United Way Plasma Races
CUPE 951 members Pat Shade, Cathy Henderson, and Jeta Rugova-Plakolli took part in the Plasma Car Race to support the United Way last week! Here’s some photos from the event:
Read moreInto the Sunshine
Out of the Shadows and Into the Sunshine is a Mental Health Information Fair being held October 8th in the Michele Pujol room in the Student Union Building at UVic. Our stewards and RTWA officers have a table set up among the many displays. Please drop in between 11 am and 2 pm For more information, please download the flyer: Out…
Read moreGoodbye uHire – Welcome UVic Careers
Last month, Human Resources officially transitioned from uHire to UVic Careers, updating their hiring system for CUPE 951, CUPE 917, Exempt Support, Management Excluded and PEA positions. The system is easily accessed from any device and job seekers can store their resume in the system. If you are a supervisor involved in the hiring process you may have already received…
Read moreBargaining Survey: Job Evaluation
While the Negotiating Committee and the Joint Job Evaluation Committee were aware that our members had problems with the JE process, few of us were prepared for what the bargaining survey revealed. You expressed everything from outrage to defeat in the face of what seems to many respondents an unnecessarily cumbersome and time-consuming process. You told us that Job Evaluation…
Read moreCUPE’s university locals call for end to funding cuts
From CUPE BC BURNABY – CUPE’s Universities Coordinated Bargaining Committee (UCBC) has launched a new campaign to draw attention to the BC Liberals’ abysmal record on funding post-secondary education. Earlier this year, the Christy Clark government announced a three-year budget plan that will see the total operating grant for post-secondary institutions drop by almost $50 million. By 2016, per-student operating…
Read moreBargaining Survey: Job Security and Workload
The role of the BC Liberal Provincial Government in public sector bargaining remains large. Their insistence on “core reviews” across all post secondary institutions that identify areas where “shared services” might be implemented has put your employment in jeopardy. Meanwhile, funding for post secondary education continues to be restrained or cut, budget after budget. This reality, along with last year’s…
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