Forum for Chief Negotiators 2013

Winning Good Contracts in a Difficult Environment addresses the need to maintain our own agenda to improve conditions for academic staff and students, regardless of opposing pressures. The workshop will address how academic staff associations can achieve improvements even in this difficult time.

The Chief Negotiators’ Forum focuses on how to maintain and improve members’ rights in the face of employer and government resistance. We will consider how to develop tools to remain strong at the table by engaging our members in the process of bargaining for the association.

In these times negotiators find themselves in the tough position of maintaining a line at the table that defends hard-won rights and also continues to make gains. Significant gains are in fact possible in these circumstances.

Registration

CAUT will fund the participation of one representative from each association on the same basis as we provide assistance for delegates to Council.

Registration must be completed by the academic staff association. Please use the online Registration Form.

If your association will not be sending a delegate please complete the Not Attending Form.

Hotel Accommodation

Delegates are required to make their own hotel reservations directly with the Westin Hotel. It is imperative that reservations be made no later than March 5.

Any queries with regard to hotel accommodations should be directed to Nancy Gordon at CAUT.

Travel

CAUT will cover the cost of transportation to Ottawa for one participant per association. Please book your air travel as early as possible to take advantage of the lowest fares. CAUT policy is to use unionized air carriers unless there is no other option available. Airline reservations must be made directly with CAUT's travel agency.