Labour Day Picnic 2018
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Year: 2018
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 […]
Important Arbitration Decision Validates What Many of Us Already Know About Student Evaluations of Teaching
The following notice was widely distributed by Russell Janzen at OCUFA. The link provided includes not only a summary of William Kaplan’s arbitration decision, but also expert reports that were used to inform the decision. Student evaluations of our members’ work have frequently been a contentious topic at our WLUFA bargaining tables and the importance […]
WLUFA Statement Regarding Recent Lawsuits
Sent on behalf of David Monod, WLUFA President: The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) represents full-time and contract faculty and librarians in their employment with Wilfrid Laurier University. Over the last several months two of our members have been subject to discipline imposed by the University Administration as a result of a meeting that […]
Ontario poll: Supporters of all political parties concerned about growing numbers of contract faculty
OCUFA has released some poll results about Ontarian’s opinions of working conditions of Contract Faculty: Ontario poll: Supporters of all political parties concerned about growing numbers of contract faculty
The ICLMG among groups fighting for rights of Canadian professor Hassan Diab
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) is a national, non-partisan, independent coalition of Canadian organizations (NGOs, unions, professional associations, faith groups, environmental organizations, human rights and civil liberties advocates), including the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) (https://bulletin-archives.caut.ca/bulletin/articles/2003/03/caut-joins-international-civil-liberties-monitoring-group). The ICLMG (http://www.iclmg.ca) fights to defend the civil liberties and human rights laid out in the […]
Congratulations to Judy Bates, winner of the 2018 OCUFA Service Award!
For more information please see the link below. Professors from Wilfrid Laurier and Laurentian honoured with OCUFA Service Awards