DID YOU KNOW? Adjusting hours of work! Are you finding that you are working more than your assigned hours, you are having trouble meeting deadlines, or you have a major academic deadline that conflicts with your TA deadline? You can request adjustments to your hours of work! Article 12.04 (below) outlines the process for requesting adjustments to your hours of … Read More
Unit 2 Professional Development Fund and Tech Items- Reconsideration
Following the recent changes to the Unit 2 Professional Development Fund, the Benefits Committee voted to retroactively consider certain expenses that were previously ineligible for reimbursement under the previous PDF guidelines. Until November 10th 2022, all Unit 2 members that taught during the 2021-2022 academic year may submit claims for tech and software items that are now included under the NEW 2022-2023 guidelines, but which … Read More
McMaster Teaching and Research Assistants vote “yes” to ensure high-quality academic jobs on campus
Teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants in lieu (RAs) at McMaster University stand united in their fight to ensure high-quality academic jobs for over twenty-five hundred student academic workers. In a historic strike vote held earlier this week, 90% of TAs and RAs voted “yes” to send a strong message to the university’s administration. TAs and RAs are demanding that … Read More
Solidarity with Striking Academic Workers at Dalhousie!
This morning, Teaching Assistants, Markers, Demonstrators, and Part-Time Academics at Dalhousie University in Halifax began strike action in pursuit of a fair collective agreement. While workers at Dalhousie have been facing staggering increases in the cost of living, their university’s wage proposals promise only to put them further behind. All across the country, public universities and colleges have fallen increasingly … Read More
CUPE 3906 Unit 1 Strike Vote Information
TODAY!!! Monday, October 17 at 4:00pm – HSC 1A5/Zoom Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants (in lieu) will take a strike vote in our ongoing negotiations with the university. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvc-mpqzkoGtUiP6kCite5hA_vohFvkeZz After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The new Collective Agreement being negotiated will set our pay, benefits and … Read More
Executive Statement on the Racist Attack Against Ward 14 Candidate Kojo Damptey
The CUPE 3906 Executive Committee condemns the racist attack against Hamilton’s Ward 14 City Council candidate Kojo Damptey that took place on or around October 10th, 2022. Kojo’s campaign poster located at Upper Paradise and Mohawk Road was vandalized with white supremacist graffiti. We share the view that this action was not a legitimate or spontaneous engagement in debate, but … Read More
Executive Statement in Support of Sex Workers’ Legal Challenge
On Monday, the Ontario Superior Court began hearing a challenge to the Protections of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). The current challenge, undertaken by 25 sex workers and sex worker organization in Ontario, argues that PCEPA violates section 7 of the Charter. The CUPE 3906 Executive Committee stands in solidarity with sex workers in their fight for safer working conditions. The … Read More
Expansion of Unit 2 Professional Development Fund
Dear Unit 2 members, Recently the benefits committee voted to implement the following change to the Professional Development Fund (PDF) upon receiving several suggestions from the membership. This expansion is due to gains that were secured through our most recent round of collective bargaining and would not have been possible without the support of the membership. Starting September 1st 2022, … Read More