The rally was great! Lots of amazing student support.
I also talked to a few of the CAS negotiators in the picket lines today and asked them, to the concern of many students, what was the CAS final request and if I could share it. I got this information from Jonathan Haxell (Anthropology and Archaeology department) and with permission of Judy Bates, the president of WLUFA, I can share it with all of you.
Basically, the CAS, on Tuesday, held a meeting and decided that they will ask for three things:
1) An increase in pay somewhere between 6,400 and 6,600. Which would put them above the minimal CAS wage of Western, Guelph, and Toronto (not UW).
2) Graduated income system - so people starting out in teaching a course would get less than people who have been doing it for many years.
3) Better seniority system that's not just applicable to a particular course, but spills over a little bit into the department in which they teach.
They agreed that a win on one of those points and a partial win on another would have them agree with the administrations offer. The administrations offer gave them none of that. No graduated income, no better seniority system, and the wage increase to only 6,211 (the 3% improvements are there as a regular thing of collective agreements to counter inflation/cost of living). How very, very disappointing.
Also, in our conversation, Jonathan Haxell said that the administration did move at the bargaining table on their final offer. Do you know much they moved? 30 dollars. Yep. From 180 to 210 in six months. Also, very, very disappointing.
Oh well, I'll see you all on the picket line.
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Your post is inaccurate. Although the wage increase would fall below UW wages, UW CAS instructors do not get nearly as comprehensive a benefits package (or any at all, perhaps... I'm not certain on the details; at any rate, benefits are another cost that is part of 'wages', and needs to be considered in each of those comparative cases too.
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