February 06, 2025
At last week's members' drop-in meeting, YUFA members shared information with York University security officers from CUPE 1536. Did you know that security officers wearing yellow vests don't work for York University? They are from an outside security firm named Hydra, one of two firms (the other is Omni) with whom the...
February 06, 2025
YUFA understands that York University is considering external funding from outside organizations for new hires and is in discussion with the Employer about the Association’s concerns related to this issue. The Association is encouraging members who become aware of unusual hiring practices or who are concerned about interference with existing...
February 06, 2025
Are you looking for data about racialized populations and/or ethnic populations in Canada? In the past couple of years, there have been several calls to actions from the research community calling for governments to collect more ethno-racial data, especially as it relates to social determinants of health, employment, health care,...
February 06, 2025
YUFA continues to fight for members who hold Special Renewable Contracts. Last week, three more YUFA members with special renewable contracts received non-renewal letters from their Dean. YUFA is in discussion with these members about next steps. All YUFA members are encouraged to stand up for collegial governance, pedagogical integrity,...
February 06, 2025
YUSA has reached a tentative settlement for a new Collective Agreement, which is subject approval by the YUSA membership in a vote scheduled for Thursday, February 6th.
February 06, 2025
The next meeting of Stewards' Council is Friday, February 7th from 10:30am-12:30pm. Meetings of Stewards’ Council are open to all YUFA members.
The Zoom link for the meeting is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87152235081?pwd%3DWUKZhO0NzyVo5D57u8cUUbK8Ki4ix4.1
[Meeting ID: 871 5223 5081 Passcode: 783335]
February 06, 2025
During the Winter term, feel free to join other members at our Wednesday drop-in meetings. The topic of focus for the meeting on February 12th is “Faculties of the Future? Alternative visions for York”. The meetings are held over Zoom from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The Zoom link for all meetings...
January 30, 2025
In the 2015-18 round of bargaining, YUFA successfully negotiated a "research release" program designed to support active scholarly work. Specifically, faculty members in the professorial stream who demonstrate ongoing research productivity are eligible for a 0.5 FCE teaching load reduction when their unit's standard teaching load is 2.5 FCEs or...
January 30, 2025
YUFA is a long-standing member of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), a federation of trade unions and associations linking approximately 70,000 professors, librarians and archivists, staff members, researchers, and other academic professionals at 120 universities and colleges across Canada. It supports member organizations’ bargaining, upholds academic freedom, provides...
January 30, 2025
YUFA condemns the concessions demanded by the Employer in negotiations.
This YUSA press release (January 22, 2025) highlights YUSA’s push back against rising workloads and cuts to benefits.