Contract Talks 2010-12
The Current Situation
Meeting the needs of students is a SIAST priority. It is in their best interests – and in the interests of our employees – for SIAST and the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) to expeditiously negotiate new collective agreements. Employees have been without a collective agreement since June 2009.
On September 16, 2011, all parties accepted a mediator's recommendations as the basis of new collective agreements.
This website highlights key issues and the chronology of bargaining during the current round of SIAST-SGEU talks.
Latest Developments
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Apr
5Arbitration decisions
Posted at 4:47PM
SIAST has begun implementing the arbitrator’s decisions concerning implementation matters of our collective agreements with the SGEU for the July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2012, period. These decisions, which accompany this post, were dated March 28, 2012.
The economic increases (1.5%, 2%, 2%) were implemented in March of this year. Pension contribution increases (.25% employer and .25% employee for a total of .5%) are being processed in April.
SIAST will be meeting with both bargaining units as quickly as possible to review the arbitration decisions and discuss implementation of the remaining decisions.
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Mar
9SIAST and SGEU Bargaining Units await mediator's decisions
Posted at 2:44PM
Representatives from SIAST management and the SGEU Academic and Professional Services bargaining units have met with the mediator, Tom Hodges, and are awaiting his decisions on all outstanding implementation issues.
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Jan
13SIAST welcomes implementation discussions
Posted at 6:43PM
SIAST looks forward to upcoming meetings with representatives of the SGEU Academic and Professional Services bargaining units to discuss collective agreement implementation matters. The first meetings with the Academic representatives will take place next week. Dates are still being confirmed with representatives of the Professional Services group. The meetings follow ratification by members this week of memorandums of agreement with both groups.
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Dec
22SIAST, Professional Services bargaining unit sign MOA
Posted at 9:00AM
SIAST and the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union bargaining committee representing its professional services employees have signed a memorandum of agreement that would form the basis of a new collective agreement. After ratification by members of the bargaining unit, the two parties will negotiate implementation.
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Dec
21SIAST - Professional Services Correspondence
Posted at 11:36AM
SIAST is prepared to meet to discuss implementation matters as quickly as possible following the ratification of the memorandum of agreement between SIAST and the SGEU Professional Services Unit. Recent correspondence from SIAST to the Professional Services bargaining unit chair is attached.