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Nearly three years after the Public Service Alliance of Canada was certified as their bargaining agent, post-doctoral researchers at Carleton University — colloquially known as post-docs — are still trying to negotiate their first contract.
Since contract negotiations started in April 2014, the post-docs have held about 20 sessions with university management, said Judith Brown, a post-doctoral researcher in computer science, who leads the bargaining team.
The two sides were to meet Tuesday with the help of a conciliator and depending on the university’s response, Brown said the 34 unionized post-docs at Carleton may have to escalate their tactics, including a possible strike vote.
Post-docs, who have completed their PhDs, work with a supervisor to do further research in their field for up to five years.
At Carleton, their base salary is $25,000 a year, though the average is between $30,000 and $40,000, Brown said. They also don’t have access to the same benefit plans as other full-time staff at Carleton.
Brown said the post-docs want to raise the minimum salary above $30,000, with small guaranteed annual increases, and improve benefits. “We’re really looking for benefits that are much like the regular employees of the university, since we are employees of the university,” Brown said. “That’s very, very clear.”
The university begs to differ, however, arguing that post-docs are employed by their supervisors.
Larry Rousseau, the PSAC’s executive director for the National Capital Region, said Carleton’s approach to the post-docs has been “to try to get the most out of them for the least amount of money.”
At Queen’s University, post-docs represented by the PSAC are paid a minimum of $31,000 a year, with some earning as much as $50,000, Rousseau said.
“What kind of a message does this send to people?” he asked. “Is Carleton actually saying that the quality of research of their post-docs is not worth the quality of research at Queen’s?”
Brown said nine contract articles, all involving money, remain in dispute. If progress isn’t made Tuesday, the PSAC will mobilize unionized workers on campus to “stand in solidarity” with the post-docs, Rousseau said.
Brown hopes it doesn’t come to that. When she reports back to her members on Friday, she said, “I want that to be a ratification meeting.”
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Since contract negotiations started in April 2014, the post-docs have held about 20 sessions with university management, said Judith Brown, a post-doctoral researcher in computer science, who leads the bargaining team.
The two sides were to meet Tuesday with the help of a conciliator and depending on the university’s response, Brown said the 34 unionized post-docs at Carleton may have to escalate their tactics, including a possible strike vote.
Post-docs, who have completed their PhDs, work with a supervisor to do further research in their field for up to five years.
At Carleton, their base salary is $25,000 a year, though the average is between $30,000 and $40,000, Brown said. They also don’t have access to the same benefit plans as other full-time staff at Carleton.
Brown said the post-docs want to raise the minimum salary above $30,000, with small guaranteed annual increases, and improve benefits. “We’re really looking for benefits that are much like the regular employees of the university, since we are employees of the university,” Brown said. “That’s very, very clear.”
The university begs to differ, however, arguing that post-docs are employed by their supervisors.
Larry Rousseau, the PSAC’s executive director for the National Capital Region, said Carleton’s approach to the post-docs has been “to try to get the most out of them for the least amount of money.”
At Queen’s University, post-docs represented by the PSAC are paid a minimum of $31,000 a year, with some earning as much as $50,000, Rousseau said.
“What kind of a message does this send to people?” he asked. “Is Carleton actually saying that the quality of research of their post-docs is not worth the quality of research at Queen’s?”
Brown said nine contract articles, all involving money, remain in dispute. If progress isn’t made Tuesday, the PSAC will mobilize unionized workers on campus to “stand in solidarity” with the post-docs, Rousseau said.
Brown hopes it doesn’t come to that. When she reports back to her members on Friday, she said, “I want that to be a ratification meeting.”
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