“We made great gains and we’re ready to defend this agreement against attacks”: CUPE Local 3902 members ratify agreement with UofT, and prepare for a potential Bill 124 appeal

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(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…

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City employees shocked by pre-Christmas lay-offs as Mississauga contracts out emergency dispatch services to private firm

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Mississauga, ON – On Tuesday, December 6, just weeks before the Christmas holidays, CUPE 66 emergency dispatchers for the City of Mississauga were told they were immediately being laid off, as a private contractor took over their jobs on the same day. “This was completely unexpected after we had received such exemplary reviews in August,”…

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McMaster University Working ‘Very Aggressively’ to Break CUPE Strike, Union Says

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“The right to continue working must also be respected,” a university email addressed to the union’s members said. McMaster University invited striking teaching assistants and research assistants to return to work as scabs – complete with a “confidential” form, according to leaked emails obtained by PressProgress. 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University, represented by…

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Union, McMaster University say they are ready to negotiate, as weeks-long TA strike continues

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University says it is willing to meet ‘anytime to receive a meaningful counteroffer’ The union representing teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants (RAs) with McMaster University says “informal talks” have begun between the two parties about returning to the bargaining table, as a weeks-long strike continues. The TAs and RAs, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)…

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“We need higher wages, not higher rents”: Striking teaching and research assistants block graduate residence construction

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(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,…

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