Support staff at the University of Alberta claim their voices are going unheard in discussions about the school's looming academic restructuring. Support staff are frustrated with the consultation process, according to Elizabeth Johannson, the president of the Non-Academic Staff Association. During Wednesday's hour-long virtual town hall on academic restructuring, President Bill Flanagan and Provost Steven Dew spent less than 15 minutes answering questions. Support staff, who have already seen hundreds of their colleagues lose jobs due to budget cuts, are telling the union they fear restructuring could come with even more job losses. Unions ask to join planning groupsBoth unions asked to be part of an academic restructuring working group and a steering committee involved in the restructuring process.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2020 02:26 UTC