Proposals for the Renewal of the Collective Agreement for Part ...

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file time: 2008-02-16

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Proposals for the Renewal of
the Collective Agreement for Part-time Contract Academic Staff and Part-time Professional Librarians

WLUFA Bargaining Team:

Doug Lorimer

Jonathan Haxell

Mike Skelton

Laurie Blaikie

Agenda for Negotiations

Those Articles neither party opens may be renewed unmodified with the consent of the parties. WLUFA will make proposals for changes to the following Articles: Article 4: University Rights and General Administration Article 6: Correspondence and Information Article 9: Conflict of Interest Article 11: Governance and Collegiality Article 13: Appointment of Part-time Contract Academic Staff Article 16: Duties, Responsibilities and Workload of CAS Members Article 17: Part-time Librarian Members00 Duties, Responsibilities and Workload Article 18: Leaves Article 19: Teaching Evaluations Article 23: Benefits and Pensions Article 24: Compensation Article 26: CAS Members teaching in more than one Academic Unit Article 31: Term of the Agreement

Agenda for Negotiations

The Association reserves the right to make proposals relating to the specific terms and conditions of employment of CAS Members in the Faculty of Education. If no specific clauses address conditions for CAS Members in the Faculty of Education, the conditions of the Agreement, as amended, apply to these Members as to other CAS Members in the Bargaining Unit00/font>

Article 4: University Rights and General Administration

4.2 Working Environment:

Provision of office supplies, and other services needed for contractual duties secure, safe and healthy office space adequate for performance of duties including counselling students and secure storage of personal belongings CAS Members teaching as many courses as full-time faculty have equal access to office space provision of health and safety policies and procedures consistent with legislation00/font>

Article 13: Appointment of Part-Time Contract Academic Staff

Major change 00definition of seniority points. seniority point = completed an appointment for a one-term course seniority points = the total number of points a Member has accrued
Accountability and transparency of the appointment process

00nbsp;standardize information & format of postings

00nbsp;language of 00ppointment00 rather than 00ourses00/font>

00nbsp;clarify purpose of roster

00nbsp;improved reporting on appointments & seniority

Article 13: Appointment of Part-Time Contract Academic Staff

Seniority: change in definition of seniority points seniority points = accrued total of all one00 employment as a CAS Member seniority no longer tied to a specific course importance of criteria under 13.5.1(a) to define 00ualifications00/font>

00/font>the applicant has the requisite academic qualifications for the position, i.e., the relevant academic degree or certificate, education in the academic speciality, and/or the appropriate professional training and experience.00/font>

00nbsp;13.5.1 (b) & (c) give priority to teaching experience & to Members who taught a course previously

Members with seniority status and seniority points maintain them under new system

Article 13: Appointment of Part-Time Contract Academic Staff

Seniority:

00nbsp;protect Members with seniority status from bumping by doctoral students and post-docs

evaluation & process for granting seniority status tighten and clarify timetable of the process shorten time of process for Members subject to a Professional Evaluation
strengthen University obligation to offer 2 year renewable appointment
limit exercise of seniority entitlement to two sections of the same course in one term00/font>

Article 13: Appointment of Part-Time Contract Academic Staff

Appointment Offer and Making the Process Transparent: specify date by which PTAC makes recommendation to Dean PTAC recommendations reported to department-in-council, copied to the Association set dates by which Dean makes offer if after that date, the Dean fails to make an appointment recommended by PTAC, recommended candidate can claim cancellation fee no requests for text orders or course outlines before letter of appointment issued publicly displayed list of CAS appointments at beginning of term at beginning of the term, the Dean provides the Member with the department seniority list strengthen cancellation fee including first option of alternative employment to Member00/font>