Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Tripartite Discussions Update from the Alberta Teachers' Association

The Tripartite discussions have been back in the news. These discussions between the Alberta Government, the Alberta School Boards' Association (ASBA) and the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) were resumed this fall. The ATA recently released an update, "Tripartite discussions enter final stage." Introductory comments from the text are excerpted below:

The Alberta Teachers’ Association has participated in tripartite discussions with the government of Alberta and the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) since fall 2011.

The discussions are being held to achieve a framework agreement that would lead to collective agreements for an additional term. The government is looking to secure labour peace, cost certainty and workforce stability in the education sector.


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