1993

On the bargaining front, the Korbin Commission was appointed to look into the structure of negotiations with provincial public-sector employees. In 1993, the commission reported that many alleged that the settlements achieved by “powerful local teachers’ associations acting in concert with a more powerful central teachers’ federation” between 1988 and 1991 set the bar for other public sector unions.

Local 99 was set up to house private sector post-secondary institutions:

  • 99-00 - Royal Oak College (certified in May 1991)
  • 99-01 - Richmond International Faculty & Staff Association (certified March 1992)
  • 99-02 - International Language School of Canada (certified in 1995 by the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, local 517) joined CIEA in 1996
  • 99-03 - Kootenay School of the Arts Co-operative (certified December 1997; amalgamated with Selkirk College 2002-6) 
  • 99-04 - Alliance Francaise Employees' Association (certified February 2001)
  • 99-05 - Vancouver Film School Faculty Association (certified December 2002; overturned by the LRB in September 2003)

In 2000, Local 99 was renamed Local 21 - they call themselves the Education and Training Employees' Association (ETEA)

  • 1 – International Language Schools of Canada
  • 2 – Langauge Studies Canada Vancouver (now EC English Language Centres)
  • 3 – Kaplan - Pacific Language Institute
  • 4 - Bodwell Language School
  • 5 - New York Institute of Technology
  • 6 – King George International College (now Sprott Shaw Language College)
  • 7 – Inlingua Vancouver
  • 8 – Western Town Business College and Pan Pacific College
  • 10 – PGIC Vancouver (now Sprott Shaw)
  • 11 – Hanson International (tie-in with Cambrian College in Ontario)
  • 12 – Cloud Nine College

In 2019, all ETEA locals came together to form one big union.