NAIT and NAIT’s Academic Staff Association (NASA) have reached a tentative agreement according to a news release sent on the evening of Feb. 5. For NAIT students, this means the potential to avoid a strike and class disruptions. The new deal will go to ratification by...
Students can let out a collective sigh of relief for another week, as NAIT’s Academic Staff Association (NASA) has extended the deadline to sign a collective agreement from Jan. 30 until Feb. 7. Here’s what’s happened so far. Jan. 14 and 15: Academic Staff support...
NAIT's academic staff association is feeling “cautiously optimistic” about returning to the bargaining table after their recent strike vote. The results have been confirmed by the Alberta Labour Relations Board, and 83 per cent of voting members support a strike. ...
Updated Jan. 19: NAIT and NASA are back at the bargaining table. With the assistance of a mediator, the parties met today to discuss a new collective agreement. They will continue to meet throughout the week. According to an email obtained by the Nugget,...
After withdrawing from formal mediation with NAIT, the Academic Staff Association (NASA) told the Nugget it plans to hold a strike vote in mid-January after their 14-day cooling off period ends. If successful, NASA will have 120 days to strike and will need to give...
NAIT and their academic staff association (NASA) have been bargaining for almost a year, but with dozens of proposals unresolved and voluntary mediation on pause until the fall, the path to a new agreement remains uncertain. Now, as the two sides begin...
NAIT and its academic staff association, have been trying to reach a new agreement, and while no one wants to use the word “strike,” it is unfortunately still a possibility.
It seems like new union negotiations and strikes are popping up more and more. From WestJet to Canada Post to Edmonton Public Schools, it can be difficult to understand why strikes happen. In the case of Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) support staff’s current strike,...
Remember that random gathering of people with flags and signs outside HP last month? Well, the collective bargaining that prompted NAIT's academic staff association (NASA) to gather in public is still ongoing, and yes, students should be paying attention. Each side...
Even though the term negotiation was coined around the 15th century, I am pretty sure kids are being hard-balled into doing chores ever since apes started talking. Today, negotiation, bargaining and mediation are all highly valuable skills. Harvard Law has a whole...
