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The B.C. government has reached a tentative deal with support workers in B.C. public schools, days after reaching deals with four other large public sector unions.

The deal, reached Thursday but announced Saturday, was with the K-12 President’s Council, which represents the various unions representing 34,000 workers, including janitors, maintenance workers, educational assistant,and clerical, accounting and IT workers.

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Friday, three agreements were announced:

• Two agreements were reached between Community Social Services Employers’ Association and the multi-union Community Social Service Bargaining Association, covering about 15,000 employees in social service fields.

• Another was reached between the Health Employers’ Association of B.C. and the multi-union Community Bargaining Association, covering 16,000 employees in health care.

That follows a deal announced earlier last week with the main civil service union, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union

The ministry said details of the agreements will be made public once they are ratified in the coming weeks. However, it is expected they provide wage increases in line with the two per cent, two per cent and two per cent that the BCGEU reportedly got in a three-year agreement covering 26,500 people who work directly for the provincial government.

The government is dealing with a total of 183 contracts, most of which expire next year.