FACULTY SEEKING FAIR SAY AND FAIR PAY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 26th 2016 (OSHAWA, ON) Faculty at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have voted 77.17% in favour of strike if talks continue to stall in the collective bargaining process.
A short video update from your bargaining team:
First, our membership voted to reject management’s offer of $0-0-0. Second, our membership voted to empower the FA executive to organize a strike mandate vote. Now, management wants to break off bargaining and take a month’s vacation. Bargaining is not a vacation! The FA is preparing for a strike mandate vote. The voting period will …
–A message from your Faculty Association President (printable statement available here)– Dear Colleagues, In its November 26th meeting, the UOIT Board of Governors accepted the meeting policy changes recommended by its Governance, Nominations and Human Resources Committee to modify the policy approved in June.
On Friday October 30th 2015, UOIT Faculty Association President, Gary Genosko, wrote a letter to the Nipissing University administration, imploring them to return to the bargaining table. Read the full letter here.
In this week’s Academic Council a discussion item was included regarding the five year financial forecast presented by the administration, in which a possible multi-year deficit is projected. Input was being sought on how this might be dealt with, which lead to a very healthy discussion and review of the data presented. The discussion document …
At today’s UOIT Board of Governors meeting, the Student Association and the Faculty Association made presentations to the UOIT Board of Governors regarding a policy passed at the previous meeting (UOIT’s Annual General Meeting of the Board) that sought to restrict the public’s participation in Board meetings and meetings of its committees.
Federal candidates in the Oshawa and Durham ridings will step up to the podium on September 17 at the Regent Theatre for the People’s Debate. Hosted by The Student Association at Durham College & UOIT (SA), the UOIT Faculty Association, Unifor Local 222, and We Are Oshawa, the debate focuses on social issues such as …
