The tentative agreement includes a 12% raise over 4 years, increased personal days and flex spending account, and a new long-service premium.
The tentative agreement includes a 12% raise over 4 years, increased personal days and flex spending account, and a new long-service premium.
Technically, there are new doctors, but because we lost over 40 doctors in the first 3 years under the UCP, our net increase has been zero.
They also will get improvements to their health plan, pay premiums, and footwear allowance.
In the 1930s, Lethbridge workers and communists used to meet at the Red Square for rallies, protests, parades, and celebrations.
Their previous collective agreement expired in 2020.
If they are successful, it could open up the possibility of them locking out their workers and hiring scabs to do their jobs.
It has been more than 600 days since the faculty association initiated bargaining and nearly 1.5 years since the last collective agreement expired.
Lethbridge had 4 more physicians in the third quarter of 2025 than it had at the same time last year, but years of decreases and slow recruitment have resulted in just 1 new doctor since the end of 2019.
They will be operating an information picket at the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library tomorrow.
University of Lethbridge workers have been waiting for a new contract for nearly a year and a half. Last time, it took almost 2.5 years to get one.