Explaining QUFA Membership in the Bargaining Units & Membership in the Association (Union)

Queen's University Faculty Association is currently the sole bargaining agent for members of the Faculty Librarian and Archivists (FLA) Bargaining Unit and the Queen's School of Religion (QSR) Bargaining Unit. In 2007, members in QUFA's Faculty, Librarian and Archivist (FLABU) and Sessional Adjunct (SABU) Bargaining Units amalgamated to form the current FLA Bargaining Unit. The QSR Bargaining Unit certified in 2009 under the aegis of QUFA. Membership in each bargaining unit is defined in the respective Certificates issued by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. There are two types of QUFA memberships: membership in the Bargaining Unit and membership in the Association.

Membership in the FLA and QSR Bargaining Units

Faculty, Librarians, and Archivists and Contract Academic Staff (Adjuncts) covered by the amalgamated Collective Agreement of 2008-11, are members of the FLA Bargaining Unit. All Queen's University Faculty (with a few exceptions, e.g., clinician faculty who are members of the OMA and therefore excluded by the OLRB) are automatically members of the FLA Bargaining Unit. Faculty in the Queen's School of Religion, who are still bargaining for their first collective agreement as of August 2010, are members of the QSR Bargaining Unit. Members of the Bargaining Units can vote on their respective Collective Agreements: ratification and strike action.

Dues

Dues are deducted automatically by the University's Financial Services for Members of the Bargaining Units.

Membership in the Association (Union)

Membership in the Association (Union) is open to all members of both FLA and QSR Bargaining Units. Membership is voluntary and may be obtained by completing an application form and ensuring that it has been received by the QUFA office. No additional payment of dues is required to become a member of the Association (Union). Association (Union) Members can participate in the day-to-day decision making processes of the Association (Union) by being elected to hold an office on the Executive Committee or on the Council of Representatives, or by serving on the Negotiating Team and/or on supporting committees. Members of the Association (Union) vote on the election of officers and on policy matters of the Association at general meetings. In addition to the members of the FLA and QSR Bargaining Units, membership in the Association (Union) is open to clinical faculty in the Faculty of Health Sciences who are eligible for membership in the Clinical Teachers' Association of Queen's University (CTAQ), and to such other groups as the Association may determine.