Precarious work in post-secondary

  • CAUT Fair Employment Week 
    CAUT’s annual campaign held in October to raise awareness and fight for fair working conditions for temporary academic workers ("precarious profs").
     
  • Contract U:Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities (Nov 1, 2018)
    Report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) highlighting the rise of precarious work in the post-secondary sector. By 2016-17, contract jobs accounted for the majority (53.6 per cent) of all Canadian university faculty appointments.
     
  • CUPE report on precarious work in the post-secondary sector (June 6, 2017)
    A report based on town halls held across Canada, on the negative impacts of precarious work on students, workers, and the post-secondary system.
     
  • FPSE Non-Regular Faculty Committee
    A standing committee of FPSE that seeks to address job security and working conditions for temporary faculty across FPSE's member locals (the LFA is local 14).