City of Edmonton

Posts relating to COE negotiations will be added in this section as they become available.
Note: The terms "bargaining" and "negotiations" are used interchangeably in union communications.

  • Unit Meeting - October 7, 2025  

    Topics: Bargaining Update & Process • Moving Forward as a Unit

  • Retroactive Pay for COE Employees

    Employees who left the City of Edmonton, for any reason besides retirement, between December 29, 2024 and May 21, 2025, you are entitled to apply for retro pay as per Article 7.02.02 of the Collective Agreement.

  • COE Members Vote to Ratify the MOA

    City of Edmonton members have voted to ratify the Memorandum of Agreement for the years 2025-2027.

  • MOA Ratification Voting Period - May 9 to 15, 2025

    Online voting through Simply Voting was held between 9:00 a.m. Friday, May 9 to 12:00 p.m. (noon) Thursday, May 15. Ballot email invitations were sent to members' personal email addresses from <[email protected]>.

  • MOA Information Session - May 8, 2025    

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  • Bargaining Update #12 - Tentative MOA Reached

    We’re pleased to inform you that CSU 52 and the City of Edmonton have reached a tentative agreement, which your Negotiations Committee recommends for ratification.

  • Bargaining Update #11

    After hearing all the Union’s monetary proposals and taking time to gauge the things that the Employer believes is important to CSU 52 members, on April 11, the Employer provided the Union with a monetary offer to consider.

  • Bargaining Update #10

    We met with the City on March 25, April 2 and 3 to have discussions about Program Specialists, many monetary proposals such as the safety boot subsidy, benefits and the GWI, and we also signed-off some of the unfinished non-monetary proposals.

  • Brief Bargaining Update

    The COE Bargaining Committee met with the employer on March 6,14, and 18. The Union has tabled almost all proposals. Program Specialists will be discussed on March 25. We are hoping to begin work on crafting a monetary package that afternoon and will communicate with you after that date. Please stay engaged by participating in the mid-bargaining survey that will be sent out this week from Survey Monkey.

  • Unit Meeting - March 6, 2025  

    Topics: Bargaining Update • Discussion • Q&A Session

  • Bargaining Update #9

    The parties discussed more contentious non-monetary issues in a respectful, interest-based way that will prepare us for the monetary discussions to come. Monetary discussions start on March 3, 2025.

  • Bargaining Update #8

    The 2021-2024 Collective Agreement and Wage Scales are now posted on our website. Your committee met with the City on January 10 and 30 for continued non-monetary discussions.

  • Bargaining Update #7

    We've had constructive discussions with the Employer on many non-monetary topics such as investigation findings, probationary periods, short and long-term disability adjudication, and progress has been made on several non-monetary items.

  • Bargaining Update #6

    Non-monetary discussions continued on November 21 and 26 and included a number of both parties’ proposals, such as workplace investigations, new classifications, lateral transfers, posting and filling vacancies, promotions...

  • Bargaining Update #5

    We proposed starting monetary discussions now, but the parties agreed to continue non-monetary discussions, including the Dispute Resolution Process, clarifying language for STD/LTD plans, and the discipline language in the Collective Agreement.

  • Bargaining Update #4

    Both parties met on October 10, 2024, to exchange bargaining proposals and set the stage for this round of negotiations.

  • Bargaining Update #3

    Your Bargaining Committee finalized proposals based on your feedback from the Bargaining Survey and the September 25, 2024 Unit Meeting. We served notice to commence bargaining to the City on September 5, 2024.

  • Unit Meeting - September 25, 2024  

    Topics: Bargaining Survey Results, Bargaining Proposals, Q&A Session

  • Bargaining Update #2

    Your Bargaining Committee met on August 28 and 29, to develop the bargaining proposals.

  • Bargaining Update #1

    Your Bargaining Committee met on July 26 and 29, and is pleased with the number of Bargaining Survey responses and level of engagement.

  • Unit Meeting - June 19, 2024  

    Topics: Intro of Negotiations Committee, Bargaining Info, Bargaining Survey, Straw Polls, Q&A Session

  • Bargaining Survey

    Survey deadline: July 7, 2024

  • Seeking Expressions of Interest: Negotiations Committee

    Application deadline: May 5, 2024


Amanda Pickett
Labour Relations Officer

Pierre Blanchette
COE Contractual Unit Director (Financial and Corporate Services)

Charmaine Mayes
Member-at-Large (Financial and Corporate Services)

Maihzy Patel
Member-at-Large (Edmonton Police Service)

Marko Skendzic
Member-at-Large (Community Services)

Devin Sweeney
Member-at-Large (City Operations)

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COE Unit Meeting - June 18, 2026

Posted or last updated on: 6/22/2026
(MEMBER ACCESS ONLY) Zoom recording of the June 18, 2026 COE Unit Meeting.

Remote Work – Again?!

Posted or last updated on: 5/13/2026
Recently, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce shared a letter to Mayor Andrew Knack advocating again for municipal employees to return to full in-person work.

City of Edmonton Collective Agreement

Posted or last updated on: 4/30/2026
Added: LOU - Volunteer Participation at the 2026 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference & Trade Show

Workers voices must be included in Edmonton's budget decisions

Posted or last updated on: 4/21/2026
City Council has begun public engagement on the 2027-2030 budget, and the decisions they make this fall will have a direct impact on our wages, working conditions and job security for at least the next four years.

Call for Expressions of Interest: City of Edmonton One Wage Scale Advocacy Committee

Posted or last updated on: 1/28/2026
The CSU 52 Board of Directors is inviting expressions of interest from City of Edmonton members to fill a mid-term vacancy for the position of City of Edmonton Contractual Unit Director. Application deadline: 12 PM on December 19, 2025