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 […]
Want to know what happened at the UFC meeting on the 14th?
University Faculty Council meeting, 2016-11-14 A faculty member who attended wrote this about the University Faculty Council meeting held on Monday, 11 November, 2016: Dear Colleagues, I’m writing with a […]
Demand better governance! Stand for students’ academic welfare!
(Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Communications Director & CF Liaison.) University Faculty Council Meeting November 14, 2016 / 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Senate & Board Chamber (Waterloo); By video […]
Sociology Students’ Association support Contract Faculty in their letter to the Governance Review Panel
Writing by Jonathan Reyes via Flickr. The Laurier Sociology Students’ Association sent a letter to the members of the Governance Review Panel which, among other points, commented on the role […]
Laurier admin has filed for conciliation and WLUFA’s letter to other associations
Michele Kramer, WLUFA President (Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President.) Dear Colleagues, The message below has been circulated to faculty associations across the country. It offers an overview […]
Contract Faculty vote results: 95% in favour of Exec calling a strike if necessary
On behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President: Over the last week Contract Faculty have been voting on the following question: “Are you in favour of authorizing the WLUFA Executive to […]
Support for Contract Faculty
While many of us may be tired from working at the various Contract Faculty information tables over the last month, we have been fortified! We have spoken with students, staff […]
Read “Life in academic poverty as an underpaid university teacher: ‘They just don’t want to pay’”
Read the September 2016 article about contract or adjunct faculty in American higher education: As an adjunct, Wangerin is employed on a casual basis and earns somewhere between half and […]
Read the “New report on sessional faculty in Ontario universities”
Released in July 2016, “A Survey of Sessional Faculty in Ontario Publicly-Funded Universities” by Field and Jones “…takes a step towards addressing the lack of evidence to guide debate on […]
Have you always wondered what happens at the bargaining table, but were afraid to ask?
Now is your chance to find out! Chantal Sundaram from CAUT is coming to Laurier to run a two-day bargaining workshop for the contract faculty negotiating team and we are […]