Collective Bargaining Conference: Bargaining Stronger Together
The 2024 OCUFA Collective Bargaining Conference will take place on Friday September 27th and Saturday September 28th. OCUFA Collective Bargaining Committee members, Presidents, members of your association’s bargaining committee(s), and action committee members are invited to this conference.
Costs for attendance will be covered for OCUFA Collective Bargaining Committee members. For other attendees, OCUFA member organizations are required to cover costs for travel and accommodations.
- Details
- Confirmed speakers
- Agenda
When: September 27th, 2024 (1:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
and
September 28th, 2024 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Where: Toronto Marriot City Centre Hotel (1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON M5V 1J4)
Cost:
Early bird (on & before Jul 26, 2024): $250
Regular (after Jul 26, 2024): $325
More details to come.
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Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Stacy Davis Gates, President, Chicago Teachers Union
Mukwa Musayett (Shelly Johnson), Thompson Rivers University
Darrel Manitowabi, President, NOSM University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA)
Akosua Matthews, Kastner Ko LLP
Michelle Johnston, President, Society of United Professionals
Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition
Jim Stanford, Director, Centre for Future Work
Susan Wurtele, Past-President and Chair of Board, OCUFA, and Lorimer Collective Bargaining Award recipient 2023
Leslie Jermyn, Executive Director, Queen’s University Faculty Association, and Lorimer Collective Bargaining Award recipient 2024
Tentative Agenda – Subject to change
Friday, September 27 | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Welcome and Land Acknowledgement Nigmendra Narain, OCUFA President |
| 1:45 pm | Panel 1: Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Indigenization: Pathways for Indigenous Scholarship Mukwa Musayett (Shelly Johnson), Thompson Rivers University Darrel Manitowabi, President, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA) Akosua Matthews, Kastner Ko LLP MODERATOR: Robert Case, OCUFA Collective Bargaining Committee Chair |
| 3:15 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 pm | Panel 2: Galvanizing Support for Broader Public Service Workers Michelle Johnston, President, Society of United Professionals Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition MODERATOR: Rob Kristofferson, OCUFA Vice-President |
| 5:00 pm | Break |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm | Evening keynote speaker Opening Remarks Jenny Ahn, OCUFA Executive Director Keynote Address: The Power of Collective Action and Protecting Public Universities from the CCAA/BIA Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance |
| 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Evening reception (Cash bar with refreshments) |
Saturday, September 28 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Opening Remarks Nigmendra Narain, OCUFA President |
| 9:15 am | Opening Speaker: Public Universities and the Economy: The Value Our Sector Delivers Jim Stanford, Director, Centre for Future Work MODERATOR: Cecile Farnum, Conference Steering Committee Member |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Panel 3: Conference Position Paper Presentation and Panel: Winning Bigger with Sectoral Goals and Pattern Bargaining Paper presenter and moderator: Kimiko Inouye, Director of Collective Bargaining Services, OCUFA Panelists: Sue Wurtele, Past-President and Chair of Board, OCUFA, and Lorimer Collective Bargaining Award recipient 2023 Leslie Jermyn, Executive Director, Queen’s University Faculty Association, and Lorimer Collective Bargaining Award recipient 2024 |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm | Breakout discussion groups: Planning Ahead; Bargaining Campaign Goals |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Featured Speaker: Building Union Power through Member Engagement and Community Solidarity Stacy Davis Gates, President, Chicago Teachers Union MODERATOR: Jun Nogami, Conference Steering Committee Member |
| 4:15 pm | Takeaways and Next Steps Closing speaker: Johanna Weststar, President, University of Western Ontario Faculty Association |
| 5:00 pm | Conference closes |