Collective bargaining

Bargaining process overview

The bargaining process can be long, and it can seem confusing. Every round of negotiations looks different, and there lots of pathways to resolution.  

Bargaining Basics

A brief outline of the bargaining process for teachers employed in Alberta's public, separate or francophone school divisions.

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The ATA is producing a series of shorts to ensure members have a good understanding of the collective bargaining process. Produced in English and French, the series covers the following topics.

  1. Why bargain collectively?
  2. What’s my role?
  3. Process overview
  4. Who represents you
  5. Central and local bargaining
  6. Preparation and opening
  7. Negotiations and mediation
  8. Impasse and dispute
  9. Resolution, ratification and agreement

Current status

Bargaining has three phases

Graphic depicting the current stages of bargaining

 

In phase 1, the Association and the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) negotiate the list of central items.

In phase 2, the Association and TEBA negotiate individual central items on that list.

In phase 3, bargaining units and school divisions negotiate the local items.

 

What's happening now

The Association and TEBA have commenced phase 1 negotiations. See the agreed-to List of All Matters (En Français).

The Association has also begun preparations for phase 2, central table matters bargaining. 

2020 bargaining round

The 2020 bargaining round is still concluding in a small number of bargaining units. Until all school divisions reach a memorandum of agreement, bargaining 2020 remains active. Here is some relevant information from that round of bargaining.

Collective agreements

Collective agreements for teachers employed in each of Alberta's 61 public, separate and francophone school divisions

Current agreements

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