September Update
Happy new academic year! Since my last update in June, there's been quite a few developments to provide updates on:
The Impact of Job Cuts on Your Work: Part II
Last month, in this column, I wrote about the impact of job cuts on your work. I also asked for your anonymous, written responses to a single survey question:
Since the mass job cuts in May, what has the impact been on your workload and other aspects of your position?
Please warmly welcome these new APSA members who have joined us in the past month.
Albright, Mackenzy
Head PreparatorRehire
SFU Galleries
External Relations
Budgell, Meagan
Administrative CoordinatorNew to SFU
MED Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical School
Chan, Fiona
Human Resources AssociateNew Appointment
Labour Relations & Compensation
Human Resources
Negotiations
Basic Agreement Bargaining: APSA and SFU negotiated the Basic Agreement on January 15-19 and February 1 and were in mediation from April 15-17. Chris Sullivan, the mediator, released mediated recommendations on May 16, which the APSA board of directors approved. The amendments will now go to the APSA members for ratification. Please learn more here.
Each month, the Advocacy Committee answers your questions about the AD 10 policies (aka, your terms and conditions of employment.)
We have recently received some great news from SFU.
Tess Williams and APSA have been advocating for gender-affirming care for members since our last round of negotiations in 2022. We gave previous updates on both SFU's commitment to gender-affirming care coverage and to proactively complete preliminary work to provide a basic suite of gender-affirming benefits with our benefits carrier, Pacific Blue Cross. In a letter on August 1, 2024, Chris Hatty, Executive Director, Human Resources and Labour Relations, wrote to us:
APSA has finally received the agreed-upon mediated recommendations for the Basic Agreement.
[To ratify these amendments, here is what's planned. On August 20, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., we will hold an information session on the changes so you can speak to the main committee members who helped secure these amendments. Please look out for an email with more details and a link to register for the session.
Learn more about the Basic Agreement:
Current Basic Agreement
Ratification Updates
Left Behind: The Impact of Job Cuts