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After a busy month of negotiations in March and a series of ratification votes in April, the University of Victoria has reached agreements with five campus employee groups.
“UVic is very pleased that the members of our employee groups have ratified their contracts,” said associate vice-president of human resources Peter Sanderson. “I congratulate the members of the negotiating teams who worked so hard and showed such strong commitment and dedication to negotiating a settlement that recognizes the significant parts these employees play in making UVic an outstanding university.”
Members of the faculty association voted 91.6 per cent in favour of a four-year agreement in mid-March. In April, five-year agreements (including one retroactive year) were ratified with three CUPE locals. Over 770 members of CUPE 951 (office, technical, support and child care employees) voted over 96 per cent in favour of the new agreement and nearly 500 members of CUPE 4163 who are sessional lecturers voted unanimously in favour of their new contract.
Later in the month, more than 340 members of CUPE 917 who maintain the university’s grounds, buildings and infrastructure and work in housing, food and conference services, also voted in favour of their agreement. Then the 670 members of the Professional Employees Union voted over 96 per cent in favour of a new four-year deal which takes effect July 1.
The agreement with the only other union groups on campus—components 1 and 2 of CUPE local 4163 which covers teaching assistants and English-as-a-second-language instructors—is effective until Aug. 31, 2006.
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