For more information, click below:
http://cupe.ca/bargaining/contract-talks-break-saint-marys
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Message of Support for our Colleagues at Mount Allison University and the University of New Brunswick
To our colleagues among the Contract Academic Staff at Mount Allison University, and all fellow workers among the faculty striking at University of New Brunswick, we send our solidarity and greetings – our wishes for strength and for victory for a fair wage, are with you daily.
Universities Work because We do!
Announcements From The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council
Here is a round-up of forthcoming events from the Labour Council:
-January 27: National day of action in support of the postal workers.
An action is being planned for Halifax – stay tuned.
-March 8: International Women’s Day. Stay tuned for local events.
-April 3: The NSFL is planning a forum on the federal elections. With the
deafeat of the provincial NDP, the federal seats are now at risk including
in Halifax and Dartmouth were the same voters who voted Liberal for the
provincial government risk voting Liberal again for the federal election.
-The NS Liberals are going ahead with the health care super board, which
means coming headaches for health care workers.
-Programming for the 5th annual Mayworks Festival is underway. It will be
the largest festival yet and will have a great lineup.
Nova Scotia Teachers Union president concerned with child poverty
“The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is concerned about results from the 2013 Report Card on Child Poverty and its link to student success”
Read the full story here:
“Blurred lines surrounding role of TAs”- Christina Behme’s interview with unews.ca
Extract from article:
Christina Behme works as a part-time faculty member in Dalhousie’s philosophy department but she’s also the vice-president of the CUPE local and represents teaching assistants at Dalhousie. She brought forward the issue at the CUPE general meeting on Friday. “People have been contacting us because they have to do the same amount of work and the same kind of work and be paid as a demonstrator as people that are being paid as TAs,” she said. A TA makes substantially more money than that of a marker or demonstrator — the equivalent of seven or eight more dollars per hour. “They have been fighting the employers for years for a specific definition of what TAs do and what a marker is doing,” she said. – See more at: http://unews.ca/blurred-lines-surrounding-tas-role/#sthash.qd8YZfBM.dpuf
CUPE GENERAL MEETING
CUPE General Meeting
Friday, November 29, 2013.
2:00 p.m.
Dalhousie University, 2nd Floor Student Union Building, Council Chambers
Come out and support your union. Become informed of issues affecting YOUR paycheque, and get involved!
THE INSTRUCTOR FALL 2013
The Instructor (Fall 2013) is out!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Heads up! CUPE General Meeting Ahead……………1
Greetings from the new President……………………. 2
….and from the new Vice-President SMU…….…….. 3
CUPE 3912 at CUPE National Convention …….…. 4
Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention……. 6
Obituary for CUPE 3912 members Katherine Clough and Jennifer Grabove ………….. 7
Click here for the pdf version:
http://3912.cupe.ca/?attachment_id=1267
Tales of Budget Cuts at Dalhousie University. Planning and Action by Faculty, Students and Staff in Response
Dalhousie Student Union is inviting students, faculty and staff to share how “cuts, fees and lack of student voice” has affected them:
Together, Dalhousie students, faculty and staff can create a more accountable, participatory and vibrant Dalhousie!
Make Your and Your Department’s Story Known
We all have problems at Dal. Sharing your issues is the first step to addressing them. Write a personal grievance about the way cuts, fees and lack of student voice have affected you, your department or an important service on campus. Did your favourite professor leave? Is your program on the chopping block? Are international student fees burying you in debt? Send submissions to dalunited@gmail.com and they will be posted (with anonymity if requested) on www.dalunited.ca and put on a “tombstone” for the Day of the Dalhousie Dead (see below).
Day of the Dalhousie Dead – An Action to Demonstrate the Scary Reality of Dalhousie
Thurs Oct 31st 11am-2pm, Dal Quad
Professors are leaving, programs are being cut and services are underfunded. Our education is being degraded as a result.
Join faculty, students and staff to grieve the loss of the things we value about Dalhousie. We’ll write the many things that we’ve lost on tombstones and arrange them into a graveyard on the quad for all to see.
Make your own tombstone with your own story or send to dalunited@gmail.com for it to be anonymously posted on online and made into tombstones if you can’t yourself.
Join the Conversation about Where to Go from Here
Thursday Oct 24th 5pm, SUB rm 218
Wednesdays Oct 30th 5pm, SUB rm 316
You’re invited to meetings of faculty, students and staff to talk about the results of budget cuts on our department, with our services and on our university. We’ll discuss how we can work together and how to make the university more accountable and representative of all of us. Bring input on the Bill of Rights that will represent our collective vision for how Dalhousie could be different. We’ll also plan some actions moving forward and make “tombstones for the 31st”. Email dalunited@gmail.com for meeting details.
Aaron Beale Vice President Academic and External
Dalhousie Student Union
6136 University Avenue Halifax, N.S. B3H 4J2
P: (902) 494.1275 C: (902) 237. 9291 F: (902) 494.6647