The Bargaining process has begun for CUPE 917’s new Collective Agreement which will be effective from Apr 1, 2025 through March 31, 2029.
Bargaining is a complicated thing, which is why it takes several months to complete.
Please note that all discussions of the Steering and Bargaining committees are considered confidential for the meantime, until a proposal is prepared to be brought to our members.
The first step was to put together a Steering committee of 16 members + our President.
From these 16 people, comes the Bargaining committee of 4 members + our President, as voted by the Steering committee.
Click here to see who is representing us for the Steering and Bargaining committees.
News about Bargaining:
Jan 19, 2026
Starting in the summer of 2025, the Steering committee has been meeting with our CUPE National representative, Micha Pesta, to go through every article of the previous Collective Agreement which expired March 31, 2025.
With this process, we have found several articles that we feel would benefit our members through editing the language, and in some cases adding entirely new language to protect the rights and privileges or our members.
As well, we discussed the survey that was previously sent to our members to see what can be improved in our Benefits package.
Our final meeting for the Steering committee is set for Feb 12, 2026, and soon after that the Bargaining committee will be able to start discussions with UVic management with the purpose of trying to obtain the changes to the Collective Agreement set down by the Steering committee.
In Solidarity
The CUPE 917 Steering and Bargaining committees