Faculty & Librarian Bargaining Update – February 16, 2024

From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture 
Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life 
Date: February 16, 2024
Re: Faculty & Librarian Bargaining Update – February 16, 2024 

Faculty & Librarian Bargaining Update – February 16, 2024 The University is providing an update on the current round of bargaining between the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) for the period July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. The University and UTFA have been engaged in ongoing bargaining since September 2023, meeting on 15 dates. During this round, the University has made a number of substantive proposals and counterproposals, including: 

  • PTR – The University has proposed to pay PTR for July 1, 2024, on the normal timeline.  
  • Across-the-board salary increases, retroactive to July 1, 2023 – The University has proposed a retroactive increase on all salaries and the per-course stipend rate for overload teaching. 
  • Employment Benefits – The University has proposed to implement new benefits immediately, including an increase to each current faculty member and librarian’s health care spending account.  
  • Workload – The University understands that workload is an issue for many faculty members and librarians and has made workload proposals to address these concerns. 
  • Mediation – The University has proposed that the University and UTFA retain the services of a mediator to assist them in reaching an agreement in the current round of bargaining.  

Finally, the University has proposed to engage in a separate comprehensive process to negotiate revisions to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Governing Council of the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (the “MOA”). It has been more than seven years since the last such process brought significant and material changes to the MOA, including the extension of the timeline to tenure (from five to six years) and the establishment of a teaching stream professoriate. The University is committed to working collaboratively to ensure the MOA continues to serve the needs of faculty members and librarians into the future. 

A copy of this bargaining update will be posted on this website. As additional information becomes available, it will be posted here.