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…
TORONTO, ON– A tentative agreement has been reached between CUPE 3903 and York University, following discussions today with the help of a provincial mediator. The tentative contract settlement will be presented to members of CUPE 3903 and put to a formal ratification vote on Monday evening. The union will not comment on the contract details…
TORONTO, Ont. – Support is growing for striking education workers at University of Toronto and York University. Despite a heavy snowstorm that blanketed downtown Toronto, the executive board of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, yesterday, joined striking members of CUPE 3902 on their picket lines. They were joined by several members of…
TORONTO, Ont. –Beginning at 12:01 a.m. this morning, the 3,700 members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903) began a legal strike against their employer, York University. At a special membership meeting held yesterday, members voted 71 per cent to reject the university’s last offer and commence strike action to…
“We are poor, precarious, and need improvement in our standard of living,” Union Chair Erin Black says after members overwhelmingly reject U of T’s latest offer TORONTO, ONTARIO – The 6,000 members of Local 3902, Unit 1 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) are now on legal strike against their Employer,…
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Continuity in the academic year was assured early this morning when the bargaining team for Local 3908-02 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) reached a deal with Trent University on behalf of 350 student-workers. The union will recommend that its members ratify the agreement in a vote to be held…
TORONTO, Ont. – Negotiators for Local 3902, Unit 1, of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) have reached a tentative agreement with the University of Toronto. The agreement was reached in the early hours of Friday, February 27, after the two sides agreed to continue negotiating past a 12:01 a.m. deadline. Details of…
TORONTO, ON – Academic workers at the University of Toronto and York University will hold a rally on Thursday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m. outside Simcoe Hall on the University of Toronto Campus. The rally comes hours before workers at the University of Toronto will be in a legal strike/lockout position. The workers are members…
