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
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
YUFA has confirmed that the Employer will respect plans that members have made for sabbatical, research, conferences, and vacation in the Summer semester, regardless of any delays caused by the CUPE 3903 strike or by the Employer’s rescheduling of the Summer … Continue reading
YUFA has confirmed that members may request a full-year stop-out in the Tenure & Promotion timeline, in recognition of any delays caused by the CUPE 3903 strike. The agreement is based on the same option that was made available to non-tenured/probationary members at several … Continue reading
Dear colleagues: Many YUFA members have been wondering about their summer teaching and whether or not courses will go ahead as planned. YUFA has reached out to the Employer to get answers to several questions regarding issues such as remediation, … Continue reading
YUFA is seeking nominations for the following committees (see below). Terms of service are two years unless otherwise indicated. Committee service carrying a course release is also indicated. If you are interested, kindly submit a written statement outlining your interest … Continue reading
Dear members, YUFA was first alerted, in January 2012, to extensive, long-standing problems in the administration of the York Pension Plan. These problems involve the use by Pension & Benefits of procedures explicitly violating the terms of the York Pension Plan … Continue reading
YUFA is seeking members for a joint YUFA-Employer committee. Per Article 7.03 (d) in the Collective Agreement, YUFA is seeking two members for the Teaching-Learning Development Grants/Release-Time Teaching Fellowship/Education Leave Committee (Articles 19.19, 19.31, and 19.32). The Committee is expected … Continue reading
Dear colleagues, It has come to YUFA’s attention that, for many years, Pension & Benefits has been employing procedures for handling certain types of one-time retroactive and merit award payments that produce erroneous reductions in credited pensionable income and erroneous … Continue reading
Dear colleagues, Most of you have received notices from your Dean/Principal calling for the annual submissions of C.V.s. YUFA has received a number of inquiries about this exercise from members who are concerned about the nature of the submission and … Continue reading