The CAUT Collective Bargaining Dashboard is an interactive tool which provides a snapshot of recent economic conditions and collective bargaining activity of CAUT member associations. Drawing data from both Statistics Canada and directly from CAUT member associations, this platform offers members an overview of recent labor activity in the post-secondary sector. With interactive filtering capabilities, the dashboard views can be easily modified to fit your needs.

Tips on using the Collective Bargaining Dashboard

• Discover up to date insights. Explore the charts and click on them to reveal up-to-date insights.
• Customize your view. Customize your view using filters on the top and side to focus on what matters to you most. For example, you can narrow down the charts by selecting a province or year.
• Multiple selections: To select multiple items simultaneously, press and hold the Shift key while clicking on various parts of a chart or names of associations. To unselect all items, release the Shift key and double click on any unselected part of a chart.
• Interact with data. Hover your mouse over charts to view detailed data points.
• Full-screen view. Optimize your experience by choosing the full-screen mode in the lower right corner. Zoom in and out on tablets and mobile devices for a closer look.
• Downloading data: While the data is not directly downloadable from the dashboards, it can be shared upon request.

Need assistance? Please contact us at research@caut.ca

Recent Collective Agreement Settlements summaries can be found in the members’ only section of the CAUT website.

Dashboards

Economic indicators
Unemployment and Consumer Price Index by province and wage adjustments for the private and public sector.

Academic staff strikes in universities (1981 to present) 
Overview of strikes in universities from 1981 to today by duration, province, and associations. The data used to create this dashboard only includes CAUT Defence Fund members.

Expiring collective agreements
Expiring collective agreements by date, province, and associations.

Negotiated across-the-board salary increases (2019 to present) 
Information on across-the-board salary increases (percent) negotiated by academic staff associations and shown by year, province, and association name.

Recent collective bargaining
This Dashboard is populated by data provided by CAUT member associations. The data collection, which began in 2022, includes responses from associations that completed the CAUT Collective Bargaining Survey after each new collective agreement was reached. It includes information on length of bargaining, strike votes, as well as associations that engaged in mediation, conciliation, and interest arbitration. In addition, information is provided about collective agreement clauses with substantially revised language by association.

The dashboards use abbreviated names of associations to ensure concise presentation. The complete names of these associations are detailed within this document.