How does AI impact labour rights for academics and post-secondary workers? @caut.bsky.social Executive Director David Robinson joins URFA member Andrew Stevens to discuss how AI fits into a long history of tech disruption in education & how faculty associations are bargaining to protect workers.

AI, Academic Labour and the Future of Post-Secondary Education

Podcast Episode · Rank & File Radio · June 17 · 21m

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As Pride Month comes to a close, our commitment does not. We stand in solidarity with 2SLGBTQIA+ workers every day of the year — fighting for dignity, safety, and fairness in every workplace. Pride is more than a celebration, it's a reminder that solidarity makes us stronger. 🌈✊

Congratulations to @fnuniv on 50 years of advancing Indigenous education! We recognize not only this incredible milestone, but also our union’s 36-year history representing members who work here. Here’s to celebrating the past & envisioning how we will work together for the next 50 years!

Warmest congratulations to Dr. Robin Whitaker on her re-election as @caut.bsky.social President. A faculty member in MUN’s Department of Anthropology and former MUNFA President (2017-2019), Dr. Whitaker continues to be a strong voice for post-secondary educators across the country.

"The president’s raise alone would have been the rough equivalent of a 1.5 per cent raise for all of our contract faculty this year,” Robin Gendron, NUFA President Read more: www.nugget.ca/news/nipissi...

Nipissing University president’s $83K raise draws concern amid cuts, uncertainty

Nipissing University's president received a $83,000 raise from 2024 to 2025.

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More and more teaching at Ontario universities is being done on short-term contracts, and students are paying the price. OCUFA has solutions to stop the gigification of teaching. #Fairness4CF ocufa.on.ca/ontarios-uni...

Faculty at @ontariotechu.bsky.social are in bargaining. We do not want a strike and we are working hard to avoid one but we need your help to get Ontario Tech to bargain in good faith. Send a letter to Ontario Tech asking them to bargain a a fair deal now: uoitfa.ca/take-action2026/

Survey findings show a growing majority of Canadians support public funding for colleges and universities. Learn more in the latest issue of the Bulletin: www.caut.ca/bulletin/gro...

LUFA stands with Contract Faculty! #Fairness4CF @ocufa.bsky.social

Walk into many Ontario university classrooms today and you’ll see a system under strain: overcrowded classes, overstretched instructors, and growing instability. More and more teaching is being done on short-term contracts. This is the gigification of teaching. 🧵 #Fairness4CF

Today is OCUFA's Day of Action in support of #fairness4CF. #ONPSE is increasingly being run on gig-style academic work, a result of years of provincial underfunding. The system is under strain, and students and faculty feel the impact. Read the op-ed ➡️ tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa

Following the recent Member ratification vote, WLUFA’s Contract Faculty Members at Laurier are set to make some gains, but there is still more work to do to address precarity and advance fairness for Contract Faculty across the sector. tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa @ocufa.bsky.social #Fairness4CF

This Fair Dealing week, we’re breaking down myths and facts about fair dealing. We tend to think of copyright as being only about protecting creators, works and ensuring those creators get paid. But copyright is all about balance. Learn more at copyright.caut.ca

Fair Dealing Week is just a few days away! There's still time to register for our February 25 webinar featuring Professor David Vaver as he talks about copyright user rights then and now. Learn more and register: www.caut.ca/event/fair-d...

Wilfrid Laurier Contract Faculty may be on strike as soon as this Mon, Feb 23. They teach ~40% of undergraduate courses at Laurier, yet account for less than 6% of the university's operating budget. Support their efforts and join this letter writing campaign: actionnetwork.org/letters/4dea...

Act Now: Fairness for Laurier Contract Faculty

Contract Faculty are essential to the learning experience at Wilfrid Laurier University, but too often they face unstable and unfair working conditions. Join me in sending a letter to Laurier’s Presid...

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We ended week 2 with more amazing solidarity from our community - on-campus, across Sudbury and countrywide United we win! - Nous avons terminé la deuxième semaine avec une solidarité incroyable de la part de notre communauté sur le campus, à Sudbury et dans tout le pays Ensemble, nous vaincrons !

MORE THAN 15,000 letters have been sent to Laurentian’s Board of Governors. Did you know there’s no limit on how many you send? Start your day off demanding a fair deal: lufappul.ca?page_id=6858

OCAD U lags behind other universities in terms of working conditions, benefits & pay. That why Fair and Reasonable Compensation is at the heart of our negotiating plans. www.ocadfa.ca @ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

At a time when official statistics are under political pressure elsewhere, Canada has an opportunity & a responsibility to strengthen its own commitment to open, reliable labour relations data. Adam King & I explain why: theconversation.com/why-canada-n... #cdnpoli #canlab

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues

Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.

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I just emailed the Ontario government telling them to remove the unnecessary limitations on LUFA's right to free and fair bargaining. Send your letter here: www.lufappul.ca?page_id=6355 @ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cuasa.ca @apuott.bsky.social In solidarity

How are governments interfering in post-secondary education across Canada? Learn more from this great podcast, featuring a recent panel on government interference in post-secondary across our country that was hosted by the SK Organization of Faculty Associations! open.spotify.com/episode/41i0...

Episode 7: Government Interference in PSE

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"Never wanting to let a good crisis go to waste, myriad actors have come out of the woodwork to propose their grand solutions to this current moment. While public funding may be the headline, the fine print is worth investigating." Check out this article by URFA member @drmarcspooner.bsky.social ⬇️

Not all calls for public funding are good - CAUT

Program cuts, layoffs and campus closures are making headlines across the country.

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"It is difficult to think of a group more representative of our province’s values and aspirations than AB’s teachers. They are found, quite literally, in every town & city in our province...if the UCP can take rights away from 50,000 of them, then nobody’s safe." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: If the UCP can take away teachers' rights, no one is safe

But Bill 2 does far more than end a strike. It turns fifty-thousand Albertan teachers into second-class citizens.

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Deadline to sign TODAY! 🚨 Sign the petition urging the University of Regina to cut ties with Scotiabank and invest locally instead! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Cut University Ties to Scotiabank, Invest Locally

Dear University of Regina Administration, It has come to our attention that the contract with Scotiabank to supply Saskatchewan higher education institutions with purchasing cards and travel cards wil...

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Solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social who are on the picket lines after being locked out by the Dalhousie University admin! #KeepDalStrong

Performance-based funding that shifts annually prevents responsible planning. Institutions need steady, predictable operating grants to remain competitive. Astute analysis by Lee Easton & Shauna MacDonald @acifa.bsky.social @drmacd.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: How Alberta can restore its post-secondary education system

Alberta can restore its post-secondary system to the national leadership position it once held.

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L'APPUSB a besoin de votre aide. Soutenez l'APPUSB en envoyant une lettre à la direction de l'Université de Saint-Boniface!  https://f.mtr.cool/wwxyfhtuxf The APPUSB needs your help. Support APPUSB by sending a letter to Saint-Boniface University's administration! https://f.mtr.cool/duirtuirwd

“As a national association of employee organizations and trade unions, CAUT proudly stands in solidarity with CUPE’s Air Canada flight attendants." Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-co...

Dalhousie faculty association facing imminent lockout. “Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.” Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...

"In stark contrast to the aspirations of a more prosperous, productive Canada, governments at all levels have abandoned the post-secondary sector to shuttered programs. Highly qualified personnel are being displaced at an unprecedented rate." Read more... vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Opinion: A stronger Canada needs a healthy post-secondary sector

But little attention has been given to reasonable levels of public funding amid disruptive changes to policies on international study

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