Bargaining

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April 17, 2025 Update: Tentative agreement reached

Please note: you must be a signed-up NASA member in order to attend the bargaining information meetings and to vote on ratification of the proposed agreement. Becoming a member is free and can be done online in only a few minutes. We strongly encourage all university support staff to become a member of NASA in order to engage in this important process.

Your Bargaining Team met with the employer on April 15 and 16 to continue negotiations, and we're pleased to announce that NASA and the university have reached a tentative agreement.

The agreement is for four years, from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2028, and includes:

  • A retroactive 3% salary increase for the first year and 3% increases for April 1, 2025, 2026 and 2027.
  • A significant amount of language has been moved from Parts A and B to Common Provisions.
  • The Casual categories (currently three) will collapse to one, the current Casual Category 2, on April 1, 2026.
  • A weekend differential has been added.
  • Standby pay has been increased.
  • The dental plan has been amended to include coverage for implants.
  • The definition of family has been expanded and bereavement leave increased.
  • The annual limit on the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) has increased to $1,000. 

NASA will be sharing the ratification package containing full details of the agreement with members on Monday, April 28.

We will be holding two information meetings to go through the details of the ratification package over the lunch hour on Friday, May 2 (online) and Monday, May 5 (in person). 

The online ratification vote on the agreement will start on Monday, May 5 at 1:00 pm and will close at midnight on Wednesday, May 7.

You must be a signed-up NASA member in order to attend the bargaining information meetings and to vote on ratification of the proposed agreement. Becoming a member is free and can be done online in only a few minutes. We strongly encourage all university support staff to become a member of NASA in order to engage in this important process.

The current Collective Agreement between the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA) and the University of Alberta—the negotiated contract that sets out the terms and conditions of employment for non-academic staff—expired on March 31, 2024. The current agreement remains in effect until a new agreement is reached.

NASA and its members are currently in collective bargaining with the university. NASA's approach to bargaining is governed by the bargaining policy passed by the NASA membership.

2024-25 Bargaining Team

The NASA Bargaining Team is responsible for preparing for and negotiating a new collective agreement. The team includes four members (plus one alternate) elected by the NASA membership, one executive member appointed by the executive board, and two staff members (the Director of Operations as Chief Spokesperson and a designated Labour Relations Officer).

Joy Correia, NASA Director of Operations (Chief Spokesperson)
Quinn Benders, NASA President
Fairfax Culpepper, Libraries and Museums
Scott Evans, Utilities (Facilities & Operations)
Markian Hlynka, Information Services and Technology
Kim Koch, Medicine & Dentistry
Terry Sway, NASA Labour Relations Officer
Lisa Budney, Science (Alternate)

2024 Bargaining Advisory Group

The Bargaining Advisory Group (BAG) assists the Bargaining Team in a strictly advisory role as follows:

  • act as a test group to provide feedback on the bargaining survey prior to the survey being circulated to the membership;
  • act as a test group to provide feedback on bargaining proposals in advance of being provided to the membership;
  • provide feedback during bargaining on suggested resolutions being considered at the bargaining table and/or to provide feedback with respect to the potential impacts of those resolutions;
  • when requested, canvass members on specific topics and provide that feedback to the bargaining team.

The members of the 2024 Bargaining Advisory Group are:

Elizabeth Adolf, VP (Research & Innovation)
Wajid Ali, VP (Facilities & Operations)
Jeffery Antoniuk, Library & Museums
Karel Brandenbarg, Provost & VP (Academic)
Ashley Castelo, Registrar's Officer
Dan Evans, VP (Facilities & Operations)
Tonia Harris, Agricultural Life & Environmental Sciences
Maddy Ingram, Campus Saint-Jean
Arlo Ludwig, IST
Andrea Michaud, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Matt Ormandy, Public Health
Laura Ortegon-Rico, IST
David Patten, Science
Alanna Scott, Library & Museums
Elisia Snyder, Library & Museums
Nieva Srayko, VP (External Relations)
Toni Stavreski, VP (Facilities & Operations)
Mirela Tomuta, Engineering