PEA News

Statement on Reconciliation

As the number of mass burial sites and unmarked graves continues to grow, including those from the Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, we mourn…

Update from your PEA LSL Exec and Bargaining Committee

THANK YOU to all who participated in the bargaining survey – we had an extraordinarily high response rate this year (51 respondents out of 53…

HSPBA and BC Government Agree on New Funding for Professional Development

Working in partnership with the government of British Columbia, the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association has secured $3 million in new funding to support professional…

ORL Newsletter June 2021

We hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather in the lead up to summer. We have a few updates for you this month. First, we…

Statement on the former Kamloops Indian Residential School

We are saddened by the recent news of the 215 Indigenous children found in a mass burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School…

Calling Members-at-Large: PEA Executive Committee Positions

Volunteer on a PEA Executive Committee! Our Executive Committees are established following Convention to serve the ongoing functions of the Association. Members server three-year terms….

Vote for your GLP Bargaining Committee

The online election for the GLP Bargaining Committee is open from April 8 at 2:00 p.m. to April 15 at 10:00 a.m. Members received an email…

SMS Contract Extension

As you are aware, your PEA Bargaining Committee has been preparing for collective bargaining with the school this spring, as our Collective Agreement expires June…

Call for Candidates for the GLP Bargaining Committee

The Sixteenth Main Collective agreement between the Professional Employees Association (PEA) and the Government of the Province of British Columbia expires March 31, 2022. Your…

COVID Transition Plan

Some of you have asked the Chapter Executive if the Law Society has plans for a return to the workplace in the near future. In…

Classification Updates Deliver Improvements to Pay

Changes effective first pay period after April 1 Upcoming changes to classifications in the Health Science Professionals collective agreement will provide significant pay increases for…

UVic By-Election Results

Sandra Guerreiro has been elected for the Director Position on the UVic Chapter Executive. Sandra will assume office immediately; the term will last until the 2021…