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Media Release: Professional Employees Association and Okanagan Regional Library reach a collective agreement
/in Okanagan Regional LibraryThe Okanagan Regional Library and Professional Employees Association are pleased to announce that they have successfully completed negotiations and have a new collective agreement. This…
ORL March Newsletter | Collective Agreement and Working from Home
/in PEA News Okanagan Regional LibraryCollective Agreement Members voted 100% in favour of the tentative agreement. 74.2% of members voted. Thank you to bargaining committee members Kristy Smith and Tara…
SMS Call in Procedures
/in St. Margaret's SchoolBoarding Staff – requesting advance leave/switching a shift or reporting an absence: To request advanced leave – complete a time off request in payworks and submit…
GLP Classifications
/in Government Licensed ProfessionalsQualifications review: As part of collective bargaining, we agreed to conduct a Qualifications review in collaboration with the Employer. This qualifications review is to look…
UVic Chapter By-Election: Call for Nominations
/in PEA News University of VictoriaUVic – University of Victoria Administrative and Academic Professionals This is a call for nominations for one vacant Director position on the UVic Chapter Executive….
ORL Tentative Agreement
/in Okanagan Regional LibraryYour bargaining committee met with the employer for an additional two days of bargaining on February 8 and 9 after three days in late 2020….
Differential Payment Physiotherapists
/in PEA News Health Science ProfessionalsThere have been reported terminations of qualification differential payment Physiotherapists (PTs) since April 1, 2020. This has been reported to the HSPBA Classification Redesign Committee and, in…
February 2021 GLP Webinars
/in Government Licensed ProfessionalsIn addition to the webinars we are offering with Evidence for Democracy, the PEA is also hosting the following union-focused virtual sessions that are open…
2020 GLP Update
/in Government Licensed ProfessionalsDear GLP members, With the end of 2020 in sight, I wanted to give an update on some of the changes that have happened these past…
PEA 2021 Convention: Submit your expression of interest
/in PEA NewsEvery two years the PEA gathers members from across the province to set the direction of our union. For the first time, Convention will be held…
OH&S Presentation
/in St. Margaret's SchoolDuring the 2020 SMS AGM, Brian Campbell of the BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) Health and Safety Centre gave a special presentation on Occupational Health…
Professional Governance Act tabled in the legislature
/in PEA News Government Licensed ProfessionalsProfessional Employees Association (PEA) was optimistic about the tabling of the Professional Governance Act. The proposed legislation is a starting point for addressing the professional…