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Oct 21, 2024 | 
academicmatters.ca | Carol Anderson |Nigmendra Narain |James Harnum |Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Looking back and looking forward In 2014, Academic Matters marked the 50th anniversary of its publisher, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty […] READ MORE
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
In July, Arbitrator William Kaplan delivered his interest arbitration award for the Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty Association’s (TFA) 2023-2026 collective agreement. The monetary elements of the award include Across-The-Board (ATB) increases of 3.5% in year one, 3.0% in year two, and 3.0% in year three, to apply retroactively within sixty days to current and former members; as well as increases to the Career Development Increment and Overload Course stipend.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
In May, members of the Professors’ Association of Saint Paul University (PASPU) ratified their collective agreement for 2024-2027. Compensation gains include an annual Across-the-Board increase of 4.5%, improved compensation for thesis supervision and direction of reading courses, promotion increments and more paid sick days for librarians, and better salary continuity during sabbatical leave for faculty. Salary anomalies will now be reviewed and corrected annually.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Congratulations to the McMaster University Academic Librarians’ Association (MUALA) for recently ratifying a new collective agreement! Members made significant monetary gains in keeping with their bargaining priorities of bringing McMaster librarians’ working conditions closer to the average for academic librarians across Ontario, significant benefits gains, and improvements for members with contractually limited appointments.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
After years of advocacy, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and its allies have successfully secured passage of federal legislation that will exclude public universities from the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA).
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May 28, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
WHEREAS the Caste system is rooted in classism and was reinforced through colonial practices and promotes discrimination against people born to lower castes, especially Dalit or ‘untouchables’; WHEREAS the Caste system, while rooted in India, has travelled with the Indian diaspora and its effects are felt throughout the diasporic community in Canada including direct impacts on our own members who come from lower Castes; In keeping with OHRC’s policy position on caste-based discrimination...
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May 7, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Congratulations to the members of the Algoma University Faculty Association Full-Time unit for negotiating their 2023-2026 agreement, ratified in early March. The faculty association is represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 685. Notable increases were achieved on salary, with Across-The-Board (ATB) increases of six per cent, four per cent, and three per cent respectively over each of the three years.
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May 7, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Congratulations to members of the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) for their compensation settlement, awarded in a final offer selection process. On April 12, 2024, Arbitrator Kevin Burkett selected the Association’s final offer over that of the University as more closely approximating what he would have awarded based on an analysis of the relevant considerations of CPI and comparator settlements.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
TORONTO, April 30, 2024 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) recognizes the essential contributions of the Brescia Faculty Association (BFA) to the vibrant and unique educational experience at Brescia University College in advance of the institution’s closure on May 1, 2024.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
ocufa.on.ca | Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Permanent, Regular, Full-Time Position (Policy Level B)Deadline: Friday April 19, 2024Working under the supervision of the Executive Director, the successful candidate for Director of Policy and Government Relations will provide strategic direction to OCUFA’s policy analysis, legislative strategy, and government relations work on behalf of Ontario’s university faculty and academic librarians.
