Dear Mr. Lang,   I’m writing as a three-time alumna of St.F.X. and as a loyal supporter who has over the years donated substantial sums to my alma mater.   I was very troubled by the message sent to alumni on January 29 and further reported in the Chronicle Herald this morning.  I feel it was […]

As an alumni and current graduate student I want to make it clear that I am extremely disappointed by emails and media postings from both you and the University administration this past week. The message portrayed in emails and interviews conducted by the media has shown a defensive and in some cases even manipulative and […]

I was dismayed to read the headline “St. F.X. Alumni urge profs to go back to class” (Chronicle Herald, Jan. 31). I am an alumnus and I was not asked if I agreed with this pro-administration stance. Neither were any of the other alumni that I have spoken to, including those on the picket line. […]

As President of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Faculty and Staff Association (NOSMFSA) I would like to send support and solidarity to the members of StFx Association of University Teachers. We understand the actions your membership have taken in order to support your negotiating team in achieving a fair contract. ——————————————————— From: Yuk-Sem Won […]

Today I was told that you claim St.FX alumni want Faculty to go back to work without a negotiated contract. I hope that this is either not the case, or that this claim is based on a representative poll of alumni. At any rate, I would like to say that I am a St.FX alumni […]

I note in media reports that following your meeting with university President Sean Riley, there has been ‘some’ movement in the process in that you will be soon be returning to the table to resume formal negotiations; and we wish you good luck and successful bargaining. ————————- Message of Solidarity to St. Francis Xavier Association of […]

MEMBER UPDATE February 1, 2013   More than 350 union members, students and community supporters converged on Chisholm Park this afternoon for the StFXAUT’s first Friday Solidarity Rally.   Thirty fly-in and drive-in pickets from across Canada and the Atlantic Provinces came to personally express their solidarity on behalf of their faculty associations, and to […]

MEMBER UPDATE February 1, 2013      It’s just been confirmed our full negotiating team will restart negotiations at 2 pm today. StFXAUT president Peter McInnis said, “We hope this will lead to constructive dialogue which will lead to a fair and just collective agreement.” You can follow ongoing developments in the strike on the […]

MEMBER UPDATE February 1, 2013 Day 5 on the picket line.     Yesterday’s request for an informal meeting from the university administration is a sign that the strike and the support we’ve been receiving are having a positive impact.   A recent letter to X alumni has created a backlash condemning the one-sided portrayal […]

MEMBER UPDATE January 31, 2013   StFXAUT president Peter McInnis and our chief negotiator Brad Long met for two hours today with X President Sean Riley and the administration’s chief negotiator Robert van den Hoogen.   Both sides agreed to restart negotiations as soon as is practical. The administration will extend an invitation to the […]