An agreement has been reached between 黑料吃瓜网and NSGEU Local 77, following the conclusion of conciliation meetings last week.
The agreement rolls over the current collective agreement for one year, with a one per cent increase effective July 1, 2010 and retroactive pay on overtime to July 1, 2010. It also contains items related to sick leave, recall and redeployment.
According to the NSGEU media release, 91 per cent of the 432 votes cast supported the agreement. Local 77 membership includes clerical, secretarial and technical workers at Dalhousie.
鈥淭his agreement acknowledges our progress to date and lets us continue onwards in this process,鈥� explains Katherine Sheehan, assistant vice-president Human Resources at Dalhousie. 鈥淚n doing so, it gets several issues decided and 鈥榦ff the table鈥� and allows us to focus on what鈥檚 remaining.鈥�
The agreement does not include any new decisions related to the university pension plan governance. Ms. Sheehan continues to be confident that a side table with all employee groups, as the university has proposed, will lead to an arrangement that keeps Dal鈥檚 pension plan sustainable.
鈥淥ur priority continues to be to work with our employee groups to come up with a pension governance model that ensures a sustainable and well-supported defined benefit pension plan,鈥� she says.
With this 鈥渞ollover鈥� agreement reached, collective bargaining will now resume to fully renew the NSGEU collective agreement. Negotiations are being scheduled for September.
Those with questions or concerns are free to contact Heather Williamson at 494-5186 or heather.williamson@dal.ca, or read more at the .
Agreement reached with NSGEU
'Rollover' arrangement acknowledges progress to date
Ryan McNutt - August 5, 2011
An agreement has been reached with NSGEU Local 77.