These wage freezes come on top of freezes in each of the previous 3 years, bringing to total 6 years in a row without a pay increase.
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Most of the decrease occurred at University of Alberta, which accounted for 3 out of every 4 losses.
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NAIT accused of worker interference
According to the faculty association at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the institution has assigned teaching responsibilities to lower paid workers, undermining faculty job security.
Unfortunately, Alberta’s population grew by nearly 4% over the last year.
The new contract includes 3 years of wage freezes.
The UCP government issued their 5th provincial budget last week, and postsecondary students are getting dumped on. Again.
Compared to the other 9 provinces in Canada, Alberta saw the smallest increase in the number of university-educated workers employed in the province, since the UCP gained power.
The UCP recently announced $342,000 in funding for Northwestern Polytechnic. But that’s after cutting their grant funding by millions of dollars since taking power.
Plus, we’re spending less now than we were 10 years ago, the second worst performance in the country.
The union filing the application already represents part-time instructors at Athabasca University.