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 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 […]
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 […]
December is the month of parties!
Santa’s visit in 2012! Party for the kids… All full-time and part-time faculty members and librarians and their children are invited to the WLUFA Seasonal Kids’ Party, held on Saturday, […]
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 […]