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 the tentative agreement are not being released until the members have had an opportunity to review and vote on it. This vote is expected to take place early next week.
Accordingly, no further comment will take place until this membership meeting and ratification vote are held.
CUPE 3902-1 represents some 6,000 teaching assistants, teaching fellows, demonstrators, tutors, markers, instructors, teaching laboratory assistants, Chief Presiding Officers, invigilators and part-time lecturers at the University of Toronto.
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For more information, please contact:
Erin Black, CUPE 3902 Chair, 416-806-3902
Kevin Wilson, CUPE Communications, 416-821-6641
