Topic: Collective bargaining

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Public engagement

Community mobilization in support of contract negotiations: Reflections on the process

David Heap

Mobilizing in support of bargaining requires endurance, openness, and coalition building. What steps can faculty associations take to create connections among their […]

Faculty strike on a picket line outside a building

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Politics, Public engagement, Public policy

Why labour strife at universities should concern us all

Andrew Biro, Acadia University; Joseph Hayes, Acadia University, and Rachel K. Brickner, Acadia University

A professor speaks to students in a lecture hall.

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Faculty associations, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure

New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk

Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury

Protesters outside holding signs as cars drive by.

Academic freedom, Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Universities and the academic mission

University and school strikes across Canada are about workers’ rights — and protecting education as a public good

Nancy Marie Ross, Dalhousie University; Raluca Bejan, Dalhousie University, and Steph Zubriski, Dalhousie University

Protesters walking down the street carrying signs in support of education workers.

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Funding, Politics

Ontario education strike fallout: Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour precarity could spark wider job action

Michael Mindzak, Brock University

CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration outside the office of Parm Gill, Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Milton, […]

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenizing the collective bargaining process at North Island College

Janis Almond, Evelyn Voyageur, Erin McConomy, Shirley Ackland, and Jen Wrye

The following interview was conducted with leaders at the North Island College Faculty Association. They responded collectively as a group. Could you […]

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenization through collective bargaining: Lessons and ideas for academic staff associations

Spy Dénommé-Welch and Larry Savage, Brock University

Introduction In June 2020, members of the Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) ratified a new collective agreement that contained important contract provisions […]

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Ethics, Faculty associations

Editorial Matters: The collective challenges of COVID-19

Ben Lewis

This has been a challenging year. We were just putting the final touches on this issue of Academic Matters when the COVID-19 […]

Collective bargaining, Faculty associations, Technology

Courage, strength, and resolve: How the King’s University College Faculty Association unionized in the middle of a pandemic

Stephanie Bangarth, King’s University College Faculty Association

Facing a global health pandemic and an uncooperative administration, the King’s University College Faculty Association decided it was time to unionize. Now […]

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Governance, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Rising to the challenge: Reflections on a round of pandemic bargaining

Larry Savage, Brock University

Bargaining is an intensive and complex process during the best of times, but what happened when the Brock University Faculty Association found […]