Ratification of tentative postdoc agreement 2024

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The tentative agreement that we are voting on is in the PDF is at the bottom of the page. We are holding votes this week to choose whether to ratify this agreement or not. You should have received an email with details on how to register for an information session (details below). 

Voting is taking place virtually using the VOGO platform that we used before at the following dates/times:

1. Tuesday, February 20 at 12pm
2. Tuesday, February 20 at 6pm
3. Wednesday, February 21 at 3pm
4. Thursday, February 22 at 10am
5. Thursday, February 22 at 12pm

More information on the virtual voting/information sessions:

• You must register to attend one of these sessions. You should have received an email from communications@psac-afpc.vote with the header “Registration: Dalhousie Postdoctoral Fellow Employees – PSAC Local 86001 Ratification Vote” with your personal ballot # and PIN. This email was sent to your non-Dal email address. 
• If you did not receive an email or need any other help, please reach out to vote_hal@psac-afpc.com for help. 
• You can register with your ballot # and PIN at https://86001.psac-afpc.vote/
• If you haven’t yet provided us with a non-Dal email address and would like to vote, please reply to this email with your non-Dal email address ASAP.
• All information sessions will take place virtually.
• The mandatory information session will take approximately 15 minutes. There will be an optional question and answer session after the mandatory portion of the meeting.
• Registration will close 30 minutes before the session starts. When the session starts, the virtual doors will remain open for 5 minutes.
• You will NOT receive an additional link to the information session. Once you have registered for a session, you can log back in using the link below and you will see the option to join the session. You may also change the session that you are registered for in this way.

 Current Dalhousie University Postdoctoral Fellow Employees that are a Member In Good Standing (MIGS) of PSAC Local 86001. To become a MIGS you must sign a Union membership card (this is free to do). As your physical card will not arrive for a while, please contact vote_hal@psac-afpc.comwith the email confirmation of your signed card so that we can confirm your eligibility to vote. You must attend an information session to be able to vote.  

We are voting whether or not to accept the tentative agreement that we have for a new collective agreement. The options are that you are in favour or are not in favour of the tentative agreement. If we voted not to accept the tentative agreement, our strike mandate is still valid. 

Unlike with the strike vote, there is no legislative requirement for the minimum number of our bargaining unit that are required to vote, however, we encourage every member to get out to vote.