On May 20, 2025, ULFA hosted its eleventh Bargaining Town Hall in this round of negotiations toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA). The ULFA negotiating team recapped progress made to date and touched on some noteworthy developments in the provincial bargaining context. Most of the items opened one year ago by the ULFA […]
The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-fifth session toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on May 5, 2025. Once again, the parties prepared and exchanged written proposals before the meeting to promote efficient use of the half-day session. The Board team’s proposals and rationale addressed Articles 3, 4, 10, 11 and Schedule T. The ULFA team’s
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-fourth session toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on April 24, 2025. To promote efficient use of this half-day session, the parties prepared and exchanged written proposals two days in advance. The Board team’s proposal and rationale addressed Article 32 (leaves of absence). The ULFA
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twenty-second and twenty-third bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on April 2 and 4, 2025. On April 2, the Board team presented proposals on Articles 9 (Grievance), 23 (Performance Evaluation), and 24 (Merit Awards). For Article 23, the Board team re-tabled its July
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The Board and ULFA negotiating teams held their twentieth and twenty-first bargaining sessions toward a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement (ASCA) on March 19 and 21, 2025. Three ULFA members attended parts of these sessions as observers, two on the 19th and one on the 21st. Teaching and other obligations required two ULFA negotiating team
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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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