The lead negotiator for the Board’s negotiating team has filed a request with the Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) for formal mediation. This request was dated Nov. 27, 2025. The ULFA team was informed of this request at 10:30 on Nov. 27, 2025, approximately 3.5 hours before the campus community was informed by email. The […]
Join ULFA members as they wear Red for Ed, every Thursday from now on. At a special general meeting last week, ULFA members voted unanimously to support Alberta’s teachers in the conflict with the provincial government by wearing red clothing to work every Thursday beginning November 6. In doing so, we will be joining other unions,
The University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) is seeking to hire an Organizing & Member Engagement Officer. The successful applicant will support efforts to empower members by building networks, engaging under-represented segments of the academic staff and organizing around bargaining, governance, and workplace issues. ULFA is the exclusive bargaining agent for 600 academic staff members at the University of Lethbridge. We exist
ULFA is Hiring – Organizing & Member Engagement Officer Read More »
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
On June 26, 2025, ULFA hosted its twelfth Bargaining Town Hall in this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The ULFA negotiating team reviewed the June 24 and 25 2025 negotiation session discussion topics and provided a general overview of the current state of negotiations. The presentation also touched on
The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on June 24 and 25, 2025. At different times over the two sessions, a total of five ULFA members attended as observers. The June 24 session began with a brief discussion of recently exchanged lists
ULFA Update on Collective Bargaining June 24 & 25, 2025 Read More »
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
Joint Communication from the Joint Working Group on the Assignment of Duties Read More »
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
Essential Services Agreement Filed and Accepted by the ALRB Read More »
This past weekend was the 98th Council of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. It was also the last Council for Claudia Steinke in her three terms as CAUT Representative-At-Large. Dr. Steinke’s leadership on the ULFA Executive was already remarkable. She showed incredible integrity, grace, and resolve through many disruptive events, often happening concurrently: the pandemic,
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