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Strike, if you're unionized. Quit, if you aren't. Encourage others like you to do the same. This isn't going to get better if you're willing to keep doing this
by patmcc 12y ago
Strike, if you're unionized. Quit, if you aren't. Encourage others like you to do the same.
This isn't going to get better if you're willing to keep doing this job at that wage. You really need to walk away.
- wxs 12y agoRelevant: looks like they will strike http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2015/02/12/u-of-t-non-tenured-staff-poised-for-strike-feb-27.html http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2015/02/12/u-of...
- tonyarkles 12y agoIt's interesting that. I taught a sessional course a little further west (University of Saskatchewan) and sessionals there are unionized, whether you want to or not. One of the perks of this is that after you've taught the same course 3 times, you have right-of-first-refusal; i.e. if that course opens up to be taught by a sessional, the department offer it to you before they open it up to a general competition. Apparently that's not the case at Carleton.
- etimberg 12y agoOne big problem is that the union that represents contract faculty also represents graduate students and for the most part isn't taken seriously by the general public. For example, I saw an ad from the union at York University calling for the same domestic and international tuition rates. It's like they have no clue how government funding works.