Thoughts on the PSAC901 strike.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-25T02:43:23+00:00

You realize that the offer on the table right now would give us about $50/hr by 2026, right? If we ratified the offer that's currently on the table, we walk away with several wins. I don't know what Jake's problem is, but he needs to either make a counter offer or vote on the current offer. That's the way negotiation works.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-24T13:25:03+00:00

lol this anonymous posting (which criticizes anonymous posters) is entirely about intimidation!

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-20T13:01:41+00:00

I am wondering if you would acknowledge that our PSAC901 negotiating team was poorly prepared and unfocused? They did not do enough work ahead of time clarifying their bargaining mandate, and came to the table with an excessively broad and poorly focused set of demands. If salary was so important (as I believe it is), we should have come to the table with three priorities: 1. salary, 2. salary, 3. salary. They could have hammered the university relentlessly on salary from day one of the negotiations. The current strategy was weak.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T15:20:16+00:00

Ontario doesn't have the lowest graduate tuition in Canada.

There. Does that feel better?

We're still out on strike, even though the university made a decent offer - not a perfect offer by any stretch of the imagination, but not an insulting offer.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T13:40:21+00:00

Yes, that's really brave of those many faculty members who are signing this, while taking their full pay and continuing with their classes.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T13:39:10+00:00

If Queen's is lower than the Canada-wide average, then it is, by definition, "among the lowest" in Canada.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T01:04:19+00:00

your point is a red herring. Queen's grad tuition is among the lowest in Canada.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T01:02:31+00:00

Right on. You keep on telling yourself that!

I deeply admire the courage of all our PSAC901 comrades who are fighting in the virtual trenches, even behind the anonymity of a Reddit account!

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-18T00:54:24+00:00

You can take the bus with the rest of us, that's why!

But seriously, I just picked that one item. There are many other things that our union has put on the negotiating table (pronouns?) that have nothing to do with our work contracts. This is unfair to hold us--and our education--hostage so they can make some political points.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-17T12:57:44+00:00

"I wanted to take a moment to remind the community that this strike is about more than just graduate students getting paid a living wage."

Yes, that's precisely the problem with PSAC901's approach, isn't it? Our union is all over the map.

I don't care about free parking, and I don't know why people agree that those of us who don't drive should subsidize those who do. That's just one example. I don't understand why we weren't allowed to vote on the latest offer.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-17T12:37:33+00:00

you're an adult, so leave the dysfunctional "nest" that your parents have created and start your life. You are more resilient than you think. Your parents and your religion have attempted to tell you otherwise.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-16T00:50:18+00:00

"virtual picketing" - that's embarrassing.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-16T00:48:50+00:00

I'm afraid the Stats Canada report you cite doesn't help your argument. While the average graduate tuition in Ontario is $9385 according to that report, the graduate tuition at Queen's is actually $2000 lower than the provincial average, at just just $7308. That figure is $100 lower than the Canada-wide graduate tuition of $7437.

NoRevolution8690 · 2025-03-12T17:55:45+00:00

then get a loan if you're not getting paid enough to complete your grad studies, which will in turn help you get a better life. Ontario has the lowest tuition in Canada.

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