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    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 introduce a measure, policy, practice or change that affects the terms, conditions or security of employment of a significant number of employees to whom a…

    FPSE Local 21-ETEA Files Complaint against ILSC with the BC Labour Relations Board
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    Each for Equal: How our Federation is Working for Women's Equity

    On March 8, International Women’s Day will be marked around the world with the theme #EachforEqual. In order to truly achieve equality for women, we must achieve gender-equal workplaces and more gender equity in wealth. Across our federation, women and allies are doing their part to achieve equality and pay equity within our post-secondary sector.…

    Each for Equal: How our Federation is Working for Women's Equity
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    Budgets, bargaining and a better future

    On March 19, the pre-election federal budget was released. It included measures to “improve access in post-secondary by: lowering interest rates on student loans, expansion of the graduate scholarship program, and new funding streams for Inuit and Metis learners and minimal increases for First Nations students,” as noted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers…

    Budgets, bargaining and a better future
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    English Teachers, Students Left Reeling by School Closure

    Teachers at Vancouver English Centre showed up for mediation with their employer Friday, armed with proposals aimed at re-opening the school. They were shocked to discover the employer had given up, and has decided to close the school. The teachers, members of Education and Training Employees’ Association Local 9 (ETEA-9) and the Federation of Post-Secondary…

    English Teachers, Students Left Reeling by School Closure
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    Capilano Faculty Take Job Action

    “Our bargaining team has spent the last 24 hours in mediation at the Labour Relations Board trying to get our employer to negotiate a fair settlement,” said Brent Calvert, President of the Capilano Faculty Association.  “But despite our best efforts, our employer has not budged,” Calvert added. ”We have said from the outset of our…

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    Government’s hardball tactics with teachers won’t lead to fair settlement

    Despite court rulings that have found the BC government’s legislative attacks against teachers and classroom conditions to be not only ill-advised but also unconstitutional, the lead negotiator for the BC government in the current round of bargaining seems bent on disabling labour relations in BC’s public school system.  Peter Cameron, the head of the BC…

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    Union drive at private college shows need for labour law reforms

    The news that the 40 faculty at Inlingua ESL College have been certified by the BC Labour Relations Board is great news all-around. For the faculty members, it’s a great step forward, one that will put them on a sound footing and a more respectful relationship with their employer. For the Organizing Committee at Education…

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    Teachers need our solidarity

    As every union in BC’s public sector knows all too well, the BC Liberals have no regard for free collective bargaining. More to the point, the current provincial government seems to go out of its way to pick fights with the labour movement, a strategy that is designed to undermine our unity and mobilize the…

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    Faculty at King George International College win breakthrough first agreement

    “It’s hard to overstate the importance of what these members have been able to get in their first round of collective bargaining,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. Oliver was referring to the news that the newly organized faculty group at King George International College (KGIC) had reached a first agreement…

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    Post-secondary instructors reach 2010 common table settlement

    Nearly two years after the expiry of their collective agreement, post-secondary instructors have reached a tentative settlement that concludes the 2010 round of provincial common table negotiations, said the leaders of the two major unions in post-secondary education collective bargaining. “This settlement follows a difficult round of negotiations, but the provincial common table bargaining committee…