For Immediate Release:
Saint Mary’s Faculty Union response to the CUPE3912 SMU Part-Time Faculty Strike
Thursday, October 23, 2025
It is a sad and historic day for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Our University has never witnessed a strike in the history of our Institution, dating back to 1802.
And yet, here we are in this profoundly unprecedented and disappointing moment, witnessing the first labour action on the backs of some of our hardest-working colleagues, the part-time Professoriate at Saint Mary’s University.
These workers are the poorest paid precarious academic staff in Canada.
Ranked the 3rd best undergraduate university in the country, Part-Time Faculty members, who deliver the core mission of SMU, are among the lowest paid.
Shame on the Saint Mary’s University executive leadership and employer bargaining team, and Board of Governors, for exploiting their academic staff and for their shameful bargaining tactics. This is a very sad day for our institution.
We stand in solidarity with our CUPE 3912 with our full support and call on the SMU President, Provost, BOG and Bargaining team to get back to the table immediately and work towards a fair deal now.
In solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU
@ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social
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