News & Announcements
Putting the Union Back in Labour Day
Labour Day is about celebrating workers. Working people like YOU and ME! Labour Day is not just the day of summer before the fall semester starts. It’s not just a long weekend to cram one last camping trip before September gets busy. It’s not just about sales or picnics (even though you should totally go to the Victoria Labour Council Labour Day Picnic if you can!). Labour Day is to celebrate and honour the people who organized, bargained, struck, marched, and even died to win the rights we now rely on. At the CCFA, those rights live in our Collective Agreement: workload protections, seniority, job security, vacation, benefits, academic freedom, union representation, grievance rights, protections against unsafe work, and the right not to cross a picket line. These are not perks, and they’ve never been given freely. They are hard-won rights secured by past members of the CCFA Contract Negotiations…
The Confluence
There’s a new $1,500 Cycling Benefit coming, but you need to decline parking by Sept 30
The new contract is not inked yet, but this exciting new climate-friendly benefit will almost certainly be part of it. Read on to make sure you don’t lock yourself out of it.
Know Your Rights: Workload & You
Hi Members! Yesterday, the Union held our first drop-in infosession of the year, Workload & You and one question came up again and again: What should I do if I’m asked to take more students than the normal course maximum? It is a good question, and this year it matters…
Bargaining Bulletin #13: A (Mostly) Golden Egg
After 21 days of bargaining and three days of mediation, we’ve secured many significant gains with only one issue left remaining: workload.
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