Please give a warm welcome to these new APSA members who have joined us in the past month.
Angheli-Zaicenco, Natalia
Director, Communications & Marketing
New to SFU
Education Office of the Dean
Faculty Of Education
Campbell, Kaitlyn
Educator EDI, Work Intgrated Learning
Each month, our APSA Advocates answer your questions about workplace challenges, the AD 10 policies and how they’re applied.
Questions? Submit them anonymously here.
Hello, I'm Laya Behbahani, an advocate on APSA's Advocacy Committee. On behalf of the Committee, I'm answering your questions about the importance of APSA representation during meetings and accessing your own employee file.
Arbitrations and Grievances
APSA has filed a grievance based on article 9.2 of our Basic Agreement. This is to dispute the University's inconsistent distribution of the professional development fund reimbursement payout for temporary members from our last round of bargaining. We hope to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
Vote for your new Board of Directors — 2022
Here are your new directors for 2022 as voted by you, our members.
Congratulations!
Ben Boyle
Office Coordinator — Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology
There's been a lot of talk about the SFU budget recently. Notably, a softening job market and other global dynamics have been affecting international and domestic student enrollments, the province is reviewing post-secondary funding models, and it's also a bargaining year, where employee groups are looking for general wage increases to keep up with inflation.
There has also been a lot of talk that departments should tighten their belts and wait out this difficult time.
When Trin came to see me, she was planning on quitting the job she’d held at SFU for five years. She told me that her new supervisor had her work long hours three to four times a week and would text or phone on her weekends about work issues, sometimes late at night.
Dear APSA Members,
I’m excited to introduce you to your new Salary and Benefits team. These volunteers exhibit a variety of strengths and represent a range of working groups at SFU.
Although we recently completed negotiations in December 2021, the negotiated contract period has now ended, and APSA is preparing for another round of bargaining with SFU.