FSA President Peter Fenrich and Executive Director, Jude Morrison recently attended the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) 3-day Council meeting on November 16, 17 and 18. Topics included extensive updates and discussion on Academic Freedom and the several cases underway. CAUT is providing valuable support in terms of defense funds and legal support to
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The FSA is pleased to announce that FSA member Colin Jones will be taking on the role of Chief Negotiator for the upcoming round of bargaining. Colin served on the FSA’s bargaining team for the last two rounds, and has previously been an FSA Board Director. He has also sat on a variety of committees
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As many of you will know already, after 12 years of contributing his knowledge, expertise, insights, and humour to the FSA, Executive Director Paul Reniers is moving on (well, up) to a position with MoveUP. It is with a heavy (collective) heart that we say goodbye to Paul and thank him for his tireless work
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The FSA has met with BCIT and we can now confirm the 2018/2019 Winter Break period. The Collective Agreement ensures a 5-day break for non-teaching departments. Unfortunately, BCIT has not left enough time between the end of marks review date and the resumption of classes in the New Year for teaching departments to have more
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As the FSA’s Collective Agreement Committee ramps up our preparations for bargaining, we are learning more about the political realities facing public sector unions in this round of bargaining. “The expectations will be high among unionized workers, because they have a more friendly government in Victoria, but that involves some very large expenditures, and this
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This form is now closed. It was open from Oct 9 – Dec 16, 2018. The submissions, along with results from our bargaining survey, have been submitted to the FSA Collective Agreement Committee to prepare for bargaining. Thank you to everyone who participated! This form provides a space for FSA members to submit suggestions for
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