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In article <1989Feb26.184553.19463@utfyzx.uucp> harrison@utfyzx.UUCP (David Harrison) writes:
>					But some people in Physics
>are quite disappointed that our people went out since we really do
>try to treat our T.A.'s as well as possible given our financial
>constraints.

  Some TA's who feel they are treated very well by their department are on
strike.  I feel that to not go on strike would be saying ``I'm OK, so F***
you, Jack'' to the TA's in other departments.  It's not just the fear of
being called a scab.  I'm not striking against my department, I'm striking
against the administration, and I really appreciate any support (even just
understanding) from my department in this strike (not alot seems to be
forthcoming, but maybe that's too hasty a judgement).
  This strike creates a real conflict of loyalties for TA's in departments
which treat TA's well (at least for those who believe the union has a case
and who feel some loyalty to the other TA's in the university).  I've no
desire to hurt my department or its faculty, and I hope that they don't take
my striking as an action directed against them.  I also intensly dislike
deserting my students just around mid-term time.
  So, those who "really do try to treat our T.A.'s as well as possible":
don't take the strike personally, and if you feel any support for the
position of the union and its striking tutors, express it.

Tony Plate
(Department of Computer Science)

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---------------- Tony Plate ----------------------  tap@ai.utoronto.ca -----
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 
10 Kings College Road, Toronto, 
Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A4