September 28, 2023
YUFA is inviting you to attend a YUFA Teaching Stream Town Halls. There are two scheduled Town Halls to help give access to as many teaching stream members as possible: Thursday October 19th from 1-3pm and Tuesday October 24th from 10am-12noon.These Town Halls is designed to be a space where YUFA members (tenure...
September 28, 2023
YUFA members who may have been members of the Edvantage Savings Program that was administered by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) will have been informed that their accounts have been deactivated. OCUFA is no longer able to administer the program (that offered savings and contests through partnerships...
September 28, 2023
Please find the CAUT notice of a new online Member Travel Benefit Program Memorandum 23:37 here and Note: 23:37 in French.
For more information click on New CAUT Member Travel Affinity Program and Nouveau Programme d'affinité de voyage des members de l'ACCPPU.
September 25, 2023
YUFA is seeking members for the joint YUFA-Employer committee.Per Article 7.03 (d), YUFA is seeking members for the following joint committee:Two members for the Teaching-Learning Development Grants / Release-Time Teaching Fellowship / Education Leave Committee (Articles 19.19, 19.31 and 19.32). The committee is expected to meet once, for up to two hours in January to review and adjudicate applications....
September 20, 2023
The current YUFA collective agreement expires on 30 April 2024. Negotiations for a renewal collective agreement will be conducted by YUFA’s Bargaining Team, the members of which are appointed by the YUFA Executive. YUFA’s Executive Committee invites members from all faculties and appointment classifications to indicate their interest in serving on the Bargaining...
September 20, 2023
On Wednesday, September 20th, members of unions at York University will hold a rally at the KeeleCampus in support of fair wages. See: https://yusapuy.ca/rally/For the past three years York University professors, teaching assistants, support staff and otherunionized workers have received wage increases of only one percent each year. During these...
September 18, 2023
In late August 2023, all unions representing workers at York University sent a letter to president Rhonda Lenton calling on the Employer to renegotiate compensation.A response has been received indicating that the Employer would like to “explore the terms of wage reopener discussions.” Please see the full response letter here.To...
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...