April 25, 2024
Call for Nominations: Joint Employer – YUFA Committees and YUFA Committees Below are the names and descriptions of the various joint and YUFA committees which will have vacancies beginning June 1, 2024. For each committee, the number of vacancies is indicated along with any course release associated with service. Unless...
April 23, 2024
April 18, 2024 Open Letter Regarding the Use of Strikebreakers at York University We join our voices to firmly and unequivocally condemn the repeated invitations extended by York University to strikebreakers – aka “scabs”– during the 2024 CUPE 3903 strike (ongoing at the time of writing). The use of strikebreakers...
April 23, 2024
YUFA is an organization that operates democratically in the interests of its members. Much of what YUFA accomplishes is due to the energy, collegiality and engagement of its members. In light of the above, it is of utmost importance that all members, as well as YUFA staff, are treated with...
April 22, 2024
YUFA will be holding its Annual General Membership Meeting on May 2 from 12pm to 3pm. An agenda package and zoom link will be distributed over YUFA-M. To help expedite sign-in procedures, members are requested to log on with their first and last names made visible on their zoom profile...
April 17, 2024
The Transgender Fund is an entitlement for YUFA members to support trans health and related services. It was gained during bargaining in 2015-16 and currently appears as Article 26.11 in the 2021-24 Collective Agreement. The Fund is $40,000 per annum. Any remaining funds from one year will be carried forward...
April 17, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2024 YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS SUPPORT NON-CONFIDENCE AT SPECIALGENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING TORONTO – At a York University Faculty Association Special General Membership Meeting on April 10,2024, two-thirds (67%) of the members in attendance voted in favour of a motion calling for theresignation of the...
April 15, 2024
Dear colleagues, It has been an eventful weekend for the unions on campus as they reached agreement with the Employer. Please find details of the Bill-124 retroactive award for YUFA in a message earlier this morning to members. On another matter, CUPE 3903 reports that its bargaining team reached a...
April 15, 2024
In the late evening of April 13th, Arbitrator Eli A. Gedalof issued an award in the matter of a multi-party interest mediation-arbitration pursuant to the March 18, 2024 Memorandum of Agreement regarding Bill 124 wage reopener. The award was issued to York University Faculty Association, York University Staff Association, Osgoode...
April 11, 2024
At a YUFA Special General Membership Meeting on April 10, 2024, two-thirds (67%) of members voted in favour of a motion calling for the resignation of the President, Provost, and Chair of the Board of Governors of York University. Members noted the financial and administrative mismanagement at the university, the...
April 09, 2024
Dear colleagues, Please be advised of the following: There is a YUFA Special General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, April 10th. (See YUFA-M for zoom link and meeting details) YUFA begins bargaining for a new collective agreement - update Do consider completing the YUFA Communications Survey before April 15th. The survey...