LFA Submission to the 2018 Budget Consultation
LFA Submission to the 2018 Budget Consultation In October, the BC Government’s all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services invited submissions on priorities for the 2018 budget. In response, the LFA Board submitted a letter urging the Government to restore funding to BC’s public post-secondary education system, and in particular, to increase funding […]
LFA Bargaining Meeting
LFA Bargaining Meeting The LFA Board has called a general membership meeting to discuss the results of our bargaining survey, to update you about the bargaining context and to ratify our bargaining demands. The meeting is scheduled for: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 4:45-6:20pm in T530 The meeting could end before 6:20pm, but that will depend […]
LFA AGM & Retiree Social – Thurs May 10, 2018
LFA AGM & Retiree Social – Thurs May 10, 2018 Annual General Meeting 12:45 pm, room T001 (north end of T building, take stairs to lower level) Agenda packages will be distributed to all faculty members prior to the meeting. The AGM agenda and materials include: Auditor’s Report and Proposed Budget 2018/19 Summary of the […]
LFA Fall Fling
LFA Fall Fling Come by to catch up, meet new people and share stories with each other! Wednesday October 16th, 2013 at 2:30pm in the Employee Lounge. All faculty are welcome and light refreshments will be served.
UBC Support Staff Reach Deal
UBC Support Staff Reach Deal Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2950, representing 1,500 clerical, library and hospital staff at the University of British Columbia, has signed a tentative collective agreement. The deal reached October 10 is for 0-0-2-2% wage increases over four years ending in 2014. This is the first tentative agreement reached at […]
What does C-51 Mean for Academic Freedom & Campus Free Speech?
What does C-51 Mean for Academic Freedom & Campus Free Speech? Bill C-51, the federal government’s Anti-Terrorism Act, has raised concerns about the potential impact on the basic civil liberties of all Canadians. The proposed legislation would establish criminal offences that infringe upon the right to free expression. Security agencies would be granted unprecedented and […]
Our Changing Classrooms Survey
Our Changing Classrooms Survey Members should have received an email invitation to participate in this survey. Please take the time to complete it. Your feedback is important to us.
UVIC and PEA Reach Tentative Agreement
UVIC and PEA Reach Tentative Agreement Negotiators with the Professional Employees Association (PEA) and the University of Victoria have reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract. The deal includes an across-the-board wage increase for PEA members of 2 per cent retroactive to July 1, 2012 and a further 2 per cent on July […]
Report on the FPSE AGM & Convention, 13 – 16 May 2019
Report on the FPSE AGM & Convention, 13 – 16 May 2019 The 49th AGM and Convention of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) was held last May at Kelowna, on the unceded territory of the Syilx People of the Okanagan Nation. It was attended by delegates representing the Federation’s 19 affiliated college and […]