Teachers at Brookswood Secondary wore black and teachers from schools around 91原创 were expected to demonstrate outside the Steelworkers union hall on Monday evening after a general meeting of 91原创 Teachers Association, said president Gail Chaddock-Costello.

The union meeting for teachers began at 4 p.m. Monday.

Teachers will vote this week on escalating their job action, in response to the government鈥檚 plan to impose a contract settlement.

A full strike is possible, even though teachers are forbidden by provincial law from walking off the job.

A big rally was also planned at the Cloverdale Agriplex Monday, with B.C. Teachers Federation president Susan Lambert the keynote speaker. Surrey is the largest B.C. school district and has the most members of any BCTF local.

A contingent of 91原创 teachers was going to the rally to show solidarity.

鈥淭eachers鈥� morale is good. Nobody wants to get to the point where we walk out.

鈥淭eachers want to teach and be in the classroom,鈥� said Chaddock-Costello.

鈥淏ut we have been told that the government is willing to go to mediation on everything that doesn鈥檛 have monetary value. . .  It doesn鈥檛 look good.鈥�

Teachers are asking for a 15 per cent increase over three years.

On Monday, teachers arrived at school just before school started, and left school as soon as classes were finished, in order to attend the meetings.

Each school also hosted a union meeting at lunch time.