Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Dear Colleagues; Attached, please find OCUFA Analysis of Party Platforms – 2011 Ontario Election – FINAL. Please feel free to share this widely through your association. The analysis will also be available online Monday, as part of the re-launch of OCUFA’s website. We are still waiting for several responses on our political party platform questionnaire. […]
The following is a media release from the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association regarding the strike of librarians and archivists at Western which began at today. There will be a rally at Western tomorrow – September 9, 2011 – at 12:15 p.m. at the main gates of Richmond Rd. http://www.uwofa.ca/newsevents/id:213 UWO Librarians & Archivists […]
Please find below and attached the OCUFA media release regarding the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report on the impact of higher education funding on Ontario families. The report was commissioned by the Ontario University Coalition, consisting of organizations representing students, faculty, academic librarians and staff in the province. Please also note that OCUFA’s provincial […]
WLUFA has scheduled bargaining unit meetings and beginning of term parties for the month of September. We will be sending email reminders in the future for both bargaining units but if you’d like to see more details about these upcoming events, please go to the News and Events page at: http://www.wlufa.ca/news-and-events-2/news-and-events
The WLUFA Office is now located at 202 Regina St. N. in Unit 114. You’ll see signs to guide you to our new location on the first floor; entering the building from Regina St. take a left on the first floor, follow the hall around the corner and take a left down the first hallway, […]
Greetings, CAUT is a member of the Voices-Voix Coalition [http://voices-voix.ca/] which is a is a non-partisan coalition of Canadian organizations and individuals defending democratic rights to free speech, transparency and equality. There are over 200 member organizations. One of the Voices-Voix projects is gathering information about organizations, individuals and institutions involved in education and research that have lost funding […]
CAS Tentative Agreement Update As mentioned in a previous statement, the ratification vote for the tentative agreement between Wilfrid Laurier University and WLUFA for Contract Academic Staff and Part-time Professional Librarians will take place in early September. The reason for this time line is that many, if not most, of our CAS colleagues are engaged […]
Greetings, The following announcement is sent on behalf of Judy Bates, WLUFA President. As of today, June 17, 2011, the Full-time Negotiating Team has given notice to the University of its desire to negotiate the renewal of the Full-time Collective Agreement. The Negotiating Team members are as follows: William Salatka, Chief Negotiator – SBE Kathie […]
Greetings, On behalf of Judy Bates, WLUFA President, WLUFA announces that a tentative Agreement between the Part-time Bargaining Unit and the University was reached shortly after 3:00 a.m. this morning, June 16, 2011. Since most of WLUFA’s Part-time Bargaining Unit are off campus during the summer the ratification meeting and vote will be held in […]
Mary Beth Furanna, a mediator with the province’s Dispute Resolution Services, will meet with the negotiating teams for WLUFA and the Administration on Wednesday, June 15th in an attempt to reach an agreement in the negotiations for Contract Academic Staff and Part-time Librarians. The teams have been meeting since September 2010 and spent four days […]