Dear Members, I hope that all is well with you at this busy time of the term. On behalf of your negotiating team, I am writing to update you on bargaining. As you may have heard in the news, the BCGEU has accepted a tentative settlement with the government, although this settlement still needs to be ratified by their membership. If it is ratified, it is likely to have a positive impact on our bargaining progress, as it should result…
October, 2025 BARGAINING UPDATE This fall the FA team have been presenting important proposals at the bargaining table. While we await a resolution of the BCGEU strike, and have provided some much-appreciated support for them on the picket lines, until the government and the BCGEU settle, leading to a public sector financial mandate, we cannot address monetary matters at the table. However, we could be making progress on a range of important non-monetary matters. We have presented data from the…
Dear Members, In an effort to share more information with Members, the FA is trialing a monthly (or near monthly) newsletter for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each newsletter will feature key information updates about bargaining, members’ rights, upcoming events, and other news impacting faculty and librarians at UVic. The September newsletter features: Bargaining Update Information on the BCGEU strike Members’ right to support in the tenure and promotion process Information on a petition to protect CAL accommodation supports for students…
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.
