CHPSRERT @bcfed: In BC, 1/3 of post-secondary instructors are contract faculty hired on short-term contracts. The gig economy has no place in our universities. http://bit.ly/2Wg9ux1 @FPSE #workersdeservebetter #bclab http://twitter.com/CHPSRE/status/1133947504414810112

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