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)
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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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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 | |
| MC: Robert Case, Chair, OCUFA Collective Bargaining Committee | |
| 1:30 pm | Welcome and Land Acknowledgement Nigmendra Narain, OCUFA President |
| Panel 1: Decolonization, reconciliation and Indigenization; pathways for Indigenous scholarship Mukwa Musayett (Shelly Johnson), Thompson Rivers University Darrel Manitowabi, President, NOSM University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA) Akosua Matthews, Kastner Ko LLP | |
| Panel 2: Galvanizing public support for professional workers Michelle Johnston, President, Society of United Professionals Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition | |
| Evening keynote speaker dinner & reception Opening Remarks Jenny Ahn, OCUFA Executive Director Keynote Address | |
| Saturday, September 28 | |
| 9:00 am | Opening Speaker: Public universities and the economy: the value we bring Jim Stanford, Director, Centre for Future Work |
| Conference Position Paper Presentation and Discussion: Winning bigger with sectoral goals & pattern bargaining Kimiko Inouye, Director, Collective Bargaining Services, OCUFA 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 | |
| Countdown to Strong campaign-building workshop | |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| Countdown to Strong campaign-building workshop continues | |
| Distinguished Speaker: Building union power through campaign-based bargaining and solidarity Stacy Davis Gates, President, Chicago Teachers Union | |
| Collective goal setting for future success | |
| Next Steps | |
| 5:00 pm | Conference closes |