TORONTO, ON – Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Stephen Lewis has cancelled his long-standing lecture at the University of Toronto, and has called on U of T Administration to address structural deficiencies in graduate student funding in order to save the academic year and U of T’s global reputation. Lewis, who also served as…
TORONTO, Ont. – By a margin of 1101 to 992, striking education workers have voted to reject the University of Toronto’s most recent offer. The vote means a three-week long strike by Unit 1, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) will continue. “Members of the bargaining team brought this offer to…
TORONTO, Ont. – At a special membership meeting this afternoon, striking education workers from the University of Toronto, members of Unit 1, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) voted 789 to 739 in favour of sending a tentative agreement reached earlier in the week to a full ratification vote. “We…
TORONTO, ON – Negotiators for Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902) have today reached a tentative agreement with the University of Toronto. The tentative agreement would, if accepted by the membership, cover 6,000 graduate and undergraduate teaching staff, members of CUPE 3902, Unit 1, who have been on strike since…
ST. Catharines, ON – A tentative agreement was reached on Sunday morning between CUPE 4207 and Brock University, following a marathon bargaining session with the help of a provincial mediator. “In round-the-clock negotiations with Brock’s administration, we were able to conclude a tentative contract for our ESL instructors,” said Dan Crow, president of CUPE 4207.…
CUPE 3902 needs your solidarity – join them on the picket line! According to the University of Toronto Mississauga campus website, “The University of Toronto Mississauga is open, and classes, exams, events, and community programs are proceeding as normal.” CUPE 3902 wants to make it crystal clear to the University administration that the reality is…
TORONTO, ON – The president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will join members from across the region for a rally supporting CUPE Local 3903 at York University tomorrow. CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will be joined by Janice Folk-Dawson, who chairs the union’s universities sector, and Toronto & York Region Labour…
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Front-line Brock University workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are urging Brock’s administration to invest in their English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors, as both parties head back to the bargaining table on Saturday, March 14, to avert a service disruption which could happen as early…
TORONTO, Ont. – Contract faculty at the University of Toronto, members of Unit 3, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-3) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. Voting took place from March 2 to March 10, with 76.8 per cent of those casting ballots voting in favour of accepting the…
TORONTO, Ont. – The 3,700 striking teaching assistants, graduate assistants and contract faculty of York University, members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903), have completed their ratification vote on a tentative agreement reached last Friday. Members of Unit 1, representing teaching assistants, have voted to reject the tentative agreement. Members…
