(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…
Teaching and Research Assistants deserve a fair and reasonable collective agreement that provides them with meaningful financial security to ensure their academic success. Far from being fair and reasonable, the agreement that McMaster has offered its TAs and RAs – who have already suffered immensely under three years of wage restraint legislation – puts them…
(Hamilton, ON) About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are bargaining for better wages and job security ahead of a November 21st strike deadline, says CUPE Local 3906. “We’re still right in the middle of historic inflation and our wages just haven’t been keeping up with the rising cost of living,” said Chris…
(TORONTO, ON) A strike has been averted and 700 full time and part time front-line service workers have made important gains in a tentative agreement, says CUPE 3261. “I’m so proud of the members for the powerful example of workplace organizing,” said Allan James, President of CUPE 3261. “Thanks to their historic organizing, we sent…
TORONTO, ON – Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have given their bargaining team an 85% mandate in favour of strike action, strongly backing up workers’ demands for greater job security that will bring benefits to students as well as workers. Contract instructors and assistants (also known as sessional lecturers…
HAMILTON, ON – Teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants-in-lieu (RAs) at McMaster University delivered a historically high strike vote last week, demonstrating that they are united in their conviction that the best post-secondary education is one supported by good jobs for the 2500-plus student-academic workers on campus. McMaster TAs and RAs, represented by Local 3906…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has reached a tentative agreement with Brock University on behalf of a group of workers who were due to begin job action on Monday. If workers ratify the deal, it will mean that students and their families can enjoy a smooth arrival on campus…
KINGSTON, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Aramark Canada, contractor for food and hospitality services at Queen’s University, have reached a tentative agreement for workers at the university’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre. Negotiators for CUPE 229, which represents workers at the centre, and for Aramark reached the deal following…
ST. CATHARINES, ON — After Brock University failed to make a wage offer that adequately reflects the contributions of its facilities management staff, members of Local 1295 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are preparing to begin job action on August 22. The timing could mean a chaotic arrival and move-in for students…
KINGSTON, ON — A stark difference in wages paid to employees of the same company is behind a 96% strike vote by hospitality and food services staff at Queen’s University’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre. Members of Local 229 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) voted last week to give their bargaining…
