AUFA Statement on Academic Freedom for CUPE 3911

Our academic colleagues in CUPE 3911 who perform tutorial work at Athabasca University are currently bargaining with the employer and a key item for the CUPE team is granting academic freedom to their members.

AUFA executive has moved that we stand in solidarity with CUPE 3911 and that all academic workers must have academic freedom. Freedom to pursue scholarship without interference or censure of the employer is fundamental to academic work. All workers deserve freedom of conscience at their workplace.

In solidarity,

David Powell

President, AUFA