Associated Ambulance & Services (Whitecourt) Ltd., Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 1: Term Of Collective Agreement

1. Except where specifically provided otherwise, the terms of this Collective Agreement shall be effective from the date upon which the Health Sciences Association of Alberta and the Employer exchange notice of ratification by their principals of this Collective Agreement, up to and including March 31, 2025, and from year to year thereafter unless notice, in writing, is given by either party to the other not less than sixty (60) calendar days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days prior to the expiration date of its desire to change or amend this Collective Agreement.
    
2. Where notice is served by either party under the Labour Relations Code, provisions of the Collective Agreement shall continue until either:
   1. a settlement is agreed upon and a new Collective Agreement is signed; or
   2. if a settlement is not agreed upon, a new Collective Agreement is signed as provided in the Labour Relations Code; or
   3. a settlement is reached via Interest Arbitration.

3. The Employer and the Union may agree to Letters of Understanding on specific issues throughout the life of the Collective Agreement.

4. Throughout the Collective agreement the following changes shall be understood:

   1. When Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) was used, it shall now be called a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP); and
   2. When Emergency Medical Technologist - Paramedic was used, it shall now be changed Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).