The USFA negotiating committee began bargaining the new collective agreement with the employer on May 26th. Member perspectives gathered over the past two years under the themes of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access will inform issues being brought by the committee to the table, in addition to other work-related issues brought forward by faculty while preparations… Continue reading Bargaining update
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Collectively Speaking – December 2022 Bargaining Trends and Recent Settlements
The December 2022 issue of Collectively Speaking focuses on bargaining, the background, trends and recent financial settlements at post-secondary institutions in Canada. It also includes a brief update on preparations for our next round of negotiations. Download Collectively Speaking
Negotiations Update: January 2019
To our USFA colleagues, happy new year and best wishes for the coming year! With the beginning of the winter term, we are setting up more meetings with the Employer. We continue to work toward conclusion of a prolonged, and occasionally contentious, process. Since we began negotiations with the Employer in July 2017, many of… Continue reading Negotiations Update: January 2019
Negotiations Update October 2017: Equity and Stability?
Our collective agreement expired June 30, 2017 and we have begun negotiations with the employer. We do not anticipate this being an easy, or a quick, round of negotiations. While our theme for negotiations planning has been “equity and stability” including issues of scope and rank for academic clinicians in the College of Medicine (see… Continue reading Negotiations Update October 2017: Equity and Stability?
Tentative settlement reached for 2013-2014
Dear members: Today, the Negotiating Teams for the USFA and Employer signed off on a tentative agreement for the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 (attached). The agreement provides for an extension to the terms of the current collective agreement with a 1% scale increase to all salaries and salary scales, plus the… Continue reading Tentative settlement reached for 2013-2014
Preparation of Negotiations: Your voice counts!!
Our current collective agreement expires on June 30, 2013. Both the USFA and Employer are committed to settling the next agreement prior to expiry of the present one, so it is likely that we will be at the table in early 2013. As a consequence, preparation for the next round of bargaining by the USFA… Continue reading Preparation of Negotiations: Your voice counts!!