We have received a few questions about payment for the winter semester and feel that an update to all members would be useful. There is not a pay date on January 21, 2022 nor was there on January 14th. The final pay for the (Fall term) was December 31st, and the first payment for the Winter Term is January 28, … Read More
Responding to Sexual Violence and Harassment on Campus and the Duty to Represent
CUPE National is publishing a series of fact sheets on sexual violence and harassment in post-secondary institutions, and the steps your union can take to address it. The first of 5 fact sheets can be accessed here: https://cupe.ca/responding-sexual-violence-and-harassment-campus-and-duty-represent . This fact sheet presents the multiple options for reporting or pursuing a complaint on experiences of sexual violence and harassment on campus. If … Read More
Voluntary rapid antigen testing program
In case you missed the news, McMaster is starting a voluntary testing program and will be distributing a limited number of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to TAs and Sessional Faculty who are providing in-person teaching / instruction over the next few weeks. These members will receive the tests through their Faculty, however an exact date hasn’t been given to us yet. … Read More
Checking the air quality in classrooms
Management has published its plans for improving ventilation on the Back to Mac website. Among other measures, they confirmed that any room that has a reading of less than 6 equivalent air changes per hour (eACH) will not be used for classes. We are asking our members to please verify the list of rooms available on the website. If you see any … Read More
Mobilizing for Bargaining training, February 16
We will hold a free online Mobilizing for Bargaining training on February 16, 10:00 – 13:00. This training is open to all our members and will prove to be very useful this year. Our Unit 2 (Sessional Faculty) is currently bargaining a new Collective Agreement, however in August the Collective Agreements for Unit 1 (TAs and RAs in lieu) and Unit 3 (Postdocs) … Read More