In late January, FSA staff solicited reading suggestions to honour Black Excellence and Black History Month. Below is a book list that’s come from your suggestions, which we will update as more arrive in our in-box. Thanks for all of your engagement and keep those suggestions coming! Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Classic novel exploring
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*Throughout the month of February, the FSA is highlighting Black leaders and organizations that have contributed to the labour movement and progressive social change. In the first of our series, FSA member Peter Seidl remembers Emery Barnes. “During Black History Month, and at other times of the year, I think about Emery Barnes (1929 —
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Our meeting rooms in Town Square overflowed with FSA members hoping to attend the January 25th General Member meeting. Once inside, more than 150 members would unanimously pass a number of recommended changes to our society’s bylaws. The majority were housekeeping items, however a significant equity amendment to the bylaws, accommodating member voting at hybrid
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This round of contract negotiations, our 19th with the employer, began in September 2022. Yet the work of arriving at a Collective Agreement (CA) started well before we sat down at the table in the Fall. Below, President Colin Jones gives an outline of the process to this point, including a detailed accounting of the
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bcitfsaThanks go out to our fantastic membership for helping to compile this Black History Month reading list t.co/hgNEFAG57bThu Feb 02 16:59:13 +0000 2023
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bcitfsaThe FSA is looking for members to sit on a number of management selection committees. Please navigate to that secti… t.co/tKyet8fuRBTue Jan 31 18:08:23 +0000 2023