On April 10, the Alberta government introduced Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act. Bill 18 makes all federal funding agreements subject to provincial approval, including Tri-Council grants (Alberta’s 1800 grants total about $500 million). The exact process by which provincial approval is obtained will be determined later, through regulation.
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The most recent AUFA member survey revisited a series of general questions aimed at understanding members’ feelings about their work, workplace, and union. The 163 responses received suggest ambivalence toward AU leadership, continued pressures on salaries and workload, and complex feedback for AUFA volunteers to consider.
Read MoreAUFA’s bargaining team received a request for changes to the collective agreement around maternity and parental leave benefits (Article 16). Assessing this request required the bargaining team to sort through how these benefits work.
The bargaining team thought it might be useful to share with the membership how maternity and parental leave benefits work. The illustrative diagrams at the bottom of this blog may be easier to understand than the text.
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