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Comment on Tentative agreements reached between university and CUPE by labournewsed

labournewsed — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:26:31 +0000

The university has provided the United Steelworkers of Canada (USW) with its proposed compensation adjustments for 2010 and 2011 for grades 2-9 bargaining unit employees and these talks are continuing. Please read a recent update that was published on the Queen’s Labour News site.

Comment on The Pension Puzzle: Ask Bob! Part 2 by labournewsed

labournewsed — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:30:09 +0000

Thank you for your comment. We will pass this suggestion along to Bob Weisnagel.

Comment on The Pension Puzzle: Ask Bob! by labournewsed

labournewsed — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:28:38 +0000

Queen’s University and employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have successfully concluded their contract talks. Read the full story.

Comment on Tentative agreements reached between university and CUPE by Carol Green

Carol Green — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:09:02 +0000

Admin Staff have been waiting for their union to form and develop. Wages have been frozen and no increases at all have occurred since it was decided that the Union would be in place. Almost Two Years have passed and still no action and no wage increases.

When will the Staff Union be in place and normal annual salary increases begin again?

Comment on The Pension Puzzle: Ask Bob! by mike

mike — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:45:43 +0000

Academic activities will be ongoing throughout the strike but will the students abilibty to live in residence be affected at all?

Comment on The Pension Puzzle: Ask Bob! Part 2 by confuzzled

confuzzled — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:22:19 +0000

Would it be possible to have a glossary of pension terms posted somewhere, especially anything specific to Queen’s? I have a very hard time reading this! This is not my area of expertise, but I need to understand what’s going on …

Comment on “No board” report issued in Queen’s-QUFA negotiations by Grad Student

Grad Student — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:32:55 +0000

Associate V-P Dan Bradshaw is quoted as saying: “The university respects the collective bargaining process and we are entering mediation looking to reach a negotiated settlement with QUFA.” I’m sorry, but I don’t believe this. If the administration is so keen to settle with QUFA and CUPE, why did they apply for no-board in both cases? Why is the university imposing its pension ideas on faculty and staff? Why are they in such a rush? Could it be that the administration is more interested in getting rid of the deficit than in bargaining in good faith? Is the administration more concerned about the deficit than in what’s best for the university as a whole? In the infamous leaked letter, Woolf sounds more like the CEO of a corporation than the principal of a learning institution. I have no faith in this administration, and I despair of the harm that they are doing to Queen’s (and what they will do in the future).

Comment on About this Site by labournewsed

labournewsed — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:44:14 +0000

You can find the answer here.

Comment on Faculty & Staff FAQs by labournewsed

labournewsed — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:03:08 +0000

This question has been addressed in a recent blog post.

Comment on Faculty & Staff FAQs by labournewsed

labournewsed — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:01:20 +0000

Your question has been addressed in a recent blog post.

http://www.queensu.ca/labournews/?p=377