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Queen's teaching assistants striking 'under poverty wages,' union says

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A union representing about 2,000 graduate students at Queen's University who are working as teaching and research assistants is on strike as of Monday morning. The school says classes will continue.

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Queen's teaching assistants striking 'under poverty wages,' union says

A union representing about 2,000 graduate students at Queen's University who are working as teaching and research assistants is on strike as of Monday morning. The school says classes will continue.

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2,000 student workers walk off the job at Queen’s

Two thousand Queen’s University graduate student workers, represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), are on strike as of March 10, 2025. As of 8 a.m. on Monday, Mar. 10, 2024, picket lines were set up at entrances across Queen’s campus, with the main strike line at Joseph S. Stauffer Library Entrance at the intersection of Union and University. This strike will impact nearly 26,000 undergraduate students enrolled at Queen’s Uni…

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springmag.ca

Workers join forces to fight for better work at Queen’s University

2,000 workers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario are out on strike. PSAC 901 Unit 1, representing 2000 graduate teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and research assistants, is fighting for living wages and dignity in the workplace. Graduate student workers need more than poverty wages In January, Kingston City Council declared food insecurity an emergency. The

24 days ago

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Kingstonist

Tentative agreement averts one of two pending strikes at Queen’s University – Kingston News

(Kingston, Ontario) An 11th-hour tentative agreement between Queen’s University and one of its employee unions, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2010, has at averted one of

24 days ago

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socialist.ca

As the clock is ticking toward the strike deadline, PSAC 901 members show strong support for their bargaining team!

PSAC 901, the union representing more than a total of 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs), Research Assistants (RAs) and Teaching Fellows (TFs) at Queen's University is counting hours down to their strike deadline. Graduate student workers are fighting for living wages and compensation for the unconstitutional Bill 124. However, the workers are also aware of the fact that without a labour-funding ratio in their collective agreement, t…

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