MEMBER UPDATE

February 11, 2013

A powerful winter storm on the weekend has prevented picketing today, however, AUT members will be back on the picket lines tomorrow to begin the third week of our strike for a just and equitable contract.

Just a reminder, Bargaining Bulletin #11 is now available on the StFXAUT website. You can access it and an article explaining why Final Offer Arbitration is a bad idea for the AUT by going to the following link: https://www.stfxaut.ca/?p=1718

To summarize, what we want is:

• – nothing less than a 2% cost of living increase over four years
• – a say in how our Group Benefits are spent
• – a shift in Professional Development benefits so as to increase the amount for all full-time members to $600/year
• – the opportunity to democratically decide the terms of our salary and working conditions
• – administrators to not redirect our withheld salaries to pay for compelling us to strike.

What we agreed to:

• – no increase in pension plan contributions from the employer
• – the administration’s retirement allowance language
• – the existing value and processes for travel grants

You can follow ongoing developments in the strike on the StFXAUT website www.stfxaut.ca and via Facebook and Twitter:

https://www.facebook.com/StFXAUT and https://twitter.com/StFXAUT