Dear Members, I’m writing with the very positive news that as a result of the active mobilization of our CUPE colleagues on campus, their willingness to move to strike votes, and the support of the FA and PEA for CUPE actions, that the provincial government has now agreed to provide the same full financial mandate to the CUPE unions, the UVic FA and PEA as what has already been offered to all of the other public sector unions in the…
Dear Members, As I informed you in February, we had agreed with the University at the bargaining table that we would replace course reviews with continuous learning. A number of you have asked when this change would be implemented. We are very pleased to inform you that the agreement we have come to with the University to replace course reviews with continuous learning will be implemented as of now, through a Letter of Understanding (LOU) with the University. The Letter of…
Dear Members, I hope that all is well with you. I’m pleased to report that bargaining has been proceeding in a positive and constructive manner over our last four bargaining sessions. Thus far we have been focusing on issues of language. Since we have already exchanged all articles at least once, we have moved to a more in depth focus on specific articles, in an effort to get closer to agreement on most or all elements of each article. Most recently, we have been…
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.
