If you are currently on a RARP with an end date of 30 June 2022, we advise you to ensure that you give 90 days notice before your new effective date of retirement in order to avoid any potential disputes with the Employer regarding eligibility to take the incentive. For example: If you send notice… Continue reading Important Notice to members intending to take the one-time Retirement Incentive
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Collectively Speaking – March 2022 It’s About Choice
The March 2022 issue of Collective Speaking focuses on the statement: It’s about choice. In this issue, USFA Chair Geraldine Balzer remarks on some of the foundational articles of our Collective Agreement and notes the challenge facing us is that each party to the Collective Agreement can choose how to live up to those contractual… Continue reading Collectively Speaking – March 2022 It’s About Choice
Faculty in College of Nursing pass vote of no-confidence in Executive team
On March 4, 2022, faculty of the U of S College of Nursing passed a motion of no-confidence in the College’s Executive Team. The core impetus for the vote of no confidence is that the College of Nursing has been critically underfunded and the quality of nursing education has been compromised. The USFA stands behind… Continue reading Faculty in College of Nursing pass vote of no-confidence in Executive team
Flying pickets, benefit claim deadline (March 30), reminder to add to the Google doc
Flying pickets The USFA is a member of the CAUT Defence Fund, which provides unionized Canadian academic member unions with a unified strike fund. Whenever an academic staff union that is a member of the Fund goes on strike, the Fund covers the cost of “flying pickets” to join striking member unions on the picket line. … Continue reading Flying pickets, benefit claim deadline (March 30), reminder to add to the Google doc
March 8 International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD). It is a day to recognize and celebrate advancements while continuing to recognize the need for vigilance and action on issues impacting women and girls at home and abroad. As we mark this day, we are thinking about the women and girls of Ukraine. Whether they are among the… Continue reading March 8 International Women’s Day
The Fractured University Administration
Read the March 1, 2022 issue of VOX here.
2022 USFA Executive Elections: Call for Nominations
This is a call for nominations in the election to fill seven vacancies on the USFA Executive Committee commencing July 1, 2022: Category A: one vacancy (2 year term) Category B: one vacancy (2 year term) Category C: one vacancy (2 year term) Category D: one vacancy (2 year term) Category E: three vacancies (two… Continue reading 2022 USFA Executive Elections: Call for Nominations
Feeling Pressure to Retire? It’s your decision
We are again hearing that some faculty members are being contacted by their deans or department heads to discuss their plans for retirement. And again, these meetings have been requested absent any indication or notice from the faculty member that they are even contemplating retirement at this time. Many USFA members are upset by what… Continue reading Feeling Pressure to Retire? It’s your decision
Nursing Education, Managerialism and the Corporate University
Read the February 11, 2022 issue of VOX here.
Collectively Speaking – February 2022
This issue of Collectively Speaking contains a summary of bargaining trends across Canada and a snapshot of financial settlements negotiated by CAUT academic staff associations over the last year. In addition, we have a message from USFA Chair Geraldine Balzer, information about upcoming meetings with members, and a brief article reminding members to tell us… Continue reading Collectively Speaking – February 2022