CUPE 3912 members at SMU and MSVU are badly underpaid. Part-time instructors at comparable undergraduate universities in Canada earn 17-65% more than us.
Part-Time Instructor Base Stipends at Undergraduate Universities in Canada
Per 3-Credit Course with a PhD
Stipends shown include vacation pay and reflect amounts paid in the academic year 2019-2020. Data for Cape Breton University and the University of Winnipeg were not available, and therefore not included in this dataset.
Chart: CUPE 3912. Source: CAUT.
This must change.
We are currently negotiating a new Collective Agreement to improve working conditions. Our key demand is that CUPE 3912 members be paid wages comparable to those at other undergraduate universities in Canada.
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