This is a reminder that you should have received the final general wage increase in the 2014-19 agreement negotiated by the FSA on your behalf. This amounts to a 1.75% increase which took effect in May 2019. Your increase included a 1% general wage increase negotiated by the FSA and the 0.75% “Economic Stability Dividend”
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This survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone for participating! The report will be posted in the FSA Member Portal. Biannual FSA Baseline Survey! While the FSA has surveyed you on a variety of topics, from bargaining to research, we have never conducted a baseline member survey. This survey is one that we hope
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The BC Ministry of Labour has been reviewing two important pieces of legislation which govern employees working in British Columbia (both unionized and those who are not unionized). The Employment Standards Act provides the bare minimum working conditions applicable to all employees in BC. This includes minimum wages; overtime provisions; statutory pay et cetera. On
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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 for nominations from the membership. The FSA board deliberated over the
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This piece was written by FSA leadership with input from FSA members. As BCIT prepares to roll out its 2019-21 Education Plan the FSA is keeping an eye on its contents to ensure that it meets the needs of both learners and educators and other employees at BCIT. Through conversations with FSA members we already
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