Humber Faculty Survey
Data collected: March 2010
1. What did you think about
the information sent to you from the UNION side during the negotiations and the
two votes?
|
|
Response Percent |
Response Count |
|
Too detailed |
7.4% |
19 |
|
Right amount of
detail |
22.5% |
58 |
|
Not detailed enough |
29.1% |
75 |
|
Too simple |
16.3% |
42 |
|
Too complex |
9.7% |
25 |
|
Too little |
12.4% |
32 |
|
Too much |
13.2% |
34 |
|
Right amount of
material |
9.7% |
25 |
|
answered
question |
258 |
|
|
skipped
question |
21 |
|
2. How informed did you feel
regarding the issues?
|
|
Very informed |
Adequately
informed |
Poorly
informed |
Rating Average |
Response Count |
|
Modified Workload
Arrangements |
16.5%
(34) |
44.2%
(91) |
39.3%
(81) |
2.23 |
206 |
|
Salary |
47.2%
(102) |
39.4%
(85) |
13.4%
(29) |
1.66 |
216 |
|
Academic freedom |
19.4%
(37) |
38.7%
(74) |
41.9%
(80) |
2.23 |
191 |
|
Input into choice of
evaluation method |
17.8%
(33) |
45.9%
(85) |
36.2%
(67) |
2.18 |
185 |
|
Collegiality |
17.3%
(33) |
41.9%
(80) |
40.8%
(78) |
2.24 |
191 |
|
Partial load issues |
16.4%
(35) |
41.3%
(88) |
42.3%
(90) |
2.26 |
213 |
|
|
|
|
Other
(please specify) |
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
answered
question |
265 |
|
|
|
|
|
skipped
question |
14 |
|
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complete list of comments: Q2 Comments
3. Throughout these
negotiations, we delivered much of our material through email. In future, what
is your preferred mode of delivery?
|
|
Response Percent |
Response Count |
|
Email |
89.0% |
242 |
|
Printed material in
your office mailbox |
17.3% |
47 |
|
Small discussion
groups eg. In individual schools |
16.2% |
44 |
|
Large group meetings
with speakers eg. in 7th semester |
13.6% |
37 |
|
answered
question |
272 |
|
|
skipped
question |
7 |
|
4. If you voted to ACCEPT
management’s offer, please identify your reasons for doing so:
|
|
Very
Important |
Important |
Not
important |
Rating Average |
Response Count |
|
To avoid a strike |
83.4%
(136) |
12.3%
(20) |
4.3% (7) |
1.21 |
163 |
|
Due to the current
economic situation |
69.8%
(111) |
22.6%
(36) |
7.5%
(12) |
1.38 |
159 |
|
I didn't think it
would impact my workload |
37.4%
(55) |
38.8%
(57) |
23.8%
(35) |
1.86 |
147 |
|
I am retiring soon
and this won’t have much effect on me |
6.8% (8) |
5.1% (6) |
88.1%
(104) |
2.81 |
118 |
|
Other
(please specify) |
79 |
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|
answered
question |
169 |
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|
skipped
question |
110 |
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5. If you voted to REJECT management’s offer, please identify your reasons for doing so:
|
|
Very
Important |
Important |
Not
important |
Rating Average |
Response Count |
|
Concerns re workload
issues |
78.9%
(71) |
15.6%
(14) |
5.6% (5) |
1.27 |
90 |
|
Proposed salary
increases were too small |
22.0%
(18) |
29.3%
(24) |
48.8%
(40) |
2.27 |
82 |
|
Concerns re academic
freedom |
52.3%
(45) |
30.2%
(26) |
17.4%
(15) |
1.65 |
86 |
|
Concerns re input
into evaluation factors |
55.8%
(48) |
30.2%
(26) |
14.0%
(12) |
1.58 |
86 |
|
Nothing on partial
load issues |
35.4%
(28) |
29.1% (23) |
35.4%
(28) |
2.00 |
79 |
|
Other
(please specify) |
24 |
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|
answered
question |
97 |
||||
|
skipped
question |
182 |
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complete list of comments: Q5 Comments
6. What was the priority
issue for you in this last round of negotiations?
|
|
Response Percent |
Response Count |
|
answered
question |
211 |
|
|
skipped
question |
68 |
|
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complete list of priority issues: Q6 Comments
7. Which situation best
describes your situation at Humber:
|
|
Response Percent |
Response Count |
|
Full time |
70.4% |
193 |
|
Partial load |
23.0% |
63 |
|
Within 5 years of
retirement? |
12.4% |
34 |
|
Within the first 5
years of employment at Humber? |
9.9% |
27 |
|
Been at Humber more
than 5 years and also more than 5 years from retirement? |
21.9% |
60 |
|
answered
question |
274 |
|
|
skipped
question |
5 |
|
8. If you could deliver a
message to each of the groups below, what would it be?
|
|
Response Percent |
Response Count |
|
Our local executive |
82.9% |
170 |
|
Our negotiating team |
74.1% |
152 |
|
OPSEU |
70.7% |
145 |
|
Humber College |
63.4% |
130 |
|
College negotiating
team |
59.0% |
121 |
|
The provincial
government |
60.5% |
124 |
|
answered
question |
205 |
|
|
skipped
question |
74 |
|
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complete list of comments: Q8 Comments