Benefits Review continued from page 2President AccountancyGregory Butler VicePresident gregbcsAaron Brauer Secretary Academic TechnologyaaronbralcorWilliam Sims Treasurer WilliamSimsconcordiacaMem ID: 863702
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1 tended to marginalize us. At about the s
tended to marginalize us. At about the same time,the benefits review process. They also expressedmonth. The upshot of all this is that the benefitsthe summer. At a meeting of all the union presidentsin early October (myself as CUFAs Presidentincluded), he offered us a choice to resolve therepresentation question in the benefits review. Oneoutcome in any way). The other would be to takethe review out of the hands of the Benefits Commit-tee and make it a negotiations issue. This wouldpart of total compensat
2 ion at each bargaining tableor a common
ion at each bargaining tableor a common table starting immediately. A re-CUFA included, in early December.Thinking about our options.We will knowof benefits will unfold. Whether this will be in theBenefits Committee as in the past, or at the negotiat-either case CUFA will be directly involved, and weadvantageous for our members. Moreover, wetrative support. Another option that can be exploredthe employer, through an independent legal struc-ture called a benefits trust. Although it has a differ-with the em
3 ployer, rather than being involved inamo
ployer, rather than being involved inamount (based on its current benefits costs). Thean improvement in benefits. The benefits planThe CAUT Benefits Trust. There are manysector. The first one is at St. Marys University inHalifax. There the faculty association and employeragreed to a benefits trust. The trust has been able tohealth spending account. Using the benefits trust atSt. Marys as a model, the CAUT has created theCAUT Benefits Trust to provide a legal structuretheir own benefits plans. This is a
4 n option theExecutive believes that CUFA
n option theExecutive believes that CUFA should investigate.We have asked Neil Tudiver, Assistant ExecutiveBenefits Trust Board of Trustees to explain thenature of a Benefits Trust at the Council/Generalmember understand what is at stake. Whatever wenamed to the five-person Board of Trustees of theCAUT Benefits Trust by the CAUT Council. Myindependent of my role as CUFA President and inno way obligates CUFA to join the CAUT BenefitsTrust.) Benefits Review continued from page 2 President (Accountancy,Greg
5 ory Butler, Vice-President gregb@csAaron
ory Butler, Vice-President gregb@csAaron Brauer, Secretary (Academic Technology,aaronbr@alcorWilliam Sims, Treasurer William.Sims@concordia.caMember-at-LargeChristopher Gray, Member-at-Large (Philoso-phy, 2502) Member-at-Large CUFA StaffOfficer (3984) robichg@alcorChantal Bohbot, Executive Assistant (3999)The CUFA offices are located at the Loyola CUFA Report is published by the Concordia University Faculty AssociationEditorial Board: Aaron Brauer, Christopher Gray, William Sims Visit the CUFA websit