ALRB hearing (February 6, 7 and 20) and Negotiating Updates: January 31 and February 21
ALRB hearing Representatives from ULFA and the Board of Governors of the University of Lethbridge attended a hearing of the Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) in Calgary on February 6 and 7. At the hearing, the ALRB agreed to provide a decision, with rationale to...
Update on Essential Services
Following up on the last post, representatives of ULFA (Kelly Williams-Whitt, Rob Sutherland and Annabree Fairweather) and the Board (Chris Hosgood, Lorna Selinger and Scott Harling) met with about a dozen of our Members, January 28 and 30 to collect detailed...
Bargaining Update (January 17). Response to Board “Parts”; Movement away from agreement on Article 6 (Communication); Negotiations resume on Article 22/1 (Grievance and Interpretation)
Bargaining teams from ULFA and the Board of Governors met to exchange proposals on Thursday January 17 (as always you can follow the progress of individual articles here). ULFA Board of Governors Outline of “Parts” response Article XX (Common agreement): Evaluation...
Athabasca Collective Agreement Bargaining Reaches Impasse
The Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) announced on January 23 that bargaining had officially reached impasse. What is impasse and why is it happening at Athabasca? Impasse occurs when one or both sides conclude that no further progress in negotiations is...