We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with the University of Lethbridge.  This will be a historic first collective agreement for the ULPA, which was legislated as a bargaining unit by the Government of Alberta in 2017.  Negotiating began in 2023 after the ULPA entered into a service agreement with PSAC.

UofC’s Graduate Labour Union (GLU) Vice-Chair International Karina Hincapie Martinez, joined a panel of graduate students this Monday at. The discussion—organized by the university’s Faculty of Graduate Studies—featured two other graduate students Jamie Anderson and Alex Paquette. 

While Karina was the only participant who centred her discussion around academic labour as an avenue for change, the theme was woven throughout the responses of every panelist.  A consistent takeaway from all three graduate students was that change requires solidarity.