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Budget 2012: Reduced spending means grim outlook for post-secondary education
“The Finance Minster says he wants to challenge our institutions to spend less, but his challenge comes on top of a decade-long trend in which his government has already cut real per-student funding by close to 9 per cent,” said George Davison, Secretary Treasurer of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. Davison’s comments came in reaction…
Labour leaders denounce ‘anti-democratic’ Bill 18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The presidents of the three largest unions in the post-secondary sector – the Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE), the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – have united in opposition to the B.C. Liberal government’s anti-democratic amendments to the College and Institute…
BC Jobs Plan failing northern communities: Community college layoffs reflect lack of commitment to northern economy
With an unemployment rate in northern BC sitting at 11.5 per cent and layoffs looming at northern colleges, the B.C. government’s vaunted BC Jobs Plan is failing northern communities, unions representing post secondary workers said today. The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), the Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE) and the Canadian Union…
Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable: FPSE Puts Its Support behind National Day of Action by Students
“We know post-secondary education is a key to building a better BC, so why don’t we make it more accessible,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. “Tuition fees in BC have skyrocketed over the last decade and undermined what should be a more accessible and affordable public good; post-secondary education,” Oliver…
Post-Secondary Education: It's worth the investment
Post-secondary education is a key to prosperity, not just for the society that is prepared to provide that education, but also for the students who are prepared to take on the opportunity for learning. For post-secondary educators that statement is more than just common sense; it is a fact that we see play out every…
December 6th: Wear white
December 6th marks a tragic anniversary, one in which 14 female students at Quebec’s École Polytechnique de Montréal were killed by a lone gunman. Ten other female students were also injured during the shooter’s rampage. The events of that day shocked a nation and sent a stark reminder to us all of the terrible consequences…
Proposed Post-Secondary Legislation Will Strip Faculty Rights say Educators
Proposed Amendments Would Disallow Faculty Reps from Election to Local Boards “Premier Clark said she wants to do politics differently,” said Cindy Oliver President of the 10,000 member Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE), “but her government tabled legislation yesterday that is more of the same old bully tactics that her former boss Gordon Campbell used…
Hands Up for Fair Employment
This week in post-secondary institutions across Canada faculty and staff are highlighting the problems that non-regular faculty face in their demand for fair employment. It is a struggle that every local in our Federation takes on at the bargaining table and throughout the term of their collective agreements: the struggle to achieve fair and secure…