Simon Fraser University teaching support staff set to strike Thursday

The union is calling for a cost-of-living wage adjustment, a pay model that takes into account bigger class sizes and growing duties and more job stability and security.

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CapU students head back to class as striking workers enter mediation

Students have been out of class since faculty joined striking support workers on the picket line on June 6.

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Strike halts classes at Capilano University, while others get a new deal

A statement on the university's website says classes are suspended at its main campus and its Sechelt campus on the Sunshine Coast.

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Although the TUC cannot lawfully call a general strike, following the 1982 Employment Act, trade unions can independently raise disputes with their ...
Striking lecturer calls for 'coordinated' walkouts to ramp up pressure on the Tories
Striking lecturer calls for 'coordinated' walkouts to ramp up pressure on the Tories

More than 70,000 university staff have walked out over pay and some protesters are prepared to escalate matters even further.

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"Education is in crisis" in the UK.

After 13 years of #Tory misrule, can anyone name a public service that ISN'T in crisis?

A friend suggested "the BBC", but while that may not currently have a funding crisis, it has plenty of problems created over the last 13 years.
#teacherstrike
#nursesstrike
#RailStrikes
#universitystrike
#civilservicestrike

Picketing and cancelled classes set to begin, as deadline passes on MUN labour dispute | CBC News

Members of the Memorial University Faculty Association won't be in classrooms on Monday morning. They'll be on picket lines.

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Just want to give a shout out of solidarity to all my colleagues striking today

#UCURising #UniversityStrike

Wondering why University staff from 150 UK universities will be striking on Nov. 24, 25, and 30? Check out this marvellous comic by Maria Stoian and Sarah Lippett for more on falling pay, enduring pay gaps, workloads, casualisation, and pensions: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTDvP9IG1c/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= #ucurising #academia #universitystrike
Maria Stoian on Instagram: "We are striking! Again! Here’s a bit about why this is happening, in a collab comic with @crayonlegs The longer the picket line, the shorter the strike. @edinburghucu @ucunion #ucurising"

Maria Stoian shared a post on Instagram: "We are striking! Again! Here’s a bit about why this is happening, in a collab comic with @crayonlegs The longer the picket line, the shorter the strike. @edinburghucu @ucunion #ucurising". Follow their account to see 394 posts.

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