University, QUFA ratify revised collective agreement
August 21, 2015
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The tentative collective agreement between the university and the Queen鈥檚 University Faculty Association (QUFA) is now official following the successful conclusion of QUFA鈥檚 ratification vote earlier today. The human resources committee of the Queen鈥檚 Board of Trustees voted to ratify the agreement earlier this week.
鈥淚 want to thank members of both the QUFA and university negotiating teams for their hard work in reaching this new agreement,鈥 says Queen鈥檚 Principal Daniel Woolf. 鈥淭his is a positive outcome as we enter the new academic term, allowing us to preserve the quality of our academic mission within the limits of our current financial reality.鈥
The new four-year agreement will expire on April 30, 2019. Highlights include:
鈥 Across-the-board, annual salary increases of 1 per cent, 1.25 per cent, 1.5 per cent and 1.75 per cent.
鈥 A memorandum of agreement that reaffirms the parties鈥 shared commitment to the and sets out the process for engaging in that project.
Negotiations between QUFA and the university began in January of this year. Bargaining took place over 37 dates, five of which were conducted with the assistance of a provincially appointed conciliator.
QUFA represents approximately 1,350 university faculty, librarians and archivists.