“This is all employees on campus fight. Everyone is standing in solidarity, and we will stand in solidarity with them when it’s their turn to bargain as well.”
Graduate teaching assistants are on strike at Western University after rejecting the latest offer from their employer.
“Western GTAs are among the top paid GTAs in the province and the final offer continues to provide generous pay for this work,” says Florentine Strzekczyk on Western’s website, Provost and Academic Vice-President. Baha alleges the university has focused its efforts on contracting out members’ work to other staff on campus and encouraging members to cross picket lines.
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