November 09, 2021
To: UMFA President Orvie Dingwall The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) is 100% in solidarity with University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) members who deserve better than below-inflation wage increases from a provincial government intent on undermining free and fair collective bargaining. The Government of Manitoba needs to abandon its interference...
November 08, 2021
Nominations for YUFA Officer positions for the 2022-24 term close on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 10:00 am. President: Arthur Hilliker; Agnes Whitfield Vice President Internal: Susan Ingram Vice President External: Patrick Phillips Chief Steward (1 of 2): Marcia Macaulay; Nancy Sangiuliano Equity Officer (1 of 2): Celia Popovic; Akolisa Ufodike Communications Officer: Ricardo...
November 05, 2021
The YUFA Subcommittee on Governance is concerned that the administration appears to be continuing to reinforce its control over Senate and undermine Senate powers. In our view, the administration is progressively putting in place a form of governance that will pave the way for unilateral administrative control of academic decisions...
October 27, 2021
The YUFA Bargaining Team continues to meet with the employer’s bargaining team. At the October 19th bargaining session, YUFA opened with a teaching from an Indigenous elder, which was followed by Bargaining Team member, Angele Alook, presenting key equity proposals related to Indigenous faculty. YUFA has advanced effective, member-initiated proposals...
October 22, 2021
Many members will recall that in the 2018 round of collective bargaining YUFA negotiated an agreement to introduce CPI-based indexation for the “minimum guarantee portion” of the York University Pension Plan. Unfortunately, after bargaining ended the employer introduced a very restrictive and implausible interpretation of “minimum guarantee portion,” treating it...
October 07, 2021
YUFA is holding its annual information session on Tenure and Promotion Thursday, November 4, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. The workshop will take place via Zoom.
September 24, 2021
The YUFA Collective Agreement expired on April 30, 2021, and the YUFA Executive and Bargaining Team are currently working hard to negotiate a fair and equitable collective agreement for all our members. This is an important round of bargaining for YUFA, especially in the contexts of an ongoing global pandemic...
September 20, 2021
As many of you know, there is an ongoing dispute between YUFA and the Employer with respect to the interpretation of 18.08.3 of the collective agreement which, in YUFA’s view, gives units the authority to make collegial decisions with respect to the structure, format and mode of delivery. We have...
September 17, 2021
We wish to warmly congratulate Dr. Sheila Embleton who has been appointed President, Academy of Arts and Humanities within the Royal Society of Canada. Many of you will have worked with Sheila in her capacity as YUFA Chief Steward. This is a great development for the Royal Society of Canada...