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 moreThe 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…
Read moreWelcome back to September, everyone! Those of you who were able to attend the June General Meeting heard the overview of the survey results and now the summer break is over, we wanted to inform those of you who were unable to attend that meeting. Thank you to everyone who took the bargaining survey — we had a high rate…
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