We congratulate our colleagues from PSAC 901 on ratifying a new collective agreement on the night of April 17. You managed to move the administration to make substantial concessions on wages, childcare, gender-affirming care, caste discrimination, and, perhaps most importantly, you laid the groundwork for strengthening your collective agreement with anti-clawback language to protect your … Continue reading Congratulations PSAC 901!
Newsletter #23 (03/27/2025)
Is there anyone left on this campus who still believes that senior administrators have the university’s best interests at heart? Three days before the exam deadline, ten days before the end of classes, the university refused an invitation to sit down to talk with PSAC. The university persists with the fiction that their side, though … Continue reading Newsletter #23 (03/27/2025)
A Response to the March 26 Labour News Update, Plus a Student Protest
The day after we published a post assessing the different options available to instructors for assigning grades in the context of the PSAC strike, the administration released an update on the university’s Labour News page. We are dismayed to see that the administration continues to insist on CR grades [credit standing] as the primary means … Continue reading A Response to the March 26 Labour News Update, Plus a Student Protest
Fiction and Fact in the PSAC Strike
Queen's is mustering staff, resources, and huge institutional email lists to try to shape campus narratives about the strike. Our version of the story is somewhat different. Today we are posting two items to help set the record straight. Scroll down to see a graded version of the university's March 19th statement on the strike. … Continue reading Fiction and Fact in the PSAC Strike
Open Letter from Queen’s Faculty on PSAC 901 Strike
[This letter is still open for signatures here. Please circulate among faculty, librarian and archivist colleagues.] Dear Principal Deane, Provost Evans, and the Board of Trustees, We are writing to you as concerned Queen’s faculty, librarians, and archivists to urge you to resume negotiations with PSAC 901 workers immediately. We are dismayed that the university … Continue reading Open Letter from Queen’s Faculty on PSAC 901 Strike
Why and How to Support the PSAC Strike: A Guide for Faculty
WHY SUPPORT THE STRIKE Without graduate student labour, the university cannot function. Over 40 courses in FAS alone this semester are being taught by graduate students. These courses, and hundreds of labs and tutorials, are now on hold. Midterms are being cancelled, papers are being left ungraded, and students in practicums and accredited programs are … Continue reading Why and How to Support the PSAC Strike: A Guide for Faculty
Newsletter #21 (03/13/2025)
Let’s call this the “University Admin Causes More Chaos with a Strike” edition If understaffing, over-filled classes, and digital surveillance weren’t enough of a challenge in our workdays, the university has now forced our grad student workers into a strike. This first-ever academic strike at Queen’s is one more thing to add to the legacy … Continue reading Newsletter #21 (03/13/2025)
Newsletter #20 (01/31/25)
It’s been a while. Let’s just get into it! 1. Solidarity with CUPE members! Hundreds of people attended a rally outside Richardson Hall yesterday in a show of support for CUPE members, who will be in a legal strike position on Monday. Great to see Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario, here to support Queen’s … Continue reading Newsletter #20 (01/31/25)
Queen’s Bicentennial Vision: From Liberal Arts University to Technical School
The murky process guiding the administration’s drive to restructure Queen’s got a bit more concrete last week when Principal Deane released a discussion paper, Queen’s Bicentennial Vision, in an email to all members of the university community. Readers who attended the December Senate meeting, where the Principal faced pressure to reveal the administration’s plans, will … Continue reading Queen’s Bicentennial Vision: From Liberal Arts University to Technical School
Call to Action: Come to the ARC gym at noon!
JOINT MEMBER ASSEMBLY Thurs April 4, 2024 at 12 pm From a Unity Council press release: "Leaders of several unions representing almost 5,000 employees of Queen’s University and Aramark will host a public assembly for their members on Thursday, April 4, at 12pm at the Main Gym, Queen’s Athletic Recreation Centre (ARC), 284 Earl Street, Kingston."Leaders of several … Continue reading Call to Action: Come to the ARC gym at noon!
Queen's Coalition Against Austerity 