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Union seeks to kickstart stalled negotiations

Written on October 7, 2014. Posted in News.

A rally outside Richardson Hall, held last Thursday by the United Steelworkers Union (USW), called for a return to job evaluation system negotiations that address transparency and pay equity, which have been stalled for months. The USW Local 2010 and 2010-01 represents over 1,100 Queen’s employees,...

Policy compose before we close

Written on November 22, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Isabelle Duchaine, ArtSci ’14 The practice of suspending admissions — from Fine Art, graduate French Studies and now perhaps to Theological Studies — has opened a can of worms at Queen’s. If a program is struggling to attract applicants or support itself financially, should we stop offering it? Or,...

No rest until we divest

Written on October 29, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Jessica Buttery, ArtSci ’14 The CBC has reported that fossil fuel divestment is the biggest student movement in the U.S. in years. Hundreds of universities and colleges across the United States are campaigning to have their school’s divest from fossil-fuel companies in an effort to combat climate...

PSAC won’t crack despite pressure from Queen’s

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Doug Nesbitt, PhD ’14 At the moment, both bargaining units of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 901 are engaged in negotiations with Queen’s University. Unit One, representing 1,300 graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and teaching fellows (TFs), started bargaining their second contract...

Policy to impose sanctions on student groups

Written on September 17, 2013. Posted in News.

The AMS is drafting a policy that will allow it to sanction entire student organizations as part of its Non-Academic Discipline (NAD) system. Under the new policy, the AMS Judicial Committee will be able to apply sanctions to the members of a student group if they believe they have caused harm to...

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Union seeks to kickstart stalled negotiations

Policy compose before we close

No rest until we divest

PSAC won’t crack despite pressure from Queen’s

Policy to impose sanctions on student groups

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