August 19, 2024
The YUFA Bargaining Team negotiated with the Employer until after 2am last night, with assistance from the mediator. YUFA’s team will meet again with the mediator today at lunchtime. Several obstacles to a settlement remain. We will send another update later today. Here are links to some of the recent...
August 18, 2024
In an 11-hour bargaining session on Saturday, August 17, the YUFA Bargaining Team reached agreement with the Employer on a few small items. By the end of the day, YUFA sent the Employer a comprehensive Final Offer for Settlement.
Further bargaining is scheduled on Sunday, August 18
August 15, 2024
Faculty strike or lockout threatens fall classes at York (TORONTO – August 15, 2024) The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) is preparing for a possible strike or lockout after the administration threatened to unilaterally change the working conditions of its professors, librarians, and archivists that will degrade teaching, student...
August 13, 2024
YUFA’s Bargaining Team continued to negotiate with the Employer on August 12 towards a renewal Collective Agreement, settling a few issues. Most of the major matters remain to be discussed. Further bargaining sessions are scheduled for the weekend (August 17-18).
August 12, 2024
In a five-hour bargaining session on Sunday August 11, facilitated by the mediator, YUFA’s Bargaining Team moved towards agreement with the Employer on a few items. Bargaining continues this week, with sessions scheduled on August 12, 13, 17, and 18. Faculty associations across the country, including the University of Toronto...
August 11, 2024
YUFA’s Bargaining Team is preparing for intensive bargaining sessions on August 11, 12, 13, 17, and 18. We will update members by the following day on what happens during each session. On August 2, YUFA and the Employer entered into a period where either party can legally initiate a work...
August 08, 2024
YORK UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS DEFEND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT CANADA’S THIRD LARGEST UNIVERSITY York University Senior Administration Uses Labour Crisis to Cover Up Mismanagement For Immediate Release Toronto, ON AUGUST 8, 2024 – The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) is in a lockout/strike position due to the York University administration’s...
August 08, 2024
The YUFA Bargaining Team met for nearly 6 hours on August 7. New mediator, Eli Gedalof facilitated, an exchange with the Employer, including agreement on five new dates for bargaining: August 11, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The YUFA Bargaining Team expressed concerns over the number of concessions that the...
August 07, 2024
Since bargaining is a fluid process, Bargaining Team updates for members are typically written at the end of the bargaining day (which sometimes extends into the evening) and circulated either that night or the following morning. Bargaining is not scheduled each and every day. We would like to stress that...
August 07, 2024
A petition calling on the York administration to bargain in good faith with YUFA has been organized by the York University Graduate Students’ Association (YUGSA) and CUPE 3903. The petition was formally endorsed by the YUFA Executive today. YUFA members are invited to sign the petition and to share it....