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463 UWindsor staff on $100K+ ‘Sunshine List’ Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR aculty of Law professor Neil Gold brought home $312,703.62 in 2011 despite taking the year off, according to the annual Sunshine List. The 2012 Sunshine List, a ranking of Ontario public sector employees who made more than $100,000 in 2011, was released last Friday. Gold, who joined the Faculty of Law in 1973, was on a sabbatical administrative leave last year, yet took home the same wage he earned in 2010 as the university’s vice-president, academic. Gold’s contract is the result of a deal struck with former university president...
Maclean’s places the University of Windsor in the middle of 2011 rankings Stephen Hargreaves News Editor he University of Windsor placed in the middle of the 2011 Maclean’s University Rankings, and that’s a good thing, according to president Alan Wildeman. The 21st annual Maclean’s University Rankings were released last week, placing the University of Windsor eighth in the comprehensive category, a slip of one place from 2010 when Windsor tied with Carleton at seventh. Despite the drop in position, three new schools entered this category (Brock Unviersity, Wilfrid Laurier University and Ryerson University), debuting below Windsor. “I saw it in...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Our planet does not have to die, according to University of Windsor professor emeritus Peter Sale. Sale, who is currently an assistant director with the Institute for Water, Environment and Health at United Nations University, will be on campus to talk about his new book, Our Dying Planet, this Thursday, Nov. 3. “Our Dying Planet is my attempt, as an ecologist, to convey the complexity and severity of the environmental crisis, and the need for quick and determined action if we care at all about our own children,” Sale said. “There is still time to...
Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Windsor University Faculty Association has reached a tentative deal with the University of Windsor administration over a new collective agreement, putting to rest concerns over a possible strike on Oct. 19. All classes and campus operations will operate as usual. WUFA members and the university’s Board of Governors will ratify the proposed agreement soon, but a date has not been set. Details in the new agreement are not available at this time. WUFA members, which include nearly 1,000 professors, instructors and librarians, voted in favour of a strike mandate back in September. The union voiced concerns over...
Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR On Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 12:01 a.m., the Windsor University Faculty Association will announce if facility will strike. In a letter to the WUFA membership, the union expressed hopes for a “negotiated, fair, and equitable contract before the strike deadline.” The negotiation process was actively underway at the time of printing. WUFA members appeared in good spirits as they left negotiations late Monday night. The faculty association was scheduled to continue talks with a mediator on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the WUFA, the mediator is unavailable the following week and her subsequent availability was in...
WUFA negotiations continue this week Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The union representing professional, trades and technical staff at the University of Windsor has accepted the latest offer by administration, narrowly avoiding a strike last weekend. Canadian Union of Public Employees 1393 was set to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, but the decision was deferred when the university brought forth an offer late Friday. The union accepted the offer after a vote by 252 CUPE members at the Odette School of Business on Saturday. CUPE 1393 and the university’s administration held a final round of negotiation sessions from Sept....
The ongoing arm-wrestle between UWindsor faculty and administration Rahul Radhakrishnan NEWS EDITOR Natasha Marar EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Windsor University Faculty Association heads into collective agreement talks with university administration this week after its nearly 1,000 members voted in favour of a strike mandate last Thursday. WUFA members, which include professors, instructors and librarians, voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike mandate signifying their concerns over concessions and clawbacks including job promotions,cutbacks in pension plans, the Windsor Salary Standard and equity and pay standards for sessional professors. “I think it is very important for students to understand that this is a...
