Backgrounder for General Membership Meeting on governance YUFA members have experienced a widespread deterioration in collegial rights in matters of University governance. At a meeting earlier this year, members voted to convene a General Membership Meeting (GMM) focused on governance … Continue reading
Save the date! On November 13, YUFA will hold a General Membership Meeting (GMM). The order of the day will be governance, in response to requests from the membership to discuss this issue. All YUFA members are encouraged to attend. … Continue reading
Dear Members: Nominations are now being accepted for the positions of Chief Steward (1 of 2 positions) and Equity Officer (1 of 2 positions). The terms of office begin June 1, 2019 and end May 31, 2021. Read more about … Continue reading
Dear members, The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that YUFA has signed a tentative agreement with the Employer for the renewal of the YUFA Collective Agreement. At a special meeting this morning, the Executive Committee voted unanimously to endorse … Continue reading
Members may request overwork compensation for strike-related additional work. This includes teaching and administrative work. Members who hold an Appendix P position (such as Chair, Graduate Program Director, or Program Coordinator) or any other academic admin position may request that their strike-related overwork be … Continue reading
At its September 2018 meeting, YUFA Stewards’ Council unanimously approved the following three motions: Motion #1 In order to provide a firmer basis for progress in the current protracted round of negotiations, the YUFA membership calls upon the YUFA Executive … Continue reading
Dear members, York’s Senate has announced it is sponsoring a Community Forum as follows: Community forum Thursday, October 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 206 Accolade Building West The call follows on a request from York University Senators to address, in a … Continue reading
YUFA is seeking a member to sit on the Retirement Planning Centre Board. The terms of reference for the Board are here. If you are interested, kindly submit a written statement to YUFA outlining any experience or qualifications. Written statements … Continue reading
YUFA’s Race Equity Caucus (REC) has been instrumental in raising concerns around race equity within the context of YUFA’s governance, workload, and bargaining, and the broader socio-political and institutional spheres that condition our lives at York University. On November 2, … Continue reading
YUFA is holding an information session on Tenure & Promotion: Tenure & Promotion workshop Wednesday, October 17 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 519 Kaneff Tower This session is designed especially for YUFA members (either professorial or alternate stream) in Pre-Candidacy … Continue reading