Mount St. Vincent Part-Timers Reject Contract Offer

by TAA Staff

THE UNION REPRESENTING part-time faculty at Mount Saint
Vincent University has rejected a “final offer” from the university
by a vote of 100 percent.

The main outstanding issue is wages. The part-time faculty
are looking to achieve wage parity with their counterparts
at Saint Mary’s University, who settled a new contract on
April 10.

Part-time university faculty have historically been underpaid,
particularly when compared to full-time faculty.The university
workers say they are fed up with being exploited as a cheap
labor pool by Mount Saint Vincent University. CUPE has been
bargaining with the university since October, 2000. Conciliation
meetings ended on May 31 with no final agreement. CUPE Local
3912 represents more than 1,100 part-time instructors and
teaching assistants at Dalhousie, Mount Saint Vincent and
Saint Mary’s University.

For further information please contact: Ms. Linda Clancy,
CUPE National Rep., (902) 455-4180 (o), (902) 452-9979 (Cell).