The summer break period is approaching, and many of you will be heading off for your hard-earned annual vacation. Vacation is an earned and paid entitlement for all regular FSA positions in all classifications (e.g. Specialized Faculty, Technical Staff). We recently learned that BCIT is proposing to make involuntary vacation leave bank payouts to members
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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. In January we put a call out to our members for nominations and received submissions from a number
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This piece was originally published in our the FSA Voice (January 2018 edition). How many times have you heard, or maybe said, ‘I only pay attention to the union during bargaining’? It’s a common sentiment, and a common problem, in many unionized workplaces. Bargaining has the highest profile of all union activities. With collective agreements usually having
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Will your benefits support you and your family when you need it most? Taco Niet, FSA Member & Tech Rep Listening to the rhetoric from BCIT Human Resources, one gets the impression that BCIT will support its employees whatever happens, in health and with a good benefits plan as one of “BC’s Top Employers”. The
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bcitfsaRT @BCITSoCE: Congratulations! @BCITSoCE Rivers Institute Chair Emeritus Mark Angelo won an Emmy for his Tijuana River-Its Waters Run Toxic…Thu Jul 19 16:04:15 +0000 2018
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