*** La version française suit *** Memorandum 16:21 Date: September 9, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers — Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Fair Employment Week: Let’s make it fair! — October 24–28, 2016 As a new academic year begins on […]
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Fall Wine & Cheese and Recognition of Contract Faculty “Century Club” Inductees
WLUFA Fall Wine and cheese sept 22 2016
Release of Faculty Salary Data 2014-2015 / Diffusion des données salariales de 2014-2015
Memorandum 16:17 Date: September 2, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers , Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Release of University Academic Staff Salary Data, Final 2014-2015 (Salaries by Sex, Rank and Age) Academic staff salary data from the National Faculty Data Pool are […]
OCUFA response to the Report of the Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee
Dear Colleagues; On August 25, 2016 the Ontario Government’s Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee released its final report and recommendations to government on how to close the gender wage gap in the province. The recommendations target three root causes of the gender wage gap: women’s disproportionate responsibility for caregiving work and the absence of […]
Update of University Foot Patrol Information / Information à jour sur les patrouilles pédestres des universités
Memorandum 16:16 Date: August 26, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Academic Staff Association Joint Health & Safety Committee Members; Academic Staff Association Health & Safety Training; Update of University Foot Patrol Information Update of JHSC Members CAUT […]
OCUFA update on the Changing Workplaces Review
Sent on behalf of Mark Rosenfeld OCUFA Update on the Changing Workplaces Review Interim Report for Faculty Associations FINAL Dear Colleagues: Last year, OCUFA was actively engaged in the provincial government’s Changing Workplaces Review — a comprehensive review of employment and labour law aiming to address the rise of precarious work. OCUFA made a […]
CLC Information kit to support local Labour Day campaigns // Trousse d’information de la CTC portant sur la Fête du travail
Hello, Our colleagues from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) have prepared an information kit to support local Labour Day campaigns. The kit (LabourDayMessage, Message-Box-LabourDay-2016, SampleOped, LabourDayPoster-template-EN-A) includes a message from President of the CLC, as well a sample op-ed for your local media, a message box and materials to promote the campaign. This […]
Petition Against Contracting Out in Support of CUPE 926
Dear Members, The following petition has been set up for CUPE supporters to sign: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/337/799/583/no-contracting-out-support-cupe-926/ Sincerely, Michele Kramer WLUFA President
CUPE Rally Tomorrow!
Attention All Faculty and Librarians! Tomorrow is your chance to show your support for our CUPE 926 colleagues. This group is in a battle for the future of decent jobs at Laurier. Jim Gerlach, WLUFA treasurer and Chief Negotiator for the Contract Faculty labour negotiations, will be presenting a cheque from WLUFA to the […]
OCUFA support for CUPE 926, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dear Faculty Association Presidents and OCUFA Board Directors: At Wilfrid Laurier University, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 926 are facing a strike or lockout deadline this Sunday, July 10. The employer has threatened to impose terms and conditions if a deal has not been reached by then. CUPE […]