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In solidarity,
Andrew Biro
President, Acadia University Faculty Association
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- Click here for infographic regarding Acadia Admin’s proposed salary cuts to AUFA employees
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- AUFA Pandemic-related workplace FAQs
- CAUT FAQs: COVID-19 and the Academic Workplace
- Nova Scotia’s University and College Unions Call for Protection of Higher Education During Pandemic
- Memorandum of Agreement documents related to COVID-19 impact
- Communicator – Volume 24, Issue 02 (Winter 2020)
- Communicator – Volume 24, Issue 01 (Fall 2019)
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If you’re not doing so already, this would be a good week to follow @AcadiaFaculty https://twitter.com/AcadiaFaculty/status/1461733114951176198
#FlashbackFriday lucky Week 13 is here! Today we're talking #mobilization & resistance: how faculty members at various stages in their careers @AcadiaU played different roles in the unionization drive. The 2017 interviewees remember a contrast between "old vs new" faculty:
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#FlashbackFriday lucky Week 13 is here! Today we're talking #mobilization & resistance: how faculty members at various stages in their careers @AcadiaU played different roles in the unionization drive. The 2017 interviewees remember a contrast between "old vs new" faculty:
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It has only taken 12 weeks (!!) but for this week's #FlashbackFriday we will finally start talking about the unionization drive itself! We'll tell you about mobilization, resistance, ratification vote, negotiations, & the establishment of the first Collective Agreement!
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Thank you TUCFA, @MAFA_MTA, @trentfaculty, @MUNFaculty, @WindsorFaculty, @AcadiaFaculty, @APUOtt for joining CAUT/NUCAUT's consultation on Canada's Employ Equity Act Review. Taking action to improve the Act will help lower the barriers faced by equity-seeking academic staff!
This has been one of the toughest things to negotiate in the last few rounds of bargaining, and is so important for the academic integrity of our university https://twitter.com/AcadiaFaculty/status/1461043073207701516
#WorkforceWednesday is here again! Today we look at Article 20.00: Tenure-Stream Position Complement.
And what is complement, you ask? In our case, we're talking dictionary definition "the number of something required to make a group complete". So, the number of TT profs...
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#WorkforceWednesday is here again! Today we look at Article 20.00: Tenure-Stream Position Complement.
And what is complement, you ask? In our case, we're talking dictionary definition "the number of something required to make a group complete". So, the number of TT profs...
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Upcoming Meetings
AUFA Membership Meeting and Bargaining Update
November 18, 1:00 – 3:00
December 15, 12:00 – 1:00
January 21, 12:30 – 2:00
February 24, 12:00 – 1:30
March 18, 12:00 – 1:30
April 19, 12:00 – 2:00 (AGM)
Meeting invitations will be sent out via Teams.
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