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,...
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...
