More than 170 faculty members and librarians at Carleton University have signed an open letter in solidarity with education workers who are currently on strike.
More than 3,000 contract instructors and teaching assistants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 4600 have been on the picket lines for more than a week. The union has said the main issue in the dispute is wages, but contract instructors are also concerned about their intellectual property.
"The university has the means and the professed commitments to reach a fair settlement, and a reputation at risk. We stand ready to support our colleagues in CUPE 4600 until they win a contract worthy of their work and of the educational and human standards they are fighting to uphold," the letter says.
The university said in a statement that it does not anticipate having to extend the term or the graduation timeline because of the strike and it does not intend to cancel the term nor the current credits earned by students.Carleton University Faculty & Librarian Solidarity with CUPE4600
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