[Fdu] letter of support for strike from members of the Philosophy Department

[Rebecca Comay]

Dear all,

The following statement was signed by members of the Philosophy Department and sent to the Provost last night.  It can also be seen online at https://philosophystrikestatement.wordpress.com/ <https://philosophystrikestatement.wordpress.com/>

CHeers,

Rebecca Comay
(Philosophy)


STRIKE SUPPORT FROM THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT:

As faculty members of the Philosophy Department, we support all efforts to improve the conditions for scholarship and study at the University of Toronto. We share with our students a commitment to academic integrity and learning, and we deplore the sharp inequalities that exist among the different working positions at this university.

We recognize the precarious labor conditions under which teaching assistants, course instructors and sessional instructors work, and we also recognize the impact these conditions have on the quality of both undergraduate and graduate education. Teaching assistants and many course instructors are living with below poverty-level wages, and many PhD students are struggling to complete the final years of their degree with a funding package that includes no tuition waivers or financial support.

We applaud the commitment our teaching assistants and junior colleagues have made to address these issues, and we urge the administration to return to the bargaining table as soon as possible.

Joseph Berkovitz
James Robert Brown
Nate Charlow
Rebecca Comay
Ronnie de Sousa
Robert Gibbs
Willi Goetschel
Benj Hellie
Karolina Huebner
Waheed Hussain
James John
Bernard Katz
Peter King
Mark Kingwell
Sophia Moreau
Julia Nefsky

Marleen Rozemond
William Seager

Sonia Sedivy

Andrew Sepielli
Nicholas Stang
Denis Walsh
Jonathan Weisberg
Jessica Wilson
Byeong-uk Yi



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