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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 […]

WLUFA is now a member of NUCAUT

By wlufaPosted on April 7, 2016April 8, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged CLC, collaboration, CUPE, CUPE 926, member associations, Michele Kramer, NUCAUT, OFL, organizations, WLUFA, WLUFA President, WRLC

In August of 2015, WLUFA invited Marc Xuereb, President of the Waterloo Regional Labour Council, to present the Executive with information about our joining with our local labour organizations. We learned that eligibility to join the WRLC was dependent upon our being recognized as members of the Canadian Labour Congress — something that could be […]

Letter to Contract Faculty

By lwatsonPosted on February 29, 2016April 14, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged caucus, CUPE, letter to contract faculty

Sent on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Contract Faculty Liaison Hello to you all, I know that this is a busy time of year for many of us, but I ask that you take a moment and read the following. Like all of you, I have been receiving emails from the group Caucus for a Democratic […]

WLUFA Responds to Your Questions

By lwatsonPosted on January 26, 2016April 14, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged caucus, CUPE

Sent on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President Dear Contract Faculty Members; A number of you have approached WLUFA with questions about emails you have received from a campaign for a contract faculty decertification with WLUFA and recertification with another union. WLUFA strongly upholds the right of all of our members to engage in free speech […]