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> CUPE Nova Scotia Release [Image]
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> [Image] Dalhousie University exploits
>         part-timers and teaching assistants
> 
> Halifax - The lowest-paid teaching staff members at Dalhousie
> University have asked for the help of a provincial labour
> conciliator to negotiate a first contract.
> 
> Part-time faculty members and teaching assistants voted in 1993 to
> join the Canadian Union of Public Employees but they are still
> waiting for the university to treat them fairly and to begin
> bargaining seriously.
> 
> Part-timers are paid about $5,000 per full course at Dal. The going
> rate in most Ontario universities is $8,000 to $12,500 per course.
> Teaching assistants receive about $3,000 a year at Dal compared with
> Ontario rates that are double or triple -- and sometimes more.
> 
> The majority of part-timers teach one, one and a half or sometimes
> two courses a year. (Full-time faculty members teach three courses
> per year.)
> 
> Ivory tower exploitation
> 
> "The public just doesn't realize the kind of exploitation that is
> going on in the ivory towers of Dalhousie University," says Barbara
> Moore, President of Local 3912 of the Canadian Union of Public
> Employees.
> 
> "Many of our members have no other income. What's worse is that we
> also have no job security, no benefits, no recognition of service,
> and extremely poor working conditions. We have nothing, and that's
> the way Dal likes it."
> 
> Moore said a high proportion of Dalhousie's classes -- 40% or more
> -- are taught by part-timers and teaching assistants every year.
> 
> Academic sweat shop
> 
> "But every year we have to start all over again at the bottom. It's
> an academic sweat shop. We aren't treated like human beings." Moore
> said applying for conciliation is only the first step.
> 
> "CUPE will also be carrying out a public information campaign over
> the next few months to expose the abuses that are going on. We've
> been quiet for too long -- and we're not going to be quiet any
> more."
> 
> Further information:
> Barbara Moore (902) 542-7981; E-mail: barbm@atcon.com
> Kelly Murray, CUPE Representative (902) 455-4180
> CUPE Nova Scotia WWW Site: http://fox.nstn.ca/~cupens
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