Faculty at Cape Breton University go on strike to back demands for higher wages – Halifax | 24CA News

Some school members at Cape Breton University have walked off the job.

Their strike began Friday, with the college’s union saying the administration has disrespected it at each flip, resulting in numerous labour grievances.

The union issued an announcement saying it’s in search of pay raises to cope with the hovering price of dwelling, however it is usually calling for modifications to how the college is coping with a quickly rising inhabitants of worldwide college students.

The Cape Breton University Faculty Association represents librarians, lab instructors, writing centre advisers, archivists, analysis chairs and nursing observe educators.

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The administration issued an announcement assuring college students that no Canadian college has ever misplaced a time period to strike, although it confirmed that the majority courses have been cancelled.

The college’s newest wage proposal affords an a rise of eight per cent over the following three years, along with current annual step will increase. The administration says the union is in search of a 14 per cent increase over the following two years.

Meanwhile, the union says the college is coping with extra grievances than every other college in Canada

Faculty members voted 92 per cent in favour of a strike in September.

In October, the Association of Atlantic Universities issued a report saying that as of this fall, practically 4,000 worldwide college students had been enrolled at Cape Breton University out of about 5,900 complete college students.

That was up from about 2,400 worldwide college students in 2021, when the varsity had about 4,200 college students.

In 2017, the college had fewer than 900 worldwide college students amongst a pupil physique of about 2,600.

Last month, the college’s administration mentioned it was limiting enrolment to a well-liked business program following considerations the varsity is just not geared up to deal with the latest inflow of worldwide college students.

The college has restricted admissions to its two-year post-baccalaureate diploma program beginning May 2023.

Based in Sydney, N.S., the college within the fall semester held courses for that program on the downtown Cineplex cinemas — about 9 kilometres from campus — due to a scarcity of instructing house.
All however two of the two,681 individuals enrolled within the post-baccalaureate program are worldwide college students, and 85 per cent of these overseas college students are from India.

The latest spike in worldwide enrolment follows focused recruitment in India that started in 2018.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 28, 2023.

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