ARTICLE 44
DURATION OF AGREEMENT AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
44.01 Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement shall
take effect from April 1, l997 to March 31, 2000. This Agreement shall remain in effect
thereafter until a replacement Agreement comes into force.
44.02 Notice to Commence Collective Bargaining
(a) Either party may give the other notice in writing of its intention to commence
bargaining with a view to striking a new Agreement, not less than thirty (30) nor more
than ninety (90) days prior to the expiry date of this Agreement. At the first meeting
between the parties following such notice, the parties shall simultaneously exchange their
respective total proposal, whereupon neither party shall table any further new and
unrelated proposal except by mutual agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the parties may,
by mutual agreement, adopt a different procedure.
(b) Where notice to commence collective bargaining has been served by either party, a
negotiating committee shall be appointed normally consisting of four (4) persons appointed
by the Board and four (4) persons appointed by NASA.
(c) Any notice required to be given shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
served if personally delivered or mailed in a prepaid registered envelope. Where notice is
mailed in a prepaid registered envelope addressed to the appropriate party, it is deemed
to have been received within two (2) days of the date of mailing.
(d) Notice for the purpose of this Agreement will be addressed in the case of the
Board, to the AVP(HRS), or in the case of NASA, to the Manager, the Non-Academic Staff
Association.
44.03 Conclusion of an Agreement
(a) The negotiating committees shall consider the proposals and, within a period of
three (3) months from the date of the notice, or such longer period as mutually agreed
upon by the parties, shall transmit its report to the Board of Governors of the University
of Alberta and to the membership of the Non-Academic Staff Association and its report
shall contain:
(1) its recommendations for settlement of the proposals, and
(2) the proposals on which the parties are in dispute, if any.
(b) Within fourteen (14) days of the receipt of the report of the negotiating
committees, the Board of Governors and the Executive of NASA shall each advise the other
party whether the recommendations are in whole or in part accepted or rejected.
(c) Where recommendations have been made by the negotiating committees covering all
proposals and where such recommendations are accepted by both the Board and NASA the
recommendations are binding on both parties and they shall give effect to them in
accordance with the terms of a written agreement, to be executed by the parties.
44.04 Collective bargaining disputes shall be settled in accordance
with the provisions of the Act.
44.05 The University agrees to provide to NASA such available
statistical information, relating to employees in the bargaining unit and pertaining to
the provisions of the Agreement, provided the release of the information is not in
violation of any legislation, and provided the cost involved is borne by NASA at the
option of the University.
Signed this 22nd day of September, 1998 at Edmonton, Alberta
On behalf of the
Non-Academic Staff Association
Board of Governors of the University of Alberta
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