Maryam Monsef hosts a Job Summit at Trinity Church
On Monday, January 11, 2016, close to 120 members of the Peterborough and surrounding community braved the snow and almost -20c weather to be part of an open conversation regarding …
Labour
The plight of PhD students: Part II
At some universities, PhD students are offered instructor positions in their upper years or at least put into a pool of possible PhD student instructors. At Trent, conversely, PhD students …
Community members gather at City Hall in solidarity with migrant workers
Activists, poets, youth, and seniors gathered at City Hall on Sunday, March 29 to protest the federal government’s “4 and 4” policy, coming into effect on April 1. The policy, …
Former Peterborough Folk Festival executive director blasts board for being “disrespectful” and “apathetic”
On February 28, Peterborough local, and musician Nicholas Ferrio submitted a letter to the Peterborough Folk Festival’s (PFF) Board of Director’s Chair, Malcolm Byrd, announcing his resignation from his position …
Local coalition helps workers with long-term compensation claims
Making a compensation claim is a long, frustrating, and complex process to navigate on your own. In order to remedy some of the stress that the process can create on …
Welfare state conference to honour retiring professor
An interdisciplinary conference on the history of the welfare state this weekend will celebrate the career of Canadian Studies professor James Struthers. The Future History of the Welfare State will …
CUPE 3908 Unit 2 and Trent reach tentative agreement
Bargaining teams representing student workers—Local 3908 Unit 2 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3908)—and Trent University’s administration reached a tentative agreement at around 4am Friday morning …
Trend towards casual academic positions harming education
Part-time precarious positions have negative impacts for students, teachers and for education in general. At Trent, the casualization of the academic labour force has been incrementing in the last few …
Negotiations stall between Trent and Teaching Assistant union
Photo by Jenny Fisher. After five days of bargaining in November and December, CUPE Local 3908 Unit 2 and Trent University are going to conciliation. Though some progress was made, …
Editorial: Artists deserve a living wage for their work
When Bank of Canada Govenor Stephen Poloz publicly stated that young, unemployed Canadians ought to work for free, it seemed most people were rightly annoyed. For a while, it seemed …