Remember to contact a Union staff representative or shop steward when there’s a unilateral change to your work at the college. A recent example was the message from BC HR last Friday requiring full-time employees to disclose any outside employment.

Shop steward Becky Turnbull immediately forwarded the message to the WPEA staff rep. Then, when HR did not clarify their message, Becky emailed all classified staff that the new procedure apparently applies only to those earning more than 2x minimum wage. When the employer does not pay a living wage, and we have to work second or third jobs, nobody needs the added humiliation of divulging our outside jobs!