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Re: SFU admin hires private firm to film TSSU



This is starting to sound like the union-busting practices of ferociously anti-union corporations in the U.S., like Starbucks and Tesla. Yikes!

 

Best regards, Gerardo

 

From: Wendy Loken Thornton <wthornto@sfu.ca>
Date: Tuesday, 10October 2023 at 6:42 PM
To: Ronda Arab <ronda_arab@sfu.ca>, Mark Leier <leier@sfu.ca>, "academic-discussion@sfu.ca" <academic-discussion@sfu.ca>
Subject: Re: SFU admin hires private firm to film TSSU

 

This latest move by SFU does not appear to bode well for our academic freedom to express our opinions about the institution, its administration, and the system in which one works. I also note that academic freedom always entails freedom from institutional censorship (language borrowed heavily from CAUT). 

 

 

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Wendy Loken Thornton, Ph.D. R.Psych
Professor, Department of Psychology

Director, Cognitive Aging Lab
Simon Fraser University

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From: Ronda Arab <ronda_arab@sfu.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 6:36 PM
To: Mark Leier; academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Subject: Re: SFU admin hires private firm to film TSSU

 

This is outrageous. How much money is SFU spending on a private security firm??

 

Notably, the SFU Statement of Financial Information for this year has not been published, although it usually is by the end of September. It is in this statement that we can find out the details of how much SFU has spent on external consultants, legal counsel, contract negotiators (like the one negotiating with the TSSU and with SFUFA). 

 

Dr. Ronda Arab

Associate Professor of English

Simon Fraser University

 

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From: Mark Leier <leier@sfu.ca>
Sent: 10 October 2023 18:14:47
To: academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Subject: SFU admin hires private firm to film TSSU

 

Well. This is interesting: a report that SFU administration has hired a private security firm to film TSSU members. 

https://pressprogress.ca/simon-fraser-university-hires-controversial-private-investigation-firm-to-film-striking-education-workers/