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Post-Secondary Unions Call for Safer Return in January
For immediate release – Vancouver, BC, December 22, 2021 With the Omicron variant, faculty and staff at BC’s post-secondary institutions are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases among students and […]
BC post-secondary unions support University of Manitoba faculty on strike
(Winnipeg, Nov 29, 2021) Union leaders from BC are walking the picket lines with faculty at the University of Manitoba today in support of faculty calls for increased wages and […]
FPSE Joins National 'Fair Employment Week' Campaign
FPSE has joined the national campaign for fairness for contract faculty and staff organized by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The Fair Employment Week campaign runs from October […]
FPSE Statement | Educators’ Experience with the Return to Campus September 2021
After five semesters of the post-secondary system operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was hope that September 2021 would herald a return to somewhat ‘normal’ operations. Indeed, the July 5 […]
Solidarity in the Post-Secondary Labour Movement
(British Columbia, September 2, 2021) – With last week’s ever-changing landscape in COVID-related announcements affecting BC’s post-secondary sector we saw what’s possible amidst chaos. Union leaders jumped to action to […]
FPSE Statement on the remains of 215 children found at a former residential school
The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation discovery of the remains of 215 children at an unmarked site in Kamloops, B.C. has shocked the community, the province and the nation. FPSE […]
Post-secondary unions respond to plans to return to campus this September
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) & səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories – Vancouver, BC, May 11, 2021) – Yesterday union leaders from the post-secondary sector met with Dr. Bonnie Henry, public health officials, […]
Statement: Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C. responds to the B.C. Budget
Today, the B.C. government unveiled Budget 2021. It includes targeted commitments with respect to post-secondary skills, training, education and the workforce, which supports the sector. In response, Brent Calvert, the […]
FPSE Local 21-ETEA Files Complaint against ILSC with the BC Labour Relations Board
On January 25th the ETEA filed a complaint against ILSC under Section 54 of the BC Labour Relations Code. Section 54 requires that “If an employer introduces or intends to […]
2020: A Momentous Year for our Federation
2020 marked both the start of a new year and the additional excitement that occurs with the launch of a new decade. For us at the Federation of Post Secondary […]
