Prairie Emergency Medical Services Inc. Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 1: Term of Collective Agreement

1. Except where specifically provided otherwise, the term of this Collective Agreement shall be effective from the date upon which the Health Sciences Association of Alberta and Prairie Emergency Medical Systems Inc. (Medavie Health Services West NE Alberta Division)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 (Alberta), 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 (Alberta); 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.