OTTAWA – Despite the best efforts of academic workers to reach a fair deal over the weekend, picket lines will go up at Carleton University on Monday morning. “We have been at the bargaining table for months and have been crystal clear with the employer that they need to address our serious concerns around poverty-level…
OTTAWA – At a special membership meeting today, contract academic workers at Carleton University voted overwhelmingly against the university’s latest offer and reiterated their support for a strike if Carleton doesn’t address their concerns seriously. The more than 3,000 members of CUPE Local 4600 include graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants and contract instructors. The local…
OTTAWA, ON – This afternoon, contract academic workers at Carleton University are interrupting a meeting of the university’s Board of Governors to deliver a letter calling on the Board to address serious labour concerns on campus. “Negotiations have been drawn out beyond what is reasonable, and it’s up to the Board of Governors to take…
WATERLOO, ON – Sessional instructors at the University of Waterloo are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following a decision at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). The decision comes after a vote in December, when an overwhelming majority of instructors voted to join the union, which represents academic workers…
(Hamilton, ON) Today, 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University ended a strike and ratified a new agreement with important gains due to a reinvigorated university community, says CUPE Local 3906. “We took on a truly conservative university, mobilized students, teaching and research assistants, and faculty, and we came out the other side with…
(Toronto, ON) Sessional lecturers, music professionals, writing instructors and sessional instructional assistants at the University of Toronto made important financial gains with a new collective agreement thanks to union-busting Bill 124 being struck down, says CUPE Local 3902. “Members of Unit 3 came through for students during the pandemic, and yet they faced precarious work…
(Hamilton, ON) Today, striking teaching and research assistants at McMaster University blocked the construction of a graduate residence owned by the university to shed light on wages failing to keep up with the cost of living. “We’re on strike mainly because McMaster is still pushing little more than poverty wages on us,” said Chris Fairweather,…
TORONTO, December 5, 2022- The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario (CFSO) collectively commend the government’s interest in protecting sexual violence survivors. However, we raise concerns about elements of the newly announced Strengthening Post-secondary…
(Toronto, ON) Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, Music Professionals and others at the University of Toronto are escalating their call for a good deal ahead of a potential strike. “The cost of living is skyrocketing and yet Unit 3 members are subject to wage restraint legislation,” said Amy Conwell, President of CUPE Local 3902. “This is…
(Hamilton, ON) About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are on strike following an impasse in negotiations, says CUPE Local 3906. “We would rather continue delivering the services students rely on, but we’ve also always been prepared to strike for good jobs if we needed to,” said Chris Fairweather, President of CUPE Local…
