BCIT’s Vocational Instructors, represented by the BCGEU, have voted 90% in favor of taking job action. The FSA has not taken a strike vote and continues to negotiate with the employer. The FSA will support any action taken by the BCGEU to get a fair settlement. We will respect any picket lines at BCIT. We
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This is a sneak peak of an article that will appear in the April 2015 edition of the FSA Voice. The FSA and BCIT are moving toward the conclusion of collective bargaining just as the bargaining scene provincially is getting more complicated. Negotiations took a winter hiatus due to leave time taken by key players on
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Along with your President*, Teresa Place, and your Vice-President*, Silvia Raschke, the following FSA members will be serving on your FSA Board of Directors. Congratulations to all the elected members and thank you to everyone who put their name forward as a candidate. Pilar Bonilla, Instructor, Part-Time Studies; Director, Associate Members Terry Gordon, Faculty, School of Business;
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Creating an environment of respect for employees is the basic premise of union membership. We want wages and working conditions that respect our needs and our effort. Among those working conditions, we want a workplace environment where all people treat one another with respect. In addition to the requirement that BCIT conducts training in order
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Also read ‘BCIT Budget Notice‘ on the FSA blog. Many ideas are being discussed around BCIT on the topic of raising more funds to balance our budget, given the fact that government funding for post-secondary education has been on a steady decline. Each time I hear a new proposal on how BCIT can make more
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