Bargaining Postponed for One Year

The current collective agreement expired on March 31st, 2025. The union had served notice to bargain on March 6 and was awaiting to set dates with the employer to begin negotiations.

This week the employer requested to defer bargaining for one year to allow time to secure the core funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Yukon Government – both of which will not be confirmed until December 2025. Considering both operating grants are primarily used to support staffing, your bargaining team felt it was a reasonable request and agreed to postpone bargaining until March 2026.

As an interim measure, the parties negotiated an immediate 2.5% wage increase effective from April 1st, 2025, as a “down payment” on wages for 2025.

Next Steps

• Your bargaining team will continue working to finalize our proposals for this round.
• We want to hear from you! There is still time to submit proposals, and the submission form is posted on the union bulletin board.
• We will be providing ongoing updates as we move through the process.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact members of your bargaining team.

In solidarity,
Adam Pope
Martin Nishikawa
Mike Thomas
Rachel Besharah, PSAC Negotiator

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