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Pride: Pursuing an Inclusive Future Together

President's Comment
Jul 25, 2018
Pride began as a protest , as community resistance to police raids on LGBT spaces in cities across North America. Today, pride is a celebration of how far LGBTQ/2S people have come, and a reminder of...
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Statement on the BC Government Approval of the Site C Dam Project

FPSE News
Dec 11, 2017
Today the BC government has announced that construction of the Site C Dam project will proceed, describing the decision as making the best of a bad deal given that $4 billion dollars would be added to...
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

President's Comment
Dec 6, 2017
Today, we remember the victims of the 1989 massacre at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women . It was twenty-eight years ago on...
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Post-Secondary Educators condemn Premier Charest’s heavy-handed legislation

FPSE News
May 23, 2012
"Premier Charest has gone too far and is violating the basic rights of citizens and students," said Cindy Oliver, President of the 10,000 member Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE). She was...
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Bill 18: BC Liberals aren't prepared to listen

President's Comment
Mar 29, 2012
Although it may have been a bad week for Premier Clark, at some point she needs to take a long hard look at why her party, her Cabinet and her government are in such disarray. If she were prepared to...
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International Women's Day: Celebrating women's successes

President's Comment
Mar 8, 2012
As educators around BC rally and march for fairness and change in our schools we are reminded once again of the important link between the campaign for progressive change and the solidarity we build...
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Teachers need our solidarity

President's Comment
Mar 5, 2012
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...
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Faculty at King George International College win breakthrough first agreement

FPSE News
Feb 24, 2012
"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...
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Budget 2012: No Vision, No Plan

President's Comment
Feb 22, 2012
A year ago BC Liberals elected Christy Clark to replace Gordon Campbell as their leader and as BC's Premier. Her campaign for leadership had a constant refrain; she was going to "do things differently...
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Budget 2012: Reduced spending means grim outlook for post-secondary education

FPSE News
Feb 21, 2012
"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...
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Labour leaders denounce ‘anti-democratic’ Bill 18

FPSE News
Feb 16, 2012
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...
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BC Jobs Plan failing northern communities: Community college layoffs reflect lack of commitment to northern economy

FPSE News
Feb 2, 2012
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...
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Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable: FPSE Puts Its Support behind National Day of Action by Students

FPSE News
Feb 1, 2012
"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...
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