But for a listener's benefit, can you explain a little bit about the process of collective bargaining, also what is a collective agreement, and how it impacts unions?

Yeah, so a collective agreement is where a group of employees at the university here work under essentially one large contract and part of that is every few years the government has a a mandate that comes out for public sector bargaining and this year's is the 2025 balance measures mandate which outlines what the government wants for its public institutions when in negotiations with unions.

This year it will be a four-year term so we see the university's collective contracts going back to 2025 and they're all going to end in 2029 It's going to be a four-year term.

There's going to be a general wage increase of 3% each year.

And there's also some additional funding of 2% for service delivery and improving working conditions.

So those goals are coming out from the province.

In terms of the university, we have now seven ratified contracts, which is fresh off the press.

mean that if the yes vote wins, then they're going to strike right away.