Trying to put behind them the feeling of what a union official describes as being “betrayed” during the last set of negotiations in 2020, one of Laurentian University’s unions is currently engaged in collective bargaining with the university.
This included a salary cut that allowed the university to save $1.8 million and the union cutting Laurentian a $450,000 cheque to prevent members from having to take furlough days. “So that's why our members felt so betrayed at the time. Here we are, quite literally giving back the institution, and then the union itself, in order to make sure that members didn't have to take furlough days, cut a $450,000 cheque to help the institution. That is evidence of how much we care about this institution and its success.”
The latest update on Laurentian’s labour website was shared May 7, and spoke of the “good progress” made during the first couple of days of negotiations. “It’s time to reinvest in their employees,” Fenske said, adding that a good contract for LUSU members will also help Laurentian with employee recruitment.
“And how do you do that? Well, salaries, benefits, pensions, work-life balance, these are the same things you find at every organization, right? I can't speak about specifics. I can only just say that enhancing the institution will help with recruitment, right. It's a pretty easy tie.”
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