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Board of Governors Ratifies CF Collective Agreement

By lwatsonPosted on January 19, 2017Posted in Faculty News, Main Postings

On behalf of the WLUFA Executive Committee: It’s official! The tentative Collective Agreement reached on January 6th and ratified by Contract Faculty yesterday was approved by Laurier’s Board of Governors this morning. The process of figuring out the implementation of the revised Collective Agreement will begin immediately. Contract Faculty will be advised of details […]

Ratification Voting Dates and Times

By lwatsonPosted on January 13, 2017Posted in Events, Faculty News, Main Postings

Greetings, There is still time to vote if you were unable to attend the meeting last night in Waterloo or this afternoon in Brantford. Please see the times and places that you may vote. Voting for Ratification must be in person. Voting will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, January 18th. A printed summary […]

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 […]

Tentative Agreement Reached

By lwatsonPosted on January 6, 2017Posted in Faculty News, Main Postings

On behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President Greetings, WLUFA is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement for Contract Faculty was reached at 12:45 a.m. on January 6, 2017. On behalf of all Members involved, we extend our thanks for a job well done. Stay tuned to your e-mail for upcoming Ratification meetings […]

KW MPP Catherine Fife supports fair and equitable work for Contract Faculty at Laurier

By wlufaPosted on December 22, 2016Posted in Main PostingsTagged Benefits, Catherine Fife, Compensation, contract faculty, CUPE, debt, fair employment, fairness, government, Job security, Kitchener, KW, letters, London, Members of Provincial Parliament, Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities, money, MPPs, Ontario, pay, Peggy Sattler, precariat, precarious employment, precarity, quotes, salary, students, support, teaching, Twitter, universities, wages, Waterloo

Given her support for the Ontario Craft Distillers on Twitter, WLUFA contacted MPP Catherine Fife regarding our own precariously-employed Contract Faculty. Her office had this to say: You are correct in identifying that thousands of students in Waterloo’s universities – as well as those across our province – are being taught by professors with no job […]

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. […]

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 […]