BUFA’s Bargaining Backgrounders will highlight some of the key issues the Association has prioritized as part of the collective bargaining process. These articles will feature faculty members, professional librarians, Brock students, and allies. We hope these articles will generate discussion, keep members engaged, and serve to educate the wider community about the role of the Association in defending and promoting Brock’s core academic mission.
April 1, 2017 your BUFA Negotiating Team will officially serve notice to the University Administration to begin the process of renegotiating our Collective Agreement. The Collective Agreement outlines terms and conditions of work for all full-time faculty and professional librarians at Brock. We are very excited about our bargaining mandate and look forward to negotiating a settlement that will help lead Brock forward on a number of important fronts. We plan on keeping members informed regularly as the bargaining process unfolds and look forward to that communication being two-way. All Bargaining Bulletins are in the Members section!
On the new BUFA website, we will share some of our knowledge, perceptions and critical analyses of the challenges facing Brock and the University’s responses. We will publish updates on our current contract negotiations. In addition, we will provide our own suggestions for addressing the University’s current difficulties, while maintaining the high academic quality of the education that we provide our students.
Special Membership Meeting on Wednesday, June 28th, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, in Academic South 216 (AS216). This meeting is to discuss the terms of the tentative 2017-2020 Collective Agreement. The [...]
Updated University Travel, Meals and Hospitality Policy As required by Article 4.06 of our Collective Agreement, the University must negotiate with BUFA regarding new and modified policies or [...]
Staying Focused on What Matters To be a leading institution, Brock must address excessive administrative downloading so faculty can focus on teaching and research Downloading is part of our daily [...]
LEADING BY HIRING FULL-TIME FACULTY Maintaining the cap on casual, part-time teaching will preserve educational quality and improve the student experience Brock University and the Brock [...]
OPENING ACCESS Brock can position itself as a leader in research dissemination by adequately funding open access publishing Most people favour open access publishing, but there are many [...]
BECOMING A LEADER IN RESEARCH FUNDING Increased internal research grants will help Brock realize its goals of high quality research and support for students To ensure Brock University can deliver [...]
Updated University Responsible Conduct of Research Policy As required by Article 4.06 of our Collective Agreement, the University must negotiate with BUFA regarding new and modified policies or [...]
BECOMING A LEADER THROUGH OPENNESS Brock will become stronger by embracing an open hiring process for all senior administrators The Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) is concerned the [...]
