Salary & Working Conditions Committee

Terms of Reference

Reporting to:
Reports regularly to the TRUFA Executive.

Membership:
The Salary and Working Conditions Committee is composed of proportionate representation from members in each of the following categories:

Bipartite: 3 reps Tripartite: 3 reps
Lab Faculty: 3 reps Non-Regular Faculty: 2 reps
Vocational Trades: 2 reps
Vocational-non Trades: 2 reps Instructional Support: 2 reps
Open Learning: 1 rep Williams Lake 1 rep

Term of Appointment:
Members will be elected at the AGM on a staggered basis (50% per year) and will serve on the committee for a two year term.

Duties and Responsibilities:
SWCC is responsible for two main areas. First, SWCC coordinates training of TRUFA Representatives for Departmental Performance Review Committees (PRC) and ensures coverage by these Representatives at all Departmental PRC Meetings as per the Collective Agreement. Second, SWCC is also responsible for coordination and review of the bargaining process including preparation, interim assessment and strategy development. Preparation for bargaining will include (but not be limited to) collecting and organizing data by surveying members and by organizing face to face meetings with members.

Meetings:
Meetings of the Committee are held at the call of the Chair. Meetings shall normally be convened a minimum of once per month between September and June in non-bargaining years and in bargaining years at such times as to allow co-ordination and review of the bargaining process.
Attendance and Participation: All representatives are expected to attend meetings and participate in the business of the committee such as planning and participating in bargaining and/or serving as TRUFA Rep on Departmental Performance Review Committees. If a member misses three consecutive meetings or more than half of the meetings held in any academic year, or if a member does not participate in the regular work of the committee, the Committee may recommend to the TRUFA Executive to decide that that representative’s seat becomes vacant until such time as a replacement member can be elected.

Chairperson:
The Committee shall elect a new Chairperson/Co-Chairs at the first meeting of the Committee held after the convening of the Annual General Meeting. The Committee will normally elect a Chairperson who has served on the Committee a previous term. The Chairperson or designate shall attend TRUFA Executive, Table Officers, and Consultative meetings. The responsibility of the Chairperson includes attendance at appropriate FPSE meetings/training sessions. The Chairperson shall attend the Annual General Meeting.

Quorum:
Fifty percent of the reps including the Chair.

Voting:
Motions adopted by simple majority.

Salary & Working Conditions Committee – 2 Yr. Term

POSITION NAME DEPARTMENT OFFICE E-MAIL PHONE START FINISH
Vice-President, SWCC (and Student Development & Instructional Support Rep) Amy Paterson University Library Old House of Learning – HL434 apaterson@trufa.ca 250-852-7832 Sept 8 21 April 30 22
Contract Faculty Rep Mohamed Elgamal Computing Science Old Main Building – OM1237 melgamal@trufa.ca 250-852-6955 April 27 22 April 30 24
Contract Faculty Rep Nicole Befurt Faculty of Arts A&E Building – AE171 nbefurt@trufa.ca 250-828-5116 Apr 29 21 April 30 23
Faculty of Arts Rep VACANT
Faculty of Education & Social Work Rep Sasha Kondrashov Social Work & Human Services A & E Building – AE275 okondrashov@trufa.ca 250-377-6192 Apr 29 21 April 30 23
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism Rep and PRC Coordintor Kimbre Woods Culinary Arts Culinary Building – CATC104 kwoods@trufa.ca 250-377-6074 April 27 22 April 30 24
Faculty of Law Rep VACANT
Faculty of Science Rep Colin Taylor Physical Sciences & Engineering Ken Lepin Building – S217 ctaylor@trufa.ca 250-371-5989 April 27 22 April 30 24
Research & Scholarship Rep Wendy Hulko Bachelor of Social Work A & E Building – AE237 whulko@trufa.ca 250-377-6130 April 27 22 April 30 24
School of Business & Economics Rep Dan Thompson School of Business & Economics International Building – IB2022 dthompson@trufa.ca 250-828-5078 April 27 22 April 30 24
School of Nursing VACANT
School of Trades & Tech Rep Kyle Doiron Mechanical Trades Building – TT233 kdoiron@trufa.ca 250-852-7942 April 27 22 April 30 24
Williams Lake Rep Maureen Atkinson Faculty of Arts – Williams Lake Williams Lake matkinson@trufa.ca 778-471-8659 April 27 22 April 30 24