At the June 2020 Area Reps meeting with Vice-President Academic & Provost James Rush, a lengthy discussion took place about the regularity of pay for staff at UW. Although changing the pay schedule seemed cumbersome in the past, the introduction of WorkDay made a change more feasible.
Today marked the first Area Rep meeting since last June. Thank you to all who attended; well over 90 of you took the time to tune in on Teams!
President Folland shared an update with those in attendance:
2020-09-10
UWSA could not function without the help of over 90 volunteers! It looked very different this year, but UWSA held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on August 26. We had to locate off campus, but Bingemans was a wonderful host. One attendee summed up the event very nicely:
The University of Waterloo Staff Association (UWSA) Communication and Membership Committee is pleased to provide this final results document based on our May 2020 COVID Climate Survey.
On July 14th, we published our preliminary results where we provided the numerical results of how prepared staff felt to do their job in the current conditions and how they felt we in the UWSA were doing in communicating with staff.
The UWSA Communications and Membership Committee is pleased to provide these preliminary results from our May 22-29, 2020 COVID Campus Climate Survey.
We were very pleased with your participation - a total of 738 responses! As you may recall, we asked 9 questions:
A joint message from Human Resources and Occupational Health posted on Daily Bulletin May 19
Many of us are working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For some of us, working from home is a new experience. For those of us who have children at home, this adds another layer of complexity. It goes without saying that these are different times, which require new routines.
In December 2019, the Staff Enhancement Grant Committee approved nine applications. Gill Lesperance was one of them. Here is his story.
A message from President Lawrence Folland
Dear UWSA Member,
It has recently come to our attention that Human Resources has not been able to generate letters for the Staff Association Fees.
Here is the statement from HR:
by Kathy Becker
(July 14, 2019)
Chris Glover, the NDP Critic for Colleges and Universities conducted a campus tour on Tuesday, November 12th. He met with administrators, faculty, staff and students to discuss the recent funding changes and other challenges and opportunities at UW.
Shown in the photo from left:
Brent Matheson (FAUW)
Terry Labach (UWSA)