Yesterday, FA members walked out of their classrooms, laboratories, and offices to facilitate a negotiated settlement to address the systemic issues that continue to threaten the educational quality of our institution. Seventeen years to the day since FA members last collectively withheld their labour as part of a meaningful process of collective bargaining, FA members…
In response to our multiple requests for the UPEI Board of Governors’ availability to meet to negotiate a collective agreement, the Board has indicated that because we were unable to achieve a collective agreement in the last 11 months, it sees no reason to schedule additional negotiations meetings to avoid or minimize a labour disruption…
To receive strike pay, eligible FA Members need to complete a survey. Please check your UPEI email for the link. Please note that this survey is in addition to the previous survey that was used to schedule picketing. If you did not complete that survey, please reach out to Ann Braithwaite ([email protected]). Strike Preparations Click…
Today, the UPEI Board of Governors finally openly expressed in its message to the campus community what has been apparent from its behaviour over the last 11-months: that it has little interest in working with the UPEI Faculty Association to negotiate a fair and reasonable collective agreement. While it is true that the Board sent 10 new proposals to…