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A-DURESS / PSAC Local 86001
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Representing ~650 Postdoctoral Fellow Employees and Grant-Paid Employees at Dalhousie University.
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We were out showing solidarity for @dalfaculty.bsky.social at their Friday rally again this week!

Some amazing speakers highlighting the issues faced by DFA members on LTA contracts and the impacts this lockout is having on students #shameondal

#keepdalstrong #dogsfordfa
Photo shows a dog sitting at the DFA rally this afternoon. She is smiling and wearing a DFA bandana.
September 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Our members and dogs were out supporting @dalfaculty.bsky.social at their second lockout rally last Friday! ✊

It’s shameful that the @dalhousieu.bsky.social board are treating their faculty so poorly and have negatively impacted so many of their students.

#keepdalstrong
A photo showing a woman holding up a sign that reads “POSTDOCS support DFA #KeepDalStrong”. A happy-looking dog is sitting in front of her and looking back at her. They are at the lockout rally and the crowd can be seen around them.
September 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We’re here along with a lot of other people supporting DFA! #keepdalstrong
August 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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@dalfaculty.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social @j4wns.bsky.social
Infographic with text reading: Members of the DFA have not chosen to stop work. They have been forced to. Infographic with text reading: A fair agreement for DFA members is essential to sustaining the academic excellence and research reputation on which Dalhousie University prides itself—and on which all of our work depends. PSAC Local 86001 urges the Board to return to good-faith bargaining and to present an agreement that: (1) Recognizes the critical contributions of faculty and academic staff to teaching, research, and student success. (2) Ensures fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions that reflect rising costs of living and workloads. (3) Upholds principles of collegial governance, job security, and equity for all members of the academic community. Infographic with text reading: This current work stoppage impacts both undergraduate and graduate students. It will impact the beginning of classes in the fall, which faculty would usually be preparing for now, and it will impact graduate students in completing their research, defending their theses, and being confirmed for graduation. It also impacts many of our members, who rely on input, support, and mentorship from their faculty supervisors. Lockouts damage morale, interrupt scholarship, and diminish the university’s standing in the eyes of students, partners, and the public. Infographic with text reading: We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in the DFA and call on the Board to work toward an immediate resolution that values their indispensable role at Dalhousie.
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board of Governors have taken the unprecedented move to lock out @dalfaculty.bsky.social. We’ve written to the BOG urging them to return to good faith bargaining with DFA. We stand in solidarity with all DFA members. @psac-afpc.bsky.social
Infographic with text reading: Dalhousie University has locked out the Dalhousie Faculty Association. See our letter to the Dalhousie University President and Board of Governors—calling on them to return to good faith bargaining—on the following slides. Infographic with text reading: Background: On August 11th, 2025, Dalhousie University Board of Governors and the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) met for their final conciliation meeting. The DFA represents approximately 1000 professors, instructors, librarians and professional counsellors at Dalhousie University. The Board walked away from this meeting at noon without any notice to the DFA team or the conciliator. The Board’s final offer was presented to DFA members on August 14th and 18th, 2025, with voting on it set to close on August 21st, 2025, at 4pm. Despite voting on the Board’s final offer not yet being complete, Dalhousie University announced on August 18th, 2025, that it would take the unprecedented step of locking its faculty out, beginning August 20th, 2025. This lockout is the first ever by a Canadian U15 University. At 9:30am on August 20th, 2025, the DFA launched a defensive strike. Infographic with text reading: We, the PSAC Local 86001 Executive Board, stand unequivocally in solidarity with all Dalhousie Faculty Association members following the unprecedented decision taken by Dalhousie University to lockout its faculty, staff and librarians. Infographic with text reading: We are deeply troubled by this lockout, but unfortunately, after our own experiences of collective bargaining with Dalhousie University, we are not surprised. This lockout not only disrupts the vital work of faculty, librarians, and instructors, but also undermines the quality of education, research, and community life at Dalhousie University. The majority of PSAC Local 86001 members work with DFA members every day: we see the effort that they put into “inspiring minds”, and how critical they are to the entire Dalhousie community.
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM