ULFA Members are not required to be on the picket lines today (Tuesday, February 22nd) due to the extremely cold weather. A groups of Members will be voluntarily picketing the south entrance of the Main Campus from 12pm-1pm today for those who wish to join them. Please note ULFA’s Cold Weather Picketing Guidelines. If you […]
Dear Members, You may have seen on Social Media or the Administration’s bargaining blog today that the Board has filed an Unfair Labour Practice complaint against ULFA. This is in keeping with the “hardball” tactics we have seen from the Board side throughout these negotiations and, as we emphasised in town halls this week, is
Dear Colleagues, As promised, I am attaching two model texts that you can use for out-of-office replies or to let partners know about your alternate email address and the reason why they need to begin using it immediately. During the Question and Answer sessions we held yesterday, I received several questions about whether forwarding your
Dear Members, This is to advise you of an upcoming strike vote open to ULFA Members from February 2nd, 2022 to February 3rd, 2022. Polls will open February 2nd, 2022 at 9am via an anonymous, unique ballot sent to your uleth email via ULFA’s Survey Monkey account. Polls will close at 9pm on February 3rd.
Dear Colleagues You will have seen an unsigned announcement yesterday evening indicating that the Board intends to lockout Members from access to email and other online services should Job Action occur. This is a reckless decision, both because it will damage the long-term reputation and standing of our University and because cutting off online services
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According to Locke Spencer, ULFA’s Chief Negotiator, “As we have seen at Concordia University of Edmonton and the University of Manitoba, we can reach an agreement. It just requires an employer prepared to bargain in good faith on these important issues.”
It was only after the strong positive strike vote that things began to change for CUEFA. The administration agreed to the Union’s proposal on workload days after the vote. They dropped demands for reduction in job security one day after the strike began. They agreed to submit salary demands to binding arbitration a few days after that.
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