Dear Colleagues, We finally exchanged monetary proposals on Monday in the presence of our conciliator from the Ministry of Labour. We did not have much time left to fully discuss these proposals, and so I will reserve sharing too much information before we have had an opportunity to develop a better understanding of each other’s …
Dear Fellow Faculty Members, First and foremost, thank you all for the strong support you showed through the successful Strike Mandate Vote! The bargaining team very much appreciates it. We have had two sessions since my in-person updates on January 16th, 22nd and 23rd. The sessions were on Monday January 28th and Wednesday January 30th. …
Faculty Members at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have voted 86% in favour of a strike Mandate, the highest in our history. 79% of Faculty Members voted, a powerful show of support. “Clearly, our membership has given their bargaining team a strong mandate for improved working and learning conditions at UOIT, in …
Dear Colleagues, I hope you all have a very good holiday break and are enjoying the New Year! We have not had any bargaining sessions since my last update, but we would like to share additional details regarding the various concerns that we have about the current bargaining situation. The UOIT Administration is holding on …
We just finished a series for four half-day sessions over the past two weeks. This makes seven bargaining sessions in total so far. I wish that I could report to you that we are making good progress, but I cannot. Our next session will be on November 29th 2018. We had hoped exchange monetary proposals this …
Endorsed by the Faculty Association’s Equity Committee As December 6th approaches, the UOIT Faculty Association would like our members, students and the larger UOIT community to pause and recognize the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On December 6th, 1989, 14 women were gunned down at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, …
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology Faculty Association (UOITFA) is making progress creating secure jobs for its members, even while a new national study by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has found that that more faculty than ever are working contract-to-contract in the gig economy. UOITFA is the first union in Ontario …
Written by UOIT Faculty Association Chief Negotiator Mike Eklund Dear colleagues, We have just concluded the first three bargaining sessions with our Employer, on October 24th, 26th and yesterday, the 29th. I wish that I could report that we are off to a good start. Fortunately, we are entering a two week break from bargaining …