Press conference was held on June 7 to protest job cuts at StFX University
Antigonish – NSGEU President Joan Jessome was joined by Peter McInnis, the President of the St.F.X. Association of University Teachers (St.F.X.AUT), , and Angus MacGillivray, President of CAW Local 2107, at a press conference to respond to the announcement of the elimination of 28 support staff positions at the University including 17 layoffs and continued job reductions through attrition.
Please see our previous post with our open letter to the StFX Administration and Board of Governors here:
/local-88-open-letter-to-administration-and-board-of-governors-re-cuts-to-support-staff/
For media coverage of the event, please see:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1134480-st-fx-faculty-calls-for-university-president-to-quit
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