NOTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY
PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (ASPA)
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2020 VIA ZOOM VIDEO MEETING
1:30 pm (Call to order)
2020 ASPA Special General Meeting
Your Rights at Work COVID – 19
Condolences to the Gellner Family
Dear ASPA Members
We are very sad to advise everyone that Annetta Gellner passed away on Wednesday March 25, 2020 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Annetta served ASPA for 21 years as our assistant and that was after serving the university for 35 plus years in the registrars office. Annetta was an integral part of ASPA and for many years was the only constant in a rotating list of executive members. Speaking from personal experience having served as president for the first time 18 years ago, Annetta kept me on track with all the things a president has to do and was a wealth of information on everything from how to run a meeting to the story behind decisions made many years prior. I will miss Annetta but feel lucky to have worked with her.
You can read her obituary at this link https://www.arbormemorial.ca/hillcrest/obituaries/annetta-inez-gellner/47276
Curtis Larson
ASPA President”
University of Alberta to eliminate up to 1,000 positions in face of funding cuts
CBC News · Posted: Mar 13, 2020 3:11 PM MT | Last Updated: March 13
The University of Alberta has eliminated 400 positions and could cut another 600 in the coming year in face of government funding reductions, says president David Turpin.
“Over the last four months we have received a reduction in government funding in the order of $110 million,” Turpin told reporters Friday at a news conference. “That is resulting in major changes here.
Continue reading “University of Alberta to eliminate up to 1,000 positions in face of funding cuts”Bargaining Update – Parties at an impasse
Bargaining Report from the ASPA Bargaining Committee March 5, 2020
Your ASPA Bargaining Committee began meeting with representatives of the U of S on October 31, 2019 in an effort to bargain the improvement and renewal of our collective agreement that expired on April 30, 2019.
ASPA approached the U of S in advance of the bargaining meetings to suggest an expedited process in which the two parties would focus on short lists of their key bargaining proposals. The purpose underlying this approach was to focus collective bargaining on reaching a timely settlement without the drama, delay and frustration of previous years.
U of S representatives agreed to the expedited bargaining approach proposed by ASPA. Accordingly, your bargaining committee brought forward a handful of proposals on key (mostly monetary) issues identified by ASPA members.
Continue reading “Bargaining Update – Parties at an impasse”U of S Graduate Tuition Hike Could Factor into Bargaining, Union Says
Written by Amanda Short, Saskatoon StarPhoenix. February 23, 2020
The union representing University of Saskatchewan graduate and postdoctoral workers is speaking against a proposed tuition hike headed for a vote by the school’s board of governors.
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 40004 represents all graduate students employed as teaching assistants, teaching fellows, student assistants and research assistants.
Continue reading “U of S Graduate Tuition Hike Could Factor into Bargaining, Union Says”With Glowing Hearts, an Author Reading to Celebrate Women
We welcome you to join us for an exciting celebration of International Women’s Day! Playwright Jennifer Wynne Webber will be giving us a reading from her new play about the power of ordinary women. March 5, 2020 at the Faculty Club Fireplace Room from 4:30PM – 6PM. We look forward to seeing you there!
