CUPE: Firing of Athabasca President ‘politics over schooling’

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CUPE: Firing of Athabasca President ‘politics over schooling’

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February 9, 2023

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Additional labour unrest will comply with if UCP retains interfering within the college

EDMONTON, Alberta — The union representing educational instructors at Athabasca College (AU) is coming to the defence of fired President Peter Scott.

CUPE Native 3911 Co-Chair Ann Reynolds known as Scott’s dismissal ‘surprising and disappointing’ and famous that the UCP authorities transfer had extra to do with rural politics than educational requirements.

“The UCP prioritized politics over superior schooling by making an attempt to power AU workers to relocate to Athabasca, despite the fact that the city doesn’t have room.”

“On the identical time the world is shifting to distant worksites, the UCP is making an attempt to remove Athabasca College’s biggest benefit, we’ve been delivering on-line studying for many years.”

Reynolds says the substitute of Scott and members of the AU board will lead to extra appointments of UCP members and others with little background in operating on-line educational establishments.

“Dr. Scott is an knowledgeable in on-line and open schooling. He vigorously protested utilizing a college to additional the UCP’s political agenda. He was fired with out trigger whereas coping with the dying of his spouse,” mentioned Reynolds. “That is undue interference within the operating of Athabasca College and is a hazard to the wanted arm’s size relationship with the federal government of the day.”

Reynolds mentioned CUPE Native 3911 members have at all times labored from dwelling few if any will transfer to Athabasca. “Firing Dr. Scott will intensify the issues that exist and can create labour unrest.”

CUPE Native 3911 is the one commerce union in Alberta consisting wholly of educational instructors. We’re part-time, employed to show particular programs in our educational fields beneath the path of college coordinators, with whom we have now the identical credentials. This association permits Athabasca College the financial flexibility to have a low ratio of college to college students whereas nonetheless sustaining educational rigour.