Queen’s says it’s ‘broke’. What does this mean for us?
“As university administration has made clear, Queen’s University is facing budgetary pressures based on funding decisions made at the Provincial level among other factors. However, the scale, speed, and unnuanced manner in which these pressures are being handled by university administration needs further justification as it is placing the costs of austerity onto students, staff, and faculty“ (QCAA Shock Doctrine Report).
Queen‘s own admission is that their budgeting isn‘t great, and we‘re in a bad position financially. The result of this incompetency is going to greatly fall on our members. Collective Bargaining is an opportunity to negotiate better working conditions, and prevent them from being undermined even further by the choices of Queen’s administration.
The result of this incompetence is going to greatly fall on our members. Collective Bargaining is an opportunity to negotiate better working conditions, and prevent them from being undermined even further by the choices of Queen’s administration.
We know this isn’t a faculty-specific issue – our membership is experiencing widespread food insecurity, poor working conditions regarding health and safety on campus, lack of transparency around contract assignments, and expectations to work more than the contracted hours to fill the teaching gap. We need your input into what we want to ask for in this round of collective bargaining.
Learn more about resisting austerity at Queen’s:
- Queen’s Coalition Against Austerity (QCAA) – qcaa.ca
- Queen’s Students Vs Cuts – @queensustudentsvscuts on Instagram, X/Twitter