Member Bulletins & Advisories

Bargaining Update and Reminder of Accommodation Petition

Bargaining Update and Reminder of Accommodation Petition

Dear Members, I hope you had a good weekend and are looking forward to a thoughtful commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Accommodation Petition I am writing with two short items.  First, we have had a strong response to our joint petition on student accommodation issues at UVic, but it would be great if we could get more signatures, so we are extending the deadline to sign the petition to end of day this Friday, October 3rd.  We are proud…

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September Bargaining Update, Faculty Social Event and Accommodation Petition

September Bargaining Update, Faculty Social Event and Accommodation Petition

Dear Members, I hope all is well with you.  I wanted to let you know that your Negotiating Team met with the administration’s team yesterday afternoon for our first bargaining session since early July. We have been working hard over the last two months on developing bargaining proposals. Yesterday we presented a significant proposal about maintaining and improving our collegial governance rights, as well as proposals to provide librarians with collegial governance rights that more closely parallel those of faculty…

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Join us at the Picket Line!

Join us at the Picket Line!

Dear Members, We invite and encourage you to join us at 675 Belleville street (Royal BC Museum) today, September 19th, from 3-4pm in support of BCEGU and PEA workers currently on strike. If you have an FA button already, please wear it! If not, we will have some to hand out. This is an excellent way to learn about what is at stake for BCGEU and PEA workers, connect with colleagues, and show support for their bargaining team and their…

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Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən & W̱SÁNEĆ Territories

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

We acknowledge the devastation that government-created residential schools and Indian hospitals have inflicted on the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effectics of concentric trauma that continue to this day.

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