CUPE 4163 ratifies agreement

All of UVic’s unionized workers now have agreed to multi-year contracts through to 2010.

On Aug. 23, CUPE 4163 became the final local to ratify an agreement providing for a two-per-cent wage increase in each of the contract’s four years. The members also qualified for the signing bonus offered to other public sector unions that signed agreements earlier this year.

Each member of Component One of CUPE 4163, representing teaching assistants, will receive $3,150, while members of the local’s Component Two, who are English-language instructors, will each receive $3,700. The bonuses are pro-rated for part-time service.