UTFA Council Updates

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January 16, 2025 - UTFA Member Update #3 

Dear Colleagues!
In this update: UTFA’s Negotiation Team and the Administration continue to engage in mediation while preparing for the commencement of arbitration on Feb 10. Get the details and ask questions at the Bargaining Town Halls on Jan 20 & 21. We want to hear from you about recent administration directives around graduate student funding, academic restructuring, and learning materials.  Read more about these issues as well as the Associations’s self-study, responsible investing & the UPP, and more. Read more

November 13, 2024 - UTFA Member Update #2

Dear Colleagues,
I have a short update from UTFA concerning the on-going status of negotiations with the administration as well as information about UTFA’s finances, budget, standing committees, legal and workplace advice, and UTFA’s academic citizenship award. Read more

October 23, 2024 - UTFA Member Update #1

Dear Colleagues,
As your representative, I am writing with updates from UTFA Council on salary, benefits, and workload negotiations; the Administration’s unilaterally developed User Guide to U of T Policies on Protest and Use of Campus Services; part-time and limited-term faculty appointments; workload concerns; health and safety; and a new UTFA office. Read more