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Important Announcement! Last Chance to Vote on the Association’s Mil Rate Proposal – Vote Closes at 4:00 PM Today!

April 25, 2018 webmaster

Last Chance to Vote on the Association’s Mil Rate Proposal – Polls Close at 4:00 PM Today! So far, more than 64% of you have voted on the Resolution to adopt the Mil Rate Proposal that: Was unanimously endorsed by the Finance and Investment Committee (Rebecca Warburton, PADM; Martin Farnham, ECON, and Chris Graham, BUSI), then recommended by representative Council and the Members present at the AGM. Ensures the Association has sufficient reserve funds to handle unpredictable costs (such…

Mil Rate Proposal Vote – Open until 4:00 PM on Wednesday, April 25, 2018

April 24, 2018 webmaster

Dear Colleagues, I am writing today to encourage all of you who have not yet voted in the mil rate electronic vote to vote YES for the mil rate proposal that has been put forward by the Finance and Investment Committee. This proposed increase was recommended to the Membership, first by the representative Council, then unanimously by Members attending at the Association’s recent Annual General Meeting. This mil rate proposal from the Finance and Investment Committee (Rebecca Warburton, Public Admin;…

2018 Economic Stability Dividend Announced!

April 24, 2018 webmaster

On November 9, 2017 the Ministry of Finance issued a news release announcing a modest general wage increase of 0.40 per cent, in the form of an Economic Stability Dividend (ESD), for unionized public sector employees. The dividend will be paid to unionized staff at UVic covered by ratified collective agreements settled under the current bargaining mandate. The payment date of the 2018 dividend (0.40%) will be May 1, 2018 for all eligible faculty and librarian Association Members. Our Collective…