17吃瓜

The following message was also issued by email to 17吃瓜 faculty and staff.

The 17吃瓜 is currently engaged in the process of negotiating new Collective Agreements with five bargaining units represented by four unions: the 17吃瓜 Faculty Association (17吃瓜FA), CUPE 1870, CUPE 501, and IBEW 1928.

Each of the four unions issued letters to the University, giving their 鈥渘otice to bargain鈥� to initiate the bargaining process on the following dates:

• CUPE 1870鈥� January 17, 2022
• CUPE 501鈥擣ebruary 7, 2022
• IBEW 1928鈥擣ebruary 8, 2022
• 17吃瓜FA鈥擬arch 25, 2022

A series of meeting dates have now been established with CUPE 1870, IBEW 1928, and 17吃瓜FA. Negotiation meetings with 17吃瓜FA began on April 21 and with IBEW 1928 on May 30, while meetings with CUPE 1870 will begin on June 14. A schedule of 21 meeting dates have been set aside for bargaining with 17吃瓜FA, three for CUPE 1870, and two for IBEW 1928.

The following bargaining teams will represent the University (the "Employer") during collective bargaining.

Faculty Association
Brian Johnston, Chief Negotiator
Nola Etkin, Dean, Faculty of Science
Wayne Peters, Dean, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (Interim)
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources and Legal

CUPE 1870
Brian Johnston, Chief Negotiator
Donna Sutton, Associate Vice-President of Students and Registrar
Marven MacLean, Operations Manager, Veterinary Teaching Hospital (alternate Heather Gunn-McQuillan, Assistant Dean, Clinical and Professional Program, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
Virginia Wickstrom, Manager, Human Resources

CUPE 501
Brian Johnston, Chief Negotiator
Jeremy Dallaire, Manager, Facilities Operations
Ashley McKenna, Assistant Manager, Administration and Facilities
Virginia Wickstrom, Manager, Human Resources

IBEW 1928
Brian Johnston, Chief Negotiator
Jeremy Dallaire, Manager, Facilities Operations
Ashley McKenna, Assistant Manager, Administration and Facilities
Virginia Wickstrom, Manager, Human Resources

The teams look forward to working with the Unions to achieve new collective agreements that helps 17吃瓜 continue to provide high-quality programs for our students.

For more information about the collective bargaining process at 17吃瓜, please visit our Labour Relations website at upei.ca/labour.