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Follow Up on Lockout of Email/Research Threat
Dear Colleagues, As promised, I am attaching two model texts that you can use for out-of-office replies or to let partners know about your alternate email address and the reason why they need to begin using it immediately. During the Question and Answer sessions we held yesterday, I received several questions about whether forwarding your
Notice of Upcoming Strike Vote
Dear Members, This is to advise you of an upcoming strike vote open to ULFA Members from February 2nd, 2022 to February 3rd, 2022. Polls will open February 2nd, 2022 at 9am via an anonymous, unique ballot sent to your uleth email via ULFA’s Survey Monkey account. Polls will close at 9pm on February 3rd.
Board lockout of email/research: What you need to do immediately
Dear Colleagues You will have seen an unsigned announcement yesterday evening indicating that the Board intends to lockout Members from access to email and other online services should Job Action occur. This is a reckless decision, both because it will damage the long-term reputation and standing of our University and because cutting off online services
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Tentative Settlement Reached For CUEFA!
It was only after the strong positive strike vote that things began to change for CUEFA. The administration agreed to the Union’s proposal on workload days after the vote. They dropped demands for reduction in job security one day after the strike began. They agreed to submit salary demands to binding arbitration a few days after that.
Solidarity with CUEFA
Graduate workers at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and University of Lethbridge, representing approximately 6,500 members, stand in solidarity with the Concordia University of Edmonton Faculty Association (CUEFA). We applaud the actions of CUEFA to negotiate for long overdue items in order to bring parity to sector norms.
Statement Letter of Solidarity
We strongly believe that an injury to one is an injury to all. The issues that impact CUEFA – low pay, high workload, and stressful bargaining – impact unions across the post-secondary education sector in Alberta.
Advice to Members for Pivoting to Online Instruction in Spring 2022
In an email to the University community on Dec. 22, 2021, President Mike Mahon announced that most courses at the University of Lethbridge will be offered online from Jan 5 through Jan. 21, 2022, in response to the growing threat of the Omicron COVID virus. This change was made together with the Universities of Calgary and Alberta.
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CAUS & CAFA Comparison of Cost per Student
Yesterday, Minister Nicolaides tweeted out that University of Alberta and University of Calgary were among the most expensive universities in the U15 group. He used data from 2017-18, which is over four years old, and we believe that there will be more cuts coming that will drive us to the bottom of the rankings.
The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group Stands in Solidarity with ULFA
The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group stands in solidarity with the academic workers represented by the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association in their struggle for a fair bargaining process.
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