We are pleased to announce two important improvements to Unit 1 Benefits, which will take effect on September 1, 2012. These improvements were made possible by $30,000 in new benefits funding negotiated during collective bargaining in the fall of 2012. A Health Spending Account will replace the Vision Care Benefit. The entitlement will remain $250/two years. The Health Spending Account … Read More
Unit 3 Members Vote to Ratify New Contract
The Unit 3 membership has voted to ratify the tentative agreement reached in negotiations with McMaster for a new Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Thanks to everyone for your hard work and support throughout the bargaining process, we wouldn’t have been able to reach this deal without the support of members from across campus.
International Members’ FAQ
1. What is a union? Perhaps you have heard the story of “the bundle of sticks” or the phrase “united we stand, divided we fall”. That’s basically, what union means. Union (or more precisely trade union), copying from Wikipedia, is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. You might also … Read More
Executive and Staff
Meet your executive, and find out how to get in touch if you have a problem.
What We Do
If you represent members at a lot of different work sites, it’s important to list somewhere on your site all of them – so that when your members search in google for something like “cupe paramedics hearst” – or even just “paramedics hearst,” or “st john evangelist school barrie”, they’ll find a page somewhere on the site that has those words in it.
Stewards’ Council + Wage Theft Workshop = One Awesome Evening!
There will be two events on Monday December 5th: Stewards’ Council: There will be a Council meeting for all Departmental Stewards – there will be a Q&A about the new Unit 1 Collective Agreement as well as department updates. The meeting will take place Monday, December 5th 5:30-7:00pm MUSC 230 Wage Theft Workshop: Steel City Solidarity and the Workers Action … Read More
Important – Upcoming Bargaining Consultations
In order to prepare for upcoming rounds of bargaining in both Unit 1 (TAs & RAs in lieu) and Unit 3 (Post-docs), your local has organized a series consultations to gain input from members into the changes you would like to see to your collective agreement. We strongly encourage all members to come out to at least one of the … Read More
Unit 3 Bargaining Guide
Negotiations for a new collective agreement are now underway for Unit 3. If you’d like to get more information about the process of bargaining, check out the Unit 3 Bargaining Guide at the link below: Click here to download the Unit 3 Bargaining Guide
Unit 1 Bargaining Guide
Negotiations for a new collective agreement are now underway for Unit 1. If you’d like to get more information about the process of bargaining, check out the Unit 1 Bargaining Guide at the link below: Click here to download the Unit 1 Bargaining Guide
Support Sessional Faculty at Trent
CUPE 3908 includes more than 600 workers who work as contract faculty, part-time course instructors, workshop leaders, and markers. Contract faculty already earn less than half the average hourly rate of their similarly qualified full-time colleagues and the gap has widened over the past decade. Because of the difficulties in organizing this part-time, insecure labour force, universities have been able … Read More