Negotiating Team Archives

Regular Faculty & Librarians: Support your precariously-employed colleagues

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged colleagues, collective agreements, conciliation, contract faculty, holidays, job actions, librarians, lock-outs, Michele Kramer, Negotiating Team, negotiations, no board report, regular faculty, Strike Action Committee, strikes, support, updates, WLUFA Executive, WLUFA President

(Originally delivered as an email from WLUFA President, Michele Kramer, to Regular Faculty and Librarians on December 21, 2016.) Late last week, Members received an update on the negotiations for a new Contract Faculty and Part-time Librarian Collective Agreement from the CF Negotiating Team. As indicated, our first day in conciliation didn’t produce much hope […]

Contract Faculty Negotiations Update: Conciliation, Day One

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Benefits, collective agreements, Compensation, conciliation, contract faculty, dignity, discipline, employment conditions, fairness, Greg Long, Job security, Laurier, Laurier administration, money, Negotiating Team, negotiations, pay, seniority, social justice, solidarity, standing appointments, students, titles, updates, working conditions

(Originally sent as an email on December 16, 2017.) Set up at an off-campus location on Wednesday, we were ready to continue negotiating remaining items of dignity, social justice, job security, and fair employment conditions. Key items included: Contract Faculty as a title, access to health and dental benefits, improvements to Standing Appointments, and compensation. […]

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. […]