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CAUT New Activists Workshop — November 22, 2018 / Atelier de l’ACPPU pour les nouveaux militants – 22 novembre 2018
Memorandum 18:26 Date: September 25, 2018 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: CAUT New Activists Workshop — November 22, 2018 The recruitment and retention of members into active volunteer service is an ongoing challenge for academic staff associations. To support this effort, the Canadian Association of […]
OCUFA response to government announcement tying funding to university speech policies
Dear colleagues, Attached, please find OCUFA’s response to the government’s announcement that they will require universities to adopt and enforce news free speech policies or risk cuts to their operating grants. The government’s announcement can be found here: https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2018/08/ontario-protects-free-speech-on-campuses.html Regards, Ben — Ben Lewis Communications Lead Ontario Confederation of […]
Fair Employment Week – October 22 to October 26, 2018: Make it Fair! / Semaine de l’équité d’emploi – les 22 au 26 octobre 2018 : Justice pour tous!
** La version française suit ** Memorandum 18:23 Date: August 29, 2018 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Fair Employment Week – October 22 to October 26, 2018: Make it Fair! Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place October 22 to […]
Labour Day Picnic 2018
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Contract Faculty to Receive Increased Vacation Pay
Greetings, Executive Director of WLUFA, Sheila McKee-Protopapas, has successfully completed negotiations with the Laurier Administration that will bring vacation pay compensation for our Contract Faculty in line with amendments made to The Employment Standards Act through Bill 148. The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, made amendments to The Employment Standards Act that, […]
Full-time Faculty at St. Jerome’s University Show Support for Contract Faculty Colleagues with New Agreement
From OCUFA: Full-time members of the St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association (SJUASA) have reached a five-year agreement with their university administration. The faculty association achieved across-the-board salary increases competitive with other faculty associations, as well as an $850 increase to each member’s base salary to maintain parity with University of Waterloo faculty. Among other […]
OCUFA statement on back-to-work legislation tabled by Ontario Government
The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) strongly condemns the tabling of back-to-work legislation by the new Ontario government aimed at the striking members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903 (CUPE 3903). We firmly support the rights of all academic workers to fair negotiations and good-faith collective bargaining, and are concerned with […]