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Showing posts with label Athabasca University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athabasca University. Show all posts
Monday, July 8, 2024

Athabasca University stalls bargaining right out of the gate

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Bargaining between the Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) and Athabasca University (AU) kicked off June 28th with an exchange o...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

Update: AUFA members to vote on reversing exec decision

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Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) executive deciding to make a cash donation to a member. Ye...
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Friday, June 16, 2023

AUFA executive resignations follow unusual payment to member

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Last Friday, the executive of the Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) held an emergency meeting. After an apparently acrimonious...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Resisting company doctors through moral suasion

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Unionized workers can make gains and stave off concessions by attaching costs to employer behaviour in the hope that the employer will decid...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Complaint over “Mafia-esque” union Xmas cards resolved

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An unfair labour practice complaint, alleging Christmas cards sent by a union to the employer’s bargaining team amounted to “Mafia-esque” in...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

AU’s ergo program symptomatic of organizational dysfunction

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Almost 100% of staff at Athabasca University (AU) work from home, at least part of the time. This is up from about 50% prior to COVID. The s...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Athabasca U staff engagement results are predictably terrible

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This morning, Athabasca University released some of the results from its Autumn 2022 staff survey. The survey was about staff engagement, en...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023

AU sacks its president, but problems continue

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Yesterday, Athabasca University terminated the employment of its president , Peter Scott, and appointed the dean of health disciplines as it...