YUFA’s Bargaining Team continued to negotiate with the Employer on August 12 towards a renewal Collective Agreement, settling a few issues. Most of the major matters remain to be discussed. Further bargaining sessions are scheduled for the weekend (August 17-18).

Teaching Stream colleagues, in an open Zoom meeting on August 12, discussed important bargaining priorities including a maximum 3.0 FCE Teaching Stream workload, as proposed by YUFA. A reasonable workload will ensure that Teaching Stream faculty can continue to provide excellence in education and dedicated service to the pedagogical mission of the University. As many units face heavy administrative loads and huge increases in undergraduate class sizes, equity and consultation on changing pedagogies in relation to workload, both within units and across the university, are key priorities for YUFA in this round of bargaining.

This week’s regular YUFA drop-in meeting will focus on “Restructuring at York and YUFA’s Collective Agreement”. All YUFA members are welcome on Wednesday, August 14 from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm. The zoom link can be found in the August 13 YUFA-M with same subject heading as this update.