As York University strike moves into Week 3, CUPE 3903’s call to resume bargaining met with ‘deafening, shameful silence’

  TORONTO, ON – With a strike by 3,000 York University academic workers entering its third week, members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903) today joined their voices with campus, labour and community allies to counter their employer’s “deafening, shameful silence.” Earlier this afternoon, striking CUPE 3903 members, along…

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As Carleton refuses to consider a solution that protects pensions, university workers remain on the picket lines

  OTTAWA, ON – Negotiators for more than 850 administrative, technical and library workers at Carleton University are frustrated and disappointed at the university’s refusal to negotiate an end to the labour dispute that enters its third week today (Monday). “Carleton hasn’t demonstrated any degree of openness about finding a solution that addresses the union’s…

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Carleton’s workers to meet, greet and enlighten visitors to Saturday’s student recruitment event

OTTAWA, ON – Striking workers at Carleton University will engage with young people and their parents who are arriving tomorrow to take part in the campus’s March-break recruitment event for prospective students. “It’s our opportunity to speak to potential Carleton students and their families as they cross our picket lines,” said Jerrett Clark, president of…

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Workers’ defence of pension rights at Carleton reaches Ontario Labour Relations Board

  OTTAWA, ON – The union that represents striking workers at Carleton University has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board, charging that the university has engaged in unfair labour practices. “We are calling out the university’s administration for bargaining in bad faith,” said Jacynthe Barbeau, negotiator for the Canadian Union of Public…

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