Manulife, who facilitates extended health care coverage for FSA members, has recently updated their system to reflect the enhanced benefits negotiated in our recent round of bargaining. Benefits booklets have also been updated to include these changes. In the Loop, BCIT has posted details of the new benefits including a table summarizing the improvements and the
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The FSA’s 19th round of bargaining with the employer came to an end in summer 2023. Below is a summary of bargaining communications beginning in December 2021. December 2021 / Bargaining Survey FAQ: 664 members complete a bargaining survey to help the Collective Agreement Committee and Bargaining Team identify priorities. April 2022 / Primer: Bargaining a new
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FSA members officially have a new Collective Agreement! On July 7, FSA membership ratified a new 2022-25 Collective Agreement with the employer. This was followed by ratification by BCIT’s Board of Governor’s earlier this month. Yesterday, the FSA received word that the final organization needed to approve the contract has done so. The province’s Post-Secondary Employers’
Read more →Message from your Chief Negotiator Following our mid-June announcement that a tentative bargaining agreement had been reached with the employer, we are pleased to say that—through an online vote running June 28 to July 7—the FSA membership has ratified the proposed settlement. The ratification brings this round of bargaining, our 19th with the employer, to
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The BCITFSA is alarmed by last Wednesday’s targeted attack on a University of Waterloo gender studies class. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, any action that terrorizes or impedes the daily life of 2SLGBTQIA+ community members, educators, and students. The FSA stands in solidarity with those impacted by the attack and individuals experiencing anti-2SLGBTQIA+
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On June 15, 2023, the FSA’s Bargaining Team reached a deal with the employer on the terms of a new tentative collective bargaining agreement. The membership-wide vote to ratify this agreement opened on the evening of June 28, 2023 and will remain open until July 7 at noon. Members should have received login credentials and
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