Brantford Archives

Day of Action: End Precarious Employment

By wlufaPosted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021Posted in Faculty News, Main Postings, OCUFATagged Brantford, Ontario

There is a big elephant in the room of postsecondary education, that negatively affects students, community, tenured faculty, and contract faculty. This is chronic underfunding. For contract faculty, it means hanging by a thread. For full time faculty, it means hitting a wall with workloads. For students, it means getting hosed by increased tuition costs. […]

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 […]

December is the month of parties!

By wlufaPosted on November 4, 2016Posted in Events, Main PostingsTagged 2016, Brantford, children, December, events, food, full-time members, kids, Major Ballachey Public School, part-time members, parties, RSVP, WLUFA

Party for the kids… All full-time and part-time faculty members and librarians and their children are invited to the WLUFA Seasonal Kids’ Party, held on Saturday, December 3rd at Major Ballachey Public School, at 105 Rawdon Street in Brantford! From 10:30 AM until 1 PM, there will be snacks and lunch provided, crafts, cookie decorating, […]