Daily Bulletin, September 15
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On Rallies, Solidarity, and a University in Crisis, or, This Month has been a Helluva Year…
This week will mark the start of our fourth week of being locked out by our administration and board. We are approaching a full month of lost work, lost prep-time, and lost teaching. Some of the lasting effects of this lost time and work are detailed in the videos and images posted below, developed by our virtual picketing team (started by our colleague Asha Jeffers–during her sabbatical–and continued expertly by colleagues Martha Radice and Stephanie Kapusta–thanks team!). Many of these are already circulating, but please share widely.
These messages focus on research but, as they all point out, this is not just about what individual faculty members are losing: it’s about the effects such losses have on our wider research and educational communities, and especially on our students.
The administration’s and board’s lockout, in other words, has taken funding and world-class research and learning opportunities from us, our communities, and from both undergraduate and graduate students. (Do individual board members or the group as a whole not understand this? Has the whole board met to discuss these issues?)
But it has also been a time of productive gain, especially in the support we have seen from, and the solidarity built with, our sibling unions at Dalhousie and more widely in the city, province, and country as we saw in our “One Line, One Membership! Solidarity March and Rally” last Friday.
And both the losses and gains are being noticed! Check out the recent media reports linked below, also gathered up by our virtual team!
It is clear that pressure is building on all the members of our Board to stop their delaying tactics and end the damage they are doing to our institution: come together to sign a full and fair deal!
Members’ Video Testimonies
Media Coverage
Below is just a small selection of the news coverage we have received in the past week and a bit, helping us track the ups and downs of the recent days as the administration and board have continued to delay. Follow the links to read, listen, or watch!
September 6
- Sullivan, Nicole. “Courses at Cape Breton Medical Campus disrupted by Dalhousie lockout.” Cape Breton Post
September 9
- Armstrong, Lyndsay. “Dalhousie, professors union resume talks as lockout enters second week of fall term.” Global News
September 11
“Dalhousie students left with ‘uncertainty’ amid board, faculty association dispute.” CBC News
Boucart, Agathe. “Université Dalhousie : loin d’Halifax, un lock-out difficile à vivre pour les profs.” Radio-Canada
O’Neill, Natasha. “Dalhousie, faculty association ‘fairly close’ to a deal, union president says.” CityNews
Snow, Caitlin. “Dal faculty union to go over new offer, wants to meet again.” 101.5 The Hawk
September 12
Mott, Sean, with files from Hafsa Arif. “Dalhousie Faculty Association holds fourth rally as lockout continues.” CTV News
Waugh, Jenn. “Dalhousie presents DFA with new offer after negotiations end with no deal.”
One Line, One Membership! Solidarity March & Rally
