St. FX Association of University Teachers

Posted July 13, 2012: Issue 2 of the Bargaining Bulletin is now ready to read!  It’s perfect light reading for a steaming hot and sunny day like today. This particular update provides details on the negotiation process and representatives, and the results of the recent Members’ survey that is helping shape the negotiation process.  A kind […]

Posted June 15, 2012: I’m pleased to post Issue 1 of the Bargaining Bulletin. As we all know, the StFXAUT Negotiating Team is busy preparing to negotiate our Third Collective Agreement, and the negotiating team will publish regular updates in this form. New BB editions will continue to be posted here, and an archive will be made […]

Please read the sixth issue of the Bargaining Bulletin to see how StFX employee benefits measure up to those of comparator institutions.

The StFX AUT executive and negotiating teams have prepared the following documents as a means of keeping members informed of the progress in this round of collective bargaining.  There is a meeting of the StFX AUT scheduled for Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30pm in the Schwartz Auditorium (SCHW110).  Members are encouraged to review these documents […]

Issue 5 of the Bargaining Bulletin is now available.  This issue contains numerous insights drawn from our financial oversight initiatives that address issues and concerns with the financial management of the University. You will also see attached several questions that were originally posed at the most recent StFXAUT General Meeting. All of this makes for […]

Further to the summary provided at the last General Meeting of the StFXAUT on September 19th, a document (Summary of StFXAUT Negotiations 2012 Mandate) has been prepared that provides a concise and thorough summary of the proposals tabled by the StFXAUT in the current round of negotiations. These proposals are a direct outcome of what […]

Up until now, the AUT has made reasonable but slow progress at the negotiating table. In the last week the failure of the admin to produce a compensation offer by the agreed-upon deadline casts some doubt on their commitment to the negotiating process.  Read more in Issue 4 of the Bargaining Bulletin.  And don’t forget […]

CAUT Policy Statement on Salary Structure Preamble Salary structures at most academic institutions bear little relation to the practice in other workplaces, and there is evidence to suggest that this has been a major factor in the steady erosion of academic staff salaries relative to other sectors over a prolonged period. The reform of traditional […]

Issue 3 of the Bargaining Bulletin is now ready to read!  It’s perfect light reading for Labour Day weekend.

Issue 2 of the Bargaining Bulletin is now ready to read!  It’s perfect light reading for a steaming hot and sunny day like today. This particular update provides details on the negotiation process and representatives, and the results of the recent Members’ survey that is helping shape the negotiation process.  A kind thanks to the […]