We will continue to strike until our demands are met! Without strong clawback language in our collective agreement we cannot guarantee a real monetary increase for our members #RespectOurResearch #StarvingMustangs #WesternTAsOnStrike

This weekend OFL Executive Vice-President Jackie Taylor OFL joined striking Western University Graduate TAs, members of PSAC Ontario Local 610 on the picket line.

Show your #solidarity by joining them at the picket line.
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Solidarity ⁦TA/PD Union@ Western⁩! ⁦⁦OCUFA⁩ ⁦⁦UWO Faculty Association⁩ london.ctvnews.ca/unproductive-d…

We appreciate all the support the Grad Club has given us so far and we care very deeply about its employees! We hope that we can reach a deal soon, and that their business can continue to thrive. Anyone who is doing research or studying can still visit the Grad Club ✊

Wall of shame to the three cars that tried to forcibly ram through our @psac610 strike line at Western University while we had the legal right of way on the crosswalk.

The Honda revved several times to get through & apparently the mini cooper is a faculty member. Solidarity! 🙃

There was a bit of thunder and lightning this morning, so our picketing will be postponed a couple of hours but we are still out here! Members, check your emails and come to HQ to sign in and we'll get you on the line soon

⁦Western Law⁩ graduate students and teaching assistants out with #PSAC610 demanding fair wages. Also spotted a faculty member out supporting the students. ⁦Western University⁩ #starvingmustangs #westerngtastrike #ldnont

Who’s left behind when Westerns claims that it’s “business as usual” without its TAs? What happens to the thousands of accommodation requests? Often the only people that disabled students know who to reach out to is their TAs. What happens when their TAs can’t be there? TA/PD Union@ Western

Are the office admin who are scabbing my job also meeting with students a week before the exam? Are they holding my review session scheduled for April 19th? I’d love to see them teach about Rawls’ theory of justice but my guess is they’re unaware of that subject.

As TAs at #uwo enter our third day on strike, I wrote an open letter to share some thoughts from the frontlines.
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Joel Welch TA/PD Union@ Western Interesting how the university is deliberately misrepresenting information. I guess that's why it's us who publish the research they build their reputation on and not the administration.

The thing about Cdn Universities is that they’re public institutions, not businesses. They don’t have profit margins or shareholders, and every dollar of surplus should be seen as a failure to deliver on the public good they’re mandated to serve. TA/PD Union@ Western

Amazing energy & community support for TA/PD Union@ Western #StrikeAtWestern ! Paying fair wages for labour shouldn’t be a difficult decision. Keeping people in poverty is. #ONpoli #onPSE #FairDealNow #ONLAB

If Western University dares to have non-TAs grade exams, this will be grade falsification, tarnishing its reputation as a research university PSAC Ontario London and District Labour Council UWO Faculty Association CUPE 3903 #StrikeAtWestern #FairDealNow

With fellow UWO Faculty Association member John Reed on the line to support TA/PD Union@ Western. #StrikeAtWestern #Solidarity

Joined TA/PD Union@ Western at Western University in solidarity with teaching assistants. TAs play a huge role in supporting students and keeping universities running. They deserve to be paid fair wages that reflect the rising cost of living. #onpoli #onPSE #FairDealNow #StrikeAtWestern

We are on strike! Over 600 members came out to the picket line yesterday! Watch this space for more updates. Western cannot handle it when our labour is withdrawn