UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
of the FRASER VALLEY

Volume 8, Number 6

November 2, 1993

UCFYV board and FSA settle new three-year contract

A new three-year contract was settled by
the UCFV Board and the UCFV Faculty
and Staff Association on October 26.
The new agreement calls for wage
adjustments to follow the average
annual percentage increase at other
provincial colleges until March 1997.
The same percentage wage increases
will be given to both faculty and staff.

As well, the contract guarantees job
security for all FSA members with two,
or more years of seniority during the life
of the agreement. New clauses in the
contract also offer medical and dental
benefits for part-time employees, an
option for job sharing, and a
commitment to ensure equal pay for
work of equal value.

The terms of the new contract also
establish a process for further work on a
number of issues. These include
agreements to set up joint committees
that will discuss new models of
instruction, examine new forms of

faculty evaluation, and review
workloads for staff.

“This is a sound and positive
agreement providing improved job
security and minimal wage increases
along with an agreement to look at
innovative methods of providing better
access to more students with the limited
resources we must all live with in this
new economic reality,” said UCFV
Board chair Brian Minter. “The Board
appreciated the positive tone of the
negotiations and gives a great deal of
credit to Personnel director Barry
Bompas and the FSA executive.”

UCFYV president Peter Jones says the
new contract will allow UCFV to meet
many challenges.

‘As in the rest of society, the
post-secondary system is going through
profound transitions,” said Jones. “I
believe that the extended term of this
agreement and the job security clause
especially will enable us to create an
environment in which we can make the
changes necessary to improve greatly
our service to the people of our region.”

FSA president Chery! Dahl said

Please see Contract, page 2

Meeting their match are Karen Rae and Blair Keyzer, UCFV students performing in

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The Matchmaker, which opens this week, with 2-for-1 previews Wednesday and Thursday,
and continues for the next three weekends. For ticket info call 795-2814.