â–ş Listen Live
â–ş Listen Live

UNBC President “quite happy” Faculty Association ceases job action

Contract negotiations between UNBC and its Faculty Association should be a lot more smooth after both sides agreed to the recommendations made by Special Mediator Trevor Sones.

Faculty Association President, Stephen Rader told MyPGNow.com with both sides agreeing to the final report, job action is no longer required.

“The job action now ceases immediately and all of our members return to their full range of duties, we’ve sort of been on a limited job action the past few weeks and everything as far as our members and students are concerned will return to normal.”

Rader also explained how the final offer selection arbitration will be approached.

“So basically, the two compensation proposals, one from us and the other from the employer will be presented to the arbitrator along with arguments from each side in favour of their proposal and then the arbitrator will have to choose one of them.”

“Unlike a normal interest arbitration where the arbitrator can pick a compromise position, in this case, the arbitrator has to pick one of the two proposals on the table.”

UNBC President, Daniel Weeks adds the urgency to get a deal done has been ramped up.

“That process will take a little bit of time I think as I believe there is a due date to get this wrapped up but there will have to be some paperwork that will have to go between the parties.”

“Quite frankly, I’m quite happy no matter what way this goes as this was the outcome that I wanted all and I hope we get the best compensation model for a faculty.”

The parties now must agree to a third-party arbitrator by January 3rd.

The hearing process is to start by February 1st unless the parties mutually agree to extend that deadline.

Something going on in the Prince George area you think people should know about?
Send us a news tip by emailing [email protected].

Continue Reading

cjci Now playing play

cirx Now playing play

- Advertisement -

Related Articles

<p>

- Advertisement -
</p>

Latest News

Cops for Cancer Tour de North riders confirmed as victims of hit and run

The Canadian Cancer Society and the Prince George RCMP confirmed yesterday's (Monday) hit and run incident in Prince George did involve two of the Cops for Cancer Tour de North riders, who were out for a training ride together. It occurred just after 9am at the intersection of North Ospika Boulevard and McRae Avenue near Gordon Bryant Park.

Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, July 8th

MLB: Toronto Blue Jays  at  Chicago White Sox

Wildfire crews bracing for a change of conditions in the Peace Region

56% of all wildfires have been lightning caused while the remainder are human-caused. Since April 1st, 510 blazes have been ignited in BC.

Update: power restored in PG after mid-afternoon outage

BC Hydro crews are dealing with a mid-day power outage in Prince George. 643 customers are in affected north of Midland Road and East of Aberdeen Road.

Music at the Pavilion to kick off Thursday night

Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park is the place for free live music this summer starting on Thursday. The City is hosting Music at the Pavilion every second Thursday until August 21st.
- Advertisement -