members.

Iker said he and the union staff are still getting paid, and they will decide at the time of the strike vote whether they will waive their pay.

Strike schedule for week 3

Monday, June 9

No rotating strike

Tuesday, June 10

61 — Greater Victoria

Wednesday, June 11

06—Rocky Mountain

10—Arrow Lakes

22—Vernon

38—Richmond

39—Vancouver

40—New Westminster

41—Burnaby

44—North Vancouver

45—West Vancouver

46—Sunshine Coast

48—Sea to Sky

50—Haida Gwaii

52—Prince Rupert

54—Bulkley Valley

58—Nicola Similkameen

62—Sooke

64—Gulf Islands

67—Okanagan Skaha

68—Nanaimo

78—Fraser-Cascade

79—Cowichan Valley

92—Nisga’a

Thursday, June 12

05—Southeast Kootenay

20—Kootenay Columbia

23—Central Okanagan

27—Cariboo-Chilcotin

28—Quesnel

37—Delta

42—Maple Ridge

59—Peace River South

69—Qualicum

70—Alberni

72—Campbell River

74—Gold Trail

75—Mission

82—Coast Mountains

83—North Okanagan-Shuswap

84—Vancouver Island West

87—Stikine

91—Nechako Lakes

Friday, June 13