APUO is both a professional association and a union, certified in 1976 under the Ontario Labour Relations Act.
It is the exclusive bargaining agent for the 1250 employees in the bargaining unit which it represents; the unit includes professors (other than visiting professors), language teachers, counsellors, librarians, and certain research fellows.
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FGPS and SofG
December 16, 2014
Dear APUO members, As mentioned at the General Assembly on Wednesday, we are sending you the report by the Working Group studying the operations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) (including a minority report), as well as the report by the Working Group on the Academic Dimension of the School of Government. These two reports offer recommendations that entail significant changes for APUO members, and should be discussed at length within your…
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