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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. […]

Office closed for the holidays, plus holiday wishes!

By wlufaPosted on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged Christmas, holidays, New Year, office hours, offices, winter, WLUFA, WLUFA office, WLUFA staff

Please be advised that the WLUFA office will closed today, December 21st at 3:00 p.m. for the Holidays and will re-open on January 3rd at 8:30 a.m. The WLUFA staff would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year.

Contract Faculty: What if negotiations end in a job action?

By wlufaPosted on December 20, 2016Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main PostingsTagged answers, Azim Essaji, Benefits, collective agreements, communications, contact information, contract faculty, duties, email, Facebook, faqs, finances, information, involvement, job actions, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, loans, lock-outs, meetings, money, negotiations, no board report, offices, part-time members, pay, picket lines, picketing, questions, return to work, schedules, Sheila McKee-Protopapas, Strike Action Committee, strike duties, strike pay, strike work, strikes, syllabi, Twitter, WLUFA site, work

Many of you have been asking questions about the “what happens” if our negotiations end in job-action. Below you will find answers to many of the most-asked questions. Please look this document over carefully and keep it as a reference. If you have any questions, please direct them to Kimberly Ellis-Hale at [email protected]. WLUFA Strike […]

Contract Faculty: Don’t forget to submit your accessible syllabi.

By wlufaPosted on December 9, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged accessibility, articles, Brantford Campus, classes, collective agreements, contract faculty, dates, documents, events, instructors, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, part-time members, PDFs, students, syllabi, teaching, training, Waterloo Campus, workshops

Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Contract Faculty Liaison. As a follow-up to the syllabus addition suggestion posted on the 7th, please note that according to our Collective Agreement (see below), Contract Faculty are required to submit a copy of their syllabi to their departments during the first week of class. And while our Collective […]

Preparing for potential job action: Headquarters found!

By wlufaPosted on December 7, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Brantford, Brantford & District Labour Council, Brantford Campus, contract faculty, Job security, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, labour actions, negotiations, part-time members, real estate, Strike Action Committee, strike headquarters, strikes, University Avenue East, Waterloo Campus, Wilfrid Laurier University

With things heating up at the negotiating table, the Strike Action Committee has been beating the bushes for Strike Headquarters in Waterloo and Brantford. We are pleased to report that locations have been secured in both cities. In Waterloo, Strike Headquarters will be located in the 65 University Avenue East Plaza, just an eight minute […]

A little something for Contract Faculty syllabi…

By wlufaPosted on December 7, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged contract faculty, fall, instructors, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, office hours, offices, statements, students, suggestions, syllabi, teaching, winter

Although Fall term isn’t over, today is the last day of class, so perhaps some of you may already be working on their Winter syllabi. Please consider using this statement in conjunction with your listed office hours and location on your course syllabi. It has been checked by WLUFA’s lawyers and has been deemed to be […]

Contract Faculty: Please volunteer for some important committees!

By wlufaPosted on November 29, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Brantford Campus, chairs, committees, communications, Communications Committee, contract faculty, finances, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, labour actions, money, negotiations, picket lines, planning, preparation, strikes, volunteers, Waterloo Campus

[Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, WLUFA Communications Committee Chair.] Although a strike is always the last option for a collective agreement negotiation, it’s better to be prepared for the worst than have to do a great deal of work at the last moment. The following committees each require a Waterloo and a Brantford chair […]

Open letter from WLUFA opposing the library cuts at University of Ottawa

By wlufaPosted on November 28, 2016November 28, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged colleagues, collections, Jacques Fremont, letters, libraries, Michele Kramer, University of Ottawa, WLUFA, WLUFA Executive, WLUFA President1 Comment

Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President. Mr. Jacques Frémont President, University of Ottawa President’s Office Tabaret Hall 550 Cumberland, room 212 Ottawa, Ontario November 24, 2016 Dear Mr. Frémont, I write to you as a concerned citizen of the University of Ottawa community. I am distressed at the news of the proposed cuts […]

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 […]