A message from the Simon Fraser Student Society
The Simon Fraser Student Society released the following message today:
The Simon Fraser Student Society is pleased to announce that Hattie Aitken has been reinstated with full back pay and damages to her position as Graduate Issues and University Relations Coordinator. On behalf of the Student Society, we apologise for and withdraw any statements made on behalf of the Student Society which suggest or imply that Ms. Aitken is not honest or trustworthy or that she conspired with others against the interests of the Simon Fraser Student Society or its members.(I don't know which organ of the Society authorized this statement.)
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WOW. Just when you think things couldn't stink bad enough...Titus any word on who authorized this decision?
I don't really get why this is a bad thing?
Seems like a wrong has been made right.
Hmm...that first comment is going to require some explanation.
As for who may have authorized the decision...I speculate that it may have been Sean McGee, the new Internal Relations Officer, who is not only in the position to do so, but specifically stated that he would bring about Hattie's re-hiring as part of his campaign platform. Derrick Harder, the new President, may have had something to do as well.
Of course, I make no claims for accuracy or credibility, and I do admit that the Board usually works together on stuff like this. I happen to know, though, who the members of the new Labour Committee are.
President and IRO
Adam Lein, Treasurer
Andrea Sandau, URO
Ben Milne, GIO
Chris Sandve, MSO
If you're looking for someone to praise (or blame, as it appears from the first commenter's case...maybe he misread the announcement?), then you should probably talk to these guys.
Oh yeah, and if you're wondering where I got this information, I happened to be present during the new Board's first meeting on December 21. Since the proceedings I was able to watch were public, I thought it would be okay to tell everyone who the new Labour Committee members are (After all, the whole impeachment process began from a decision by the previous Labour Committee!)
BTW, they also cancelled Angela Regnier's offer of employment because it was given during an improperly called Board meeting (On October 23, I believe, just days before the SGM).
Looks like things are getting a move on.
I think Titus is just saying he doesn't know, rather than implying conspiracy or wrong-doing.
I'm very happy to hear that Hattie will be returning to the SFSS. She's been great to work with over the past few years and has done alot for graduate students at SFU.
Hey.. great news.. glad people are really working on setting things straight. Thanks to the new BOD!
I have wrote a news article on the piece which is in today's Silhouette at McMaster. The first on the story!
http://www.thesil.ca/article.pl?sid=07/01/11/2011209&mode=thread
http://www.thesil.ca/article.pl?sid=07/01/11/2011209&mode=thread
The statement issued by the SFSS resulted from an agreement reached in mediation between the Union and the Society on Monday the 8th, & signed on the 10th. A Labour Board mediator, the Society's labour counsel (W. Rilkoff, hired by S. Hunsdale in July and responsible for advising on Aitken's termination), the Union's national representative, Bob Fifik, two CUPE 5396 shop stewards, Aitken, and the SFSS Labour Committee were in attendance throughout the mediation process while an agreement to reinstate Aitken was negotiated.
The presence of the mediator, legal counsel and union representative ensured that all the facts were formally reviewed from a third party perspective before any decision was made to resolve the issues before the Labour Committee.
Excellent. Eat THAT, Shawn Hunsdale. I'm glad to see that a 25-year+ employee has been returned to a job that she has clearly done well for many years.
Joey,
the article is fine, but the name is Sam Bradd, not Brunn.
Sorry about that....
- Joey
The lesson here is never fire anyone. It's too much of a hassle. What gets me is this nauseating sense of entitlement that both Hattie and her supporters have. Why is anyone working over two decades for a friggin student union in the first place? I say the new board should bring in mandatory retirement dates.
Hey that sounds like a great idea. Get rid of someone who has been around for a while. Bring in someone who has less experience.
'Too much of a hassle to fire anyone'? The fact that she did nothing wrong - that it was politically motivated by children with a myopic view of the world, and the fact that it was labeled a 'witch-hunt' by an adult involved in the whole mess - should make you reformulate your comment. Try something like, 'It turns out that it is hard to fire someone for no reason; someone who has faithfully worked for the Society for years.'
Just a thought.
"Why is anyone working over two decades for a friggin student union in the first place?"
A fine question...one that might be asked of a lot of people who have stuck it out in the student union/representation/activist/politics game for a long time. Perhaps we should start by calling Phillip Link to ask him.
"The lesson here is never fire anyone. It's too much of a hassle. What gets me is this nauseating sense of entitlement that both Hattie and her supporters have. Why is anyone working over two decades for a friggin student union in the first place? I say the new board should bring in mandatory retirement dates."
I am Anonymous' bitterness. I slowly eat away at Anonymous' capacity to feel compassion for their fellow humans by engaging Anonymous in a search for duplicity and lethargy. One day I will reach into the gaping chasm of Anonymous' hollow chest and withdraw their cold and lonely heart. Like pizza, the muscle of life is best devoured cold.
Anonymous's bitterness is named Dan? That's wierd...
You know, in the 1950s and 1960s it became de rigeur for an employee to think about a stable 20, 25, 30 year future with a company. It's a mark of how things have changed that people these days seem to think it's a badge of honor to be perpetually economically insecure as to where the next paycheck's coming from.
Dan is a fairly common name, what with it being biblical and all. I for one am not shocked that I share it with an ethereal entity that is the source of all bitterness for Anonymous.
i agree that a wrong has been made right. to much hassle to fire someone? I would rather say to much hassle if i just plan to screw up and fire honest people. sometimes they come back :) And the goodthing of having people in an organisation for 25 years is their knowledge and experience, a big help in a student union where the prez changes every year!
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