On February 26th and 28th, 2025, ULFA hosted its ninth and tenth Bargaining Town Halls in the current round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Both town halls provided an update on the overall progress of bargaining to date. Members of the ULFA negotiating team reviewed the progress of negotiations in …
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The ULFA Executive has joined unions from across Alberta in signing the Common Front Alberta Solidarity Pact. This pact commits ULFA to supporting unions against any attacks by the government preventing the right to strike. We are committed to standing in solidarity with organized labour, and know the value of this support from our own …
On January 24, 2025, the ULFA negotiation team contacted the Board’s negotiation team to see if sufficient proposals (Articles) were available for the scheduled January 29 and 31 negotiation sessions. The two teams mutually agreed to cancel these bargaining dates and use the time to instead continue developing proposals. The Board had previously cancelled the …
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their eighteenth and nineteenth bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on January 20 and 22, 2025. Two ULFA members attended as observers, one on each of the two days. Teaching obligations required two ULFA negotiating team members to be absent for a portion of …
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On January 16th and 17th, 2025, ULFA hosted its seventh and eighth Bargaining Town Halls in the current round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Both town halls focused on proposals presented by the ULFA and Board negotiating teams on what a new Teaching Professor rank could look like and how it could be introduced. After a …
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On December 19, 2024 the Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their seventeenth bargaining session toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The session began with renewed discussion of an Article 4 issue regarding the role and scope of activities of inactive ULFA members who serve as appointed representatives of academic staff on the …
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On December 3 and 4, 2024, the Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their fifteenth and sixteenth bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). Teaching obligations and other commitments required that these be half-day sessions and that some ULFA team members be absent for portions of the sessions. One ULFA Member observer …
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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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