ULFA hosted its fourteenth Bargaining Town Hall on October 15 and 16, 2025 for this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The ULFA negotiating team began each Town Hall session with a brief recap of the bargaining process that started more than 470 days ago and so far has involved
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams met on October 2 and 3, 2025, for their thirtieth and thirty-first bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). At different times over the two days, a total of six ULFA members attended as observers. In the first half of the October 2 session, the Board
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On September 24 and 25, 2025, ULFA hosted its thirteenth Bargaining Town Hall in this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The ULFA negotiating team reviewed topics discussed at the September 3 and 4 negotiation sessions and summarized the current state of negotiations. Representatives from CAUT were invited guests and
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Dear Colleagues and Supporters, This is a CALL TO ACTION – Please sign and promote this to your members! Send a letter to the University of Lethbridge President and senior leadership and ask them to negotiate a fair deal with ULFA that prioritizes high-quality education and fair working conditions! The University of Lethbridge administration is
Dear University of Lethbridge Board Members, The Gender, Equity and Diversity Committee of the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association is writing to you concerning the recently mandated policy on “Fairness in Sport”, and the Interim Policy which the University has recently adopted in order to be in compliance with legislation enacted by Bill 29. This
The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on September 3 and 4, 2025. At different times over the two sessions, a total of four ULFA members attended as observers. Over the two sessions, the ULFA team presented 11 response proposals and its opening Schedule
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Over the course of 2024-25, the Joint Working Group on the Assignment of Duties met regularly to address how to improve workload equity and transparency across the institution, in all assignment of duties. Throughout the year, we had many fulsome and enlightening conversations about the complex issues surrounding workload. There was considerable joint effort in
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With an ESA in place, the process of reaching a new collective agreement has additional avenues that can be pursued. These include formal mediation, as well as, strike and lockout. The Board and ULFA were able to agree on several improvements compared to our last ESA. These include expanding the categories of academic staff performing
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-sixth session toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on May 26, 2025. One ULFA team member was unable to attend due to family considerations, and another left early due to a scheduling conflict. Three ULFA Members attended the session as observers. Once again, the parties prepared and
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On May 20, 2025, ULFA hosted its eleventh Bargaining Town Hall in this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The ULFA negotiating team recapped progress made to date and touched on some noteworthy developments in the provincial bargaining context. Most of the items opened one year ago by the ULFA
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