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 <title>Bargaining Begins for 2016 - 2018</title>
 <link>http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/bargaining-begins-2016/</link>
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 <![CDATA[Negotiations between UBC and UBCFA to renew the Collective Agreement that expired on June 30, 2016 began yesterday. Both parties presented all of their proposals. The University and the Association have started to table specific language. At our next meeting, on February 9, both parties aim to table specific language on all proposals. <a href="http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/bargaining-begins-2016/"><strong>Read more.</strong></a>]]></description>
 <pubDate>Friday, January 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.</pubDate>
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 <title>Decoding University Budget Matters</title>
 <link>http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/decoding-university-budget-matters/</link>
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 <![CDATA[As members who have had the time annually to peruse <a href="http://vpfinance.ubc.ca/financial-reporting/reports/" style="color:#005293; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">the University's audited financial statements </a> will already know, UBC had another very profitable year in Fiscal 2015, with a budgetary surplus of $49 million, of which $31 million was the surplus on operations. <a href="http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/decoding-university-budget-matters/"><strong>Read more.</strong></a>]]></description>
 <pubDate>Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.</pubDate>
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 <title>Interpreting the Recent Interest Arbitration Award</title>
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 <![CDATA[The Faculty Association and the University were in interest arbitration in the middle of February, because the parties had not been able to reach agreement on an appropriate salary increase for the period 2014-2016. The Association relied on <a href="http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/part-1-article-11-02/" target="_blank">Article 11.02e </a>of the Collective Agreement to argue that a general wage increase (GWI) of 3% and 3% was in order. The University relied on the provincial government's Public Sector Employer Council (PSEC) mandate to make its arguments for its position of a GWI of 0% and 0.9%. <a href="http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/"> Visit our Bargaining Blog </a> for previous updates.]]></description>
 <pubDate>Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.</pubDate>
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 <title>Arbitration Rescheduled</title>
 <link>http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/arbitration-rescheduled/</link>
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 <![CDATA[Arbitration dates had originally been set for October 20-22. No fewer than 8 written submissions (four each side) have now been exchanged between the parties. Unfortunately in the process of this exchange of submissions, evidentiary issues arose that could not be resolved in time to meet the originally scheduled dates, and the arbitration has had to be rescheduled. The new dates are February 16-18, 2016. <a href="http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/bargaining/"> Visit our Bargaining Blog </a> to connect to the submissions by the Faculty Association and the University.]]></description>
 <pubDate>Monday, October 26, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.</pubDate>
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