On November 26, 2024 the Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their fourteenth bargaining session toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Teaching obligations required two ULFA team members to be absent for portions of the session. The session began with discussion seeking to clarify which aspects of the ASCA’s Article 11 provisions addressing […]
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On November 12 and 20, 2024, ULFA hosted its fifth and sixth Bargaining Town Halls in this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Both town halls began with a brief update on the overall progress of bargaining to date and a reminder of the membership-approved ULFA bargaining mandate, which can
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On October 31 and November 1, 2024, the Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twelfth and thirteenth bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). For the October 31 session, one ULFA member joined as an observer, and the ULFA Labour Relations Officer attended as a resource person for part of November
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ULFA hosted its third and fourth Bargaining Town Halls on October 23 and 24, 2024, regarding the current round of negotiations toward a new Collective Agreement. Members of the ULFA Negotiating Team briefly reviewed the bargaining process to date and summarized the main points of discussion at the most recent bargaining sessions held October 17
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The ULFA Negotiating Team provides an update on Collective Bargaining sessions on October 17-18, 2024.
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On July 3, 2024, ULFA sent the Board a full proposal for an Essential Services Agreement (ESA). On July 31, 2024, ULFA sent the Board a note suggesting that we begin negotiating an ESA. We have now agreed to meet November 4, 2024. An ESA must be in place and approved by the Alberta Labour
On October 2nd, the Executive Committee met, at his request, with the leader of the Official Opposition, Naheed Nenshi in the ULFA Office. It was a wide-ranging, very informative discussion with Mr. Nenshi asking to learn more about the University of Lethbridge, the community here, and the effect of recent changes in the admission of
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On September 19 and 20, ULFA hosted its second and third Bargaining Town Halls in this round of Collective Agreement bargaining. The Chief Spokesperson of ULFA’s Negotiating Team presented an overview of the process so far. The presentation reviewed the articles opened by both parties, identified the articles that have been exchanged to date, and
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On September 9 and 10, 2024, the Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their eighth and ninth bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). For the September 9 session, one ULFA member joined as an observer, and the ULFA Labour Relations Officer attended as a resource person. Teaching obligations required two ULFA
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The negotiating teams for the Board and ULFA met on August 27 and the afternoon of August 28 for two bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). One ULFA Member attended as an observer on August 28. These meetings represent the sixth and seventh joint meetings for this round of negotiations. Since
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