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of Solidarity from University of Glasgow Geographies of Labour, Social Movements
and Activism Group</B></P>
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members of the University of Glasgow Geographies of Labour, Social Movements and
Activism Group, we stand in support of the current labour actions taking place
at the University of Toronto and York University. We are proud of their brave
efforts to improve working conditions at a moment when corporate agendas are
undermining public universities and intellectual integrity around the world.</P>
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are concerned that precarious work conditions at these institutions are
hindering contract instructor’s ability to engage in their own research and
confidently invest their energies in the classroom. We respect the excellent
contributions contract faculty make but it is unacceptable that it comes at such
a significant cost. We are also distressed by the lack of sufficient funding
available for PhD students at both universities. Funding packages that require
students to subsist below the poverty line hinder new research and teaching.</P>
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is deeply inspiring to see the variety of connections being made across
occupational, socioeconomic and political lines in the course of this strike.
These connections establish a precedent for relations of solidarity elsewhere,
and produce critical insights that have value beyond the specific struggle from
which they have arisen.</P>
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we write this in a personal capacity and do not represent the views of the
University of Glasgow)</P>
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McLean<BR>Diarmid Kelliher<BR>Laura Jane Nolan<BR>David Featherstone<BR>Peter
Martin<BR>Lazaros Karaliotas<BR>Erin Despard<BR>Kye Askins<BR>Paul
Griffin<BR>Neil Gray<BR>Peter Martin<BR>Bridget
Holtom</P><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>