Original sentence: - SAIT Polytechnic's academic staff and instructors have been working and teaching since June 30, 2010 without a contract.Members of both unions are quick to point out that SAIT's president Irene Lewis has been a benefactor of annual pay increases to the extent she was paid $467,000 in salary, cash benefits and other non-cash benefits in 2009, and totalling $513,000 in 2010 (which represents a 10.5% single year increase) according to the school’s 2009 and 2010 annual reports.The chief negotiator of Sait's Academic Faculty Association (SAFA) has also stated that under the post-secondary learning act they must abide by binding arbitration and cannot strike.The head of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has expressed frustration with and disappointment with the institution's mediation process