LCFA Jan 2020 General Meeting

Negotiations Committee Composition Motions for upcoming LCFA General Meeting

Proposed Motions

With the upcoming LCFA General Meeting coming up on January 27th, 2020 in room IB1103 @ 4:30 pm, motions that will be presented at this meeting are being circulated for review.  Voting on these motions is expected during the meeting.

Rationale for changes to the composition of the Negotiations Committee:

• Full time continuing membership in the faculty association has been eroded,

• bargaining frequency has changed from 3 year cycles to 2 year cycles, generally at the direction of government,

• the current size of the bargaining committee represents the largest expenditure of the association,

• the expense in a bargaining year exceeds the revenue

• current practice is not sustainable.

The following motions are presented to address the concerns addressed above:

First Motion; Motion to reduce the size of the negotiating team to a maximum of 5 elected members. The VP negotiations will chair the committee. The President and FRO will be ex-officio members of the committee.

Second Motion; The composition of the elected Negotiations committee shall include one (1) representative from Trades, one (1) Member at Large representing non-continuing academic staff, and three (3) full-time and/or part-time continuing academic staff.

Third Motion; Should less than five (5) academic staff stand for election the negotiating committee shall convene if there are at least three (3) members duly elected.

Additional information such as the agenda and minutes from previous general meeting will be circulated shortly.