PEA News

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…

Media Release: Professional Employees Association and Okanagan Regional Library reach a collective agreement

The 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

Collective 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

Boarding 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

Qualifications 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

UVic – 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

Your 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

There 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 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…