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FPSE Demands Action on Layoffs and Funding Cuts

FPSE News
Mar 25, 2025
FPSE Demands Action on Layoffs and Funding Cuts For Immediate Release March 25, 2025 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) is sounding the alarm as layoffs of faculty members have...
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FPSE Calls for Immediate Resignation of the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills

FPSE News
Feb 1, 2024
FPSE Calls for Immediate Resignation of the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills For Immediate Release February 1, 2024 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) joined...
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CAUT calls for B.C. minister’s resignation over political interference

FPSE News
Feb 1, 2024
CAUT calls for B.C. minister’s resignation over political interference (Ottawa – February 1, 2024) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is joining the Federation of Post-Secondary...
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BC Budget 2010: Missing in action — vision, credibility and fairness

President's Comment
Mar 5, 2010
BC's Finance Minster Colin Hansen has to be more than a little nervous these days. With his credibility in disarray following a 2009 budget that completely missed the obvious economic implosion that...
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2010 BC Budget: Funding fails to fill growing gap

FPSE News
Mar 2, 2010
VICTORIA: "Instead of building a legacy, this budget fails to address a growing problem in post-secondary education in BC," said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators....
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FPSE President Appointed to Canada Industrial Relations Board

FPSE News
Jan 20, 2010
The Federal Minister of Labour announced three new appointments to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), the quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for the interpretation and administration of...
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Coalition of health and environment groups supports BC ban on lawn and garden chemicals

FPSE News
Jan 14, 2010
Coalition calls on province to "go for gold" with proposed cosmetic pesticide ban January 14, 2010 (Vancouver) - An unprecedented coalition of 18 health and environment organizations is urging the BC...
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Organizing strategy is working: latest certification confirms strong support for union drive

President's Comment
Nov 24, 2009
Two years ago, FPSE made a major commitment to fund, staff and resource a broadly based effort to unionize private post-secondary institutions in our province. The commitment was part of a broader...
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Free collective bargaining takes another hit: Campbell government legislates paramedics’ contract

FPSE News
Nov 3, 2009
“It’s not enough for the BC Liberals to impose “zero” mandates for the 2010 round of public sector bargaining. They now want to use their legislative muscle to impose a collective agreement on...
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Fair Employment Week: Standing together and standing strong

President's Comment
Oct 23, 2009
October 26 marks the beginning of Fair Employment Week when post-secondary educators across Canada and the United States speak out on the problems facing contingent academic staff. The problems are...
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Dialogue with government: It’s time they listened more

President's Comment
Oct 22, 2009
Every year Presidents' Council devotes a full day session to meeting with MLAs in Victoria. Our objective is to give both opposition and government MLAs a firsthand report on how our public post...
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Credibility crunch undermines post-secondary goals

President's Comment
Sep 3, 2009
Good government and collective bargaining have one thing in common: their ultimate success depends on good faith. Diminish that good faith in any way and you set in motion a process that ultimately de...
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2009 BC Budget backgrounder

FPSE News
Sep 1, 2009
The provincial government has tabled an update of its February 2009 budget. The revised budget highlights some remarkable changes in BC's fiscal conditions. Prior to the February budget, the BC...
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