While many of us may be tired from working at the various Contract Faculty information tables over the last month, we have been fortified! We have spoken with students, staff and faculty on both campuses that support Contract Faculty in their fight for fair compensation, access to benefits and job security.
Here are just a few examples of what has happened:
- 1,000 information cards and flyers have been distributed;
- 850 buttons in support of CF have been distributed;
- Students and faculty have volunteered to work CF information tables;
- News of CF’s fight for fair treatment has been shared through social media as students, staff and faculty have been posting and tweeting;
- Campus media has begun to provide coverage:
- The Cord: Supporting CAS October 19th 2016 https://thecord.ca/supporting-cas/;
- The Sputnik: Professor’s contract negotiations October 21st 2016 https://www.thesputnik.ca/professors-contract-negotiations/;
- The Cord: Letter to the editor: CAS negotiations October 26th 2016 https://thecord.ca/category/opinion/;
- A student initiated petition has started: WLU Students in Solidarity with Contract Faculty https://www.change.org/p/wilfrid-laurier-university-administration-wlu-students-in-solidarity-with-contract-faculty; and
- A faculty initiated petition has started: Call for a University Faculty Council Meeting to, among other things, ensure fairness for students in the event of job actions http://www.thepetitionsite.com/151/338/836/call-for-university-faculty-council-meeting/?taf_id=29976481&cid=twitter