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Collective Agreements (Union)

Format Example

#. Organization 1, Organization 2. Title of Collective Agreement, Date Range. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL

1. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations Inc. Collective Agreement Between Canadian Union of Public Employees and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations Inc., April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022. Accessed June 8, 2022. https://www.cupe5430.ca/cba/collective-bargaining-agreement/collective-agreement

Note: The AMA Manual of Style does not have a specific format for collective agreements, however, uncommon documents (like collective agreements) may be treated like journal articles or book references.

General Rules 

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given unless there are more than 6 (7 or more), in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”). e.g., Smith TP, Brown A, McLane E, et al.
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Follow examples when using upper- and lowercase initials and italics. Do not use quotation marks for titles (e.g., "Title").
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural Healthcare: A Definitive Guide.
  • Dates: Spell out the full month name for 'Accessed' date. e.g., June, not Jun or 06. 
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.