Dear President Buller,
In Fall 2014, Centennial rolled out a new “compensation strategy” that created a new standard hourly pay rate for all non-unionized teachers. While this resulted in a small pay increase for part-time teachers (those who teach 6 hours or less), it resulted in a devastating pay cut for most sessional faculty (those who teach 13 hours or more). Many sessional faculty have lost as much as a $1000/ month out of their wages. As you may imagine, this has resulted in extreme economic hardship.
Sessional faculty are some of our most dedicated teachers. They work for us full-time in any given semester, usually with no other employment and no other income. And they are integral to our programs.
These cuts have had terrible consequences: on the lives of our colleagues, on the quality of education we can deliver as a college, and on our reputation as socially just institution.
We are writing to ask you to please consider reversing these cuts.
Sincerely,
Concerned full-time employees at Centennial
Updates
December 9, 2014
The stories coming in from our colleagues about their financial struggles are exhausting to read because they show just how much damage these pay cuts have caused. I am spending my evenings chasing down officials for answers even when they prefer to ignore our emails. We are not going to stop pushing until the administration faces the reality of what they have done to our faculty.
December 9, 2014
Seeing this level of support for our colleagues is heavy but grounding. The weight of these wage cuts is constant and finding out I am not alone in this fight brings a much needed sense of resolve.
Reached 100 supporters
December 9, 2014
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GREED. plain and simple. pay them what they earned.
seriously? some people have families to support on those wages. dont let this stand.
This is completely unfair. sessional staff work just as hard and they deserve to be paid fairly for the hours they put in.
1000 a month is a huge chunk of change. how are people supposed to pay rent? fix this now.
Centennial should be ashamed. treating hard working teachers this way is just wrong.
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Dear President Buller,
In Fall 2014, Centennial rolled out a new “compensation strategy” that created a new standard hourly pay rate for all non-unionized teachers. While this resulted in a small pay increase for part-time teachers (those who teach 6 hours or less), it resulted in a devastating pay cut for most sessional faculty (those who teach 13 hours or more). Many sessional faculty have lost as much as a $1000/ month out of their wages. As you may imagine, this has resulted in extreme economic hardship.
Sessional faculty are some of our most dedicated teachers. They work for us full-time in any given semester, usually with no other employment and no other income. And they are integral to our programs.
These cuts have had terrible consequences: on the lives of our colleagues, on the quality of education we can deliver as a college, and on our reputation as socially just institution.
We are writing to ask you to please consider reversing these cuts.
Sincerely,
Concerned full-time employees at Centennial
Updates
December 9, 2014
The stories coming in from our colleagues about their financial struggles are exhausting to read because they show just how much damage these pay cuts have caused. I am spending my evenings chasing down officials for answers even when they prefer to ignore our emails. We are not going to stop pushing until the administration faces the reality of what they have done to our faculty.
December 9, 2014
Seeing this level of support for our colleagues is heavy but grounding. The weight of these wage cuts is constant and finding out I am not alone in this fight brings a much needed sense of resolve.
Reached 100 supporters
December 9, 2014
6 Comments
My professors are the best part of this school. stop cutting their pay.
GREED. plain and simple. pay them what they earned.
seriously? some people have families to support on those wages. dont let this stand.
This is completely unfair. sessional staff work just as hard and they deserve to be paid fairly for the hours they put in.
1000 a month is a huge chunk of change. how are people supposed to pay rent? fix this now.
Centennial should be ashamed. treating hard working teachers this way is just wrong.
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My professors are the best part of this school. stop cutting their pay.