October 31st: Update to Membership
Bargaining Prep in Full Swing Your SAFA/SAIT Collective Agreement ends June 30, 2024. As such, your bargaining team (Jessica Norman, Amir Fard, Earl Simpson, and Craig Coolahan) is hard at […]
SAFA President Bargaining, LRO Message, News
Bargaining Prep in Full Swing Your SAFA/SAIT Collective Agreement ends June 30, 2024. As such, your bargaining team (Jessica Norman, Amir Fard, Earl Simpson, and Craig Coolahan) is hard at […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
How Your Vacation Works at SAIT There has been an ongoing misunderstanding as to whether or not a 0.5 permanent or temporary-salaried faculty member’s vacation should be pro-rated to 21.5 […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
Summer Office Hours This will be the last weekly update until fall. Starting June 26th, SAFA will be holding summer office hours that will vary based on the association business […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
Introducing Craig Coolahan, SAFA LRO Hello, SAFA members. I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as your new Labour Relations Officer. My name is Craig Coolahan. I […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
As a follow-up to last week’s message, I’d like to talk about what happens when an employee needs to take an extended sick leave. In this message, I’ll provide more […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
Know your responsibilities as a SAFA Member Recently, I’ve had several questions regarding how employees can access the supports and leave available to them due to illness or disability. This […]
SAFA President LRO Message, News
Who are SAFA Members? The make-up of our association may surprise you. Did you know that SAFA has over 660 temporary or part-time members? In fact, our ratio of contingent […]
SAFA President Bargaining, LRO Message, News
New Collective Agreement: FAQs SAFA knows that members have questions about how the new Collection Agreement changes your work at SAIT, so we will be running a series of FAQs […]
SAFA President Bargaining, LRO Message, News
We are pleased to announce a new Collective Agreement has been ratified between the SAIT Academic Faculty Association (SAFA) and SAIT’s Board of Governors for the period of July 1, […]
SAFA President Bargaining, LRO Message, News
Summary of Tentative Collective Agreement Changes SAFA held a special meeting on May 2nd to review the tentative Collective Agreement that is currently undergoing ratification. On May 3rd, SAFA members […]