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Day of Action for Budget Fairness and Against the Cuts
Dear Colleagues: As you may be aware, the Ontario Federation of Labour is holding a Day of Action for Budget Fairness and Against the Cuts this Saturday, April 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Queen’s Park in Toronto, followed by a march. The rally has been endorsed by more than 90 labour and […]
Seniority Status List
Article 13.6.2.14 – Seniority Status List The seniority status list can be found on the WLU website: At http://www.wlu.ca/ go to the Resources tab at the top of the page. Click on Human Resources. On the new page, click on Employee Toolbox. Click on Employee Group Information. Click on the WLUFA link. Here, you will […]
International Day of Pink
Solidarity is Pink We have all seen the effects of homophobic and transphobic harassment in schools in several high-profile suicides by young people. These tragedies have prompted many to take action and raise awareness of bullying. Homophobic and transphobic harassment is happening in our schools and workplaces, sometimes on a daily basis. We encourage you […]
CAUT Media Release-2012 Budget compromises research, hinders prosperity
CAUT Media Release-2012 Budget compromises research, hinders prosperity 03292012 (Ottawa, March 29, 2012) – The organization representing Canada’s university and college educators says today’s federal budget jeopardizes Canada’s long-term development by weakening the country’s research capacity. “With this budget, the government turns away from the kind of research that leads to new discoveries in favour […]
Dear Colleagues: Please find attached OCUFA Budget Analysis 2012 released on March 27, 2012. As you will see, this is an “austerity budget” which will have a profound effect on the university sector as well as many other sectors, and on the province generally. In light of the minority government situation, the Budget Bill on […]
University professors and librarians: Ontario budget adds up to less funding and more intervention
University professors and librarians: Ontario budget adds up to less funding and more intervention TORONTO – Ontario’s professors and academic librarians are disappointed that today’s provincial budget effectively cuts university resources while signaling increased government intervention in labour relations. “If you look behind the numbers in the budget, the government is providing less money to […]
Bargaining Crisis
FINANCIAL CRISIS? NO, BARGAINING CRISIS? YES! At this point, what remains on the bargaining table are proposals by the Administration to: (1) reduce pension benefits and ultimately eliminate our existing pension plan, (2) reduce retiree health benefits, and (3) implement a low-cost second-tier teaching stream that will be incapable of any significant research or service […]
WLUFA BARGAINING ADVISORY December 5, 2011 CONCILIATION
Why Do We Need Conciliation? A Strategic Analysis As pointed out in a previous newsletter, requesting conciliation has been a common practice for WLUFA negotiating teams in many negotiations in the past and, historically, conciliation has been necessary in order to reach a tentative agreement. Conciliation may be requested at any time during negotiations by […]
The Budget “Crisis”
Budgets are like weather forecasts: both are just estimates or guesses about what may happen in the future. In contrast, financial statements are like actual observed weather, the real experienced weather of the day. Keeping in mind, the analogy to budgets and financial statements, let’s take a look at the following weather forecasts and actual […]