Regular Faculty & Librarians: Support your precariously-employed colleagues
(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 […]
Contract Faculty Negotiations Update: Conciliation, Day One
(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 […]
Office closed for the holidays, plus holiday wishes!
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 […]
Contract Faculty: What if negotiations end in a job action?
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 […]
Contract Faculty: Don’t forget to submit your accessible syllabi.
Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Contract Faculty Liaison. “René Jaun’s braille display” by visualpun.ch. As a follow-up to the syllabus addition suggestion posted on the 7th, please note that […]
Preparing for potential job action: Headquarters found!
“Success by Design: Negotiation Spread” by changeorder. With things heating up at the negotiating table, the Strike Action Committee has been beating the bushes for Strike Headquarters in Waterloo and […]
A little something for Contract Faculty syllabi…
Although Fall term isn’t over, today is the last day of class, so perhaps some of you may already be working on their Winter syllabi. Please consider using this statement in […]
Contract Faculty: Please volunteer for some important committees!
[Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, WLUFA Communications Committee Chair.] Although a strike is always the last option for a collective agreement negotiation, it’s better to be prepared for the […]
Open letter from WLUFA opposing the library cuts at University of Ottawa
Laurier Library, August 2012 Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President. Mr. Jacques Frémont President, University of Ottawa President’s Office Tabaret Hall 550 Cumberland, room 212 Ottawa, Ontario November […]
A conciliator has been appointed
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has appointed Greg Long as a conciliator to assist your Negotiating Team and the Administration in reaching a settlement. This is a consequence of the […]