June 19, 2018
An image of the printed version of the 2015-18 Collective Agreement and the 2015-18 Tenure & Promotion DocumentsDear colleagues,As we move this summer into the serious work of negotiating a new Collective Agreement, members of the YUFA Executive Committee are pleased to share our aims with you, our membership.'YUFA is...
June 10, 2018
Nominations are now being accepted for the positions listed above for the term 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019.The Stewards' Council Representatives (2) to Executive Committee are elected by Council (Article 5.2 of the YUFA Constitution). The members of Stewards' Council are: members of the Executive Committee, all elected...
June 10, 2018
On May 28, YUFA tabled its package of proposals and the Employer did the same. The Employer's package contained a list of articles on which they are reserving (Article 14: Retirement, for example), some housekeeping items (such as adjusted dates where dates appear in various articles), and a few substantive...
June 07, 2018
We are writing in response to the recent escalation of rhetoric on the part of the University administration against members of the York community.We note that a May 28 letter from Vice-Provost Students Lucy Fromowitz threatens Reclaim York University student members with “fines, restitution, and suspension from University” for acts...
May 29, 2018
YUFA has confirmed that the Employer will respect plans that members have made for sabbatical, research, conferences, and vacation in the Summer semester, regardless of any delays caused by the CUPE 3903 strike or by the Employer's rescheduling of the Summer semester. The agreement is based on similar arrangements that were...
May 29, 2018
YUFA has confirmed that members may request a full-year stop-out in the Tenure & Promotion timeline, in recognition of any delays caused by the CUPE 3903 strike. The agreement is based on the same option that was made available to non-tenured/probationary members at several points in the past, including in 2015, following the previous CUPE...
May 27, 2018
YUFA Bargaining Team presents full proposals package todayBy YUFA ExecutiveAs most of you know, the YUFA Collective Agreement expired on April 30, 2018. While the CUPE 3903 strike continues, YUFA has made every effort to ensure that our round of bargaining is not delayed. So far, we have had one...
May 21, 2018
Dear colleagues:Many YUFA members have been wondering about their summer teaching and whether or not courses will go ahead as planned. YUFA has reached out to the Employer to get answers to several questions regarding issues such as remediation, academic integrity, submission of student grades, and altering course planning. Unfortunately,...
May 16, 2018
Dear colleagues,On May 15, 2018, the YUFA Executive received a petition signed by 65 members to recall the current president, Richard Wellen, who has two weeks left on his current term. The signatories of the petition demanded that Professor Wellen step down immediately and be barred from assuming the Past...
May 09, 2018
Students from the 2016 Walk with Excellence sit facing a stage during the celebration and wearing white t-shirts with the "Walk with Excellence" logo on the back.This year, the Walk with Excellence is on Monday, May 14. Due to the strike, instead of taking the community to York, the Walk will...