CUPE 4163 members are invited to bring together other CUPE members in their department to spend some time together supporting the picket lines at the University Centre.
BC Universities and colleges have been targeted by this provincial government for the past 10 years – services are being cut and the quality of public post secondary education is at risk.
UVic has had 1.5 and 2% budget cuts in the past two years and has announced it will continue to cut up to 4% in each of the next two years.
No wage increase since 2010 - in real terms with inflation wages have in effect been dropping every year
Budget cuts hurt us all!