Originally published in the FSA Voice (Oct 2017 edition). A key lesson from the last few rounds of FSA bargaining has been the need for our voice to be heard at the provincial level. We saw this in 2012 when we fought the pay increases mandated by the government that were lower for our sector than for the rest of the
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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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Harassment, Discrimination and the Right to a Safe and Respectful Place of Work and Study As faculty and staff, you are accountable to BCIT for maintaining an environment that is inclusive for all people, regardless of their identity, faith or any other attributes protected under human rights: BC Human Rights Tribunal BC Human Rights Clinic
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International Worker’s Day serves as a reminder of how we all benefit from past gains made by workers and their unions as well as our own responsibility to workers everywhere. Too easily, we can take for granted successes of the past, like paid sick leave, job security, occupational health and safety, the grievance process, the
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Jamie Finley, FSA Member With mobilizing intersections in mind, it was remarkable to me as an individual with a Deaf identity how intersections through equity seeking groups describe more commonalities than differences between us. After listening to the six plenary sessions and two keynote speakers, one theme that I see that keeps coming up is
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Thank you to everyone who voted in the FSA 2018 elections. And a special thank you to all the candidates who stepped up to run. We are pleased to congratulate the following candidates: Peter Fenrich (President) Vnit Nath (Vice President) A by-election was also held for a vacant Director, Associate Members spot and Chas Bains was acclaimed
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