September 14, 2023
All YUFA members are encouraged to attend the Rally for Fair Wages at York University on Wednesday September 20 at 12:10 P.M, at the Keele Campus. Despite the dramatic increases to the cost of living, wage increases for unionized workers at York University have been capped at 1% per year for three...
September 12, 2023
Dear colleagues, Per Articles 19.19, 19.31, and 19.32 of the YUFA Collective Agreement, YUFA is accepting applications for Education Leaves, Teaching-Learning Development Grants, and Release-Time Teaching Fellowships. The guidelines and applications for each of the leaves, grants, and fellowships are available on the YUFA website. All applications will be adjudicated by a YUFA-Employer joint committee. The deadline for...
August 31, 2023
YUFA has been informed that York University president Rhonda Lenton expects to respond by September 15, 2023, to the letter of August 25 endorsed by YUFA, YUSA, CUPE 1356 and CUPE 3903 calling on the Employer to renegotiate compensation.While YUFA salary increases during the current collective agreement have been capped...
August 29, 2023
YUFA will be joining other labour groups in the annual Labour Day Parade on Monday, September 4, 2023. All YUFA members are invited and welcome to participate.The YUFA mustering point is on Centre Street, north of Armory Street (Queen Street near University Avenue in downtown Toronto). Please arrive between 9:00am and...
August 25, 2023
YUFA joins all unions at York University in calling for the Employer to immediately commence negotiations with the aim of providing fair and equitable increases to wages and compensation and implement any agreed upon increases as soon as possible.
August 09, 2023
The current YUFA Collective Agreement expires in just over eight months, on April 30, 2024. The Collective Agreement is a legal contract between the York University Faculty Association (the certified bargaining unit representing full time faculty, librarians, archivists, as well as post-doctoral visitors at York University) and the York University...
July 31, 2023
YUFA members have had their salary increases severely restricted since the start of the current collective agreement (May 2021). This is due to legislation by the provincial government that capped wage increases for most of the public sector. Inflation in Canada is high with the Consumer Price Index increasing by...
July 24, 2023
(formerly York Small Research Grant) As part of the current collective agreement, YUFA obtained a new annual research grant tosupport research intensification and the administrative functions of members. The new researchfunding comes out of a major policy grievance settlement that was negotiated between YUFAand the Employer during the most recent...
July 04, 2023
The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) strongly condemns the recent act of violence visited upon faculty, staff and students at the University of Waterloo. Universities are a bastion of free speech and edification and must remain so. We stand in solidarity with the University of Waterloo community against any attempt...
July 04, 2023
The Arbitration Process The Union and Management will select an arbitrator and contact them to schedule a hearing. Arbitrators have a lot of ongoing cases, and hearings can take place several months after selection. While the member’s availability is taken into consideration, priority is given to the arbitrator's and the...