Red Deer Polytechnic staff and faculty looking at strike if negotiations don’t improve
Staff and faculty job action at Red Deer Polytechnic could be on the horizon.
rdnewsNOW has learned that contract negotiations between the institution, and the three unions which represent different groups of workers there, have not been going swimmingly.
The school’s faculty association, which functions as a union, represents about 350 instructors, counsellors and librarians, while CUPE Local 1445 represents approximately 100 staff in human resources, campus management, the library, financial services, and student services.
Both have been without a new contract since mid-2019.