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Back-to-Work Legislation and CUPW
24 Jun 11 - As
you are
aware, the postal workers have been locked out by their employer. This
back-to-work legislation threatens collective bargaining and workers’
rights. more...
Remediation
/ Returning
to Class FAQs
30 Jan 09 – Issues relating to remediation and returning
to class following the CUPE 3903 strike were discussed at a full meeting
of the Joint Committee on Administration of the Collective Agreement (JCOAA)
on Thursday, 29 January 2009. YUFA raised the following issues and
concerns on members’ behalf.
more...
YUFA Communications Regarding CUPE 3903 Strike (31 Oct 08 - 30 Jan 09)
CUPE
3903 Work-to-Rule Campaign
11 Dec 07 - The following email was sent to the YUFA
Executive & membership today ...
more...
Annual Labour Day
Parade
30 Aug 11 - The
Annual Labour Day Parade is on
Monday 5 September starting at 9:30 am at Queen and University Streets.
more...
Support for McMaster University
Librarians
18 May 11 - The YUFA Executive supports their unionized colleagues at
McMaster in their struggle to retain their positions and maintain the
nature of the library as a whole.
Events in May
28 Apr 11 -
YUFA
members are enthusiastically invited to attend and participate in the
following two events.
more...
Better
Workplace Initiative - Phase I, Consultation
17 Sep 10 - Following up on the
Third Party Initiative, which began last year, please see the Employer's
presentation (pdf) and Draft Terms of
Reference (Word document).
Forum to Discuss Labour Relations at
York University
2 Nov 09 -
On 6 July, in response to last year’s campus strike, President Shoukri
announced a
Third Party Initiative to look into labour relations at York. YUFA
encourages members to attend and participate in a YUFA forum to express
their views on labour relations at York. The forum will be held on 20
November 2009, 10:30 am – noon in the Senate Chambers.
more...
Information Bulletin Regarding the CAUT Inquiry
15 Sep 09 - CAUT
recently announced that it
has created an academic freedom inquiry regarding the recent York /
Queen’s conference on Israel and Palestine.
more...
YUFA Joins the OFL
27 Aug 02 - YUFA has joined the Ontario Federation of
Labour. Founded in 1944, the OFL works in areas
such as communications, education, research, legislative and political
action, human rights, occupational health & safety, and worker's
compensation. It is the central organisation for more than 650000 unionized
employees in Ontario. more...
Conference Opportunities
The YUFA Executive is interested in
sending members to upcoming conferences. more...
CAUT Conference, Transforming the Academy: Forum for
Aboriginal Academic Staff
11-13 November 2011, Vancouver, B.C
Delegates' Reports:
Carl James
H. Tom
Wilson
CAUT Librarians’ Conference & Workshop "The
Aggrieved Librarian – Enforcing Workplace Rights through the Collective
Agreement"
28-29 October 2011,
Ottawa, ON
Delegates' Reports:
Mary Kandiuk
Patti Ryan
OCUFA Conference on The
Race to Globalize Higher Education in Canada
21-22 January 2011,
Toronto, ON
Delegates' Reports:
Indhu Rajagopal
Juliya Borie - no report filed
OCUFA Conference on Financing Higher Education in the Current Economic
Climate
22-23 January 2010,
Toronto, ON
Delegates' Reports:
Gary Spraakman
Leslie Sanders
Report on CAUT Conference, Transforming the Academy: Forum for
Aboriginal Academic Staff
13-15 November 2009, Saskatoon, SK
7 Dec 09 08 - Rose Steele, Equity Officer,
provides this conference report.
more...
CAUT Librarians’ Conference & Workshop "Negotiating
for Parity: Closing the Librarian / Faculty Gap"
23-25 October 2009,
Ottawa, ON
Delegates' Reports:
Mary Kandiuk
Daniel Perlin
CAUT
Contract Academic Staff Conference 2009
30 May 2009, Ottawa, ON
Delegates' Reports:
Ruthanna Dyer
Jay Rahn
CAUT Equity Forum - "Recasting
Equity"
6-8
February 2009, Toronto, ON
Delegates'
Reports:
Deborah Brock
Peter Duerr - no report filed.
Eve Haque
Mitzi Mitchell
OCUFA Conference – Accounting or Accountability in Higher Education
23-24 January 2009, Toronto, ON
Delegates'
Reports:
Julie Clark
Sharon Murphy
Leslie Sanders
Richard Wellen
CAUT Women’s
Conference: Mobilizing in an Era of Restructuring
16-18 October 2008, Ottawa
Delegates'
Reports:
Janice Newton
Lorna Erwin
Mitzi Mitchell
Narda Razack
Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination & Harassment in Higher Education National Conference on Race & Diversity in Higher Education
6-8 May 2008, Ottawa
Delegates' Reports:
Eve Haque
Didi Khayatt
Navigating the Academy:
A CAUT Forum for Aboriginal Academic Staff
31 January–3 February
2008, Winnipeg
10 Mar 08 - Patricia O'Riley, Coordinator, Certificate in Aboriginal
Studies, and Atkinson Social Sciences, describes this as an historic
event.
more...
“Workers’ Rights,
Human Rights: Making the Connection” Conference
16-17 November 2007, Toronto
Delegates' Reports:
Linda Briskin
Hyun Ok Park
Mark Thomas
+ Steven Tufts
Report on
CAUT Librarians’ Conference & Workshop "Moving Forward: Academic
Librarians & Collective Bargaining"
26-27 October 2007, Vancouver
Delegates' Reports:
Maura Matesic
Arthur Hilliker
OCUFA Reorganizing Our Reality: A Better Work Environment for University
Women
26 October 2007, Toronto
Delegates' Reports:
Andrea O'Reilly
Shobna Nijhawan
Alice Propper
Contract Academic Staff Conference 2007: Career Path or Pit? Overcoming
the Challenges
13 Jul 07 – YUFA President Arthur Hilliker reports on the
challenges facing contract academic staff.
more...
OCUFA Election 2007 Communication Workshop
22 Jun 07 – Louise Ripley reports on communicating with the media in the upcoming
provincial election.
more...
Doing Academia Differently: CAUT Women’s
Conference
22-24 February 2007, Ottawa
Delegates'
Reports:
Joan Allen
Kym Bird
Eve Haque
Didi Khayatt
OCUFA Conference: Restructuring of the Academy:
Current Realities and Preferred Directions
19 January 2007, Toronto
Delegates' Reports:
Joan Allen
Susan Dimock
Indhu Rajogopal
CLC National Labour Education Conference
30 November 2006, Ottawa
Delegates' Reports:
Joan Allen
Carla Lipsig-Mumme
Labour Arbitration Conference 2006 (Toronto) 23 Nov 06, report by John Bell, YUFA Chief Steward
CAUT Intellectual Property Conference
27-29 October 2006, Ottawa
Delegates'
Reports:
John Blazina
Ruthann Dyer
Jay Rahn
Dominque Scheffel-Dunand
Sharon Wang
Communities and
Universities: Partners in Education
22-23 October 2006, Simon Fraser University
Delegates' Reports:
Joan Allen
Stephanie Baker Collins
Don Dippo
Sheila Lewis
David McNab
Deena Yanofsky
The Work and Learning Network Conference: False Promises:
Precarious Work in the New Economy
20-21 October 2006, University of Alberta
Read delegate,
Tony Fang's report.
The
Race / Culture Divide in Education, Law and the Helping Professions, Fifth Annual Critical Race Conference
4-6
May 2006
Delegates' Reports:
Sheila Lewis
Alice Propper
Narda Razack
Conference Report: Critical Race Theory and Human Rights
29 Nov 05 - Lesley Jacobs reports.
more...
CAUT Academic Freedom Conference
Post 9/11
28-30
October
2005, Toronto
Delegates' Reports:
Ben Lowinsky
John
Blazina
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
Conference Report: STATUS Conference: A Working Conference to Move
Forward on the Regularization of Non-Status Immigrants
3 Aug 05 - Amy Casipullai reports.
more...
Conference Report: Health, Equity and Diversity: Local Realities and International
Perspectives. Stimulating Change.
19 Jul 05 - Narda Razack reports.
more...
CLC's Balancing
Work and Family Conference March 2005
Delegates' Reports:
Jody
Nyasha Warner
Andrea
O'Reilly
Report on Canadian Labour Congress Conference: Healthy Workplace,
Healthy Environment - Alliances for Activists
10 Feb 05 - Gene Desfor reports.
more...
CAUT Grievance
Conference
3 Dec 04 - This conference for senior grievance officers
focused on discussion and problem solving. more...
Lancaster
House’s Human Rights and Accommodation in the Workplace
4 Mar 04 - Ruthanna Dyer reports
that employers and unions are dealing with accommodation issues in a
different climate following the Supreme Court of Canada decision in favour
of Meiorin, in which the Court ruled that any standard applied to job
performance must be non-discriminatory and related to the essential core
duties of the job. more...
CAUT
Conference on Contract Academic Staff
January 2004, Ottawa
Jan 04 - CAUT believes that excellence in
education is best assured through the secure continuing appointments of
career academics. CAUT opposes the increasing use of casual labour.
more...
CAUT Conference Report
November 2003
CAUT
Librarians Conference 2003
Academic Status
Under-valued? Under Threat?
4 Dec 03 - Mary
Kandiuk, Maura Matesic, and Vivienne Monty report. more...
OFL Conference
"Accommodation and Disability Rights and Responsibilities"
7 Oct 03 - Arthur Hilliker reports. more...
Building
Power: Aboriginal / Workers of Colour
14 Jun 03 - Tania Das Gupta
reports. more...
CLC's 12th Annual Women's Conference
8-11 June 2003,
Ottawa
Delegates' Reports:
Linda Briskin
Ruthann Dyer
CAUT
Meeting Report
1-4 May 2003, Ottawa
Economists and Public
Education Activists Examine Ontario Universities at OCUFA conference
27 Feb 03 - Richard Wellen reports. more...
Toronto
District Labour Council Meeting Report
26 Feb 03 - Penni Stewart
reports. more...
Collective Bargaining & Economic Benefits
Conference: Bargaining for Equity
31 January - 2 February 2003
Delegates' Reports:
Gail Kellough
Carl James
CAUT Council Meeting Report
22-24 November 2002, Ottawa
Delegates' Reports:
Nick Lary
Barbara
Crow
Disability
Rights Best Treated at Bargaining Table, says OFL
22 Nov 02 - Much work needs to be
done to ensure that the duty to accommodate is met in an effective and
non-discriminatory manner. Ruthanna Dyer reports. more...
Laws, Courts,
Arbitrators Strengthen Disability Rghts
22 Nov 02 - People with disabilities
face barriers at work that are wide ranging. The good news is that changes to the law and
recent grievance settlements have largely been favourable. Jody Nyasha Warner reports on the 2002 OFL
disability rights conference. more...
CAUT Status of Women Conference
24-26 October 2002
Delegates' Reports:
Barbara Crow
Ruthanna Dyer
Librarians Could be Key to
Academic Freedom, Public Access to Research
23 May 02 - Maura Matesic reports. more...