Your negotiating team met with the employer to continue non-monetary discussions on August 28. You can see our full proposals here.
We renewed the following articles without changes:
Article 3 – Union Membership and Payment of Dues
Article 10 – Worker’s Compensation Supplement
Article 16 – Proof of Illness
Article 24 – Court and Jury Leave
Article 26 – Leave Without Pay
Article 30 – Notice of Resignation
Article 35 – Terms and Conditions of Employment Applicable for Temporary Employees
Article 39 – No Discrimination or Harassment/Respectful Workplace Policy
Your team negotiated several improvements to the following important Articles:
Article 4 – Union Representation & Employer – Union Relations
Legal Aid will advise when new employees will be trained, which will help facilitate their union orientation
Article 13 – Grievance Procedure
By default, we will use a single Arbitrator for grievance arbitration, with the option to use a panel
Article 33 – Terms and Conditions of Employment Applicable to Part-Time Employees
Outdated language was removed
Article 36 – Printing of Agreements
Legal Aid will make the collective agreement available online. Members are able to request printed copies from either the union or the employer
Article 40 – Term of Agreement (partial sign off – term is outstanding)
Updated to include Legal Aid’s new address
There is still a long way to go before we achieve the collective agreement that meets our needs. We ask that you continue to attend our regular monthly online membership meetings on zoom every last Thursday of the month. Contact your negotiating team for details.
Our next bargaining meetings are September 18, 19, and October 16. Please contact a member of your negotiating team with any questions or concerns.
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM – LEGAL AID
Ravinderjit (Ravi) Singh
singhravinderjit21@gmail.com or 780-913-0333
Janelle Supria
jhemraj@hotmail.com or 403-850-7658
Tasha Halldorson
t.halldorson@yahoo.com or 780-920-0422
ALTERNATE
April Graham
aprilgraham@yahoo.com or 780-718-9574
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
Merryn Edwards de la O Negotiations
m.edwardsdelao@aupe.org