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Joint Press Release, Mount Allison on-campus associations Mount Allison Unions pleased with “positive meeting” with Minister Olscamp Representatives of four on-campus associations recently met with Tantramar MLA and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Mike Olscamp to discuss issues of common interest to members of the Mount Allison community, and the participants came away with a… Read more »

Sackville, NB — Members of the Mount Allison Faculty Association have voted overwhelmingly to ratify new collective agreements, after a nine-month bargaining process: 92% of the full-time unit and 93% of the part-time unit voted in favour of ratification. The vote took place over two full days of voting, ending March 7th. The contracts for… Read more »

Faculty and Mount Allison University reach tentative agreements The Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) has signed tentative agreements with the Employer for both its bargaining units. “This was one of the longest and most difficult bargaining periods in our history”, said Richard Hudson, MAFA President. Starting in May 2010, followed by two months of conciliation… Read more »

By a margin of 55% to 45%, Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) members rejected the Report of the Conciliation Board on the labour dispute between the union and the employer. The vote was held on February 8th and 9th. The union has informed the Ministry of Labour of its rejection. The union negotiating team will… Read more »

The Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) has announced its 2010 donations to local charities. “Every year the Mount Allison academic staff makes donations to local charities, as a way of supporting our community,” says MAFA President Richard Hudson. This year MAFA is donating $2500 to local charities, after having provided financial support to educators in… Read more »

MAFA Reaction to Minister Coulombe’s action Mount Allison Faculty Association President Richard Hudson reacted today to the decision of the Minister of Labour, the Hon. Martine Coulombe, to call a Aconciliation board@ in the labour negotiations between Mount Allison University and the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA). A conciliation board is a three-person panel which… Read more »

Faculty Association holds Part-Time Research and Creative Activity Fair In an effort to shed light on the research and creative contributions of part-time faculty, the Mount Allison Faculty Association recently held a Research and Creative Activity Fair of the work of part-timers. “Our part-time members are paid by the course and they earn only a… Read more »

Mount Allison Academic Staff applies for conciliation The Mount Allison Faculty Association, which is the certified bargaining agent for almost 200 full-time and part-time faculty and librarians at Mount Allison University, recently applied to the provincial Department of Labour for conciliation. “Our negotiating team met with the Employer team 23 times over a month from… Read more »

The Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) has announced its 2006 donations to local charities as well as to relief efforts farther afield. “Every year the Mount Allison academic staff donates $3000 to charity,” says MAFA President Paul Berry. This year $1000 was donated to international relief for students and academic staff in response to natural… Read more »

Faculty and Librarians represented by the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) have voted to accept a proposal to extend the current collective agreement with Mount Allison University. Currently, Mount Allison faculty and professional librarians are working under the last year of a four-year collective agreement. Negotiations for a new agreement were to have started this… Read more »