QUFA Digest: March 2025

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Hello QUFA Members,

Please see the March 2025 edition of Digest below.

Notifications

  1. The annual QUFA Spring General Meeting is scheduled for April 24, 2025 at 1pm via Zoom. In accordance with the QUFA Constitution, members will receive an official notice on April 10 and the agenda on April 17. This meeting will include elections for Executive Committee positions and nominations are still open – please see the January issue of Voices for more information (p.9). This is an early reminder for the Spring GM and there will be more info and reminders to come.
  2. Stay tuned for two upcoming issues of Voices. One issue will be a March edition focusing on current affairs, and a special issue will follow and focus on the new Queen’s Endpoint Protection requirements.
  3. For all QUFA communications related to the PSAC 901 strike, please visit: https://qufa.ca/campus-job-action-news/

Participation

  1. Bargaining Mandate Approved: QUFA circulated a Bargaining Mandate document to the membership in February and early March. We then held a Special General Meeting on March 13 that dealt exclusively with Bargaining. Following that meeting the QUFA members voted to adopt the Bargaining Mandate document with 92% approval. Stay tuned for more bargaining updates as business progresses, and visit the QUFA bargaining site.
  2. QUFA Caucuses: We are looking for Chairs and members for the New Faculty Caucus and the Caregivers Caucus. Please contact PACC Chair Vanessa E. Thompson if you are interested in getting involved: vt25@queensu.ca.

For Your Information

  • New Members: If you are a recent hire at Queen’s, you can fill out an Association Membership form here. To learn more about being a Member of the union Bargaining Unit and a Member of the Association, click here.
  • QUFA Voices: Please see the latest edition here. Stay tuned for a new Voices archive on the website.
  • QUFA Podcast: Check out Campus Conversations.
  • You can always check our News & Events feed on the website homepage for updates: www.qufa.ca
  • Visit QUFA on Facebook and Instagram.

Sincerely,

QUFA Staff