Quebec university contract professors, who number over 15,000, decry the negative effects of the budget cuts currently being imposed by the Government of Quebec on the higher education sector. In the face of growing class size and decreased services to students, contract professors fear a decline in the quality of education and of academic support and are outraged at the silence of our university rectors, who appear to be placidly implementing these cuts to the detriment of the fundamental educational mission of the institutions they oversee.
Sessional lecturers, tutors, internship supervisors and other contract professors make up the majority of the academic staff in Quebec universities. They deliver most of the undergraduate courses and are therefore well positioned to see the risks in moving blindly forward with these cutbacks.
In February 2015, a first major inter-union assembly of professors affiliated with the various labour organizations gave rise to consensus and joint action strategies. The delegates pledged to pursue their collaboration and to do so within the growing movement against the Couillard government’s austerity policies. The situation is now worsening and we reiterate our indignation. For the sake of Quebec’s future, we demand an immediate stop to the defilement of our universities!
Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association (CUPFA);
Syndicat des tuteurs et tutrices de la Télé-Université (STTTU);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours à l’Éducation aux adultes de l’Université Concordia (SCCEAUC-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université de Montréal (SCCCUM-FNEEQ-CSN);
McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union (MCLIU-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université du Québec à Rimouski (SCCCUQAR-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université de Sherbrooke (SCCCUS-CSQ);
Syndicat des chargés-es de cours de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (SCFP2661-FTQ);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université Laval (SCCCUL-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (SCCCUQAC-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (SCCUQ-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais (SCCC-UQO–FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (SCCCUQAT-FNEEQ-CSN);
Syndicat des chargés et chargées de cours de l’École de technologie supérieure – Service des
enseignements généraux (SCCÉTS-SEG-FNEEQ-CSN).
