ACAD employees ratify new agreement
CALGARY – Staff at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) in Calgary, and members of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Local 071/006, have a new collective agreement today following a ratification vote held at the worksite on Feb. 7.
Local 039 Mobilization
Members of the Local 039 council, who represent support staff at SAIT in Calgary, took part in a mobilization course on Jan. 14 in Calgary. The local has been in bargaining for a new collective agreement for 18 months. Arbitration dates are set for Jan. 27, 30, and 31.
Education Sector planning
AUPE members from post secondary institutions around the province met at AUPE headquarters in Edmonton, Jan. 11, to plan AUPE’s upcoming Education Sector Conference. The conference is scheduled for spring.
Bow Valley College Rally
AUPE Vice Presidents joined worksite activists from Bow Valley College Local 071/011 at an information picket in Calgary Nov. 23. Bow Valley College employees are working to get a fair collective agreement from their employer.
Bow Valley College Rally
AUPE Local 071/011 bargaining committee member Stephen Caughie at the Bow Valley College information picket held Wednesday, Nov. 23 in Calgary.
Information picket Wednesday at Bow Valley College
CALGARY – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees will hold an information picket at Bow Valley College on Wednesday, Nov. 23 to back up the support staff’s fight for a reasonable collective agreement.
Local 071/006 applies for mediation
On Nov. 8, AUPE Local 071 Chapter 006 applied for mediation in collective bargaining with the Alberta College of Art and Design, after the employer inexplicably backtracked on offers it had tabled.
Evergreen support staff to vote on tentative agreement
The tentative agreement is for one year, expiring Aug. 31, 2012 and includes a 4.54 per cent increase to rates of pay.
Members will vote on the tentative agreement by mail-in ballot, which they will receive in the mail within the next few days. They must be returned to AUPE head office (10451 – 170 St. Edmonton AB T5P 4S7) no later than Nov. 25.
University of Lethbridge collective agreement ratified
LETHBRIDGE – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three-year collective agreement with the University of Lethbridge this week.
Evergreen school board meets
AUPE members from Local 071/003, Evergreen Catholic School Board, met at union headquarters Oct. 18 in Edmonton.