Community Updates: GSA
Updates are provided regularly via these pages and through the weekly employee digests when bargaining is underway. Information on the bargaining process and upcoming meetings is also available on this site.
University and GSA Bargaining Update
PSAC withdraws unfair labour practice complaint, provides notice for essential services negotiations.
University and GSA Bargaining Update
The university continues to negotiate in good faith and has proposed additional meeting dates to the GSA in an effort to reach a renewal agreement.
University and GSA Bargaining Update
The university and Graduate Students’ Association bargaining teams met on July 7 and 8 to continue negotiating a renewal collective agreement. The parties have met nine times since the initial meeting on December 3, 2024.
University and GSA agree to additional meeting dates
The university and GSA met this week in continued negotiations on a renewal collective agreement. The parties have agreed to additional dates in April and the Meeting Schedules page has been updated.
University of Alberta and GSA begin negotiations in October
The University of Alberta received notice to commence bargaining from the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) on June 27, 2024, initiating negotiations on a renewed collective agreement. The existing agreement between the university and the GSA expired on August 31, 2024, but remains in effect in accordance with the provisions of the Alberta Labour Relations Code.
The parties are scheduled to exchange initial proposals in a meeting on October 9, 2024 and to subsequent meetings through December. Any future meeting dates will be added to the meeting schedules page as they become available.
The university is committed to a fair, respectful and sustainable collective bargaining process that considers the importance of the interests of students, faculty, staff, and all internal and external partners within the university community. We look forward to productive discussions with the GSA.