Three more days of provincial negotiations for the UNA provincial agreement are slated for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.
But the talks are now moving on to informal mediation. UNA requested mediation after the last round of talks produced no significant progress. Alberta Labour has appointed Tom Hodges to assist with the negotiations.
"It's very early to be applying for mediation, but we thought we had to," says UNA President Heather Smith. "We were not getting down to the real core issues, and we want the employers to focus on getting closer to where we can reach agreement. We hope mediation can produce results."
Watch for more information about the talks at the end of the week.
