Administration Update 4: Paul Moist comes as DMC blow smoke rings

Not much here.  There will be a 3903 Democratic Membership Committee Townhall on January 20.  But we don’t know where.

There’s supposed to be an “Upcoming CUPE 3903 GMM with Paul Moist” — but that’s just nonsense.  How can the DMC convene GMMs — nevermind while us 3903s are getting administrated?  All that’s happening is Paul Moist coming to talk to us 3903s on January 26.  But we don’t know where.

And there’s a question if York is “canceling the Minimum Guarantee?”  Which is just weird.  What “Minimum Guarantee” is York canceling?

Maybe the DMC had in mind that York may no longer commit funding to incoming graduate students.  Which, while not affecting anyone in the priority pool, could indeed become a factor when choosing whether to attend YorkU in the first place.

Why do the DMCs claim there will be a GMM on January 26 — when there won’t?  Why do the DMCs take issue now with how future grad students will select what university to attend?  Why don’t the DMC’s really address why us 3903s are getting administrated right here, right now?

Maybe the DMCs fail to realize how many 3903s are fully prepared to take responsibility for what has gone so wrong with our local — and to stand on the side of positive change.  This means we don’t care to hear how undemocratic administration is.  How it removes democracy from 3903.  Not right now, thanks.  Not while we can still recall the incessant bullying, harassment, crowd control and backyard Stalinist purging.  Like — what democracy is administration supposed to be removing?  All it can possibly do is inject some democracy where there was none before.  And if there’s any chance of a positive injection to cure our undemocratic ways?  We’re prepared to hold our breath some while waiting for it.

This is not the time to agitate, complain about the employer, distract and insinuate.  This is the time to take responsibility curing our own local.  And whatever dubious governance-from-exile legitimacy the DMCs had?  They self-defeated it calling out a false GMM.  Like, that’s not even irresponsible.  That’s infantile.  Maybe the DMCs should get their heads out of their sandboxes.