Day 1 of conciliation and our team is working into the evening...

Our members stand in solidarity behind our Bargaining Team. We REJECT the employer's offer. Our Team is ready to receive better.

When 93.2% of voting SMUFU members (94.5% voted) vote for a strike mandate, you know something isn't working at SMU. It's a serious message. Time to listen.

SMUFU members are voting to secure a strike vote mandate. This doesn't mean we will go on strike. But the ways things have been unfolding over the past 24 hours, well, it's not been, erm, constructive...

This piece by @carleton.ca @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social on how budgetary constraints threaten the quality of a university education will interest @cuasa.ca/ @ocufa.bsky.social/ @ottawalabour.bsky.social & @caut.bsky.social friends. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Dead wood is a term that can be considered abusive or derogatory because it dehumanizes people by comparing them to useless, decaying wood. Did you know that the Chair of the SMU BOG has made reference to SMUFU members as being 'dead wood'?

We will never accept this template: corporatization of higher education: No to Nousferatu nationalpost.com/feature/how-...

You know things are heating up when the SMUFU Discord gets reactivated....

Dear SMUFU Members, This is a reminder of the bargaining update meetings scheduled for tomorrow with a brief follow-up on the status of bargaining. Additional info has been sent to your inbox.

All Members Meeting this Wednesday. Liaison Comm meetings scheduled for next week: check your email in coming days.

Winter U-Passes are now available at the Information Desk (1st Floor Student Centre)! You are eligible for the U-Pass if you are registered in three or more classes for the Winter Semester. They are available at the Information Desk beginning December 1st.

SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information. #SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab

The employer and SMU CUPE 3912 Part-Time Faculty return to the Bargaining Table today. We trust that the SMU Senior Admin and BOG will offer a fair deal so SMU students can get back into the classrooms next week and PT Faculty can be appropriately respected. #solidarity

Tell SMU admin what you think about the fact that PT Profs at SMU earn less than minimum wage and have been forced to the picket line, impacting students' degrees! @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social Solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU! win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

SMUFU Members - Please join us for our Annual General Meeting this Friday, October 31/25 – 10:00 am – 12 Noon; Room - SB160. This will be a hybrid meeting. An Agenda and Zoom link have been forwarded to your inbox. We look forward to seeing you!

I stand with @cupe3912.bsky.social MSVU and SMU Part-Time Academic Staff. Calling on @smuhalifax.bsky.social and @msvuhalifax.bsky.social to give them a fair deal now! @msvufa.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social

In solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

Sending solidarity with our @cupe3912.bsky.social colleagues. They deserve fair wages. They deserve to be respected by their employers. We stand with you, colleagues! @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social

Today we honour survivors of residential schools, their families, and the communities forever impacted. Reconciliation lives in what we teach, collect, and research. We must choose to challenge colonial narratives, and make space for Indigenous voices and ways of knowing.

surveillance and censorship are not about safety. they're about control.

You can learn more and register here: www.smu.ca/counselling/... If you have any questions about the sessions, please do not hesitate to contact The Counselling Centre at [email protected] or (902) 420-5615.

Let's support our colleagues at the University of Lethbridge: sign this letter to send the message to their administrators that they deserve a #fairdealnow #ULFA @caut.bsky.social win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

Solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social

Congratulations to the @dalfaculty.bsky.social for their steadfast work to secure a fair deal for their members. We were proud to stand beside you every step of the way. Let's hope that the nonsense that was wrought upon you will never be witnessed again.

It's been almost four weeks since the @dalhousieu.bsky.social lockout of DFA faculty began. Progress has been made. Now, it's time for President Brooks to step in and get the Board to accept what is a fair and reasonable offer by the DFA. Let's get on with the term. #keepdalstrong

Solidarity March with @dalfaculty.bsky.social We are united to #KeepDalStrong

There's a #LetHimCook vibe going on with @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Save The Date! SMUFU AGM will be held from 10-noon on Friday, October 31 (see your SMU emails for more details). The significance of the date is not lost on us, and therefore CANDY 👏WILL👏BE👏PROVIDED👏

The @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board of Governors is NOT delivering on their mandate. These are a few of the more obvious areas in which they are failing the university community. What will they do to clean up this mess they have created? #KeeDalStrong

@dalfaculty.bsky.social know how to hold a solidarity rally! @caut.bsky.social members from across the country; $1M donation from CAUT Defence Fund and the DFA letter to the BOG taped to the doors (locked, of course) Instead of teaching and research this will count as service to the profession!

The Dalhousie Student Union is throwing its support behind the locked-out Dalhousie Faculty Association.

Hold the date! SMUFU Whine (oops Wine) and Cheese Thursday, October 16 4-6 SB Lounge

Important message from @dalfaculty.bsky.social immediac.blob.core.windows.net/dfa2021/2025... We stand with you in solidarity and will be at the rally tomorrow. #KeepDalStrong

Tell SMU that PT Faculty and TAs need a fair deal now! Send a letter to SMU at win.newmode.net/canadianasso... #cdnpse #canlab #FairDealNow @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social

Wishing all faculty, librarians, staff and students a Happy First Day back tmrw! #SMUStrong

The one-sided and propaganda-style emails going out to all @dalhousie.bsky.social students and staff (except the @dalfaculty.bsky.social ) is so short sighted. How about the Uni ‘leaders’ communicate with the DFA and settle this properly?! #KeepDalStrong

Free Mental Health Resources The Counselling Centre - Individual counselling, psychoeducational workshops and mental health programming. Email [email protected] or visit smu.ca/counselling for more information.

And....we are officially without a contract. Bargaining starts tomorrow. Godspeed Team SMUFU.

"Daylight is the Best Disinfectant" #KeepDalStrong

🚨 This seems all too familiar to locked out @dalfaculty.bsky.social members 👇 Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer theconversation.com/universities... #keepdalstrong @dalhousieu.bsky.social board of governors has certainly lost its way!! 😡

This Labour Day, the CAUT Journal is proud to release its newest issue, Seeing Equity as Labour Justice. As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.” Read more: journal.caut.ca