Ratification vote scheduled – Vol. 7 No. 15

The UWOFA Board of Directors has recommended that the tentative faculty collective agreement reached with the administration on Friday November 9 be brought to the membership for ratification.

An overview of the tentative agreement will be provided at a faculty Bargaining Unit meeting on Tuesday, November 20, University College Room 3110 (Conron Hall) from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Members can also review details of the tentative agreement by signing into the private members’ area of the UWOFA website. Sign in with your UWO username and password.

Ratification Vote

You may cast your ratification ballot at the following locations:

• Thursday, November 22, 9:00 a.m. – 7 p.m., Social Science Centre 2nd floor lobby

• Friday, November 23, 9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m., Middlesex College main lobby

Please bring your university ID card or another piece of photo identification with you to the polls.

Electronic Voting

E-voting will also be available for those who will be away from the university and away from London during the ratification vote. Rest assured that the online voting system is secure and that your vote will remain anonymous. To participate in this electronic vote, you must contact the UWOFA office (uwofa@uwo.ca) before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20 with the following information:

1. your name and faculty/department;
2. your employee number;
3. the email address you are currently using; and
4. the nature of your leave and the reason(s) you are unable to vote on campus.

Those who are placed on the e-vote list will be removed from the paper voters list. They will not be able to cast their ballot in person. These members will receive an email on Wednesday, November 21 with detailed e-vote instructions.