Tentative agreement reached between university and CUPE 917

Further to our last update on March 18, the University of Victoria and CUPE 917 reached a new tentative collective agreement under the BC government’s Shared Recovery Mandate on May 25, 2023.

CUPE 917 represents as many as 1,000 employees in any given year, including many student employees. These staff work in maintenance and trades roles, athletics and recreation, groundskeeping, campus security, residence services, custodial and food services, among others.

The new tentative agreement, once it is ratified by the bargaining unit and the Board of Governors, will be in effect April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025. More details will be available once it is ratified.

With this tentative agreement in place, all employees represented by UVic’s six unions are now covered by ratified or tentative agreements under the BC government’s Shared Recovery Mandate.

Visit www.uvic.ca/bargaining for more information about collective bargaining at UVic and across the broader public sector.