The Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT) is the trade union representing the full-time and part-time professors, instructors, and academic librarians at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...

in the province of

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

, Canada. Established in 1956 as a faculty association, AUNBT joined the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) that same year. In 1979 the organization was certified by the Industrial Relations Board as the bargaining agent for full-time academic staff, both faculty and librarians, at the two principal campuses of UNB. The first

collective agreement A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an ...

came into effect in 1980. In 2007 the Association organized contract academics and in 2008 achieved certification for part-time faculty and librarians under the NB Labour and Employment Board. Throughout this same period the organization was involved in opposing a proposal by the provincial government under Premier

Shawn Graham Shawn Michael Graham (born February 22, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captur ...

to replace three university campuses with polytechnic institutes. On January 13, 2014 AUNBT went on strike; they were locked out the following day. This was the first job action in the organization's history and it lasted three weeks, until February 1, 2014. Melissa White, Faculty of Education, Fredericton Campus, is the current president of the Association. AUNBT is a member of the

CAUT The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT; french: Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université, ACPPU) is a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing approximately 70,000 teachers, l ...

, the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations (FNBFA), and the New Brunswick Federation of Labour (NBFL).

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External links

AUNBT websiteCAUT websiteFNBFA website
Faculty Association Trade unions in New Brunswick Tertiary education trade unions Organizations based in Fredericton Trade unions established in 1956 {{Canada-trade-union-stub