May 24, 2022
Dear Members of the York Communities, We are writing with not only heavy hearts but heavy souls as we have witnessed yet another horrifying attack on African Americans – this time on those who live in Buffalo. The horrific and hateful targeted attack on Black lives in the heart of...
May 24, 2022
The past five years have seen aggressive attacks on the provision of post-secondary education in the province of Ontario. These attacks have occurred in the context of a disturbing but durable statistic: as a consequence of both Liberal and Conservative provincial policies, Ontario continues to provide the lowest per student...
May 17, 2022
In October of 2021 YUFA agreed to settle a grievance on pension indexation by accepting significant new funding for our retiree benefits program. The Memorandum of Understanding commits the parties to meet in the “first half of 2022” to conclude an agreement before July 1, 2022. Unfortunately, the employer has...
May 13, 2022
The CERREC, Glendon' Race Equity Caucus, had organized a round-table bringing together anti-racist feminist scholars and activists working on Islamophobia in the contexts of France and Quebec. Date and Time: The round-table will take place on Friday, May 27, from 1 to 3 pm on Zoom and you may register via...
May 13, 2022
Many members will have received a notice from Pension and Benefits announcing an LTD premium pause. As you know from a previous report, YUFA LTD premiums have been lowered in the past year (from 1.53% to 1.36%) despite our negotiation of improvements to the Plan, such as an increase to the monthly cap...
May 11, 2022
YUFA invites members to submit nominations to populate various YUFA and Joint Committees. The deadline for receipt of nominations is Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 3:00 pm. All YUFA committee service counts as service to the University. Further details are found in this Call for Nominations document. Nominees are required to submit a...
May 05, 2022
YUFA members have alerted YUFA to a new LA&PS Workload 'Framework' document that was released by the Dean’s Office to LA&PS Chairs and Directors on April 20th. YUFA has identified several potential violations of the collective agreement in this document which the Association communicated to the Employer through the most...
May 04, 2022
YUFA Executive wishes to inform members of a recent Employer (ER) action that we view as a breach of our collective agreement and of our members’ human rights. ER representatives from Faculty Relations have recently informed YUFA that faculty and librarian/archivist members on Long-Term Disability Leave (LTD) will no longer...
May 02, 2022
YUFA is proud to announce that our Chief Steward, Dr. Sheila Embleton, is the recipient of the CAUT’s Bernice Schrank Award. The Bernice Schrank Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the enforcement of academic staff workplace rights through grievances and arbitrations.