Board of Governors Ratifies CF Collective Agreement
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 […]
Ratification Voting Dates and Times
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 […]
Tentative Agreement Reached
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, […]
Nominations for Advisory Group on Distance and On-line Education / Candidatures au Groupe consultatif sur l’enseignement à distance et en ligne
*** La version française suit *** Memorandum 16:36 Date: December 9, 2016 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive […]
3rd Annual Labour Cares Event
Contract Faculty at Laurier? – Two PP slides that can help!
Contract Faculty Info PP Slides Contract Faculty Info Slides
The perils of using supply and demand to justify contingent academic labour
“The argument [in academia] is that the supply of ‘good’ jobs is not sufficient, therefore, contingent faculty either must be satisfied with their usually meager pay, or do the only […]
WLUFA Advocate 5.1
WLUFA-Advocate-Oct-2016 Please note: The name of the individual in the CUPE 926’s Super 16 article has been removed at the request of the individual.
“Challenging Precarious Academic Work”
Presentation slides and complete audio recordings of every session from OCUFA’s “Challenging precarious academic work” conference are now available online. People who missed out on the conference the first time […]
The CBC’s Sunday Edition: Academia’s dirty little secret
Canadian universities are being quietly kept afloat by low-paid, contract teachers with no job security or benefits. Ira Basen‘s documentary is called “Class Struggle.” http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/listen.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds=2508334466&mediaIds=2508334461&contentarea=radio&subsection1=radio1&subsection2=currentaffairs&subsection3=the_sunday_edition&contenttype=audio&title=2015/09/06/1.3215479-levine-flexhaug;-coalition-governments;-low-paid-contract-teachers-at-canadian-universities;-oliver-sacks&contentid=1.3215479