Departmental planning powers in an environment of collegial governance. This piece, by FSA Senior Labour Relations Rep George Talbott, was originally published in the January 2020 edition of the FSA Voice. An Associate Dean makes last-minute assignments of work, or a Director imposes surprise alterations to coverage during Winter break, or management tries to control the creation and approval of vacation
Read more →Message from FSA President, Colin Jones; on behalf of the FSA Board of Directors. Since 2014, the BCIT Faculty & Staff Association have partnered with BCIT and the BCIT Alumni Association for the Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) by honouring a BCIT alumnus who returned to the Institute as an FSA member. Following a call for
Read more →Guest author: Kenzie Woodbridge, FSA Tech Rep, ITS As an FSA Tech Rep I am occasionally asked to share my knowledge and experience with our Collective Agreement. This includes taking the opportunity to remind my colleagues in ITS about our rights related to overtime (Article 8.5) and workload (Article 8), and the consequences of working
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This is an updated version of a piece that originally ran our 2017/18 Annual Report. Guest Contributor: Mak Abdel-Hai; FSA Member; Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Instructor; Digital Arts, BCIT School of Business + Media You might not know that many instructors at BCIT lack job security and are forced to accept a two-tier system,
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bcitfsaRT @FPSE: Last stop for the BC flying picket at the University of Manitoba main campus. @UMFA_FAUM provides an update with the latest barga…Tue Nov 30 14:55:12 +0000 2021