Following their initial meeting in April, the negotiating teams for the Board and ULFA met on May 21 and 22 for two half-day bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). One or two ULFA members attended each session as observers. The ULFA team began the May 21 session by clarifying that it […]
As agreed upon, ULFA and the Board negotiating teams have exchanged a list of articles each side intends to open this 2024 round of collective bargaining. The ULFA list of articles to open is available here. The Board’s list of articles to open is available here. This exchange is in advance of the second negotiating
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On April 30th, 2024, ULFA issued notice to the Board to commence negotiations for an Essential Services Agreement (ESA). The ULFA ESA negotiating team includes Robert Williams (Health Sciences), Tony Montina (A&S), and is headed up by Rob Sutherland (A&S). On May 6th, 2024, the Board responded and indicated their negotiating team would be the
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April 30th, 2024 Dear Dwayne and Scott, This message is to confirm that the ULFA negotiation team is preparing an article list to exchange, asagreed upon in our last meeting. We are also preparing a draft agenda for our upcoming meeting blockon May 21st and 22nd, which we will send to you with the article
On April 22, the Board and ULFA negotiating teams met for the first time in this round of bargaining to reach a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement. After approval of the meeting agenda and introductions, the ULFA team presented a brief opening statement. The Board team had no opening statement but noted they will make
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On March 28, 2024, the ULFA Negotiating Team and Executive issued notice to commence bargaining to the University of Lethbridge Board of Governors. This notice follows ratification of ULFA’s bargaining mandate at our Fall General Meeting in Dec. 2023 and extensive discussion and consultation with ULFA membership and committees, including the Bargaining Resource Committee. Information on the public sector
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