The FSA acknowledges International Women’s Day as an opportunity to reflect upon the work we are doing, and the work we still have to do, to support women and girls. Last year a colleague was lamenting that there still was not equality between genders. I said that I totally agreed but also stated that enormous
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Colin Jones, FSA Chief Negotiator Collective bargaining is the process of establishing a collective bargaining agreement (or CBA or CA or “contract”) between an employer (in our case, BCIT) and its employees represented by an independent trade union (in our case, the BCITFSA). Our recent collective agreements have had a duration of 3-5 years each
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Zaa Joseph, FSA Director, Equity Caucus Liaison In May 2017, the FSA Board of Directors approved an Equity Policy for the Association and in June 2018 formed an FSA Equity Caucus (EC) with Terms of Reference seeking to bring the FSA’s Equity Policy to life. As the Board liaison to the EC, we hosted a
Read more →Colin Jones, FSA Chief Negotiator For members who missed the General Meeting last week, I wanted to give you a brief update about what has been going on recently. Early last year, the BC government released their public sector bargaining mandate for the 183 contracts set to expire in 2019. The mandate is for 3-year (2019-2022)
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Elections are happening for the FSA board of directors. In 2019 the following positions are up for election: One (1) Treasurer (2019-21 term) Five (5) Directors-at-Large (2019-21 term) Two (2) Directors, Associate Members (2019-21 term) Election Candidates Read the statements from the candidates for these positions. You can also watch videos of canadidate statements made at the March 6th all-candidates
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Terry Gordon, FSA Treasurer The FSA’s financial results for the first six months of our fiscal year were very close to the budgeted targets for that period. Revenue was slightly below budget ($804 thousand versus $826 thousand). However, expenses were also below budget ($787 thousand versus $826 thousand), giving us a small ($17 thousand) surplus
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bcitfsaRT @BCcampus: There are currently more than ten open working groups at #BCPSE who support and advocate for the adoption and creation of #OE…Fri Mar 22 18:37:33 +0000 2019
bcitfsaRT @BCITSoCE: It’s #WorldWaterDay! Dr. Chan presented on a biosand filter for resource limited communities at the Applied Research Symposiu…Fri Mar 22 18:37:08 +0000 2019
bcitfsaRT @BCITAlumni: Proud of @bcit alumnus and water warrior @nigeljbennett, especially today, #WorldWaterDay2019 t.co/gxorD4labkFri Mar 22 18:36:55 +0000 2019
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