wellness – Queen's Coalition Against Austerity

March 24, 2025April 14, 2025 criticalmass Analysis, PSAC strike

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

March 17, 2025April 26, 2025 criticalmass Calls to Action, Campaigns, 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

September 26, 2024April 17, 2025 criticalmass Calls to Action, Faculty Board, Newsletter

Newsletter #18 (9/26/2024)

Let’s start with the money. $20.4 million. 1. Queen’s University ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $20.4 million. The year-end consolidated financial statements are included in the agenda package for this weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting. QCAA has posted a commentary on the statement that draws our attention to the unusual … Continue reading Newsletter #18 (9/26/2024)