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Government and Alberta Teachers' Association Agree to Arbitration

"In 2007, a five-year agreement for labour peace in education was achieved.  In the spirit of this agreement, the Government of Alberta and the ATA have agreed to participate in an arbitration process to settle teacher salaries for the 2009/10 school year.

The arbitrator will clarify how a formula linking teacher salary increases with annual changes in Alberta Average Weekly Earnings (AAWE) is to be applied.  The two parties have agreed to refer this matter to arbitration under Clause 9.1 of the original (2007) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between government and the ATA.

Questions concerning the interpretation of the MOA and the resulting collective agreements between individual school boards and the ATA locals emerged earlier this year when Statistics Canada introduced changes in the way the AAWE was calculated.

Government and ATA have jointly agreed to name Mr. Andrew Sims, Q.C. as the arbitrator and are working to expedite the arbitration process.  The arbitration hearing is scheduled to occur on January 23 and 24, 2010.  Both the government and the Association believe that a single provincial arbitration process is the most efficient and cost-effective way to settle the salary issue.

The parties agree that when the arbitration decision is determined, the ATA intends to implement the result of the arbitration, whatever it is, in each of the bargaining units, provided the respective school boards also implement the result and the Minister uses his best efforts to ensure all school boards do so."
(Taken from letter sent to all Local Presidents signed by Minister of Alberta Education, Dave Hancock, and ATA President, Carol Henderson)

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The Edmonton Catholic Teachers Local 54 is located in Room 402 at Barnett House, 11010-142 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 2R1. Phone 780-451-1196; fax 780-454-1250.  

Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 - 4:30pm. 

Our Local office serves approximately 2,500 teachers, including substitutes.

The Local staff consists of:
    President, Sandy Gillis   
    sandy.gillis@ecteachers.ca

    ExecutiveDirector, KathyMacIsaac     
    kathy.macisaac@ecteachers.ca

    Office Manager, Jan Bossmin  
    jan.bossmin@ecteachers.ca

Council meetings will be held at 6pm in the auditorium of Barnett House.  Sandwiches are available at 5:15. 
Please note: no Council meetings are held during the months of November and June.

Dates of the meetings are:
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010