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The CUPE 3906 executive extends its utmost solidarity with the people of Palestine, who have been collectively resisting against Israeli settler-colonialism and apartheid since 1948. This month, Israeli state violence against Palestinians intensified and has manifested in lynching and police brutality, heavy bombardment in the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip, attacks on worshippers and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque – which is … Read More

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One year after the murder of George Floyd, we are reposting this to remind ourselves that the fight against systemic racism and colonial violence is not over and that many of the demands including the removal of cops from CUPE have yet to be met. An injury to one is an injury to all. The Executive Committee of CUPE 3906, … Read More

Your Union’s next General Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 1st, at 12:00. Any members wishing to present pre-written motions should provide theirs via email to president@cupe3906.org by Monday, May 31. As always, pre-registration will be required in order to attend this meeting. Please note that you must register with your McMaster email address no later than 10 AM on June 1st. This is the … Read More

Registration is now open for CUPE Ontario’s Summer School, taking place on June 19, 2021 from 12-4pm. CUPE 3906 will cover the registration costs for up to ten members to sign up for one of the seven available courses. Please take a look at the courses being offered here and if you’re interested in attending one, please send an email to Chris … Read More

Newer, better CUPE 3906 face masks have arrived! These ones have adjustable ear loops and a metal nose insert to help keep your glasses from fogging up. Supplies are somewhat limited, so if you’d like to receive one from the union, please fill out the request form here.

We have the results for our Spring Photo Contest! We’d like to congratulate the five winners for the top prize of a $50 dollar gift card: Yi Feng Karim Soliman Diego Valencia Garcia Sophie Wilkinson Dongdong Wang If you haven’t checked them out yet, please head over to https://cupe3906.org/2021/05/03/unit-3-postdocs-spring-photo-contest/ to see the submissions!

We’ve been getting many questions about vaccination access for CUPE 3906 members in their role as education workers. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been any update for vaccinations that the sector is aware of for university workers specifically. CUPE Ontario has been pushing relentlessly for all sectors with the Province and OUWCC bring up vaccination access with the Ministry on a regular … Read More

A message from our friends at the Ontario Federation of Labour:   The Ford government’s Bill 124 is continuing to take its toll on our frontline workers by freezing wages and stopping any chance at good-faith negotiations. Twenty-four nurses in Sarnia have been forced to take strike action this week after contract negotiations with VON Canada broke down. Two years … Read More

We wanted to provide you with an update on an ongoing grievance related to out-of-province TAs: McMaster University and CUPE have reached an agreement with respect to Teaching Assistants residing outside of Ontario and other employees normally represented by the CUPE 3906, Unit 1 collective agreement with McMaster. The Collective Agreement recognizes CUPE as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent … Read More