The “Unions Working Together” monthly meetings of the five unions representing university workers, ASPA, CUPE 1975 and 3257, PSAC, and USFA provide an opportunity for sharing news regarding negotiations, grievances, experiences and approaches to better support their members. Shared concerns of interest to USFA members were discussed during the October monthly meeting. USFA representative Julita […]
Read More »Following University Council elections last spring, the USFA Executive decided to ask CAUT to review a summary of the election process. After reviewing the summary, the University of Saskatchewan Act, and University Council’s by-laws on elections procedure with CAUT’s legal staff, Executive Director David Robinson concluded: The short answer is that we are of the […]
Read More »Read the November 15, 2023 issue of VOX here.
Read More »The Employer and the USFA have negotiated a settlement to the USFA grievance related to cell phone and home internet costs incurred by faculty when they were required to work from home during the COVID pandemic. This recent grievance settlement will provide eligible employees with an opportunity as of November 15 and ending December 31, […]
Read More »The 30 Birds Foundation is holding a special event to acknowledge Saskatoon’s support of over 450 Afghan schoolgirls and their families who fled the Taliban in 2021. USFA contributed $10,000 to help the young women escape the Taliban’s violence and prohibition of education for girls and young women. We invite members to meet some of […]
Read More »Read the September 12, 2023 issue of VOX here.
Read More »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 […]
Read More »As part of the December 2021 agreement to extend the 2017-2022 Collective Agreement, the Employer and the Association established a Joint Workload Committee to gather information about workload from the Employer and Association members across campus, and to make recommendations for procedures, criteria, and mechanisms that could be put in place to address concerns expressed […]
Read More »As you may know, administration at Laurentian University filed for insolvency protection on February 1, 2021. Over 200 faculty and staff lost their jobs and over 69 programs were eliminated. With the support of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Laurentian University Faculty Association, a Laurentian Fired Faculty Distress Fund has been […]
Read More »Whether its involvement in the USFA or involvement in our university, it matters. In this issue of Collectively Speaking, USFA Chair Geraldine Balzer offers suggestions on ways you can become involved. She provides one member’s take on the benefits of being involved in university governance and offers insight into why more and more faculty association […]
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