2016 - WLUFA

KW MPP Catherine Fife supports fair and equitable work for Contract Faculty at Laurier

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Benefits, Catherine Fife, Compensation, contract faculty, CUPE, debt, fair employment, fairness, government, Job security, Kitchener, KW, letters, London, Members of Provincial Parliament, Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities, money, MPPs, Ontario, pay, Peggy Sattler, precariat, precarious employment, precarity, quotes, salary, students, support, teaching, Twitter, universities, wages, Waterloo

Given her support for the Ontario Craft Distillers on Twitter, WLUFA contacted MPP Catherine Fife regarding our own precariously-employed Contract Faculty. Her office had this to say: You are correct in identifying that thousands of students in Waterloo’s universities – as well as those across our province – are being taught by professors with no job […]

Regular Faculty & Librarians: Support your precariously-employed colleagues

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged colleagues, collective agreements, conciliation, contract faculty, holidays, job actions, librarians, lock-outs, Michele Kramer, Negotiating Team, negotiations, no board report, regular faculty, Strike Action Committee, strikes, support, updates, WLUFA Executive, WLUFA President

(Originally delivered as an email from WLUFA President, Michele Kramer, to Regular Faculty and Librarians on December 21, 2016.) Late last week, Members received an update on the negotiations for a new Contract Faculty and Part-time Librarian Collective Agreement from the CF Negotiating Team. As indicated, our first day in conciliation didn’t produce much hope […]

Contract Faculty Negotiations Update: Conciliation, Day One

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Benefits, collective agreements, Compensation, conciliation, contract faculty, dignity, discipline, employment conditions, fairness, Greg Long, Job security, Laurier, Laurier administration, money, Negotiating Team, negotiations, pay, seniority, social justice, solidarity, standing appointments, students, titles, updates, working conditions

(Originally sent as an email on December 16, 2017.) Set up at an off-campus location on Wednesday, we were ready to continue negotiating remaining items of dignity, social justice, job security, and fair employment conditions. Key items included: Contract Faculty as a title, access to health and dental benefits, improvements to Standing Appointments, and compensation. […]

Office closed for the holidays, plus holiday wishes!

By wlufaPosted on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged Christmas, holidays, New Year, office hours, offices, winter, WLUFA, WLUFA office, WLUFA staff

Please be advised that the WLUFA office will closed today, December 21st at 3:00 p.m. for the Holidays and will re-open on January 3rd at 8:30 a.m. The WLUFA staff would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year.

Contract Faculty: What if negotiations end in a job action?

By wlufaPosted on December 20, 2016Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged answers, Azim Essaji, Benefits, collective agreements, communications, contact information, contract faculty, duties, email, Facebook, faqs, finances, information, involvement, job actions, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, loans, lock-outs, meetings, money, negotiations, no board report, offices, part-time members, pay, picket lines, picketing, questions, return to work, schedules, Sheila McKee-Protopapas, Strike Action Committee, strike duties, strike pay, strike work, strikes, syllabi, Twitter, WLUFA site, work

Many of you have been asking questions about the “what happens” if our negotiations end in job-action. Below you will find answers to many of the most-asked questions. Please look this document over carefully and keep it as a reference. If you have any questions, please direct them to Kimberly Ellis-Hale at [email protected]. WLUFA Strike […]

Contract Faculty: Don’t forget to submit your accessible syllabi.

By wlufaPosted on December 9, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged accessibility, articles, Brantford Campus, classes, collective agreements, contract faculty, dates, documents, events, instructors, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, part-time members, PDFs, students, syllabi, teaching, training, Waterloo Campus, workshops

Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Contract Faculty Liaison. As a follow-up to the syllabus addition suggestion posted on the 7th, please note that according to our Collective Agreement (see below), Contract Faculty are required to submit a copy of their syllabi to their departments during the first week of class. And while our Collective […]

Nominations for Advisory Group on Distance and On-line Education / Candidatures au Groupe consultatif sur l’enseignement à distance et en ligne

By lwatsonPosted on December 9, 2016Posted in CAUT, Faculty News

*** La version française suit *** Memorandum 16:36 Date: December 9, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Nominations for Advisory Group on Distance and On-line Education At the CAUT Council meeting in November, delegates recommended the establishment of an […]

Call for Nominations for Bernice Schrank Award / Appel de candidatures pour le Prix Bernice-Schrank

By lwatsonPosted on December 9, 2016Posted in CAUT, Faculty News

*** La version française suit *** Memorandum 16:35 Date: December 8, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Call for Nominations for Bernice Schrank Award CAUT is soliciting nominations for the Bernice Schrank Award. The Award was established in 2013 […]

Preparing for potential job action: Headquarters found!

By wlufaPosted on December 7, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Brantford, Brantford & District Labour Council, Brantford Campus, contract faculty, Job security, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, labour actions, negotiations, part-time members, real estate, Strike Action Committee, strike headquarters, strikes, University Avenue East, Waterloo Campus, Wilfrid Laurier University

With things heating up at the negotiating table, the Strike Action Committee has been beating the bushes for Strike Headquarters in Waterloo and Brantford. We are pleased to report that locations have been secured in both cities. In Waterloo, Strike Headquarters will be located in the 65 University Avenue East Plaza, just an eight minute […]

A little something for Contract Faculty syllabi…

By wlufaPosted on December 7, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged contract faculty, fall, instructors, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, office hours, offices, statements, students, suggestions, syllabi, teaching, winter

Although Fall term isn’t over, today is the last day of class, so perhaps some of you may already be working on their Winter syllabi. Please consider using this statement in conjunction with your listed office hours and location on your course syllabi. It has been checked by WLUFA’s lawyers and has been deemed to be […]