Community Updates: PDFA
Updates are provided regularly via these pages and through the weekly employee digests when bargaining is underway. Information on the bargaining process and upcoming meetings is also available on this site.
The University of Alberta and Post Doctoral Fellows Association (PDFA) have agreed to meeting dates and will begin negotiations on a renewed collective agreement on April 29. Additional dates are scheduled for May 27 and June 17 and the Meeting Schedules page has been updated. Any future meeting dates will be added to the meeting schedules page as they become available.
The existing agreement between the university and the PDFA expired on December 31, 2024, but remains in effect in accordance with the provisions of the Alberta Labour Relations Code.
The university is committed to a fair, respectful and sustainable collective bargaining process that considers the importance of the interests of students, faculty, staff, and all internal and external partners within the university community. We look forward to productive discussions with the PDFA.