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...
April 05, 2024
YUFA will be holding a 2nd Special General Membership Meeting (SGMM) on Wednesday, April 10, 2pm-4pm. A zoom link will be provided over YUFA-M. The waiting room will be opened 15 minutes early to accommodate sign in procedures. The agenda for this meeting is to continue discussions on emergency matters arising...
March 28, 2024
YUFA will be holding a special general membership on Wednesday, April 10, from 2pm to 4pm. More details, including a zoom link and meeting materials, will be sent over YUFA-M shortly.
March 28, 2024
On March 27th, Dan Bradshaw, Assistant Vice-President Labour Relations of Faculty Relations at York University, issued a public letter to the CUPE 3903 bargaining team containing misleading information. The Employer asserts that five other unions at York University agreed to binding interest arbitration, but failed to specify this agreement applies...