Over the last 10 months, the UPEI Faculty Association has demonstrated a willingness to move from our bargaining positions if there was a reasonable opportunity to address it’s members’ significant concerns. For example, during conciliation we dropped half of our proposals, both to focus on your top priorities and in the hope that our willingness…

Now that you’ve had a chance to absorb the results from our strike vote, we wanted to dive into them a bit more to put them in perspective. 85% of FA members participated in the recent strike vote with 83% of participants voting to provide the UPEIFA Executive Committee and Negotiations Team with a strong…

Strike Vote – (Monday, February 13 (9:00a) – Tuesday, February 14 (5:00p)) Pursuant to the PEI Labour Act, the UPEIFA cannot declare or authorize a strike until after a vote has been taken by secret ballot and the majority of employees voting has voted in favour of a strike. In order to provide your negotiations…

The University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association, or UPEIFA, has established an off-campus office to serve as the association’s headquarters in the event that job action is necessary. The Charlottetown office, located at 92 Capital Dr. Unit 5 (formerly Combat Computers), will serve as the association’s headquarters to facilitate the daily activities of conducting…