Bargaining Updates

(8:30am) Your Bargaining Team returned to the table on September 18 in a meeting organized by federal mediators to hear a revised offer from your Employer, following a thoughtful and comprehensive…

(4:00pm) Dear Members, This update is to advise you that the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ruled, in response to the application from the Employer, that our strike declaration was unlawful…

Dear Members: Your Employer finally agreed to come back to the bargaining table on September 13, 2023, to give your Bargaining Team an amended offer. This is the first time negotiations have taken…

We hope this message finds you all safe. It is with great regret that we once again find ourselves having to write this update during these extenuating circumstances. As a follow up to last week, we…

We hope this message finds you all safe. It is with great regret that we find ourselves having to write this update during these extenuating circumstances. We had hoped to provide a very different…

Ratification votes were held on July 17 for the tentative agreement reached between UNW-PSAC and Avens on July 12.  The agreement includes economic increases and new provisions for unpaid education…

Strike votes took place over two days on June 28 and July 11. An overwhelming majority of members voted in favour of strike action. Your UNW/PSAC Bargaining team was impressed by the number of…

The following email was received from the GNWT Minister of Finance, in response to a letter sent to the Ministers of Finance and Health on June 26, 2023 regarding collective bargaining with the…

Talks between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers for a new Collective Agreement broke off on July 7, 2023 without a deal being reached. The GNWT and the…

The following letter was sent to the GNWT Ministers of Health and Finance on June 16, 2023. Links to view PDFs of original correspondence - including the response from the Minister of Finance are…

In support of your bargaining team and your fellow workers, you can add your name to the letter to the Ministers of Health and Finance asking them to provide the Employer with a mandate for a fair…

Strike vote meetings are being held June 27 and July 11 at the Legion Hall in Hay River. You must attend the information session in order to vote: June 27 Strike Vote Schedule July 11 Strike Vote…

The following letter was sent to the GNWT Ministers of Health and Finance regarding Collective Bargaining with the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority: Letter to GNWT Ministers of Health…

Your PSAC-UNW Bargaining Team is going into conciliation with the Employer on Monday and Tuesday (June 19 - 20, 2023). Since collective bargaining began, the Employer has failed to present a deal…

Your UNW bargaining team has met four times with the GNWT bargaining team since starting negotiations with the employer in March 2023. The most recently meetings were held June 6-8; the next round of…