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Welcome to our Post-Secondary bargaining hub!


The current common collective agreements for BCGEU members working in the Post-Secondary Education sector expired March 31, 2025 (vocational instructors) and expires June 30, 2025 (support staff). 

Negotiations for new common agreements with the Post-Secondary Employers' Association (PSEA) and the individual post-secondary institutes will begin as follows:

  • Vocational instructors: To be determined
  • Support staff: To be determined

We are seeking wage and workload improvements, and our bargaining committee is focused on making progress on these issues. 

This bargaining hub is your one-stop-shop for updates and resources related to Post-Secondary Education bargaining. Here you’ll find links to frequently asked questions, recent bargaining bulletins, contact information for your bargaining committee and more. Information will be updated regularly, so bookmark this page and keep checking back.

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Recent Bulletins

May 20, 2025

Tell us by May 27 what issues are important to you in bargaining - BC General...

REMINDER: Complete the CISSBA bargaining survey by May 27: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GVXVS82 As you know, bargaining for our next collective agreement has begun and your participation is critical to building on the gains we made in our last agreement and further improving our working conditions.It's important that we hear from all classifications covered by our common and individual unit a...

May 13, 2025

CISSBA members - Survey: Tell us what issues are important to you in bargaini...

Friends,As we wrote to you yesterday, bargaining for our next collective agreement has begun and your participation is critical to building on the gains we made in our last agreement and further improving our working conditions.Please take 10 minutes to complete the CISSBA bargaining survey now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GVXVS82It's important that we hear from all classifications covered b...

May 12, 2025

Bargaining for our next collective agreement - BC General Employees' Union (B...

You're receiving this as a BCGEU member working as support staff for either British Columbia Institute of Technology, Coast Mountain College, Douglas College, Justice Institute of BC, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Northern Lights College or Okanagan College. Please read in full.   Friends,   As you may know, our current collective agreements expire on June 30, 2025, and preparations to barga...