[Fdu] Fwd: RE: Scott Prudam'scandidacy for UTFA president

[p.fitting at utoronto.ca]

> Dear colleagues,
> As many of you know, the UTFA elections are upon us and I wanted to   
>  encourage you to vote for Scott Prudham. Scott has been  
> instrumental   for me in making sense of the recent labour dispute  
> between UofT's   administration and CUPE3902 (which, in my humble  
> opinion, was   scandalously resolved at the graduate students'  
> expense).
> Now, I am sure the other candidate from the Rothman School has her    
> merits but as a member of the UTFA's executive committee since 2007,  
>   Scott's been at the forefront of making UTFA more accessible to    
> faculty, has principled positions on issues like academic freedom    
> and is invested in making UTFA a more robust organization vis a vis   
>  the administration. Given the recent attempts of draining the    
> humanities and devolving austerity measures to our TAs to balance    
> budget we need a strong and experienced voice to defend university    
> against corporatization and make our workplace more transparent.
>
> Check out the candidates profiles at    
> http://utfa.org/content/utfa-presidential-election-2012.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jens
>





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