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JUST DO THE RIGHT THING FOR SESSIONALS
April 28th, 2010 | 
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Having retired from a tenure faculty position at Guelph, I recently served as a Sessional instructor for a semester. I had no particular need for the money. I took the job to help my department. However, as the semester progressed I began, for the first time, to think about the terms under which Sessional instructors labour.
Our university prides itself in being a societal leader as a place of civility, and it occurs to me that a good index of civility is the manner in which we treat our most vulnerable community members. Obviously our Sessional instructors qualify for consideration here. How well are we doing for them? I have some thoughts about that.
The pay scale for Sessional instructors strikes me as a disgrace, and I found myself wondering how many courses a Sessional would have to teach… Click here to read the full article.
March/April 2010 Local Newsletter
Featuring Articles by the Executive, including: McGuinty’s shameful treatment of International Students; The Universal Bus Pass Referendum question; Your grievances; International Women’s Day; What the Union does and why; Vale Inco’s shame; Doing right by Sessionals; and of course, the Good of the Union Crossword Puzzle!
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Tags: Bus Pass, Crossword Puzzle, Grievances, international students, McGuinty, Referendum, sessionals, Shameful, Vale Inco | 
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Union gives University 14 ways to prevent job cuts
On July 7th, Union representatives made a presentation to the University, giving them alternatives to job cuts.
While we believe that it is possible for the University to stop these cuts, we have also provided the University with 14 options to reduce the impact on members, if there are areas where they can find no other option.
Our Local hopes that ultimately, there will be no job cuts.
Other universities in the region, like Wilfrid Laurier, have been able to preserve their class sizes and keep part-time teachers. We know that the University of Guelph can do the same.
CUPE knows that our members are integral to providing the quality of education that U of G students deserve.
We will continue to update you, our members and the community as further developments occur.
In the meantime, we urge you to visit SaveSessionalJobs.com to send a message to the University administration calling on them to stop these cuts.
