Sessional Faculty Bargaining Update

Brad WalchukUncategorized

The Unit 2 Bargaining Team met with the Employer March 10, 2022, to receive the Employer’s latest proposal package. Unsurprisingly, there were few changes to the Employer’s previous proposals in years 1 and 2 of the agreement. (The Employer maintains its position that those years must be compliant with the 1% limitation on wages and total compensation mandated by the … Read More

Sexual Violence and Harassment on Campus

Brad WalchukUncategorized

CUPE post-secondary members: You are invited! Join CUPE for a look at how sexual violence and harassment on campus affects our work in the post-secondary sector and the new tools CUPE has created to help locals navigate the union’s response. Featuring Wendy Komiotis, Executive Director of METRAC, Carole Neill, vice president of SCFP Quebec, Michelle Waite, president of CUPE 3479, … Read More

Unit 3 (Postdocs) Bargaining Team Election Results

Brad WalchukUncategorized

At a well-attended virtual Special General Membership Meeting on Friday, March 25th, Unit 3 members elected the following five-person bargaining team: Dr. Lisha Zhao (Chemical Engineering), Dr. Muhammad Nabeel (Material Science and Engineering), Dr. Kezhuan Gu (Material Science and Engineering), Dr. Michelle Kalaman (Earth Sciences), and Dr. Javier Gonzalez Mantecon (Engineering Physics). Congratulations! The current postdoc collective agreement – the … Read More

International-Domestic Peer Support Program (2021-2022)

Mary Ellen CampbellUncategorized

We are very excited to congratulate and thank all the fellows of the 2021-2022 International-Domestic Peer Support Program for their wonderful participation! The Program is a cross-institutional initiative that has been developed in partnership with 5 different universities in Ontario to provide a platform for exchanging valuable resources, broadening connections, gaining cultural awareness and mentorship experience, showing appreciation of diversity, and most importantly … Read More

Unit 3 (Postdocs) Bargaining Committee Election Meeting

Brad WalchukUncategorized

When: Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:00 Noon  Where: Online, via the “zoom” platform (click the link below to register to receive a link to the meeting!) What: Meeting to elect 5 Postdoctoral Fellow Bargaining Team Members!   Why: We are writing to invite you to an important meeting this Friday, March 25th, at 12:00 P.M. Your Collective Agreement (covering CUPE 3906 … Read More

2022 Mike Skinner Award Nominations

Brad WalchukUncategorized

The Mike Skinner Award is a member-mandated award offered by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3906 on an annual basis. Its title honours long-time labour activist and former CUPE 3906 Staff Member Mike Skinner. The recipient of the Mike Skinner Award should have been engaged in activism over the course of their time with CUPE 3906 on issues such … Read More

Save the Date! Annual General Membership Meeting April 6, 2022

Mary Ellen CampbellUncategorized

CUPE 3906 Members: Save the Date!  Our Annual General Membership Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.  The meeting will occur online on the “zoom” platform. Agenda items include: Annual Reports of Executive Committee Members and Committees Election of all Executive Committee Officer positions To review the elections process and a summary … Read More

Nominations for the 16th Annual Mike Skinner Award

Brad WalchukUncategorized

The Mike Skinner Award is a member-mandated award offered by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3906 on an annual basis. Its title honours long-time labour activist and former CUPE 3906 Staff Member Mike Skinner. The recipient of the Mike Skinner Award may have been involved in the following possible issues over the course of their time with CUPE … Read More

CUPE 3906 Solidarity Motion with Girls and Young Women in India

Brad WalchukUncategorized

A rank-and-file member reached out to the executive and requested that a version of the following motion be endorsed. The CUPE 3906 executive committee strongly endorses the following motion in solidarity with girls and young women in India: Whereas some might think that the world has gone well past the era of struggle for the right of education for everybody, regardless … Read More