Dear Members, I hope that all is well with you, and that you have had some time to enjoy the good weather. Bargaining Update I wanted to give you an update of how things are going in bargaining, on behalf of your Negotiating Team. Thanks very much to all of you who responded to our recent brief survey. It was very helpful in responding to the administration’s proposal. The FA Team has been working hard on developing detailed proposals to…
Dear Members, I hope that all is well with you. With bargaining now well underway, I’m writing to provide a brief update on behalf of your Negotiating Team, as well as providing updates on a couple of other matters. Proposals we have presented to the Administration thus far: To develop an effective system to ensure fairness in the assignment of teaching workload within units and limit the maximum teaching workload of all Members over a two year period To improve…
Dear Members, Thanks to those who attended our Bargaining Kickoff on May 1st. It was wonderful to see you all there, and I am very grateful to Adam Con, our wonderful staff and the enthusiastic and hard-working members of our Membership Engagement Committee for organizing this inspiring event. It sent a clear message to the Administration about our members’ support for the FA’s Negotiating Team. It also gave members of your Negotiating Team more energy and strength as we returned…
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.
