Following the 72-hour strike notice served on Oct. 1st by CUPE 116 (the union that represents over 2,000 trades, food services, student housing services, custodial workers, parking attendants, engineering technicians, research assistants, and campus security patrols) on UBC’s Vancouver campus, the university is preparing for possible job action as early as Thursday, Oct. 4.
The University will remain open and provide as normal operations as possible, including the continuation of classes, programs and services.
Students should assume classes are going on during job action, they are expected to attend scheduled classes, labs and exams. Faculty and staff who are not part of job action are also expected to come to work.
Members of the university community are entitled to exercise a decision of conscience not to cross a legal picket line, but must provide notice in advance.
- Faculty and staff must provide notice to their head, manager or supervisor before Tuesday October 2nd at 11.30pm (see http://universitycounsel.ubc.ca/files/2010/08/policy64.pdf).
- Students should first read the Academic Position of Students in Case of a Strike (PDF). If job action commences on Thursday, Oct. 4, students must, before Tuesday October 9th at 11.30am, provide notice to the dean of the faculty offering their program (more information is available on the VP Students website).
Visit www.ubc.ca and follow @UBCNews on Twitter for UBC job action updates.
The University values all members of its community and recognizes the legitimacy of the bargaining process, which includes the option of job action. UBC members are asked to remember that the community will be working together again at the end of the present dispute. UBC’s statement on the respectful workplace is applicable during job action.
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Lucie McNeill - lucie.mcneill@ubc.ca
Randy Schmidt - randy.schmidt@ubc.ca