YUFA
Contract
Untenured Faculty
and Librarians Invited to Apply for the Junior Faculty / Librarian Fund
28 Nov 07 - Untenured faculty and librarians should
have recently received a notice inviting them to apply for the Junior
Faculty / Librarian Fund.
more...
Agreement Reached on Sabbatical Opportunities before
Normal Retirement Date
8 Aug
07 – In the recent round of bargaining, Article 14 – Retirement – was
substantially changed in light of the end of mandatory retirement.
Article 14.05,
which describes opportunities for sabbaticals before
normal retirement
date... more...
Conference Travel Funds
29 May 07 -
The YUFA negotiating team in the last round of collective bargaining
achieved considerable gains in terms of conference travel funds for YUFA
members.
Article
19.29(c) of the new
Collective Agreement provides a fund for conference travel support of
$180,000.00 (increased from $102,525 in 2005).
more...
Tracking
Workload
12 Jun 03 - YUFA members have expressed concerns about growing workloads
in bargaining priority and workload questionnaires. The Grievance
Committee needs information from members about changes in workload
practices. more...
Graduate Supervision
Credits Extended to MRPs
28 Apr 03 - Credit for graduate supervision, as outlined in Appendix O
of current agreement, has been extended to include MRPs (Masters major
research papers) for 2001-2003. more...
New Pension
Plan Booklet Contains Errors
30 May 02 - Members recently received a "Pension
Plan Booklet" from the Employer. While some parts are helpful and
accurate, the booklet contains some important errors of interpretation. more
...
Not Spoken, Not Written,
Not Respected
12 Mar 02 - Walter Whiteley on the new exam schedule: management is
reshaping our working lives and we have little protection. Is this just
the beginning? more...
2009-2012 Collective Agreement