{"id":5189,"date":"2012-11-29T05:18:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=5189"},"modified":"2012-11-29T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T17:40:05","slug":"cupe-local-2081-job-action-that-won%e2%80%99t-affect-students%e2%80%99-classes-planned-for-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/11\/29\/cupe-local-2081-job-action-that-won%e2%80%99t-affect-students%e2%80%99-classes-planned-for-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CUPE Local 2081 job action that won\u2019t affect classes planned for this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

CUPE Local 2081, the union representing Camosun College support staff, will be taking part in more job action this week, according to a CUPE news release. However, unlike last week\u2019s picket lines<\/a>, this job action will not affect students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe value our students and we encourage them to contact their MLAs to join us in demanding fairness for colleges equal to the treatment given universities in BC,\u201d CUPE BE colleges coordinator Ian McLean said in the news release.<\/p>\n

The job action this week at Camosun consists of a Friday rally outside of MLA Ida Chong\u2019s office (3930 Shelbourne) at 11:30 am. Camosun support staff will be bused to and from the rally, says CUPE Local 2081 vice president Tony Nelson.<\/p>\n

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Striking CUPE Local 2081 members last week (photo by Lucas Milroy\/Nexus).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis Friday is to show the government that we haven\u2019t gone away quietly into the good night after last week\u2019s job action protests,\u201d says Nelson. \u201cWe know the students support us and to keep them supporting us we felt this was the least evasive action that would affect them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson says that provincial bargaining is happening this weekend in Vancouver and he\u2019s hoping a deal will be reached. If not, he says that they\u2019ll assess their situation at that point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat doesn\u2019t preclude any further job action,\u201d says Nelson. \u201cWe are in a strike mandate until this agreement is concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson says that the union, who are being supported in their job action by the Camosun College Student Society<\/a>, is just looking for a fair settlement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the same deal that was given to universities,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

As well as Camosun, job actions are planned at Vancouver Island University, North Island College, College of New Caledonia, Vancouver Community College, and College of the Rockies this week.<\/p>\n

A full story on the strike<\/a> is in our current issue.<\/p>\n

More news to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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