(Sudbury – Oct. 19, 2018)<\/p>\n
LUFA is joining with CAUT members across Canada in hosting events on campus in support of fair<\/span> treatment for all<\/span> academic staff during Fair<\/span> Employment<\/span> Week<\/span> from Oct. 22-26. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Laurentian faculty members will be staffing an information desk in the Bowling Alley (Faculty of Arts) next Wednesday and Thursday from 11 am to 1 pm. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On Thursday, Oct. 25, the film, Degrees of Shame,<\/em> will also be shown in Room C-206 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm.\u00a0 Refreshments will be served. The documentary explores the economic situation and working conditions of contract academic staff in the US, suggesting an information economy parallel to migrant farm workers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On Friday, Oct. 26, Sudbury MPP Jamie West, who has taught in the University\u2019s Labour Studies program, will be speaking about fair employment for academic staff at the Atrium at 2:30 pm.\u00a0 Nickel Belt MPP France G\u00e9linas will also be in attendance. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n An increasing number of teachers at Canada\u2019s colleges and universities are trapped in precarious contract and part-time work, according to a CAUT release. What used to be a short-term stepping stone has instead become a career-long condition, with many earning less than a living wage. The release also notes that part-time and contract professors are denied the opportunity each year to participate in (and be paid for) all<\/span> aspects of academic work – research, teaching, and service. This has serious implications, not only for contract academic staff, but for students, their regular academic staff colleagues, and the integrity of post-secondary institutions.<\/p>\n We join our CAUT colleagues in affirming that the working conditions and job security of contract academic staff must be improved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Sudbury – Oct. 19, 2018) LUFA is joining with CAUT members across Canada in hosting events on campus in support of fair treatment for all academic staff during Fair Employment Week from Oct. 22-26. Laurentian Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":915,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lufappul.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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