The two-year agreements provide for modest wage increases, which are being funded from savings found within existing budgets, as required under the 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate.
About two-thirds of the people working in B.C.'s public sector now have tentative or ratified agreements settled under the 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate. This represents more than one-third of all agreements.
Following local ratification by union members and college boards, the PSEA board provided the final sign-off on the agreements between Selkirk College BCGEU Local 709, and Camosun College and the BCGEU Local 701. These agreements cover more than 250 vocational faculty working at the two institutions.
In December, the PSEA reached a template agreement on wages. The template covers BCGEU faculty members, most of which are vocational, at a number of institutions in the sector. Current signatories include Camosun College, Northern Lights College, Northwest Community College, Okanagan College and Selkirk College.
The B.C. government has been clear that there is no new money to fund wage increases and there is no desire to download these costs onto families or future generations. The Cooperative Gains Mandate provides public-sector employers with the ability to negotiate modest wage increases funded from savings within existing budgets, while not adding costs to taxpayers and ratepayers and not sacrificing services.
Settlements under the 2012 mandate are expected to be unique between sectors and between employers in some sectors.
via Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology Ministry of Finance
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