The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) informed the university on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, that they have asked the provincial government to appoint a conciliation officer to assist the parties in the ongoing collective agreement negotiations. The collective agreement covers approximately 1,800 graduate students that Queen’s employs on a part-time basis as Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows.
Representatives of the University and the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) have agreed to mediation to help them in their efforts to negotiate a renewed collective agreement for faculty, librarians, and archivists. The parties are scheduled to meet with the mediator on several occasions in early December.
Representatives of the University and QUFA agreed on November 11th to apply jointly to the Ministry of Labour requesting the appointment of a conciliator to assist the Parties in connection with the negotiation of a renewed collective agreement for faculty, librarians and archivists. Conciliation is a feature of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and the Parties have utilized the services of a conciliator in past rounds of bargaining.
Queen’s University, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Local 901 (Unit 2) (“PSAC”) representing graduate students employed by the University as Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Teaching Fellows (TFs), have successfully ratified a tentative agreement to renew their collective agreement.
The renewed collective agreement has a four-year term and will be in effect until April 30, 2021. Highlights include:
Queen’s is adjusting the salaries of approximately 200 current faculty members this month, and will pay retroactive amounts within the next two pay periods. Affected faculty members will each receive a letter in August.
The adjustments are in accordance with longstanding provisions in the Queen’s-QUFA Collective Agreement for faculty members whose salaries have been determined to be anomalous. Adjustments are for the review years 2008, 2009 and 2010 for faculty in eligible discipline groups.
Queen’s University and CUPE Local 229, representing heating and maintenance workers, exchanged collective bargaining proposals on November 19, 2018. The Parties are in the process of scheduling future bargaining dates.
The Collective Agreement between Queen’s University and CUPE Local 229 expired on June 30, 2018.
The university values the contributions of its many employees and remains committed to the collective bargaining process.
Queen’s University and the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2010, representing general staff in salary grades 2-9, exchanged collective bargaining proposals on December 6, 2018. The Parties have scheduled further bargaining dates throughout December.
The Collective Agreement between Queen’s University and USW Local 2010 expires on December 31, 2018.
The university values the contributions of its many employees and remains committed to the collective bargaining process.
The University and the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) reached tentative agreements on December 11, 2018, to renew their collective agreement, and with respect to the proposed conversion and transfer of assets from the Queen’s Pension Plan to the University Pension Plan. The agreements are subject to ratification by the parties.
The University values the contributions of its employees and is committed to the collective bargaining process.
On December 21, 2018, the University and the United Steel Workers Local 2010 reached tentative agreements to renew their collective agreement, and with respect to the proposed conversion and transfer of assets from the Queen’s Pension Plan to the University Pension Plan. The agreements are subject to ratification by the parties.
The University values the contributions of its employees and is committed to the collective bargaining process.
The university and the employee groups represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 229, 254 and 1302 are scheduled to meet on February 11 & 12, 2019 to continue to negotiate with the assistance of a government appointed Conciliation Officer.
The university is focused on reaching negotiated agreements with all employee groups that both balance the university’s need to preserve its core academic mission and respect the limitations dictated by current financial realities.
