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The “Full-Time Faculty and Professional Librarians” turn for collective agreement re-negotiation

By wlufaPosted on March 13, 2017Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged Andrew Herman, Azim Essaji, bargaining, collective agreements, email, events, faculty, feedback, full-time members, Glenda Wall, goals, Joanne Oud, negotiations, priorities, Sheila McKee-Protopapas, surveys, WLUFA office, working conditions

The “Full-Time Faculty and Professional Librarians” Collective Agreement is up for re-negotiation this spring, giving us a fresh opportunity to work together to solve our collective problems and secure better working conditions for the members of this bargaining unit. A survey has been distributed by email to these members to start the process of determining […]

OCUFA’s recommendations for the Ontario budget

By wlufaPosted on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017Posted in Main Postings, OCUFATagged budgets, Canada, CdnPSE, contract faculty, data, employment laws, faculty, fair employment, fairness, funding, information, Judy Bates, labour laws, laws, Mark Rosenfeld, Ministry of Finance, ocufa, OCUFA Executive Director, OCUFA President, ONpse, Ontario, pensions plans, performance, priorities, recommendations, reports, retired faculty, solvency, student-faculty ratio, tenure-stream faculty

[Copied from email sent by Mark Rosenfeld, Executive Director of OCUFA.] See OCUFA’s 2017 pre-budget submission, which sets out OCUFA’s priorities for the Ontario Budget. OCUFA’s recommendations include: Increasing per-student funding for Ontario’s universities to match the average for the rest of Canada; Making a commitment to supporting faculty renewal, including full-time faculty hiring that […]

Sexual Violence on Campus: “Academic Matters” and Resources

By wlufaPosted on January 10, 2017Posted in Main PostingsTagged Academic Matters, advice, Brantford Campus, campus violence, equity, faculty, gendered violence, Gendered Violence Task Force, harassment, Kathleen Wynne, Laurier policies, Lynn Kane, policies, Rebecca Godderis, resources, Sarah Scanlon, sexual assault, sexual violence, students, suggestions, support, tips, violence, Waterloo Campus, WLUFA, WLUFA Executive

[Posted on behalf of WLUFA Executive.] While some of you may have already received a hard copy of Academic Matters Winter 2017 issue, the WLUFA Executive feels that its subject matter, “Sexual Violence on Campus”, and its connection to the growing body of work being done by our own members, merits our bringing it into […]

A conciliator has been appointed

By wlufaPosted on November 25, 2016November 25, 2016Posted in Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged bargaining, conciliation, contract faculty, events, faculty, Laurier, meetings, Negotiating Team, negotiations, Ontario Ministry of Labour, part-time members

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has appointed Greg Long as a conciliator to assist your Negotiating Team and the Administration in reaching a settlement. This is a consequence of the Administration filing for conciliation. Conciliation is scheduled for December 14th, with the possibility of additional dates depending on progress. Negotiations are continuing in the meantime. […]

Want to know what happened at the UFC meeting on the 14th?

By wlufaPosted on November 22, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged classes, contract faculty, education, events, faculty, full-time members, Garry Potter, governance, Governance Review 2016, Katherine Spring, Laurier, meetings, negotiations, part-time members, students, University Faculty

A faculty member who attended wrote this about the University Faculty Council meeting held on Monday, 11 November, 2016: Dear Colleagues, I’m writing with a report on the University Faculty Council meeting held earlier this week. Because fewer than 70 faculty members and librarians attended, we did not make quorum and thus could not advance […]

Demand better governance! Stand for students’ academic welfare!

By wlufaPosted on November 11, 2016November 11, 2016Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged classes, Communications Committee, contract faculty, events, faculty, governance, Governance Review 2016, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Laurier, lock-outs, meetings, Senate, strikes, University Faculty Council

(Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Communications Director & CF Liaison.) University Faculty Council Meeting November 14, 2016 / 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Senate & Board Chamber (Waterloo); By video conference to RCW 324 (Brantford) The University Faculty Council (UFC) is the ONLY governance body where EVERY faculty member – including Contract Faculty – and […]

Laurier admin has filed for conciliation and WLUFA’s letter to other associations

By wlufaPosted on November 8, 2016Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged Benefits, colleagues, Compensation, conciliation, contract faculty, faculty, Job security, Laurier, letters, lock-outs, Michele Kramer, negotiations, news, part-time members, strike mandates, strikes, students, universities, updates, WLUFA, WLUFA President

(Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President.) Dear Colleagues, The message below has been circulated to faculty associations across the country. It offers an overview of the state of our current Contract Faculty negotiations and the issues that are keeping the Parties apart at the table. Please note that, since this message was sent […]

Support for Contract Faculty

By wlufaPosted on October 27, 2016November 4, 2016Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged articles, bargaining, contract faculty, faculty, full-time members, Laurier, negotiations, news, part-time members, petitions, students, The Cord, The Sputnik

While many of us may be tired from working at the various Contract Faculty information tables over the last month, we have been fortified! We have spoken with students, staff and faculty on both campuses that support Contract Faculty in their fight for fair compensation, access to benefits and job security. Here are just a […]