Meghan McCrae

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Consecutive Term Working Group – Joint Report Announcement

ULFA struck a Consecutive Term Appointments Working Group with the Board of Governors as a result of the 2022 round of negotiations. We – Rebekah Eckert (Academic Writing) and Jenny Burke (Biology) – served as ULFA’s representatives on the Working Group. Kerry Godfrey (Dean, Dhillon School of Business) and Cathy Kanashiro (Associate Vice-President, Finance) served […]

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UofL Unions Express Concern over Issues of Representation and Democracy for UofC Graduate Student Workers

Members of the Campus Labour Council of the University of Lethbridge have signed onto an open letter regarding a situation facing graduate student union representation at the U of C. The letter expresses concern over what seems to be an erosion of fair governance, democratic practices, and employer interference in trade union activities.

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ULFA Update on Collective Bargaining April 2 & 4, 2025

The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-second and twenty-third bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on April 2 and 4, 2025.  On April 2, the Board team presented proposals on Articles 9 (Grievance), 23 (Performance Evaluation), and 24 (Merit Awards). For Article 23, the Board team re-tabled its July

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ULFA Update on Collective Bargaining March 19 & 21, 2025

The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twentieth and twenty-first bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on March 19 and 21, 2025. Three ULFA members attended parts of these sessions as observers, two on the 19th and one on the 21st. Teaching and other obligations required two ULFA negotiating team

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Report on Bargaining Town Halls of February 26 & 28, 2025

On February 26th and 28th, 2025, ULFA hosted its ninth and tenth Bargaining Town Halls in the current  round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Both town halls provided an update on the overall progress of bargaining to date.  Members of the ULFA negotiating team reviewed the progress of negotiations in

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