Notices and Updates

Updated August 9, 2022
The Letter of Understandings (LOUs) with  CUPE 30 ,  ATU 569 ,  CSU 52 and  IBEW 1007 regarding Hybrid Work Arrangements have been extended to January 17, 2023 or as per any permanent Hybrid Work Arrangement that may be agreed to by the parties moving forward.

Updated March 8, 2022
The Letter of Understandings (LOUs) with  CUPE 30 ,  ATU 569 ,  CSU 52 and  IBEW 1007 regarding Hybrid Work Arrangements have been extended to September 3, 2022 or as per any permanent Hybrid Work Arrangement that may be agreed to by the parties moving forward.

Past Notices

2020 and 2021 Notices

Updated November 29, 2021
The City of Edmonton have reached mutual agreement on Letter of Understandings (LOUs) with ATU 569, CSU 52 and IBEW 1007 that, subject to eligibility, will enable an Interim Work From Home Arrangement for employees effective until March 31, 2022. This is an interim arrangement that will be in place while the City and ATU 569, CSU 52, IBEW 1007 continue to work towards negotiating a formal remote work program.

We anticipate knowing by December 7 whether CUPE 30 agrees to an extension, as they have some additional internal processes to complete before they are able to confirm.  At that time, we will update CUPE 30 employees as to whether their LOU was extended.

Updated October 21, 2021
The City of Edmonton and CSU 52 have reached mutual agreement on a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that amends Hours of Work and Compressed Hours of Work Options (36.9).

Updated September 28, 2021
The City of Edmonton have reached mutual agreement on Letter of Understandings (LOUs) with ATU 569 , CUPE 30 , CSU 52 , IBEW 1007 that, subject to eligibility, will enable an Interim Work From Home Arrangement for employees effective until December 31, 2021. This is an interim arrangement that will be in place while the City and ATU 569, CUPE 30, CSU 52, IBEW 1007 continue to work towards negotiating a formal remote work program.

Updated September 21, 2021
The City of Edmonton and all Unions have reached mutual agreement on a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that, subject to eligibility, will ensure that employees will be compensated for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 according to existing statutory holiday wording in the collective agreements.

Updated June 23, 2021
The City of Edmonton and CSU 52 have reached mutual agreement on a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that, subject to eligibility, will enable an Interim Work From Home Arrangement for CSU 52 employees effective until December 31, 2021. This is an interim arrangement that will be in place while the City and CSU 52 continue to work towards negotiating a formal remote work program.

Updated April 14, 2021
CUPE 30, CSU 52 and ATU have signed a renewed Temporary Layoff Letter of Understanding (LOU) that extends the City’s ability to retain employees temporarily laid off due to COVID-19 until April 30, 2021. This agreement prevents the permanent layoff of approximately 1600 employees on January 31, 2021.

Updated April 14, 2021
An updated Letter of Understanding about Temporary Layoffs has been reached between The City of Edmonton (the “City”) and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 30 and Civic Service Union 52(collectively, the “Unions”).

Updated July 31, 2020
An updated Letter of Understanding about Temporary Layoffs has been reached between The City of Edmonton (the “City”) and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 30; Civic Service Union 52; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1007; Edmonton Fire Fighters Union; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569, DATS Unit (collectively, the “Unions”). 

The March 2020 Letter of Understanding about redeployment has expired and was not reviewed as redeployment requirements have slowed. The City and the Unions agreed that there will be no change to the terms of employment for staff currently redeployed.