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University to compensate for “anomalously low” faculty salaries

Written on September 10, 2018. Posted in News, University.

This month, Queen’s will be adjusting the salaries of roughly 200 faculty members currently employed at the University. Faculty members were notified of the change in August, according to a statement published on the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) website. In an interview with The Journal,...

Research assistants join PSAC Local 901

Written on March 31, 2017. Posted in News.

After two years of campaigning for unionisation and attending hearings to prove their job status, research assistants at Queen’s have won the right to unionise effective Feb. 16, 2017. Approximately 600 research assistants voted on union certification two years ago — on April 30, 2014 — however...

Academic assistants bring petition to bargaining

Written on November 18, 2016. Posted in News.

Just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Queen’s Academic Assistant (AA) bargaining team entered into their third round of conciliation negotiations with the University, bringing with them a surprise addition to the bargaining table. The AAs, represented by the union group United Steelworkers (USW)...

PSAC strike looms, union asks Queen’s to rejoin table

Written on October 21, 2016. Posted in News.

Over the course of a three-day vote on Oct. 13, 14, and 17, Queen’s postdocs voted in favour of a strike if Queen’s administration didn’t return to the bargaining table, after their negotiations broke down last month. “No one wants a strike, but we’re being forced by Queen’s to take action to get...

Union seeks to kickstart stalled negotiations

Written on October 7, 2014. Posted in News.

A rally outside Richardson Hall, held last Thursday by the United Steelworkers Union (USW), called for a return to job evaluation system negotiations that address transparency and pay equity, which have been stalled for months. The USW Local 2010 and 2010-01 represents over 1,100 Queen’s employees,...

TAs sign new collective agreement

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in News.

Following eight months of negotiations, the University has ratified its agreement with PSAC Unit 1. Despite this, the bargaining group claims it isn’t good enough. PSAC Unit 1, which represents teaching assistants (TA) and teaching fellows (TF) at the University, began negotiations on April 30, and...

Settlement reached between University and public employees union

Written on August 7, 2011. Posted in News.

A tentative agreement between Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Queen’s administration was reached at noon on Saturday, avoiding a possible strike or lockout. CUPE officials and University administrators had until Monday at midnight to reach a settlement and avoid a strike or lockout position....

Late-night talks extend strike/lockout deadline

Written on July 29, 2011. Posted in News.

University administration and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) extended the deadline for a possible strike or lockout until Aug. 8 after finishing their third mediation meeting shortly after midnight on Friday. Before the extension, the deadline for a strike or lockout was set for 12:01...

Principal's letter leaked to Facebook

Written on July 28, 2011. Posted in News.

Updated July 29, 2011 A letter containing Principal Daniel Woolf’s plan for the upcoming year was leaked to Facebook on Wednesday, revealing Woolf’s expectations that the school year “could prove to be a time of major labour disruption at the university.” University administration is in mediation...

Deadline looms for union

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in News.

Three locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) could be in a legal strike or lockout position as early as July 29 after Queen’s administration filed a No Board Report on July 6. The report, which marks a 17-day countdown until a strike or lockout can legally occur, was issued by the...

Faculty strike possible

Written on June 28, 2011. Posted in News.

A union of faculty, librarians and archivists at Queen’s could strike if an agreement with the administration isn’t reached by June 30. Since its contract expired at the end of April, Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) has been negotiating with the University. According to a bargaining...

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University to compensate for “anomalously low” faculty salaries

Research assistants join PSAC Local 901

Academic assistants bring petition to bargaining

PSAC strike looms, union asks Queen’s to rejoin table

Union seeks to kickstart stalled negotiations

TAs sign new collective agreement

Settlement reached between University and public employees union

Late-night talks extend strike/lockout deadline

Principal's letter leaked to Facebook

Deadline looms for union

Faculty strike possible

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