CUPE 4163 (Component 3) bargaining

Updated: June 15, 2026

On May 20, 2026, the University of Victoria and Component 3 of CUPE 4163 reached a tentative collective agreement under the BC government’s 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate between. Component 3 represents 725 sessional instructors and music performance instructors over the course of an academic year.

The tentative agreement, which will be in effect May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029, was ratified by the union and its members on June 11, and by the university’s Board of Governors on June 12.